Erroneous government-generated "data" is more problematic than it would appear. This book demonstrates how women's history has consistently been hidden and distorted by 200 years of official government statistics.Much of women's history has been hidden and filtered through unrealistic expectations and assumptions. Because U.S. government data about women's lives and occupations has been significantly inaccurate, these misrepresentations in statistical information h...

"I don't know anything about solving crimes. I just make things up." So says mystery writer Leopold Longshanks. But somehow true crime keeps finding him and, reluctantly, he keeps getting involved. In these thirteen stories by award-winning author Robert Lopresti, he investigates murders, con games, his own mugging, a kidnapped horse, and the theft of a first edition of The Maltese Falcon. Oh, and his own murder. Fortunately, that killing turns out to be fictional.

Stories that pay tribute to Rex Stout's legendary private detective by Lawrence Block, Loren D. Estleman, John Lescroart, Robert Goldsborough, and more.If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin have been widely flattered almost from the moment Rex Stout first wrote about them in 1934. The Misadventures of Nero Wolfe collects two dozen literary tributes to one of crime fiction's best-loved private detectives and his ...

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #17—another fun issue, with great mystery and science fiction short stories, classic novels, and more! The lineup this time:Mysteries / Suspense:“Smart Cookie,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]“Shanks Gets Mugged,” by Robert Lopresti [short story]“Thubway Tham Reforms,” by Johnston McCulley [short story]“The Man in the Dick Tracy Hat” by Elizabeth Zelvin [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #43. If this isn’t the best issue we had to date, it’s pretty darn close. Lots of great tales are packed into this one—including not one, but two mystery novels (by Edwin Balmer and Nicholas Carter), three shorter mysteries (including a major new novelet by Robert Lopresti, a great reprint by Victoria Weisfeld, and a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles). On the science fiction side, we have an amazing set of stories by Daniel Marcus, Isa...

This issue, we have 11 tales instead of our usual 10. Why? Because we felt like it! Or it’s a Mother’s Day special bonus. Whatever…just enjoy!This is another issue jam-packed with original stories. Tom Larsen and Anna Scotti (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), as well as Hal Charles and Robert Lopresti, lead off the pack with new mysteries. And Grigory Lukin, Eric Rutter, E.E. King, and Andrew Akers contribute new science fiction and fantasy. Classic rep...

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #29—another fine issue. We have a historical interview with Poul Anderson (originally published in 1976). As Darrell says, his old interviews fall “somewhere between oral history and paleontology.” They are always fascinating. I’ve always said Darrell is one of the best interviewers in the field.For this issue’s mysteries, we have an original tale by Robert Lopresti—Michael Bracken, between his writing and editing our quarterly mystery journal, ...

This time, we have a rare mystery from Hulbert Footner (whose Madame Storey mysteries I greatly enjoy). His novel Queen of Clubs in this issue is a jazz-age mystery that—well, I don’t want to spoil the surprises. Read it and see for yourself!Also on the mystery front, we have original tales by Andrew Welsh-Huggins and Robert Lopresti (thanks to our Acquiring Editors, Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), a classic crime story by David Goodis, and, of course, a solve-it-yourse...

Our 95th issue has a lot of fun stuff—starting off with a pair of original mysteries by Robert Lopresti and Mindy Quigley (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken an Barb Goffman). Also on the mystery side, we have a pair of classic novels by Hulbert Footner R. Austin Freeman, plus a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.On the fantastic side of things, A.R. Morlan has a modern tale of clones, Alfred Coppel has a scientific monster, Seabury Quinn has a weird horror, and Fr...

Black Cat Mystery Magazine #16 presents original tales of crime and mystery in the classic tradition. Included in this issue are:MASTERPIECE, by Mark ThielmanTHE SAWMILL SALVATION, by Jackie Ross FlaumOUT BACK OF JULIO’S, by Gina Sakalarios-RogersA SORTIE FROM THE HAREM, by Elizabeth ZelvinWALKING SILENTLY AMONG THE ROCKS, by David HagertyTHE LAW IN AGUATURBIA, by Jim DohertyTHE HOUND HEADS TO HOLLYWOOD, by Michele Bazan Reed...

Here’s the complete lineup—Cover Art: Ron MillerNOVELSThe Porcelain Mask, by Johnston McCulleyThe creator of Zorro turns his deft hand to a pulp mystery novel.A Man Obsessed, by Alan E. NourseHis all-consuming drive for revenge led him to join the Mercy Men…Armed with Madness, by Mary ButtsA jaz...

This issue has a pretty much everything you could possibly want from a mystery and science fiction magazine (and some things you probably never thought you wanted!)—detectives, neanderthals, a professional taster, starships, a body in an underpass, dinosaurs, World War II soldiers, aliens with tentacles, musicians, time travel—and so much more!Here’s the complete lineup—Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:“Underpass,” by Robert Lopresti [Michael Bracke...