We’re sunk deep in ice and snow at the moment, but luckily we have power and Internet service and can work to get the new issue out. And it’s a good one, anchored by original tales from Michael Bracken, Peter DiChellis, Ron Miller, Michael Palmeri, and Nick Manzolillo. Plus we have rare tales from British masters Philip E. High and John S. Glasby, plus another from U.S. au...

The Black Cat web site has been around for almost four years now, serving up a weekly buffet of new and classic mysteries—and more recently science fiction—to thousands of readers each week. Rather than continue to release all these novels and stories as individual ebooks, we have decided to bundle them up into a convenient weekly magazine…which is a lot more fun to work on!So here is Black Cat Weekly #1, the September 5, 2021 issue, for your enjoyment pleasure.To ...

The Malice Domestic anthology series returns with a new take on mysteries in the Agatha Christie tradition—original tales with a devilish bent! Included are:Rita Owen · IntroductionLeah Bailey · A Killer in the FamilyPaula Gail Benson · Reputation or SoulM. A. Blum · Little White LiesMichael Bracken · Locked MesaSusan Breen · The Demon ValentineMarco Carocari · All in the PlanningMary Dutta · Devil’s AdvocateChristine Eskilson...

Cover Art: Stephen HickmanNOVELLA“Shanghai Jim,” by Frank L. PackardPearls, a hidden enemy, and one last chance to clear his name…SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY“Death Takes a Dip,” by Hal CharlesCan you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!SHORT STORIES...

CRIME TRAVEL features time-travel mysteries by a terrific lineup of authors.Features an introduction by Donna Andrews.Included are:James BlakeyMelissa H. BlaineMichael BrackenAnna CastleBrendan DuBoisDavid DeanJohn M. FloydBarb GoffmanHeidi HunterEleanor Cawood JonesAdam MeyerBarbara MonajemKorina MossArt TaylorCathy Wiley

High-rise window washer Joe is used to seeing things on the job that he really shouldn't, but he's gotten good at ignoring the sights. That is, until his latest gig of washing the windows of a condominium has him like a peeping-tom watching two hot-as-hell men go at it in the supposed privacy of their bedroom.When he's spotted by the men, he fears the worst—and he can't lose this job. But instead of calling the cops, one of the men holds a business card up to the window, giving Joe...

David isn't the hook-up type, but there's something about Clive—the sexy, older man from the pool locker room—that makes David take him up on the offer for drinks.His hopes of a whirlwind romance, or even just a down-and-dirty afternoon, are dashed when Clive reveals himself to be an undercover cop intent on enlisting David's help. It seems David's new boss has a history of seducing young men, and at least one of them has gone missing, and Clive needs a sexy young man like David to...

A salesman makes a three a.m. stop at a diner and leaves with something off-menu, a gothic waif named Amy who needs something only he can provide. After serving his meal, she disappears. He finds Amy later, standing beside a car that won’t start. She accepts his offer of a ride to her place, but instead they wind up at his, where she demonstrates her appreciation. They part ways the next day, and the salesman thinks that’s the end of it. However, she appears on his doorstep in the middle o...

Love-making isn’t the same after Kelly’s husband Alan returns from a tour of duty in Afghanistan. During an early morning lovemaking session, they reminisce about the time they had wild sex in the women’s restroom at the Officer’s Club during his CO’s retirement party. Kelly had planned to seduce her husband when they returned home that evening, but neither one could wait that long. Although such memories are bittersweet, are they the key to overcome the physical and mental challenges Alan...

Following a snowstorm, Brenda learns that her neighbour’s son Eric has returned home after working offshore for nearly two years. Before he went away there had been some harmless flirtation between them, but that was all - after all Brenda was a married woman. But in the last two years a lot has changed; Brenda has divorced her husband for starters. The question is, will the flirtation start again? And this time might it lead to something more? This excellent short erotic story from Michae...

When American secret agent Milo Stanich is found dead, agent Jack Wilson is sent to determine who killed him and to finish the job Stanich had been assigned: to keep a Pakistani scientist from selling fissile material to America’s enemies. In a wild, erotic tale of cross and double-cross that has Wilson working undercover to turn the Pakistani before the Russians can, Wilson beds the scientist, identifies Stanich’s killer, and brings his assignment - and the Pakistani scientist - to a sati...

The sixth issue of Black Cat Mystery Magazine presented a stellar lineup of new stories, plus a classic reprint. Included in this issue are:NEW STORIES:SEVEN CARD JOKER HIGH, by Trey R. BarkerTHE LOSER, by Robert GuffeyBLEST BE THE TIE THAT BINDS, by Michael BrackenTHE MAGNIFICENT SCORE, by John HegenbergerWORSE THAN DEATH, by Robert LoprestiTHE LAST THING HE REMEMBERED, by Patricia DusenburyPAINT THE CLOWN RED, by ...