Welcome to Black Cat Weekly. We can’t believe it’s been 100 issues! Time flies when you’re having fun. To celebrate, we are offering this issue at a special price.To help make this issue special, we asked Acquiring Editors Barb Goffman and Michael Bracken to contribute some special stories of their own. We think you’ll agree, they are among the highlights of this issue. On the mystery side , we also have stories by Nancy Pickard, Bradley Harper, and a novel from the legend...

When a bad man with a nice cat was murdered during World War II, the police asked Dr. Franklin Couch for his assistance. Now, many years later, the old veterinarian tells his granddaughter about the investigation, which involved many cats and many clues, but just one killer.The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases modern masterpieces of mystery, crime, and suspense selected by acclaimed mystery author and editor Barb Goffman.

In Bigger, Better, Braver, master integrative life coach Nancy Pickard challenges us with these life-altering questions:•Is there something you'd love to do but haven't found the courage?•Do you want to give yourself over to the fullest possible experience of living?•Do you want to take a leap toward a bigger, better, braver life?Bigger Better Braver is a proven, step-by-step guide for uncovering and putting in...

The crime fiction canopy's a broad one, with room to give shelter to writing of all sorts, as editor Lawrence Block shows with At Home in the Dark: "Some of these stories have one or both feet planted in another genre. James Reasoner's story is a period western, Joe Lansdale's is bleakly dystopian, and Joe Hill's novelette slithers through a little doorway into another world. "And now that I've singled out those three, I suppose I should go ahead and list the rest of the gang: N. ...

“Engrossing . . . beautifully written and carefully crafted . . . [a] work that explores the healing power of truth.”—The Boston GlobeFor seventeen years, a rural community in Kansas has faithfully tended the grave of an anonymous teenage girl christened the Virgin of Small Plains. And some claim that, perhaps owing to the girl’s intervention, strange miracles and unexplainable healings have occurred. Slowly, word of the legend spreads.But what rea...

One beautiful summer afternoon, Jody Linder receives shocking news: The man convicted of murdering her father is being released from prison and returning to the small town of Rose, Kansas. It has been twenty-three years since that stormy night when her father was shot and killed and her mother disappeared, presumed dead. Neither the protective embrace of Jody’s three uncles nor the safe haven of her grandparents’ ranch could erase the pain caused by Billy Crosby on that catastrophic night....

The blank page, the impossible deadline, the rush of inspiration: There is no profession more maddening or more rewarding than being a writer. Yet surprisingly, all writers pass through the same sequence of stages in the course of their careers. It was this remarkable insight that inspired veteran authors Nancy Pickard and Lynn Lott to write one of the wisest and liveliest guides to the literary life ever penned— a volume of astonishing revelation, warm reassurance, brilliant encouragement...

January 1987, Small Plains, Kansas. On the night of the decade's worst blizzard, a boy discovers the naked corpse of a beautiful girl. No-one can identify her, so the people of the town bury her with a gravestone marked with the date and 'Peace Be Unto You'. Seventeen years later, the mysterious dead girl - the 'Virgin of Small Plains' - has inspired a local myth. In the two decades since her death, strange miracles have visited those who faithfully tend her grave; some believe her spirit ...

Twenty-six years ago, when she was only three months old, Jody Linder's father was murdered as she slept in her cot. Her mother vanished, presumed dead.Local trouble-maker Billy Crosby confessed to the murder and was locked up, leaving his wife and son to face the consequences in the small Kansas town of Rose. But his son Collin, now a lawyer, has successfully petitioned for a retrial, which means that - for now - Billy is back in town.Jody is horrified - the man who tore h...

A DINNER TO DIE FORSummoned from her Arizona ranch to take charge of her teenage great-nephew and his twin sister, Genia Potter takes a rental on the Rhode Island coast. Old acquaintance Stanley Parker is only too happy to welcome her. And soon Genia is busily preparing for the tasting party that she and Stanley are hosting that evening at her cottage.An avid cook and recipe collector, Stanley has already roped Genia into collaborating on The Secret...

Acclaimed Agatha Award-winning author Nancy Pickard presents this anthology of original mystery stories by some of the most distinguished mystery writers of the 20th century, including Dorothy Cannell and Sharyn McCrumb. Compiled in honor of the most beloved crime writer of all time— Agatha Christie— this collection includes:• " His Tears" " by Marilyn Wallace• " Cast Your Fate to the Wind" by Deborah Adams• " Sign of the Times" by Nancy Pickard• " Fannie's Bac...

In Bigger, Better, Braver, master integrative life coach Nancy Pickard challenges us with these life-altering questions:•Is there something you'd love to do but haven't found the courage?•Do you want to give yourself over to the fullest possible experience of living?•Do you want to take a leap toward a bigger, better, braver life?Bigger Better Braver is a proven, step-by-step guide for uncovering and putting in...