Black Cat Weekly #219

Ron Miller · Janice Law · Larry Hodges · Laurence Raphael Brothers · Hal Charles · Philip E. High · Ray Cummings · George F. Worts · Arch E. Giddings · Romaine H. Lowdermilk

Nov 2025 · Wildside Press LLC

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About this ebook

This issue, we have original tales from Ron Miller (a new Velda story), Janice Law (a new Holmes Impersonator story), and standalones from Laurence Raphael Brothers and Larry Hodges. We also present classic science fiction from Philip E. High and Ray Cummings, a pulp mystery set in China from George F. Worts, and a telegraph-crime story from the team of Romaine H. Lowdermilk and Arch E. Giddings. Lots of great reading!

Here’s the complete lineup—

Cover Art: Ron Miller

NOVELS

Peter the Brazen, by George F. Worts

A kidnapped girl. A hidden city. One brave man willing to fight.

The Princess of the Atom, by Ray Cummings

Beings from a microscopic world threaten Earth!

NOVELETTE

“The Lords of Creation,” by Philip E. High

They call themselves the Lords of Creation. They’re wrong!

SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY

“Who Stole Aunt Willow’s Golden Hammer?” by Hal Charles

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

SHORT STORIES

“Velda and the Book of the Dead,” by Ron Miller [Velda, P.I. series]

Velda probes a deadly mystery after her book-dealer friend is poisoned.

“The Holmes Impersonator and the Business at the Bijou,” by Janice Law [Holmes Impersonator series]

The Holmes Impersonator faces a very real mystery at a “haunted” theater.

“Codes,” by Romaine H. Lowdermilk and Arch E. Giddings

Romance and deception clash in a high-stakes telegraph-office scheme.

“Inner Journey,” by Laurence Raphael Brothers

A patient's inner journey becomes a doctor’s nightmare...

“The Time and Place of the Invasion,” by Larry Hodges

Heisenberg’s law: Know both time and place—then cease to exist!

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