Honolulu's hottest private eye, Val Lyon, is smart, sexy and tough. She doesn't back down from any opponent, even when the opponent is Death. Val drops from the sky and paddles a turbulent ocean. She mixes it up on the sand and the hardwood. She faces off against predator sharks and ferocious bulls, but the most fearsome opponents are the two-legged ones.The games are afoot but not everyone plays by the rules. There is plenty of cheating., on the court and in the bed. But these che...

The Tropical Storm of the Women's Professional Basketball League had earned a reputation as home wreckers for the way they vanquished opponents on the other team's home court. But did they confine their home wrecking to the court or did it continue off the court and in the bed? Private eye, Val Lyon knows the answer from first hand experience.

Burn in! That's what it means to hit the ground at terminal velocity. Val Lyon's adrenaline is pumping on her first sky dive. The speed, the wind, the snap of the canopy is the thrill of a life time. But that all changes when one of Val's sky jump masters burns in. Was it an accident or was it murder? Val must find out.

Paula Evangelista—Vengelista—is at the top of the beach volleyball circuit. Knocking down kill after kill, she is trying to regain her title of kill leader. But someone wants to put an end to her streak and maybe an end to her life. It is up to Honolulu private eye, Val Lyon, to find out who wants to kill the kill leader and prevent it from happening or end up as another kill herself.

It's March Madness. The U.C. Santa Christa women's basketball team is headed to the Big Dance, the NCAA basketball tournament, but death is stalking the team. Records are falling and bodies are dropping. Former star Val Lyon, now private detective, returns to her alma mater and her former team to stop the madness and get them to the championship alive.

Ex-cop, ex-con, ex-pro basketball player turned private eye, Val Lyon has been hired by a Honolulu attorney to find a missing boy who is the object of a high-profile custody battle. The assignment takes her from the canyons of downtown Honolulu to the leper colony of Molokai and back again. All the way, a killer is dogging her heels

This is BCW's last issue of the year—which explains why we have a New Year’s story from Elizabeth Elwood (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). We also have original mysteries from Mark Troy (courtesy of Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Nikki Knight (a new Grace the Hit Mom story), plus a complete short story collection by Edgar Wallace, plus a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.Five classics this time on the science fiction & fantasy front, from some of...

The 10th issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine features another great lineup of original crime and mystery fiction, plus one classic reprint. Here are:ORIGINAL STORIES:THE LAST GASP, by H.K. SladeSPOOK, by Emilio DeGraziaOUT OF A FOG, by Barb GoffmanEL PESCADOR ZURDO, by Tom LarsenA BLUE UMBRELLA SKY, by R.S. MorganDEATH WILL GIVE YOU A REASON, by Elizabeth ZelvinTHE MANNEQUIN GRAVEYARD, by Gregory L. Norris

If balancing academic demands with student wellness feels overwhelming, Resilient offers a path forward. Grounded in six key components, this guide provides a framework to help educators embed social-emotional growth into daily instruction. With practical tools and real-world strategies, it supports stronger teacher-student relationships, adult well-being, and a thriving school culture—without treating wellness as just one more thing to do.K–12 school leaders, curriculum co...

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Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, was very enamored with his daughter, Susi, and remained so up to her untimely death at age 24 in 1896. In 1875, at the age of 3, she had written her first letter to Santa Claus. As a writer and loving father, Twain, couldn't stand for his young daughter to feel like her work went unheard, so he penned the following letter to "My Dear Susie Clemens" from "The Man in the Moon" himself. Once there was a bad little boy whose name was Jim - though, if...

Once there was a bad little boy whose name was Jim - though, if you will notice, you will find that bad little boys are nearly always called James in your Sunday-school books. It was strange, but still it was true that this one was called Jim. He didn't have any sick mother either - a sick mother who was pious and had the consumption, and would be glad to lie down in the grave and be at rest but for the strong love she bore her boy, and the anxiety she felt that the world might be harsh an...