Black Cat Weekly #256

Cover Art: Stephen Hickman

NOVELLA

“Shanghai Jim,” by Frank L. Packard

Pearls, a hidden enemy, and one last chance to clear his name…

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“Death Takes a Dip,” by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

“Preliminary Investigation,” by Terena Elizabeth Bell [Michael Bracken Presents]

Did Holly jump—or does her final photograph reveal something else?

“Satan’s Wings,” by Michael Bracken

Can a hot-wing empire conceal a scheme worth killing—and dying—for?

“A Bouquet for Velda,” by Ron Miller [Velda, P.I. series]

A florist’s daughter vanishes, and Velda follows a dark, thorny trail.

“Density 21,” by Serhii Baranov

One battered ship. One vast meteor storm. One chance to escape it all.

“The Happy Place,” by Kevin J.E. Walsh

Who stole Storaa’s happiest memory—and planted it in a stranger’s mind?

“Passage to Gomorrah,” by Robert F. Young

What waits when two haunted lives collide inside a storm of time?

“Replace the Horse,” by Laurence M. Janifer

When science backs a broken-down racehorse, the odds turn strange.

“The Intarsia Box,” by Henry S. Whitehead

A sealed box links a proud Boston family to a long-shadowed past.