Black Cat Weekly #103

Our 103rd issue is just one shy of our second anniversary issue, but we still have a whale of an issue for you. Regular readers will notice a new category ("e;Adventure"e;) below, which will appear occasionally to fit stories I like that aren't necessarily mysteries, science fiction, or fantasy. (Well...this one may be fantasy, depending on how you feel about fish!) It's from a pulp magazine called Mammoth Adventure, a companion to Amazing Stories and Fantastic when they were published by Ziff-Davis. It's fun.Working our way through the table of contents, we have a pair of original mysteries by O'Neil De Noux and Shannon Taft, thanks to our hardworking Acquiring Editors, Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman. James Holding has a crime story, and Golden Age British mystery author J.J. Connington adds a terrific novel.For adventure (and nature) lovers, something's fishy in "e;Only a Sucker Bites,"e; a whopper of a story about lake pike.On the fantasy end of things, we have a tale of astral projection from Adrian Cole, a vintage zombi (or jumbee) story by Henry S. Whitehead first published in Weird Tales, and a pair of vintage science fiction stories by Arthur Leo Zagat and George O. Smith.Here's the complete lineup:Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:"e;A Dirty, Dimly Lit Place,"e; by O'Neil De Noux [Michael Bracken Presents short story]"e;Too Many Suspects,"e; by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]"e;The End of the Road,"e; by Shannon Taft [Barb Goffman Presents short story]"e;Reason Enough,"e; by James Holding [short story]Murder in the Maze, by J. J. Connington [novel]Adventure:"e;Only a Sucker Bites,"e; by J. C. Stanley [short story]Science Fiction & Fantasy:"e;A Smell of Burning,"e; by Adrian Cole [short story]"e;Jumbee,"e; by Henry S. Whitehead [short story]"e;Lost in Time,"e; by Arthur Leo Zagat [novella]Dynasty of the Lost, by George O. Smith [novel]