Black Cat Weekly #211

This issue, we have the first of Robert Reginald’s sequel to H.G. Wells’s The War of the World. (It’s a thriller!) And that’s only the beginning. We have quite a few returning authors—Joseph S. Walker (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman) celebrates Talk Like a Pirate Day, Mary Jo Rabe has a historical crime story, Ron Miller has a double header with a new Velda, P.I. story, and a science fiction tale. Plus we have classics by Roy Norton, Henry Leverage, Murray Leinster, and W.W. Fenn. A cat tale by A.R. Morland and a new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles complete the issue.

   Here’s the complete lineup—

Cover Art: Ron Miller

NOVEL

Invasion: Earth vs. the Aliens, by Robert Reginald

   The Martians return for a second round of the War of the Worlds!

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“The Cats’ Whiskers,” by Hal Charles

   Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!



SHORT STORIES

“Abduction,” by Mary Jo Rabe

   When the Gestapo comes for her neighbor, her only choice is to lie…

“What We Talk Like When We Talk Like a Pirate,” Joseph S. Walker [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

   Poker night goes awry when the dealer shows what real pirates do.

“Velda and the Prisoner of Zendaville,” by Ron Miller [Velda, P.I series]

   Can a tough P.I. impersonate a missing heiress to save a whole town?

“The Lost Charm,” by Roy Norton

   A simple stagecoach robbery hides a conspiracy to steal a man’s future.

“Beyond the Wall,” by Henry Leverage [Chester Fay series]

   He broke out of prison for freedom but stayed for a dying man’s promise…

“The Cat with the Tulip Face,” by A.R. Morlan

   What do you do when the strange, ugly kitten you rescued can actually fly?

“Captain Judikha and the Brain-Crystals,” Ron Miller

   Someone is rewriting reality, and the trail leads to a dead world…

“This Star Shall Be Free,” by Murray Leinster

   To study a primitive race, aliens gift a caveman with advanced tech…

“The Ghost in the Gallery,” by W.W. Fenn

   Every night he performs, a ghost in the gallery waits for him to fall…