Three astronauts, Bryan, Hughes, and Williams, journey to Mars, fulfilling their dreams. Eagerly explore the barren landscape, but danger lurks beneath the surface. When disaster strikes, Williams must make an impossible choice to save the mission…

Four explorers are stranded on Mars after a terrible accident destroys their ship. With dwindling supplies, they set out on a desperate trek across the harsh Martian landscape toward the distant polar cap, their only hope for survival. Along the way, they encounter adorable but deadly creatures, strange dust devils that pursue them, and a bleak, unforgiving desert that seems to go on forever. Tensions rise as the survivors face one challenge after another in this classic tale of adventure ...

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...

Welcome to Black Cat Weekly.This issue, on the mystery side of things, we have original stories from Brendan DuBois (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), E Senteio (crime in the library!), and Cody Goodfellow (has the classic villain Fantomas finally met his match?)…plus Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman has unearthed a gem by Eve Fisher. Our novel is Behind the Bronze Door, by William Le Queux, and of course we have a solve-it-yourself puzzler from...