This issue, we have the second of the long-running Dutch series featuring the adventures of Lord Lister (Alias Raffles), as the Robin Hood of England tangles with a jeweler who likes to cheat his customers with fake diamonds and pearls. (This is a new translation and its first appearance in English. We have more coming up.) Plus we have original mysteries by Tom Larsen (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken), Joseph S. Walker (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman), and K M Rockwood...

Harry wants out. The daily grind has ground him down, and his good-life dreams are fading fast. He hatches a plan...a fake-your-own-death insurance scam that will set him and his wife up on Easy Street. Lena has her doubts. Harry's always had a hand in the hustle, but murder was never his style. She goes along just to see how far he'll take it, down Mexico way, the scene of the crime. Afterwards, with Harry in hiding, Lena returns home widowed and soon to be wealthy, waits out the weeks un...

Alberto Espinoza's son is the head of the Marxist organization that kidnapped a powerful union leader. Espinoza, a retired colonel of the Ecuadorian army brings the information to Captain Ernesto Guillén of the Policía Nacional, with a proposal. He will reveal the kidnapped leader's location if Guillén promises to arrest his son without harming him. Espinoza wants his son to face the consequences of his actions, but when the chips are down the colonel has second thoughts.

This issue, we have 11 tales instead of our usual 10. Why? Because we felt like it! Or it’s a Mother’s Day special bonus. Whatever…just enjoy!This is another issue jam-packed with original stories. Tom Larsen and Anna Scotti (thanks to Acquiring Editors Michael Bracken and Barb Goffman), as well as Hal Charles and Robert Lopresti, lead off the pack with new mysteries. And Grigory Lukin, Eric Rutter, E.E. King, and Andrew Akers contribute new science fiction and fantasy. Classic rep...

This issue, we have our usual eclectic mix. Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken has a new Ecuadoran story by Tom Larsen. We have more original shorts by Michael Haynes, Paula Messina, Simon Kewin, John Leahy, and Veronica Leigh. And classics by Elizabeth Burgoyne Corbett (who originally wrote as “Mrs. George Corbett”), Ray Cummings, and James H. Schmitz. And there’s a brand new solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles, too.Feel free to read every word, or you can pick and choose. It...

This issue features a pair of novels. The first, The Man in the Queue, by Josephine Tey, kicks off her Inspector Alan Grant series. The second, The Enchantress of World’s End, by Lin Carter, continues the epic far-future, sword-and-sorcery saga begun last issue.As for our mystery shorts, we have a great lineup. Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken has selected an original Ecuadoran-set thriller by Tom Larsen, and Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman has uncovered a terrific ...

Black Cat Mystery Magazine returns with an action-packed issue featuring 11 original tales of crime and mystery. Our classic reprint is "The Moffat Mystery" by Australian writer Mary Fortune. Here's the lineup:REAL COURAGE, by Barb GoffmanMEET ME AT THE CHURCH AND BRING ALL THE GUNS, by Bruce ArthursEL PASO HEAT, by Peter W.J. HayesTHE LEGEND OF YAG-GRYLLHOTH, by Andrew Welsh-HugginsRED ROSES FOR A BLUE LADY, by Josh PachterHEIRESS, by Li...

This issue, we begin the second volume in Ed Glasby’s monumental fantasy trilogy with The Dark Pilgrimage, plus we have a complete science fiction novel by Nelson S. Bond and a complete classic mystery novel Mary Roberts Rinehart, Avery Hopwood (adapted from their play by acclaimed author Stephen Vincent Benét).On the mystery short story end of things, Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken has an original from Tom Larsen, and Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman as a Thanksgiving tale...

The 10th issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine features another great lineup of original crime and mystery fiction, plus one classic reprint. Here are:ORIGINAL STORIES:THE LAST GASP, by H.K. SladeSPOOK, by Emilio DeGraziaOUT OF A FOG, by Barb GoffmanEL PESCADOR ZURDO, by Tom LarsenA BLUE UMBRELLA SKY, by R.S. MorganDEATH WILL GIVE YOU A REASON, by Elizabeth ZelvinTHE MANNEQUIN GRAVEYARD, by Gregory L. Norris

Ever wonder what your neighbors are really like? What they may be hiding?The Neighbors features twenty aspiring writers wishing to entertain you with their short stories inspired by these very questions. From humorous conflicts with the home owners association to a seedier malevolence, suspicious behavior to a welcomed change, there is something for everyone.The next time your neighbors invite you to dinner, you may wish to think twice!

In Why? A Collection of Mysterious Tales, we hope to answer two questions: Who Did It? and Why?With Fifteen short stories by twelve emerging writers, our sleuths uncover a plethora of reasons for murder with suspicious characters throughout.Which will be your favorite?

This time, we have a special all-mystery issue. But don’t panic! We have mysteries by science fiction and fantasy writers, too…tales by Phyllis Ann Karr (best known for her fantasy novels, such as Idylls of the Queen and the Frostflower & Thorn series) and Theodore R. Cogswell (author of the 1952 classic “The Specter General,” voted one of the greatest science fiction stories of all time by the Science Fiction Writers of America). We also...