The FictionMags Index

Magazine Contents Lists: Page 524

Black Cat Weekly [#239, (March 29) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 293pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 10 · Turkish Muscle · Josh Pachter · ss 23 · Fatal Strike · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 26 · Death of an April Fool · Michael Bracken · ss 43 · Velda Is Left Holding the Bag [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 60 · Forgive the Fortune Teller · Larry Hodges · ss 69 · The Boy Who Leaped Off the Planet · Steve Horton · ss 76 · Four-Billion-Dollar Door · Michael Shaara · ss Satellite Science Fiction December 1956 82 · The Golden Flutterby · Craig Rice · ss Satellite Science Fiction October 1956 88 · The Spectre General [Kurt Dixon] · Theodore R. Cogswell · na Astounding Science Fiction June 1952 167 · The Maharaja’s Sarpech [Elvyra Prezly and Chuck Paladino|] · Sandy Raschke · n. self-published, July 2021

Black Cat Weekly [#240, (April 5) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 344pp, ebook, cover by Steve Hickman) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Riley Walker · Tom Milani · ss 27 · Time’s Up · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 31 · Velda vs. the Red Menace [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 41 · The Italian Cufflink Mystery · Jon Matthew Farber · ss 53 · Just a Bit Too Fast · Hal Moore · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly March 16 1929 67 · Another Name for Death · K. G. Anderson · ss 79 · The Last Incarnation · Bud Pharo · ss 97 · To Bite a Queen · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss 104 · The White Rain Came [Lynn Fenlay] · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv Fantastic Universe May 1955, as by Jacques Jean Ferrat 162 · Dark Power · Elisabeth Sanxay Holding · n. Vanguard Press, January 1930

Black Cat Weekly [#241, (April 12) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 420pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Velda on the Slopes [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · nv 51 · The Purloined Patriotic Pen · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 54 · The Resurrection of Nimble Fingers · Sharon Hunt · ss 68 · The Case of the Vexatious Member [Sherlock Holmes] · Mike Adamson · ss 96 · The Best Fries You Ever Had · T. J. Staneart · ss 109 · The Grandfather Paranoia · Edward M. Lerner · ss 135 · Dictator Bait · Philip E. High · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #118, May 1962 156 · The Dark Ones · John Glasby · ss Supernatural Stories #5, 1955, as by Ray Cosmic 179 · The Openers of the Gate [Dr. James Livingstone] · L. Adams Beck · nv The Openers of the Gate by L. Adams Beck, Cosmopolitan, 1930 211 · Half a Sovereign · Ian Hay · n. Hodder & Stoughton, August 1926

Black Cat Weekly [#242, (April 19) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 465pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 10 · The Case of the Dead Man’s Daughter · N. M. Cedeño · ss 33 · The Day the Music Died · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 37 · One Good Turn · Conleth Thornbury · ss 60 · Murder on a Shoestring [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 77 · Transfusion on Grinfield Street · Maureen Bowden · ss 90 · What Monkeys Fling · Michael Randle · ss 114 · Snowstorm on Mars [Lynn Fenlay] · Sam Merwin, Jr. · nv Fantastic Universe June 1956, as by Jacques Jean Ferrat 151 · The Gray God · J. Allan Dunn · nv Argosy Allstory Weekly March 16 1929 209 · The Mystery of Voodoo Manor [Nancy Dayland] · Florence M. Pettee · n. Argosy Allstory Weekly July 21 1923 (+3) 378 · Explorers Into Infinity [Martt & Bartt Gryce] · Ray Cummings · na Weird Tales April 1927 (+2)

Black Cat Weekly [#243, (April 26) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 249pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 5 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · We Don’t Want Any Witnesses · Tom Andes · ss 19 · A Bad Day for Good Samaritans · Robert Lopresti · ss 37 · Who Stole Kelly’s Heart? · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 40 · Il Maestoso · H. K. Slade · ss 71 · The Wizardry of Fear [John Partridge & Hazard] · Robert J. Pearsall · ss Adventure mid January 1920 102 · The Gigolo · Ron Miller · ss 111 · Jane of Neverland · Lois Metzger · ss 122 · All Were Monsters · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Fantastic Universe May 1955 131 · The Yangtze Horde · Philip M. Fisher, Jr. · ss Argosy Allstory Weekly October 7 1922 151 · The Giant World [Martt & Bartt Gryce] · Ray Cummings · na Weird Tales January 1928 (+2)

Black Cat Weekly [#244, (May 3) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 247pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 5 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Robin’s Hope · Avram Lavinsky · ss 26 · Whose Key Is It? · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 30 · The Mother of All Days · Sherry Harris · ss 52 · Velda and the Hot Tamale [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · nv 91 · Sherlock Holmes as a Jealous Lover [Sherlock Holmes] · [uncredited] · vi The Southern Argus September 9 1905 93 · The Glass Thread · Elsie Milnes · ss Tales of the Frightened v1 #1, 1957 112 · The Witches of Rederring · Phyllis Ann Karr · nv 196 · The Phantom from 512 · Carl Jacobi · ss Shudder Stories #1, June 1984 211 · The Curse of Cleopatra · Michael Avallone · ss Tales of the Frightened v1 #1, 1957 236 · Alias Napoleon · John Jakes · ss Tales of the Frightened v1 #1, 1957

Black Cat Weekly [#245, (May 10) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 383pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Dead Ducks · Tom Larsen · ss 35 · The Holiday Heist · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 39 · Man or Bear · Anna Scotti · ss 46 · Velda and the Class Reunion [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 60 · The Great Opera-House Holdup · J. P. Coughlin · ss The Los Angeles Daily Times March 1 1901 66 · That’s Shoe Biz · Teel James Glenn · ss 86 · The Bright Room of Cranmore · [uncredited] · ss Fraser’s Magazine January 1850 109 · Toxin · Ouida · na The Illustrated London News Summer 1895 180 · The Watchers in the Glade · Richard Wilson · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1964 224 · Depression or Bust · Mack Reynolds · n. Depression or Bust and Dawnman Planet by Mack Reynolds, Ace, August 1974

Black Cat Weekly [#246, (May 17) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 501pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 5 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Gladwyn and the Speckled Band · Elizabeth Elwood · ss 33 · The Case of the Surreptitious Shooter · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 36 · The Last Call · Vy Kava · ss 59 · Velda and the Popular Girl [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 81 · Knife Edge · A. L. Sirois · na 102 · Pact at Howling Hemlocks [Bart Maverel] · Phyllis Ann Karr · nv 157 · Loup-Garou · Wallace West · ss Weird Tales October 1927 168 · The Burning Blade [The Crimson Warrior] · Adrian Cole · ss Sexy Fantastic #4, 2021 187 · Thornley Colton: Blind Detective [Thornley Colton] · Clinton H. Stagg · co Simpkin Marshall, November 1915 188 · The First Problem: The Keyboard of Silence [Thornley Colton] · Clinton H. Stagg · nv People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine February 1913 233 · The Second Problem: Unto the Third Generation [Thornley Colton] · Clinton H. Stagg · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine March 1913 268 · The Third Problem: The Money Machines [Thornley Colton] · Clinton H. Stagg · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine April 1913 302 · The Fourth Problem: The Flying Death [Thornley Colton] · Clinton H. Stagg · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine May 1913 338 · The Fifth Problem: The Thousand Facets of Fire [Thornley Colton] · Clinton H. Stagg · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine June 1913 377 · The Sixth Problem: The Gilded Glove [Thornley Colton] · Clinton H. Stagg · nv People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine July 1913 422 · The Seventh Problem: The Ringing Goblets [Thornley Colton] · Clinton H. Stagg · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine September 1913 462 · The Eighth Problem: The Eye of the Seven Devils [Thornley Colton] · Clinton H. Stagg · ss People’s Ideal Fiction Magazine October 1913

Black Cat Weekly [#247, (May 24) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 416pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Cruisin’ for Trouble · Shari Held · ss 23 · The Missing Chalice Challenge · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 26 · 200 Feet · John M. Floyd · ss The Strand Magazine #42, February/May 2014 39 · Velda Goes Bananas [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 59 · The Summoning of a Genie in Error · Adrian Cole · ss Lin Carter’s Simrana Cycle ed. Robert M. Price, Celaeno Press, February 2018 69 · The Cathedral with No Walls · John Leahy · ss 81 · An Artist’s Life · Harry Harrison · ss Rocket Stories September 1953, as by Felix Boyd 96 · Philtre Tip · Robert Bloch · ss Rogue March 1961 101 · The Red Brain · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales October 1927 109 · Not in the Scenario · Kathrene & Robert Pinkerton · na Photoplay November 1923 (+3) 178 · The Other Time · Mack Reynolds & Dean Ing · n. Baen, December 1984

Black Cat Weekly [#248, (May 31) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 398pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Sleeping Dogs · Dave Zeltserman · ss 25 · Time’s Up · Hal Charles · vi Black Cat Weekly #240, 2026; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 28 · Murder Is Bad Policy [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 46 · Family History Capitalized [Mr. Clackworthy] · Christopher B. Booth · ss Detective Story Magazine May 4 1920 64 · Sangreal · Laurence Raphael Brothers · ss 84 · The Shadow Navigator [Mordruin] · Adrian Cole · ss Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #2, June/July 1995 101 · Blood Lands · Alfred Coppel · ss Dynamic Science Fiction December 1952 111 · The Thinking Machine · Raymond F. Jones · nv Fantastic Universe July 1956 139 · Incident · Thomas J. O’Hara · vi Fantastic Universe May 1955 143 · Justice Is a Woman · Helen Haberman · n. Prentice Hall, June 1947

Black Cat Weekly [#249, (June 7) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 529pp, ebook, cover by Larry Blamire) [] 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Casualties of War · Pam Barnsley · ss 21 · The Purloined Patriotic Pen · Hal Charles · vi Black Cat Weekly #241, 2026; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 24 · It’s Flag Day on Fairview · Joseph S. Walker · ss 32 · Velda Plays Cupid [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · nv 55 · More Than Skin Deep · Erle Stanley Gardner · ss Top-Notch Magazine November 15 1926 71 · Stringquake · Humphrey Price · ss 81 · When the Hands Spin · Larry Blamire · ss 104 · Silly Asses · Isaac Asimov · vi Future Science Fiction #35, February 1958 106 · The Watchers · George H. Smith · ss Universe Science Fiction #4, March 1954, as by Jan Smith 114 · Murder in Paris [Geoffrey MacAdam & Catherine West] · Alice Campbell · n. Hodder & Stoughton, May 1930, as “Spiderweb” 424 · The Puzzle Planet · Robert A. W. Lowndes · n. Ace, January 1961

Black Cat Weekly [#250, (June 14) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 387pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Hit and Run · H. K. Slade · nv 28 · The Pilfered Pendant · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 31 · Pictures at an Execution · Steve Liskow · ss 44 · The Girl Who Loved Classics · Ron Miller · ss 61 · The Forgotten Lives of Ghosts · Wendy Vidlak · ss 67 · Anything Your Heart Desires, Mr. McAdams · Steve Horton · ss 75 · Coffin for Two · Winston K. Marks · ss Imaginative Tales September 1955 86 · The French Powder Mystery [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · n. Frederick A. Stokes, July 1930 350 · That Receding Brow · Max Brand · nv All-Story Weekly February 15 1919

Black Cat Weekly [#251, (June 21) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 323pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Gatecrashers [Sam Heller] · Jacob Seinemeier · nv 39 · Neighborhood Fireworks · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 42 · The Grudge · Robert Lopresti · ss 48 · Velda in Steel City [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · nv 74 · How to Be a Man · Bruce McAllister · ss 79 · Shadows Don’t Leave Prints · Amritendu Mukherjee · ss 101 · The Huntress · Richard R. Smith · ss Fantastic Universe May 1955 107 · Before Egypt · Robert Bloch · na Amazing Stories January 1957, as by E. K. Jarvis 154 · The Voices · Edward Wellen · vi Universe Science Fiction #4, March 1954 157 · Advance Agent · John August · n. Little, Brown, January 1942

Black Cat Weekly [#252, (June 28) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 426pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Ship Island · John M. Floyd · ss 27 · The Feint on the Fourth Mystery · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 30 · An Alien Idea · Mark Thielman · ss 44 · Firebug · Tim Wright · ss 53 · Murder First Draft · Stephanie Bedwell-Grime · ss 81 · Velda on the Air [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 96 · The Secret Library of Hell · Peter Darbyshire · ss 125 · Ambush on the Holloway · Stephen W. Chappell · ss 154 · The Robots Strike · Harry Harrison · ss Fantastic Universe January 1959 163 · Poor Little Saturday · Madeleine L’Engle · nv Fantastic Universe October 1956 178 · The Large Ant · Howard Fast · ss Fantastic Universe February 1960 188 · Marivosa · Baroness Orczy · n. Cassell, October 1930

Black Cat Weekly [#253, (July 5) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 297pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Pitchapalooza · Robert Parker · ss 17 · The Coffee Klatch Clash · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 20 · Last Kiss · James Patrick Focarile · ss 31 · The Repentant Wraith [George Trevelyan] · Mike Adamson · ss 62 · The Woman in Booth 2 [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · nv 90 · I Am Still · Matthew Rouse · ss 99 · The Tattooist · Michael Bracken · ss 104 · Killer · James E. Gunn · ss Rocket Stories September 1953 116 · The Espadrilles · Margaret St. Clair · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries April 1953 122 · Day’s Work · Noel M. Loomis · ss Rocket Stories September 1953 130 · The Big Shot · Frank L. Packard · n. Doubleday Doran, October 1929

Black Cat Weekly [#254, (July 12) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 337pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Andrea Gutiérrez · Tom Milani · ss 22 · Foul or Fair? · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 25 · A Little Help · Paula Messina · ss 35 · For No Apparent Reason · Viviana De Cecco · ss 54 · Margarine of Error [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · nv 84 · A Plan Comes Together · Kevin R. Tipple · ss 97 · The Portland Musicians · R. L. Farr · ss 103 · Mister John Doe, Earthman · Joseph J. Millard · ss Startling Stories March 1942 120 · Man’s Castle · Evelyn Goldstein · vi Fantastic Universe January 1959 124 · The Seat of Judgment · Lester del Rey · ss Venture Science Fiction July 1957 146 · Cobweb Castle · J. S. Fletcher · n. Knopf, June 1928

Black Cat Weekly [#255, (July 15) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 293pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Mirror Life Meltdown · N. M. Cedeño · ss 23 · A Time to Kill · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 25 · She Loves You · Stacy Woodson · ss 42 · A Snake in the Grass · M. A. Blume · ss 60 · Velda and the Ball Bearing Mystery [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · na 82 · Mr. Clackworthy Revives a Town [Mr. Clackworthy] · Christopher B. Booth · ss Detective Story Magazine September 24 1921 102 · Beta and the Dinonauts on Proxima Centauri b · Holden Jones · ss 120 · Door in the Forest [Bart Maverel] · Phyllis Ann Karr · vi 124 · Bathe Your Bearings in Blood! · Clifford D. Simak · ss Amazing Stories December 1950 145 · Ennui · Stephen Marlowe · ss Dynamic Science Fiction December 1952, as by Milton Lesser 153 · Bombs in Orbit · Jeff Sutton · n. Ace, 1957

Black Cat Weekly [#256, (July 26) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 190pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 5 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Preliminary Investigation · Terena Elizabeth Bell · ss 16 · Death Takes a Dip · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 18 · Satan’s Wings · Michael Bracken · ss 32 · A Bouquet for Velda [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 46 · The Happy Place · Kevin J. E. Walsh · ss 66 · Density 21 · Serhii Baranov · ss 88 · Passage to Gomorrah · Robert F. Young · nv Fantastic January 1959 110 · Replace the Horse · Laurence M. Janifer · ss Fantastic January 1959, as by Larry M. Harris 118 · The Intarsia Box · Henry S. Whitehead · nv Adventure November 10 1923 150 · Shanghai Jim · Frank L. Packard · na MacLean’s September 15 1926

Black Cat Weekly [#257, (August 2) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 350pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · Odysseus and the Siren · Hal Charles · ss 14 · Point, Set, Murder · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 16 · A Dog’s Cat’s Job · Shannon Taft · ss 30 · Velda Goes to Church [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · na 55 · Lost in Paris · Anne Swardson · ss 65 · The Long Adventures of Captain Quick · Larry Hodges · ss 79 · Another Black Cat · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss 98 · Hunt the Red Roe · John Jakes · ss Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader April 1953, as by Alan Payne 109 · The Head Hunters · William Morrison & Frederik Pohl · ss Fantastic Universe January 1956 129 · The Devil’s Mantle · Frank L. Packard · n. Doran, September 1927

Black Cat Weekly [#258, (August 9) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 386pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 6 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 8 · The Case of the Cabochon Ring · N. M. Cedeño · ss 29 · Not So Amusing · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 31 · Phantom of the Follies [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 51 · A Complication · Jennifer Slee · ss 63 · If a Tree Falls in the Suburbs · Hal Charles · ss 77 · Insurance Plans · Theodore King · ss 88 · Philip Hammer, PI · Albert N. Katz · ss 102 · Idol’s Eye · Carol Emshwiller · ss Future Science Fiction #35, February 1958 108 · Terror Station · Dwight V. Swain · na Imaginative Tales September 1955 175 · The Three Glass Eyes · William Le Queux · n. Anthony Treherne, May 1903

Black Cat Weekly [#259, (August 16) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 431pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Once Hot, Always Hot · Paula Messina · ss 27 · Right on Target · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 29 · The Ex-Files · Tara Laskowski · ss Agatha and Derringer Get Cozy ed. Gay Toltl Kinman & Andrew McAleer, Down & Out Books, November 2024 48 · Death Checks Out [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 67 · Paul Is Dead · A. L. Sirois · na 158 · The Princess in the Tower · Steve Lockley · ss 169 · The Gift of Song · Teel James Glenn · ss Tales of a Warrior Priest by Teel James Glenn, ePress-online, 2006 187 · The Spectacles · Frank Belknap Long · vi Fantastic Universe April 1956 190 · D.P. from Tomorrow · Mack Reynolds · ss Orbit v1 #1, 1953 198 · The Cosmic Cloud [Interstellar Patrol] · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales November 1930 225 · The Man in the Dark [Francis MacNab] · J. A. Ferguson · n. John Lane, May 1928

Black Cat Weekly [#260, (August 23) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 562pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · The Stone Stairs of Death · Josh Pachter · ss 15 · Nyx in a Fix · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 17 · The Last Dinner Party · Diana Kamieniarz · ss 36 · Nickel City Unicorn [Gideon Rimes] · Gary Earl Ross · ss 51 · Falling for Velda [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · nv 72 · The Heiress and the Guardian · Sarah E. A. Hart · ss 83 · The Feelconomy · John Leahy · ss 103 · Public Enemy · Kendell Foster Crossen · ss Dynamic Science Fiction December 1952 111 · Forever Is So Long · John Jakes · ss Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader April 1953 123 · The Greatest Adventure · John Taine · n. Dutton, February 1929 295 · The Prisoner in the Opal [Insp. Gabriel Hanaud; Mr. Ricardo] · A. E. W. Mason · n. Doubleday Doran, October 1928

Black Cat Weekly [#261, (August 30) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 131pp, ebook, cover by Larry Blamire) [] 5 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 7 · Crossing the Line · Chris Dreith · ss 22 · Mystery Train Murder · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 24 · Artifacts · Floyd Sullivan · ss 41 · The Loch · Jim Crompton · ss 62 · Hannah · Bond Elam · ss 75 · Purpose Made · H. K. Slade · ss 80 · A Visitor from Back East · Fritz Leiber · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine December 1961 90 · Comic-in-Chief · Larry Hodges · ss 102 · Crystal · Maureen Bowden · ss 113 · Dogs Questing · John Gregory Betancourt · ss Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Unnameable Press, October 1992 117 · The Brat · Henry Slesar · ss Imaginative Tales September 1955

Black Cat Weekly [#262, (September 6) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 246pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 7 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 9 · Uncle Leo · Wayne J. Gardiner · ss 21 · Sink or Swim · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 23 · Sugar and Spice and a Spoonful of Vice · Ashley-Ruth M. Bernier · ss 37 · Cyndi · Hal Charles · ss 46 · Kill and Make Up [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 65 · The Pleading Eyes of the Screaming Lettuce · Larry Hodges · ss 76 · Under Saturn’s Watchful Eye · Stephen W. Chappell · ss 92 · Monster No More · Basil Wells · ss Orbit v1 #1, 1953 111 · Gold Blindness [Whispering Sands] · Erle Stanley Gardner · nv Argosy March 8 1930 138 · The Search for Edie Whidley · Sandy Raschke · na self-published, January 2023

Black Cat Weekly [#263, (September 13) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 174pp, ebook, cover by Stephen Hickman) [] 5 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 7 · Murder at the Sleazy Eight Motel · Tom Larsen · ss 21 · Payback · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 24 · Death Knocks the Door · Amritendu Mukherjee · na 58 · The Raven Messenger [Duncan Corbie (The Raven)] · Teel James Glenn · ss 77 · Mother of Mercy · Marcelle Dubé · ss 83 · Your Money or Your Life · James Holding · ss Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine May 1974 101 · The Universe in a Strand of Cat Hair · Wei Bo · nv 124 · That Which Makes Us Human · Bud Pharo · ss 147 · Fish Talk · Winston K. Marks · ss Fantastic January 1959 154 · Blunder Enlightening · Dave Dryfoos · nv Dynamic Science Fiction December 1952

Black Cat Weekly [#264, (September 20) 2026] ed. John Betancourt (Wildside Press, $2.99, 135pp, ebook, cover by Ron Miller) [] 5 · The Cat’s Meow · John Betancourt · ed 7 · How Blue the Sky · Nils Gilbertson · ss 24 · Strike Zone · Hal Charles · vi; a “Solve It Yourself Mystery”. 26 · Sweet Loretta Morgan · John M. Floyd · ss 34 · Velda Stamps Out Crime [Velda Bellinghausen] · Ron Miller · ss 52 · The Secret of Echo Village · Shari Held · ss 70 · Waking Hubert · Sharon Hunt · ss 79 · Belesama’s Daughter · Maureen Bowden · ss 83 · Keltos and the Abankos · D. J. Tyrer · ss 95 · In the Scarlet Star · Jack Williamson · nv Amazing Stories March 1933 119 · Squee · Margaret St. Clair · ss Future Science Fiction #35, February 1958

Black Circle Mystery Spoof pulp with a single issue listed in Doug Ellis’ From the Pulp Vault #10, April 1992.

Black Circle Mystery [Volume 2 Number 4, October 1934 (unpublished spoof)] (Black Circle Publications Inc., 10¢, cover by Walter Baumhofer) [] 8 · Cavern of the Condemned [John Chance] · Curtiss Stryker · na 64 · Kane’s Bloody Curse [Paul Kane] · Gary Wagner · nv 96 · Ten Deaths to Die [“Ace” Jaffery] · Sheldon Edwards · nv 108 · Death Moon [Steve Thatcher (The Moon Man)] · Frederick C. Davis · ss 115 · Crime’s Executioner [Mr. Doom] · Wade Karlton · ss

Black Clock   (about)

Black Clock [#1, March 2004] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies, MFA Writing Program) [] Details supplied by Gordon Van Gelder and Morbus Iff. 9 · Wearing Not My Veil · Arielle Greenberg · pm 12 · Modernhaus Projekt-H, 1933 · Peter Gadol · ss 23 · Rules for Flagellants · Rick Moody · ss 29 · The Eternal Helen · Heidi Julavits · ss 37 · Rain on Concrete · Joanna Scott · ss 49 · Tsunami · Bradford Morrow · ss 59 · ’T Zuid · Nicholas Royle · ss 71 · Samuel R. Delany: A Conversation · Steve Erickson · iv [Ref. Samuel R. Delany] 86 · Charting the Sensual and Cerebral Worlds, or A Samuel R. Delany Pantheon · Anthony Miller · ar [Ref. Samuel R. Delany] 92 · Dark Afterthoughts on Fiction and the Self · Rebecca Goldstein · mm 98 · Debbieland · Aimee Bender · ss 103 · Toyota Widow · Mary Caponegro · vi 107 · And the Word Was · Bruce Bauman · ss 121 · Oblivion · David Foster Wallace · nv 146 · The National Anthem (to the tune of Yo La Tengo’s version of Daniel Johnston’s “Speeding Motorcycle”) · Jonathan Lethem · ss 153 · Private, I · Arielle Greenberg · pm 156 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg

Black Clock [#2, Fall/Winter 2004-2005] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies, MFA Writing Program) [] Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 9 · Mariana’s Song · Heather Miles · vi 10 · Masked Marauders · Greil Marcus · rv Rolling Stone October 18 1969; album review of an album that never existed, which later turned into one that did, all being part of a hoax. 13 · Perfidia · Lewis Shiner · nv 33 · Damballah Rising: The Lost Miles Davis/Jimi Hendrix Sessions · Michael Ventura · ss 39 · The Magnetic Field · David Toop · ss 45 · Revolution Blues · Andrew Hultkrans · ss 51 · Another Lost Angel (Is This Thing On?) · Samantha Dunn · vi 54 · Otis Redding’s Lonely Hearts Club Band · Jonathan Lethem · ss 59 · The White Albums · Heidi Julavits · ss 65 · Zimmerman’s Last Dream · Bruce Bauman · ss 71 · The Fear of God Sessions · Rick Moody · ss 83 · Direction (While Listening to Bob Dylan’s Desire) · Heather Miles · vi 84 · The Dust Blows Forward ’n’ Sand Blows Back · Geoff Nicholson · ss 88 · Here Is the Church · Shelley Jackson · ss 95 · Crashing · Chris Roberts · ss 100 · There but for Grace Is God · Sean Howe · ss 106 · Later · Lynne Tillman · vi 109 · Bon Scott: The Choir Years · Brian Evenson · ss 115 · The Young Untold · Miranda July · vi 118 · John Cage’s Secret Halls and the Human Beat Box · Ben Marcus · vi 120 · Aurochs and Angels · Arion Berger · ss 124 · Boulevard of Broken Dreams · David L. Ulin · ss 130 · Bones of the Back · Darcey Steinke · vi 132 · Unmasked Marauders · Greil Marcus · ar 135 · Critical Karaoke · Ange Mlinko, Greil Marcus, Daphne Brooks, Joshua Clover, Oliver Wang & Ann Powers · ss 140 · Paul Is Dead · Steve Erickson · ss 145 · The City of the Dead Girl · Emily White · vi 149 · Undersong · Heather Miles · vi 150 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg

Black Clock [#3, Spring/Summer 2005] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies, MFA Writing Program, cover: Welcome to the Afterlife (ghosts) by Brad Spence) [] Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 7 · Everyone in the Room Is a Representative of the World at Large (The Siamese Sextuplets) · Catherine Wagner · pm 8 · Cranes · Richard Powers · ss 12 · Milk · Darcey Steinke · vi 16 · Searching for Emily · Lee Montgomery · ss 26 · Jumper Cables (Back Story): The Marigolds · Ron Loewinsohn · ss 34 · Endangered · Rachel Resnick · ss 40 · Girl in a Blue Chair · Maureen Howard · vi 44 · Celestial Militia · Larissa Szporluk · pm 46 · Terra Pax · Joanna Scott · ss 52 · Some Language, Some Nudity · Geoff Nicholson · ss 60 · Operation Hagen · William T. Vollmann · vi 64 · ___________ -American · José Felipe Alvergue · ss 70 · The Girl and the Fire and the Buick, 1954 · Randy Michael Signor · ss 79 · The Shadow Upon Us · Russel Swensen · ss 85 · Redeemed En Route · Ben Ehrenreich · ss 90 · Annals of Plagiary · Joseph McElroy · ss; given as “Annals in Plagiary” in the Table of Contents. 94 · Impending · Heather Miles · vi 95 · Oncoming · Heather Miles · vi 96 · The Third River · Emily White · ss 110 · Alien Encounter · Janet Sarbanes · ss 117 · The Orange Eats Creeps · Grace Krilanovich · ss 134 · The Other Mary · Michael Ventura · ss 140 · Everyone in the Room Is a Representative of the World at Large (The Siamese Sextuplets) · Catherine Wagner · pm 144 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg

Black Clock [#4, Fall 2005/Winter 2006] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies, MFA Writing Program, cover: Untitled (Underwater #24) by Augusta Wood) [] Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 6 · Floating Wick in Petrol · Rachel Zucker · pm 7 · From the Vaults · Richard Meier · pm 9 · Guilty Pleasures and Lost Causes · Steve Erickson · ed; discusses the themes and entries of the issue. 11 · A Strange Up-Flinging · Michael Ventura · bg 14 · Prog Rock Confessional · Rick Moody · bg 27 · An Orchestra of Light That Was Electric · Jonathan Lethem · vi 29 · Humiliation · Tom Lutz · bg 35 · The Futile Charm of the Bob-oisie · Glen David Gold · bg 40 · The Friday Nights of Terry Melcher · Sean Howe · bg [Ref. Terry Melcher] 43 · Remembering Andrea Dworkin · Joanna Scott · bg [Ref. Andrea Dworkin] 50 · Hot Pussy and the Cool of the Innocent · Albert Mobilio · bg 52 · A Memory of Columbo · Geoffrey O’Brien · bg 56 · Woman in the Distance · Don DeLillo · bg 61 · The Powell Divide · Geoff Nicholson · bg 64 · The Cake · Chris Roberts · bg 69 · Hurdy Gurdy Man · Steve Erickson · bg 73 · Enthusiasm (Gr Entheos, Possessed by a God) · Mady Schutzman · bg 78 · The Vidiot · Jon Wagner & Tracy Biga MacLean · bg 86 · Narrative, After Buñuel · Janet Sternburg · pm 91 · This Corrosion · Howard Hampton · bg 96 · Damn It, I’m a Doctor · Anthony Miller · bg 100 · Kabloona · Kenneth Turan · bg 102 · Broken Seashells · Ron Drummond · bg 104 · How Can I Tell You · Arion Berger · bg 107 · The Imaginary War · Grace Krilanovich · bg 112 · Reptile Pleasures · Joy Nicholson · bg 118 · The Nine Billion Songs of Pop · Eric Weisbard · bg 122 · A Made Man · David L. Ulin · bg 128 · Shame · Robert Polito · bg 132 · Sudor · Samantha Dunn · bg 134 · Joe Meek and the Twelfth of August 1966 · Jon Savage · bg [Ref. Joe Meek] 146 · Without a Trace · Howard A. Rodman · bg 151 · On a Realization: Music · David Toop · pm 152 · Monogamist · Rachel Zucker · pm 153 · Looking at the Law · Richard Meier · pm 154 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg

Black Clock [#5, Spring/Summer 2006] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies, MFA Writing Program, cover by Dwayne Moser) [] Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 6 · Below the Line · Dwayne Moser · vi 9 · For Guadalupe (and for Michael): One · Hannah Bleier · vi 12 · Theseus at Los Angeles · Yxta Maya Murray · ss 17 · My Cruel Summer · Joy Nicholson · ss 22 · Modus Operandi · Lisa Teasley · ss 28 · Good Life · Howard A. Rodman · ss 36 · The Victor Muet Mansion, 6601 Callia Lily Canyon Road, Brentwood: A Brief History · Tom Carson · ss 42 · Off Ramp · A. J. Albany · ss 46 · The People Upstairs · Jenna Blough · ss 52 · Touching Tables · Lynell George · ss 58 · Monster Eyes · Jonathan Lethem · ss 62 · Alt. Country · Alan Rifkin · ss 66 · For Guadalupe (and for Michael): Two · Hannah Bleier · ss 70 · Broken Sleep · Bruce Bauman · ss 75 · Cowboys · Todd Collins · ss 80 · The Moon Reaches Down for Me Like the Fist in a Siquieros Painting · Lou Mathews · ss 89 · Her Royal Highness · Susan Straight · ss 98 · Nicola · Jenny Burman · ss 114 · Mr. Peanorse and the Nice Family · Benjamin Weissman · ss 118 · Sway · Rachel Resnick · ss 124 · Los Angeles by Gaslight · Carlos Ruiz Zafon · vi 128 · Welcome to Esplandian · David Martino · ss 136 · American Modern · Peter Gadol · ss 142 · Writing About L.A. and Why I Failed · Mary Yukari Waters · bg 147 · In Her Own Words · Francesca Lia Block · ss 152 · For Guadalupe (and for Michael): Three · Hannah Bleier · ss 156 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg

Black Clock [#6, Fall 2006/Winter 2007] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies, MFA Writing Program) [] Details supplied by Morbus Iff. fc. · Anechoic Chamber · Miranda Lichtenstein · il 7 · Too Little · Michael Burkard · pm 8 · Interview Nineteen: A Very Small Casket · Kristin Aardsma · pm 9 · Paradoxes from Leona’s · Lindsay Bell · pm 11 · I Love You to Death E Pluribus Unum · Lindsay Bell · pm 12 · Off Into the Sea · Aaron Belz · pm 13 · The Waste Land · Aaron Belz · pm 14 · Dear Inaudible · Laynie Browne · pm 15 · The Sun Is Shattering · Michael Burkard · pm 16 · The Found Face Girl · Michael Burkard · pm 20 · Trapeze Act · Mairéad Byrne · pm 21 · Can You Die of Eating Pancakes · Mairéad Byrne · pm 22 · Moon River Anthology · Tom Carson · pm 26 · Thanksgiving · Shana Cleveland · pm 30 · The Decorating Issue · Shana Cleveland · pm 31 · A Heap of Triangles · John Colasacco · pm 32 · Postcard to December · Sean Cole · pm 33 · Postcard to Assonance · Sean Cole · pm 34 · Dear Twin Falls— (1) · Ryan Collins · pm 35 · Dear Twin Falls— (2) · Ryan Collins · pm 36 · The Magic Mountain · John Steven Cummins · pm 37 · Threnodies · Robert Eisele · pm 42 · Diminishing Emergence · D. G. Eng · pm 43 · The Third One · Monica Ferrell · pm 44 · Dusk · Annie Finch · pm 45 · Spilt From · Lisa Fishman · pm 45 · Split Form of Teaching “Tintern Abbey” · Lisa Fishman · pm 47 · Three Grotesques · Richard Foerster · pm 49 · Echo Light · Kate Gale · pm 50 · Cinderelly · Lara Glenum · pm 51 · Scrape Grace · Johannes Gorransson · pm 53 · I Step Into My Thoughts of Death · Chris Green · pm 54 · Deer Sonnets · Chris Green · pm 55 · The Girl with the Map to the Stars · Arielle Greenberg · pm 56 · Traif · Arielle Greenberg · pm 58 · Sappho’s Fragments · Eloise Klein Healy · pm 59 · Once More, This Time with Feeling—Again—No More—or More—Shadows on the Screen Providing—Binding—Or Less—The Chosen Sentence—Singing in the Singeing Air—A Backdrop—Once More · Jen Hofer · pm 64 · Instrumental · Karen Holden · pm 65 · Fablesque · Anna Maria Hong · pm 66 · We Are Walking Into the Sunset · Joy Katz · pm 67 · Goth Plaint · Caroline Knox · pm 68 · Faust’s Dog · Wayne Koestenbaum · pm 70 · Urinals · Wayne Koestenbaum · pm 72 · Truth #73 · Sue Kurek · pm 73 · Insects, Vermin, Pests · Patrick Lawler · pm 77 · Haven’t You, Haven’t You · Lyn Lifshin · pm 78 · Bad Dream · Lyn Lifshin · pm 79 · untitled (“And he sees me fostered, forced…”) · Maggie Lopez · pm 80 · So I Began · Lisa Lubasch · ex 81 · 64 · Sarah Manguso · pm 82 · Tsim Tsum · Sabrina Orah Mark · ex; extract from poem. 85 · With the Moon · Heather McHugh · pm 88 · Innocuous · Heather Miles · pm 89 · The Nature of New Noises · Heather Miles · pm 90 · Eruch Jessawala Says · Stephen Paul Miller · pm 91 · Art Hotels and the Global Café · Ange Mlinko · pm 93 · Emergency Ruin · Albert Mobilio · pm 95 · Swimmeret · Caroline Morrell · pm 97 · Hope of Understanding · Thomas Mowe · pm 98 · Insomniac · Brighde Mullins · pm 100 · Blue Poems · Maggie Nelson · pm 104 · Wherein a Surrogate’s Amelioration · Danielle Pafunda · pm 105 · Wherein a Surrogate’s Fruition 2 · Danielle Pafunda · pm 106 · Dreams Involving Euthanasia · Lisa Pepper · pm 107 · Confidential · Robert Polito · pm 108 · Paris Hilton Calls on Jesus · Robert Polito · pm 109 · Sense · Kristin Prevallet · pm 111 · The World · Srikanth Reddy · ex 112 · Red · Stephanie Rioux · pm 114 · Poem for the Brooklyn Bridge · Matthew Rohrer · pm 115 · Stoic Wreck · James Shea · pm 116 · Poem with a Line from James Dickey Near the End · Martha Silano · pm 117 · Dear Bruce Springsteen, · Laurel Snyder · pm 118 · Song of Tom · Janet Sternburg · pm 120 · Scholar · Stephanie Strickland · pm 121 · Where Geography Stops, · Stephanie Strickland · pm 122 · Soapsuds Slid Off · Novica Tadić; translated by Steven Teref & Maja Teref · pm 123 · One Story and a Slap · Karen Tepfer · pm 124 · O Give Me a Home · Karen Tepfer · pm 125 · Slavic Skin. · Steven Teref · pm 127 · Turning as a Kind of Shouting · Tom Thompson · pm 128 · Buell Wesley Frazier · Tony Trigilio · pm 130 · James Schuyler · David Trinidad · pm 132 · To Tim Dlugos · David Trinidad · pm 133 · The Door Is Fallen Down · Jean Valentine · pm 134 · Christine · Kathrine Varnes · pm 135 · Working Stiffs · Michael Ventura · ex 138 · For Alan Dugan · Rebecca Wolff · pm 139 · Before Your Death · Jean Valentine · pm 140 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg

Black Clock [#7, Spring/Summer 2007] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, School of Critical Studies, MFA Writing Program, cover by Dwayne Moser) [] Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 5 · On Typing (After Rachel Zucker’s “Sunday Morning”) · Arielle Greenberg · pm 8 · More Sex · Lynne Tillman · vi 10 · Blindfold · Matias Viegener · vi 12 · A Girl Called Casanova · Yxta Maya Murray · ss 20 · On a Saturday Afternoon · Aimee Bender · vi 24 · My Mother, Marie Christ (b. Hope Springs, TN, 1951—d. Memphis, July 4, 1985) · Tom Carson · ss 30 · Ice Cream · Sandi Tan · ss 34 · Howlin’ with the Woofdog · Wanda Coleman · ss 42 · Room 721 · Janet Fitch · ss 48 · Late Blooming · Lisa Teasley · vi 52 · Durga Rising · John Mandel · ss 56 · Respect · Seth Greenland · vi 61 · Manson Girl · Joy Nicholson · vi; on page title includes “: A Novel”. An “intro” indicates this is “an excerpt from a novel in letters”, but I can find no indication that such a novel ever existed. 64 · Warlock · Grace Krilanovich · ss 70 · Evening at the Cryo-Crystal Circus Hotel · Rachel Resnick · ss 76 · Sex and the Spirits · Francesca Lia Block · ss 82 · Your Filthy Mouth · Danielle Aquiline · pm 83 · What Not to Say When Asked Why You Are a Lesbian · Danielle Aquiline · pm 84 · Here I Come · Arielle Greenberg · vi 87 · Apology · Tara Ison · ss 92 · Pretending · John Haskell · vi 94 · Invisible Box · Brian Evenson · ss 99 · Gothic · Arion Berger · ss 104 · Billy Jean and Connie Cheaters · Todd Collins · ss 116 · In the Valley of the Nest of Spiders · Samuel R. Delany · nv 137 · Responsible Hedonism · Janet Sarbanes · ss 147 · Menagerie · Margaret Wappler · vi 150 · Index for a Lost Autobiography · Geoff Nicholson · ss 154 · Sunday Morning · Rachel Zucker · pm 160 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg

Black Clock [#8, Fall 2007/Winter 2008] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, cover by Christopher Alexander) [] Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 5 · City Center · Nolan Chessman · pm 6 · Mook · Michael Ventura · vi 8 · A Walk Around the World · Geoff Nicholson · ss 16 · The Dark Ride · Alex Austin · ss 24 · I Once Was Lost · Mady Schutzman · ss 32 · The Best England Ever · Yxta Maya Murray · ss 39 · The Messenger (The Crossing) · Geoffrey O’Brien · pm 40 · What Happened Was · Chris Kraus · ss 46 · Heathen · Lisa Teasley · ss 52 · Katmandu · Tom Carson · ss 58 · Keep the Change · Lynda Leidiger · ss 66 · Bad Science · Mark Bibbins · pm 67 · Lillian Lakes Loop · Rosemary Griggs · pm 68 · Piercings · Mary Miller · vi 70 · Wonderland · Lewis Shiner · ss 76 · The Buchanan Museum · George Melrod · ss 82 · Pursuit of Happiness · Gregory Hayes · ss; on page, this is titled “Big Pickle”. 95 · Night in Ypsilanti · Christine Hume · pm 96 · Berserkers · Arion Berger · vi 100 · The Messengers (This Will Never Return) · Geoffrey O’Brien · ss; on page, the name is misspelt as “Georffrey”. 108 · Archaeology · Susan Straight · ss 118 · Big Pickle · Randy Michael Signor · ss 128 · The Sting of Irrelevancy · Joanna Scott · ss 135 · The Turtles Swarmed Beneath Me, and Everything Was Green · Nolan Chessman · pm 141 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg

Black Clock [#9, Spring/Summer 2008] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, cover by Austin Rattray) [] Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 6 · Three Characters in Search of an Election · Steve Erickson · ed 8 · Al Agonistes · Seth Greenland · vi 10 · My Favorite President · George Melrod · ss 14 · Primary Notes: The Republican Diaries · Rick Moody · ss; on page, it’s Repuplican not Republican. 28 · Madame Realism’s Conscience · Lynne Tillman · ss 32 · The Coup · Ben Ehrenreich · vi 34 · The Adventures of the President’s Daughter · Janet Sarbanes · ss 40 · The Space at the Center of the World · T. S. Cook · ss 45 · Post-Nine/Eleven · Becca Klaver · pm 46 · I Get a Kick from Campaigns: A Reading List · Anthony Miller · ar 49 · [illustration] · Alberto Forero · il 50 · Haldeman Agonistes · Sean Howe · vi 52 · The Body Politic · Brian Evenson · vi 55 · [illustration] · Shane Vorhaben · il 56 · Six Letters to the President · Paul Maliszewski · ss 67 · [illustration] · Alberto Forero · il 68 · Primary Notes 2008: The Hillary-Barack Emails · Michael Ventura & Steve Erickson · nv 97 · [illustration] · Ophelia Chong · il 98 · One on One · David L. Ulin · ss 102 · Primary Notes 2008: The Letter · Jonathan Lethem · vi 104 · Goat Variations Redux · Jeff VanderMeer · vi 108 · Trillion Dollar Baby · Stanley Crawford · ss 111 · [untitled] · [uncredited] · vi; 3 pages of entirely different type and style with no explanation of what it is. 123 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg

Black Clock [#10, Spring/Summer 2009] ed. Steve Erickson (California Institute of the Arts, cover by Jeff Bridges) [] Details supplied by Morbus Iff. 5 · Witness to a Murder · David Lehman · pm 6 · The Five Elements of Noir · Diana Wagman · ss 7 · Essential Noir #70: Criss Cross · Steve Erickson · ms 8 · Essential Noir #69: The Wild Party · Steve Erickson · ms 9 · Essential Noir #68: The Last Good Kiss · Anthony Miller · ms 10 · Essential Noir #67: “Harlem Nocturne” · Steve Erickson · ms 11 · Essential Noir #66: Elisha Cook Jr. in Phantom Lady · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 12 · Essential Noir #65: Thief · Steve Erickson · ms 14 · It Would Be a Queer World If · Robert Polito · ss 16 · Essential Noir #64: “Spillane” · Anthony Miller · ms 17 · Essential Noir #63: I, the Jury · Steve Erickson · ms 19 · Lost Maps, Lost Territories · Geoff Nicholson · ss 20 · Essential Noir #62: The Set-Up · Anthony Miller · ms 21 · Essential Noir #61: Harvey Keitel in Bad Lieutenant · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 24 · Essential Noir #60: The Black Dahlia · Steve Erickson · ms 25 · Essential Noir #59: Devil in a Blue Dress · Steve Erickson · ms 28 · Rough Ride to Valencia · T. Towles · ss 29 · Essential Noir #58: Murder, My Sweet · Steve Erickson · ms 30 · Essential Noir #57: The Whole Truth · Anthony Miller · ms 31 · Essential Noir #56: “Park Avenue Beat” · Steve Erickson · ms 32 · Essential Noir #55: Gun Crazy · Steve Erickson · ms 34 · Essential Noir #54: Michael Caine in Get Carter · Steve Erickson · ms 35 · [illustration] · Alberto Forero · il 36 · First Is First, Second Is Nobody · Dana Spiotta · ar 37 · Essential Noir #53: The Dark Knight Returns · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 39 · Tower of Babel · Howard Zazen; as told to Sean Howe · ss; this presents itself as an interview/truthful account about an unproduced movie. 39 · Essential Noir #52: The Hitch-Hiker · Steve Erickson · ms 40 · Essential Noir #51: Zodiac · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 42 · Essential Noir #50: John Barry’s Score for Body Heat · Steve Erickson · ms 44 · Barefoot Saints · Lou Mathews · ss 45 · Essential Noir #49: Sheryl Lee in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me · Steve Erickson · ms 46 · Essential Noir #48: Gloria Grahame in The Big Heat · Steve Erickson · ms 47 · Essential Noir #47: Down There · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 48 · Essential Noir #46: Mona Lisa · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 50 · Sturtevant Falls · Theodore Ross · ss 51 · Essential Noir #45: Laura · Steve Erickson · ms 52 · Essential Noir #44: “Theme from The Bad and the Beautiful” · Steve Erickson · ms 53 · Essential Noir #43: Linda Fiorentino in The Last Seduction · Steve Erickson · ms 54 · Essential Noir #42: Pickup on South Street · Steve Erickson · ms 55 · Essential Noir #41: The Real Cool Killers · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 56 · Essential Noir #40: The Asphalt Jungle · Steve Erickson · ms 58 · The Moldau Case · Brian Evenson · ss 58 · Essential Noir #39: Gilda · Steve Erickson · ms 59 · Essential Noir #38: Eye of the Beholder · Steve Erickson · ms 61 · Essential Noir #37: Le Cercle Rouge · Steve Erickson · ms 62 · Essential Noir #36: Ava Gardner in The Killers · Steve Erickson · ms 63 · Essential Noir #35: Only the Lonely · Steve Erickson · ms 64 · Essential Noir #34: The Big Combo · Steve Erickson · ms 65 · Essential Noir #33: Night Moves · Steve Erickson · ms 66 · [illustration] · Alberto Forero · il 68 · Oracle Bones · Alison Turner · pm 69 · Cherry on Top · Iris Seymour · ss 69 · Essential Noir #32: The Burnt Orange Heresy · Steve Erickson · ms 70 · Essential Noir #31: Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death · Steve Erickson · ms 71 · Essential Noir #30: The Long Goodbye · Steve Erickson · ms 72 · Essential Noir #29: Bernard Herrmann’s Score for Taxi Driver · Steve Erickson · ms 73 · [illustration] · Ophelia Chong · il 74 · The Romance · Emily White · ss 75 · Essential Noir #28: Lee Marvin in Point Blank · Steve Erickson · ms 76 · Essential Noir #27: The Maltese Falcon · Steve Erickson · ms 77 · Essential Noir #26: Nighthawks · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 79 · Essential Noir #25: Sweet Smell of Success · Steve Erickson · ms 80 · [illustration] · Ophelia Chong · il 81 · Goodbye Lately · Scott Bradfield · ss 82 · Essential Noir #24: Koroshi no rakuin · Steve Erickson · ms 83 · Essential Noir #23: “Generique” · Steve Erickson · ms 84 · Essential Noir #22: William Holden in Sunset Boulevard · Steve Erickson · ms 85 · Essential Noir #21: In a Lonely Place · Steve Erickson · ms 86 · Essential Noir #20: The Talented Mr. Ripley · Steve Erickson · ms 87 · Essential Noir #19: Lost Highway · Steve Erickson · ms 88 · Essential Noir #18: The Big Sleep · Steve Erickson · ms 89 · Essential Noir #17: Savage Night · Steve Erickson · ms 90 · Essential Noir #16: Gene Tierney in Leave Her to Heaven · Steve Erickson · ms 92 · [illustration] · Ophelia Chong · il 93 · Joie de Vivre · Lisa Teasley · vi 94 · Essential Noir #15: Kiss Me Deadly · Steve Erickson · ms 96 · [illustration] · Ophelia Chong · il 97 · Woman in White · Denise Hamilton · ss 98 · Essential Noir #14: “Theme from Peter Gunn” · Steve Erickson · ms 101 · [illustration] · Alberto Forero · il 103 · The Double-Goer · Howard A. Rodman · ss 105 · Essential Noir #13: Touch of Evil · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 108 · Essential Noir #12: Blade Runner · Steve Erickson · ms 110 · Essential Noir #11: Red Harvest · Steve Erickson · ms 112 · Essential Noir #10: Ann Savage in Detour · Steve Erickson · ms 113 · Essential Noir #9: The Third Man · Steve Erickson · ms 115 · One Marilyn Too Many · Michael Ventura · ss 116 · Essential Noir #8: John Alton’s Cinematography in T-Men · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 117 · Essential Noir #7: Naked City · Steve Erickson · ms 118 · Essential Noir #6: Out of the Past · Steve Erickson · ms 120 · Essential Noir #5: Chinatown · Steve Erickson · ms 122 · Essential Noir #4: The Postman Always Rings Twice · Steve Erickson · ms 123 · [illustration] · Ophelia Chong · il 124 · Farewell, My Zombie · Francesca Lia Block · ss 125 · Essential Noir #3: Vertigo · Steve Erickson · ms 127 · Essential Noir #2: The Long Goodbye · Anthony Miller & Steve Erickson · ms 129 · Essential Noir #1: Double Indemnity · Steve Erickson · ms 130 · [illustration] · Alberto Forero · il 131 · Aside · David Lazar · vi 139 · [author biographies] · The Editor · bg