Black Cat Weekly #183

This issue, we have 6 original stories, including top-drawer mysteries by Shannon Taft and Mark Thielman (thanks to Acquiring Editors Barb Goffman and Michael Bracken) and Michael Wiley, plus great science fiction from Alex Marchenko and Subodhana Wijeyeratne. Our novels are The India-Rubber Men, by Edgar Wallace, and Screamworld, by Edmund Glasby (this is the genre-defying Screamworld’s first American publication). We also have classic reprints by E.C. Tubb and John S. Glasby. And if you’d like to challenge your detective skills, Hal Charles has another original solve-it-yourself mystery. Truly, something for every reader’s taste.

Here’s the complete lineup—

Cover Art: Ron Miller

NOVELS

The India-Rubber Men, by Edgar Wallace

Can rubber suits protect them from Scotland Yard?

Screamworld, by Edmund Glasby

It was a horror-themed amusement park—and so much more!

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“The Campground Caper,” by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

“Fifteen Minutes from Fame,” by Mark Thielman [Michael Bracken Presents short story]

A drifter seeks infamy through petty crime, but fate has other plans…

“Broken,” by Shannon Taft [Barb Goffman Presents short story]

A betrayed woman plots a perfect revenge—but justice is never that simple.

“The Playpen,” by Michael Wiley

A P.I.’s boat repo job turns deadly when a killer lurks in Chicago’s Playpen.

“The Tail End Policy,” by Alex Marchenko

A desperate farmer seeks an afterlife for his dog in a digital Heaven.

“Stares-at-Pigs,” by Subodhana Wijeyeratne

A young outcast and a warlike heir face destiny on the edge of a dying world.

“Emancipation,” by E.C. Tubb

Universal freedom and liberty had been gained—for humans only.

“The Three Green Sisters,” by John S. Glasby

A lost traveler finds an inn where the trees whisper—and the dead don’t rest.