Black Cat Weekly #118

This issue, we have 17 short stories and 2 novel serials for you-one of our largest lineups ever! (Of course, quite a few of the stories are short, and hopefully you like awful-pun stories...)On the mystery front, we have original tales from Dave Zeltserman (thanks to Acquiring Editor Michael Bracken) and Justin M. Kiska (a Christmas fantasy-mystery), plus another fantasy-mystery from C. C. Guthrie (thanks to Acquiring Editor Barb Goffman). Our serial of Jack Guthrie's Tiger Island concludes. And, of course, there's a solve-it-yourself puzzler from Hal Charles.For the science fiction and fantasy lineup-we have the above-mentioned Kiska and Guthrie tales, plus the complete series of 8 Benedict Breadfruit stories by Randall Garrett (written under the pseudonym "e;Grandall Barretton"e;) plus 3 more pun-stories from the series Garrett was parodying, The Adventures of Ferdinand Feghoot Through Time and Space, by Reginald Bretnor (written under the pseudonym "e;Grendel Briarton"e;) and a Feghoot by Your Editor, John Betancourt (written under the pseudonym "e;Grendel Briarton, Jr."e;). See my intro to this very punny section for more info. On top of all that, we have a delightful fantasy from Anna Tambour, a classic SF piece from Ben Bova, and part 3 of Francis Jarman's historical fantasy novel, The Eagle's Wing. Whew, that's a lot!Here's this issue's complete lineup (in order of appearance):Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:"e;The Ice Lady,"e; by Dave Zeltserman [Michael Bracken Presents short story]"e;The Coveted Coin Caper,"e; by Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]"e;The December Candle Caper Con,"e; by C. C. Guthrie [Barb Goffman Presents short story]"e;North Pole Noir,"e; by Justin M. Kiska [short story]Tiger Island, by Jack Ritchie [serial novel, part 3 of 3]Science Fiction & Fantasy:"e;The December Candle Caper Con,"e; by C. C. Guthrie [Barb Goffman Presents short story]"e;North Pole Noir,"e; by Justin M. Kiska [short story]"e;The Godchildren,"e; by Anna Tambour [short story]"e;Through Time and Space With Benedict Breadfruit: I to VIII,"e; by Grandall Barretton [8 short stories]"e;Through Time and Space With Ferdinand Feghoot: VIII, XIX, and XXXVII,"e; by Grendel Briarton [3 short stories]"e;Through Time and Space With Ferdinand Feghoot: Alpha,"e; by Grendel Briarton, Jr. [short story]"e;Answer, Please Answer,"e; by Ben Bova [short story]The Eagle's Wing, by Francis Jarman [serial novel, part 3 of 4]