This is our final Christmas issue of 2025, and it features an extra helping of holiday stories. On behalf of the whole staff, we wish you a merry holiday season and much joy in the coming year. Black Cat Weekly is very much a team effort, and thanks to everyone who helped make this year a success: our Art Director, Ron Miller; our Acquiring Editors, Barb Goffman, Michael Bracken, Paul Di Filippo, Darrell Schweitzer, and Cynthia M. Ward; and our editorial board, Thomas A. Easton, Ryan Hines, Paula Messina, and Richard Prosch.
Now, to the issue at hand. Here’s the complete lineup—
Cover Art: Ron Miller
NOVELS
Velda, by Ron Miller [Part 1 of 2]
P.I. Velda finally gets her own novel!
The Tomorrow People, by Judith Merril
First contact wasn’t what anyone expected. It was better.
SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY
‘Snow Job,’ by Hal Charles
Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!
SHORT STORIES
‘One Night Stand,’ by Steve Liskow
One band. One campaign. One haunted mansion. What could go wrong?
‘Murder by the Creek,’ by H.K. Slade [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
A fake gold amulet…and a murder only an old cop’s gut can solve now.
‘Christmas at Stornay''s,’ by Marcelle Dubé
All she wanted was her phone. What she found was something far worse.
‘Christmas Tree Detail,’ by Johnston McCulley
Can a simple Christmas tree save a group of soldiers from an attack?
‘A Christmas Fable,’ by Ron Miller
A dying town. A broken teacher. One boy who still believes in gifts…
‘Santa Takes a Hit,’ by Susan Love Brown
Can an HOA chair stop Santa from landing on his roof this Christmas?
‘An Exciting Christmas Eve,’ by Arthur Conan Doyle
It would have been a quiet Christmas Eve, except for the anarchists…
‘The Mansion of Akamu Wa,’ by Edmund Glasby
Cleansing haunted properties is his job. This one might be his last.
Genre: Mystery
Now, to the issue at hand. Here’s the complete lineup—
Cover Art: Ron Miller
NOVELS
Velda, by Ron Miller [Part 1 of 2]
P.I. Velda finally gets her own novel!
The Tomorrow People, by Judith Merril
First contact wasn’t what anyone expected. It was better.
SOLVE-IT-YOURSELF MYSTERY
‘Snow Job,’ by Hal Charles
Can you solve the mystery before the detective? All the clues are there!
SHORT STORIES
‘One Night Stand,’ by Steve Liskow
One band. One campaign. One haunted mansion. What could go wrong?
‘Murder by the Creek,’ by H.K. Slade [Barb Goffman Presents short story]
A fake gold amulet…and a murder only an old cop’s gut can solve now.
‘Christmas at Stornay''s,’ by Marcelle Dubé
All she wanted was her phone. What she found was something far worse.
‘Christmas Tree Detail,’ by Johnston McCulley
Can a simple Christmas tree save a group of soldiers from an attack?
‘A Christmas Fable,’ by Ron Miller
A dying town. A broken teacher. One boy who still believes in gifts…
‘Santa Takes a Hit,’ by Susan Love Brown
Can an HOA chair stop Santa from landing on his roof this Christmas?
‘An Exciting Christmas Eve,’ by Arthur Conan Doyle
It would have been a quiet Christmas Eve, except for the anarchists…
‘The Mansion of Akamu Wa,’ by Edmund Glasby
Cleansing haunted properties is his job. This one might be his last.
Genre: Mystery
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