The first Black Cat Mystery Magazine of 2022 presents 12 original tales by top mystery authors. Included this time are:

• DEAD RECKONING, by Leone Ciporin
• THE MAN FROM TOPEKA, by Robert Lopresti
• VICE COP, by Elizabeth Zelvin
• THE WHITE CALF AND THE WIND, by Mike Adamson
• ANNIE, by Anita Murphy
• SANITY CLAUSE, by Max Devoe Talley
• THE BORSCHT BELT BURGLARY, by Marlin Bressi
• THE FIRST ANNUAL ATCHAFALAYA COYOTE HUNT, by O'Neil De Noux
• A REMOTE CHANCE, by David Rudd
• MINERVA JAMES AND THE HOUNDS OF HADES, by Mark Bruce
• A WALK IN THE PARK, by Lis Angus
• MUDBOUND, by Veronica Leigh

Classic reprint: "The Sleeper Caper," by Richard S. Prather

Edited by Michael Bracken