Black Cat Weekly #172 (eBook)

NOVEL

Captains of Souls, by Edgar Wallace

   A shadowy figure holds the key to power and peril in a fog-drenched London mystery.

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

'Death Takes a Dinner Cruise,' by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

'Dead Gifted,' by Robert Jeschonek [Michael Bracken Presents]

   Ava Newton faces danger and deception uncovering the deadly truth behind mysterious gifts.

'The Case of the Kosher Deal,' by Mark Thielman [Barb Goffman Presents]

   A private eye, a potato board, and a killer with a peeler-murder's on the menu in Boise!

'The Adventure of the Morbid Fascination,' by Mike Adamson [Sherlock Holmes series]

   Holmes faces a deadly mystery of hypnotic skulls and sinister manipulations in London...

'Heavenly Host,' by Nina Kiriki Hoffman

   A quiet town changes forever after a strange Christmas Eve visitation. Among the strangest-and best-holiday stories we've published!

'Somebody Wants You,' by E.C. Tubb

   Desperate to be wanted, Smeldon discovers a surprising demand for his unique 'talents' off-world.

'The Martian Hunters,' by Philip E. High

   In a world where Martian relics conceal unimaginable technology, Compton discovers he is no longer fully human.

'Coven of Thirteen,' by John Glasby

   A man confronts wartime visions of a cursed mansion reappearing on Walpurgis Night.

Leaving the Nest, by Tom Easton and Frank Wu

   Two pioneers struggle to build a colony on a hostile world as robots question their purpose.