Black Cat Weekly #256
About this ebook
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.
