Black Cat Weekly #242

N.M. Cedeño · Ron Miller · Maureen Bowden · Conleth Thornbury · Michael Randle · Hal Charles · Sam Merwin Jr. · J. Allan Dunn · Florence M. Pattee · Ray Cummings

Jan 2026 · Wildside Press LLC

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About this ebook

This issue, we have yet again managed to pull together an amazing lineup, kicking off with originals from N.M. Cedeño (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), Ron Miller (another Velda story!), Maureen Bowden, Conleth Thornbury, and Michael Randle, plus a new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles. As if that’s not enough, we have a classic mystery novel from The Mystery of Voodoo Manor, a classic science fiction novel from Explorers Into Infinity, and classic novelets from J. Allan Dunn (one of my favorite pulp authors), and Sam Merwin, Jr.

Here’s the complete lineup—

Cover Art: Ron Miller

NOVELS

The Mystery of Voodoo Manor, by Florence M. Pattee [Nancy Dayland series]
A plucky young woman investigates a locked room mystery.

Explorers Into Infinity, by Ray Cummings
One invention sends explorers beyond the limits of time and space.

NOVELETS

“The Gray God,” by J. Allan Dunn
On a forbidden island, even the stone god seems hungry for more.

“Snowstorm on Mars,” by Sam Merwin, Jr.
A baby is coming. So is terror from deep in the Martian past...

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“The Day the Music Died,” by Hal Charles
Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!

SHORT STORIES

“The Case of the Dead Man’s Daughter,” by N.M. Cedeño [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
A family mystery unravels when the dead refuse to stay lost.

“One Good Turn,” by Conleth Thornbury
A juror hears a simple case—and sees something far more dangerous.

“Murder on a Shoestring,” by Ron Miller [Velda P.I. series]
A studio stunt, a dead secretary, and one very bad pair of boots.

“Transfusion on Grinfield Street,” by Maureen Bowden
Can true love reclaim a soul that darkness held for centuries?

“What Monkeys Fling,” by Michael Randle
A raid on Earth should be easy. So why does everything go so wrong?

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