The Crime, Mystery, & Gangster Fiction Magazine Index

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Black Cat Weekly [#223, (December 7) 2025] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 442pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Sometimes the Bear Gets You · Dave Zeltserman · ss 29 · What’s in a Name? · Hal Charles · vi Black Cat Weekly #221, 2025; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. not the same as the story of the same name in issue #67. 33 · Costumed to Kill · Jacob Graysol · ss 54 · Velda Goes West [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 74 · Communion · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · vi Dreams and Nightmares #110, 2018 77 · The Dragonbearer of Bad News · Steve Horton · ss 83 · The Curse of Saint Umbrah · Edmund Glasby · ss 117 · Memorium · Basil Wells · ss Fantastic Universe March 1956 123 · Testing · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss Fantastic Universe March 1956, as by Jacques Jean Ferrat 137 · Flaxius · Charles Godfrey Leland · n. Philip Wellby, August 1902; subtitled “Leaves from the Life of an Immortal”.

Black Cat Weekly [#224, (December 14) 2025] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 420pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Eight in the Corner · John M. Floyd · ss 21 · Saving Christmas Eve · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 24 · Blow Dry · Lois Metzger · ss 33 · A Watch for Christmas · Anne Swardson · ss 53 · Field of Bodies · Michael Bracken · ss 66 · The Fall of Athena · Hal Charles · ss 88 · Mountain Killers · Thomas Barclay Thomson · vi Argosy Allstory Weekly March 23 1929 93 · The Last Noel · Shari Held · ss 108 · The God You Save May Be Your Own · Michael Thomas Ford · ss 125 · Assassin in Hiding · Philip E. High · nv Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #79, 1957 161 · Fatal Fingers · William Le Queux · n. Cassell, April 1912

Black Cat Weekly [#225, (December 21) 2025] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 511pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 10 · One Night Stand · Steve Liskow · ss 29 · Snow Job · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 33 · Murder by the Creek [Friday Hampton & Ambrose Broyhill] · H. K. Slade · ss 59 · Christmas at Stornay’s · Marcelle Dubé · ss 72 · Christmas Tree Detail · Johnston McCulley · ss Giant Western February 1949 84 · A Christmas Fable · Ron Miller · ss 87 · Santa Takes a Hit · Susan Love Brown · vi 93 · An Exciting Christmas Eve · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Boy’s Own Paper Christmas 1883 113 · The Mansion of Akamu Wa · Edmund Glasby · ss 143 · The Tomorrow People · Judith Merril · n. Pyramid, May 1960 395 · Velda [Part 1 of 2; Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · n.

Black Cat Weekly [#226, (December 28) 2025] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 396pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Amanda Ross · Tom Milani · ss 26 · A Bridge Too Far · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 30 · The Canadian: Death by the Barrel · J. F. Benedetto · ss 52 · The Numbers Racket [Clint Magnum] · Laird Long · ss 62 · Heads Always Wins, Tails Never Loses · Katja Rammer · ss 79 · The Last Quarry · Bryce Walton · ss Fantastic Universe January 1956 95 · Topside · Philip E. High · nv Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #83, 1957 121 · The Forerunners · Norman Arkawy & Stanley Henig · ss Fantastic Universe March 1956 136 · Murder of a Plaster Saint [Richard Curtis Van Loan (The Phantom Detective)] · Robert Wallace (by Norman A. Daniels) · na The Phantom Detective February 1944 276 · Velda [Part 2 of 2; Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · n.

Black Cat Weekly [#227, (January 4) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 418pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · El Artista Fugitivo [Wilson Salinas] · Tom Larsen · ss 28 · Call a Plumber · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 32 · A Strange Relief · Anna Scotti · ss 49 · Homicide and Gentlemen [Lieutenant Joseph Marcus] · Fletcher Flora · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1961 76 · The Sapphire That Disappeared · James Holding · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1961 93 · Terrors of the Dark · Edmund Glasby · ss 131 · Wrath of the Gods · Philip E. High · ss Nebula Science Fiction #17, 1956 143 · The Nothing · Frank Herbert · ss Fantastic Universe January 1956 156 · Only Seven Were Hanged · Stuart Martin · n. Harper & Brothers, May 1929 353 · The Moon of Skulls [Solomon Kane] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales June 1930 (+1)

Black Cat Weekly [#228, (January 11) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 945pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 8 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 11 · Crocodile Tears · D. J. Cockburn · ss 39 · A Ruined Reunion · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 43 · American Cleaning Services · Laird Long · ss 55 · Velda’s Chip Comes In [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 79 · You with Me? · John Leahy · ss 91 · Megafauna · James Van Pelt · ss 113 · The Ancient Enemy · Philip E. High · nv Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #84, 1957 140 · Stacked Deck · Lester del Rey · ss Amazing Stories November 1952 162 · The Mystery of M. Felix · B. L. Farjeon · n. Lovell, 1890 690 · A Brand New World · Ray Cummings · n. Argosy Allstory Weekly September 22 1928 (+5)

Black Cat Weekly [#229, (January 18) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 460pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 10 · To Drop a Dime · Floyd Sullivan · ss 34 · Death Serves an Ace · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 38 · The Holmes Impersonator and the Drama Club [Sherlock Holmes] · Janice Law · ss 50 · Sniff’s Rise [Sheerluck Bones] · [uncredited] · vi El Paso Herald June 20 1918 53 · Murder in A-Flat · Michael Haynes · ss 66 · One Eye, Two Eyes, and Three Eyes · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss 75 · The Red Patrol · Larry Hodges · ss 83 · The Cybernetic Kid · John Jakes · ss Fantastic Universe February 1956 101 · Young Man with a Trumpet · Frank Belknap Long · vi Fantastic Universe February 1956 105 · Larry Dexter and the Bank Mystery [Larry Dexter] · Raymond Sperry · n. Grosset & Dunlap, July 1912, as by Howard R. Garis 270 · The Man Who Mastered Time [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · n. A.C. McClurg, October 1929

Black Cat Weekly [#230, (January 25) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 706pp, ebook, cover by Steve Hickman) 8 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 12 · Thinner Than Water [Mike Stone] · Dave Zeltserman · ss 41 · Murder Off the Grid · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 44 · Punching Bag · Barb Goffman · vi Flash Bang Mysteries Winter 2019 48 · Death Trail · Ray Cummings · ss Crack Detective Stories May 1949 59 · The Circle · E. E. King · ss 71 · A Quest Born of Fire and Blood · Stephen W. Chappell · ss 102 · To Rue, To Revel, To Revert · Grigory Lukin · ss 108 · Plague Solution · Philip E. High · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #77, 1957 125 · The Rat Trap · William Le Queux · n. Ward Lock, March 1928 384 · The Man on Horseback · Achmed Abdullah · n. James A. McCann Company, November 1919

Black Cat Weekly [#231, (February 1) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 433pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Collateral Damage · Michael Bracken · ss 24 · An Ounce of Prevention · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 28 · Inside a Locked Room · Peter DiChellis · ss 39 · Velda Gets the Drop on the D.A. [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 53 · Making Noise · Michael Palmeri · ss 70 · Baby Tyrants · Nick Manzolillo · ss 83 · How Do You Like Your Blue-Eyed Boy, Mr. Death? · Larry Tritten · ss 2AM Spring 1992 97 · Topside · Philip E. High · nv Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #83, 1957 123 · A House of Unreason · John S. Glasby · nv Supernatural Stories #4, 1954, as by A. J. Merak 150 · The Snowball Effect · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1952 167 · Strong Poison [Lord Peter Wimsey] · Dorothy L. Sayers · n. Gollancz, October 1930

Black Cat Weekly [#232, (February 8) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 212pp, ebook, cover by Steve Hickman) 5 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · See That My Grave Is Kept Clean · Steve Liskow · ss 28 · A Violent Valentine · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 32 · Vanity Case · John M. Floyd · ss Mysterical-e Spring 2017 39 · The Hidden Hand · Dr. Amritendu Mukherjee · ss 56 · In the Subway [Sheerluck Bones] · [uncredited] · vi The Weekly Pioneer-Times June 23 1917 58 · Wrong Notes · Nick Guthrie · ss 77 · Oh, Gargie! · Ray Cummings · ss Crack Detective Stories April 1947 87 · Dryad · Joe Pitkin · ss 110 · Time Bomb · Philip E. High · ss Nebula Science Fiction #23, 1957 130 · Eau de Morgue · Arthur T. Harris · ss Fantastic Universe June 1956 138 · The Ghost and the Jewels · Lurana W. Sheldon · ss The White Elephant July 1897 149 · The Curse of the Painted Cliffs · W. C. Tuttle · nv Short Stories January 25 1923

Black Cat Weekly [#233, (February 15) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 582pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · A Fish Story · Hal Charles · ss 19 · Murder Takes a Mortgage · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 22 · Money Makes the Man · Gordon Linzner · ss 38 · Lost and Found · Dan Crosby · ss 61 · Mutiny in the County · John M. Floyd · ss 73 · Trust Fall · Bud Pharo · ss 91 · Song in a Minor Key [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · vi Scienti-Snaps February 1940 94 · The Artificial Man · Clare Winger Harris · ss Science Wonder Quarterly Fall 1929 109 · The Secret of the Old Clock [Nancy Drew] · Carolyn Keene (by Mildred Wirt Benson) · n. Grosset & Dunlap, April 1930 267 · The Barge of Haunted Lives · J. Aubrey Tyson · n. Macmillan, February 1923

Black Cat Weekly [#234, (February 22) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 405pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 10 · Delilah Solves a Puzzle · Adam Meyer · ss 38 · Watching the Submarine Races · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 42 · Blind Justice [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 69 · Velda Makes Horse Sense [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 99 · Delilah’s Deadly Date [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 123 · When All You Have Is a Time Portal… · Grigory Lukin · ss 135 · Necessity Is the Mother of Invention… · Larry Tritten · ss Amazing Stories November 1991 157 · A Schoolroom for the Teacher · Philip E. High · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #74, 1956 169 · Haunted Humans · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1994 251 · The Hidden Staircase [Nancy Drew] · Carolyn Keene (by Mildred Wirt Benson) · n. Grosset & Dunlap, April 1930

Black Cat Weekly [#235, (March 1) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 382pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) 5 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Deadman’s Falls · Hal Charles · ss 22 · The Mystery Writer’s Last Mystery · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 26 · Velda Goes South [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 69 · Hitchhiker · Harry Harrison · ss The Saint Mystery Magazine December 1959 69 · What Would Synbad Do? · Teel James Glenn · ss 106 · The Forgotten · Sherry Teitelbaum · ss 122 · Last Dance · A. L. Sirois · ss 147 · The Ebony Juju [Kingi Bwana] · Gordon MacCreagh · ss Adventure July 15 1930 236 · The Bungalow Mystery [Nancy Drew] · Carolyn Keene (by Mildred Wirt Benson) · n. Grosset & Dunlap, April 1930

Black Cat Weekly [#236, (March 8) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 722pp, ebook, cover by Steve Hickman) 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 10 · Shopping That Way · Andrew Welsh-Huggins · ss 30 · Death Crashes the Party · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 34 · Bookend · Bobby Mathews · ss 52 · Velda Goes on a Date [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 83 · The Dead Hand [Diana Marburg] · L. T. Meade & Robert Eustace · ss Pearson’s Magazine February 1902 102 · Spirit Tips [Diana Marburg] · John Gregory Betancourt · ss 149 · Restless Souls [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales October 1928 189 · Sic · D. J. Tyrer · ss 197 · Preview · Frank Belknap Long · vi Fantastic Universe January 1956 200 · The Mystery at Lilac Inn [Nancy Drew] · Carolyn Keene (by Mildred Wirt Benson) · n. Grosset & Dunlap, October 1930 345 · Last and First Men · Olaf Stapledon · n. Methuen, October 1930