Welcome to Black Cat Weekly #49. This is another strong issue, and we lead off with an original tale by celebrated mystery author Brendan Dubois (courtesy of acquiring editor Michael Bracken). We also have a powerful crime story by Y.S. Lee (courtsey of acquiring editor Barb Goffman), and a pair of novels by Edgar Wallace and Nicholas Carter. And, of course, no issue would be complete without a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles.On the science fiction side, acquiri...

When a group of scientific researchers, isolated in Antarctica, stumble across an alien spaceship buried in the ice it seems like an incredible opportunity.As they transport the alien corpse back to camp several scientists begin to experience vivid and unsettling dreams. Their fears are dismissed...but their nightmare is only beginning.This terrifying novella has been the subject of three Hollywood film adaptations, including John Carpenter's THE THING.