Welcome toBlack Cat Weekly #23. Lots of good stuff this time-highlighted by a novel from Golden Age mystery author Rufus King,Duenna for a Murder. Plus a few novellas, and lots of great short stories, a solve-it-yourself mystery from Hal Charles, and great selections from Michael Bracken (Laird Long's 'Taken for a Ride'-which qualifies as both a myseryand a fantasy story) and Barb Goffman (Michael Allan Mallory's 'Random Harvest').

On the science fiction side, the Cynthia Ward Presents story is missing this week, but that's only because we have a fantastic alternate-history story from Cynthia herself! Check out her 'On Stony Ground.' Plus an epic disaster story from Allan Danzig, a fantasy from Unknown by Lester del Rey and James H. Beard, a space-based tale by Richard Wilson, and a miniature military SF story from Larry Tritten.

Here's the complete lineup:

Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:

'Soul Searching,' by Laird Long [short story]
'A Fine Kettle of Fish,' by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]
'Dead Wrong,' by Frank Kane [short story]
'Taken for a Ride,' by Hulbert Footner [short novel]
'Random Harvest,' by Michael Allan Mallory [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
Duenna to a Murder, by Rufus King [novel]

Science Fiction& Fantasy:

'On Stony Ground,' by Cynthia Ward [short story]
'Corrigan's Homunculi,' by Larry Tritten [short story]
'Carillon of Skulls,' by Lester del Rey and James H. Beard [short story]
'Abel Baker Camel,' by Richard Wilson [short story]
'The Great Nebraska Sea,' by Allan Danzig [short story]