Our 68th weekly issue has several holiday tales to spice up the season, including an original (“Merry Library Murder,” by N.M. Cedeño, courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and some modern classics by Heather Critchlow (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) and one of my own favorite authors, Nina Kiriki Hoffman (she’s amazing!) Cynthia Ward has selected an exciting fantasy from Milton J. Davis, plus we have great tales by Ray Bradbury, Lester del Rey, and James Holding, a Sex...

’Tis the season for tricks and treats, and boy do we have a lot of treats this time—including three firsts for us. For our first first, this issue, we have a Featured Author…British horror writer Edmund Glasby. Of course, longtime BCW readers are already familiar with his work, but this issue, we have three original horror novelettes (more than 20,000 words of terror), plus—our second first—a new interview with Ed in which he talks about his work and inspiration. Yes, we’ve run interviews ...

By the time the doctor arrived, Lord Lingdale was beginning to show signs of returning consciousness. When he finally regained his senses and had been informed that the diamonds had been stolen, he turned to his wife. “Wire at once for Sexton Blake,” he said.

Black Cat Weekly #102 has quite an eclectic lineup. We have modern mystery tales by Joseph S. Walker and Marc Lecard (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman. A parody of Harlan Ellison’s work from Larry Tritten. Noir from Bruno Fischer. A story featuring traditional British detective Sexton Blake from Hal Meredith. Classic sci-fi by Lester del Rey. And let’s not forget our solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.We also have more than a few stories...

URGENT. COME AT ONCE.—TREVELYAN, MOSTYN MANOR.That was all the telegram said; and, apart from the fact that Sir Otto Trevelyan, of Mostyn Manor, in Surrey, was one of the best-known financial magnates in the City of London, that was all that Sexton Blake knew of the case when he left his rooms in Baker Street and drove to Waterloo.

Sexton Blake receives a mysterious letter from a woman, who claims she is being held against her will in Paris. Is it kidnapping or something more sinister? Of course, he investigates immediately.

In a great many respects, the case resembled that of Mr. Dyson, of Maida Vale, who, it may be remembered, was lured away from home by a bogus message, and compelled to perform an operation on a man who had nothing wrong with him. And it was, no doubt, the recollection of the brilliant triumph which Sexton Blake had achieved in Dr. Dyson’s case which led Mrs. Banham, when all the efforts of the local police had failed to solve the mystery of her husband’s disappearance, to wire for Sexton B...

When Lord Arlington arrives to pick up his priceless collection of rubies from safe deposit, he discovers they have disappeared. But how could it have happened from behind locked doors in one of the safest places in England? Sexton Blake investigates!

Our 107th issue has everything you could possibly want: police detectives, spacemen, cats, a man fighting an inner battle against cancer, boy detectives, an abandonned mill chimney, murder in space…. I could go on and on, but that would take all the fun out of it for you!

After a big bank swindle in Liverpool where thieves escaped with some three thousand of the Imperial Bank’s money, Sexton Blake is asked to help recover it ... and bring the rogues to justice.

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...

With war looming, Sir John, Chief of the British Secret Service, calls on Sexton Blake with a most delicate problem: the Minister of Munitions has gone missing. He must be located, and quickly, with no word of the matter reaching the public.