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<p>Our 51st issue is another strong one one, with four of our acquiring editors finding tales for us. Michael Bracken has an original Bev Vincent mystery, and Barb Goffman has a winner from R.T. Lawton. Cynthia Ward turns the tables on fellow editor Michael Bracken and selects a haunted house story by him! And too-long-absent editor Paul Di Filippo has picked a powerful story by Sheree R. Thomas. Good stuff.</p><p>As if that’s not enough (which it never is for the Black Cat!), we have gone back to the pulps for some historical mystery-adventure tales by Harold Lamb and Philip M. Fisher, and dived even deeper for a collection of mysteries by Dick Donovan called The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service.</p><p>On the science fiction front, we have novellas by Arthur Leo Zagat and George O. Smith, plus Skylark Three, by E.E. “Doc” Smith.</p><p>Here’s the complete lineup:</p><p><br></p><p>Mysteries / Suspense / Adventure:</p><p><br></p><p>“Death Sentence,” by Bev Vincent [Michael Bracken Presents short story]</p><p>“Letter Perfect,” Hal Charles [Solve-It-Yourself Mystery]</p><p>“Tightening of the Bond,” by R.T. Lawton [Barb Goffman Presents short story]</p><p>“The Man Who Measured the Wind,” by Harold Lamb [novella]</p><p>“The Yangtze Horde,” by Philip M. Fisher [short story]</p><p>The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service, by Dick Donovan [novel]</p><p><br></p><p>Science Fiction &amp; Fantasy:</p><p><br></p><p>“Little Spring,” by Michael Bracken [Cynthia Ward Presents short story]</p><p>“Thirteen Year Long Song,” by Sheree R. Thomas [Paul Di Filippo Presents short story]</p><p>“The Faceless Men,” by Arthur Leo Zagat [novella]</p><p>The Kingdom of the Blind, by George O. Smith [novella]</p><p>Skylark Three, by E.E. “Doc” Smith [novel]</p>