Black Cat Weekly #141 by Gore Vidal

    If you like some of the series we’ve been publishing, you’re in for a treat this time. We have a new Smith Sisters story by Veronica Leigh, a Sexton Blake story by Hal Meredith, a Johnny Liddell novel by Frank Kane, and a Jules de Grandin story by Seabury Quinn.

   I don’t want to slight our non-series contents—it’s quite an all-star lineup, with tales such modern masters as Aeryn Rudell and Vinnie Hansen (courtesy of Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), plus classics by Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett, Lester del Rey, and Gore Vidal. And, of course, a solve-it-yourself mystery by Hal Charles.

   Here’s the complete lineup—

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:
“A Slice of Life,” by Veronica Leigh [short story, the Smith Sisters series]
“Every Trick in the Book,” by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” by Vinnie Hansen [short story]
“The Clue of the Ash,” by Hal Meredith [short story, Sexton Blake series]
Green Light for Death, by Frank Kane [novel, Johnny Liddell series]

Science Fiction & Fantasy:
“Time On My Hands,” by Aeryn Rudel [Michael Bracken Presents short story]
“The Girl from Bodies, Inc.,” by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett [short story]
“Whom the Gods Love,” by Lester del Rey [short story]
“Body and Soul,” by Seabury Quinn [short story, Jules de Grandin series]
Messiah, by Gore Vidal [novel]