Alan Orloff is one of the most popular emerging mystery writers. His work has been nominated for Derringer and Agatha Awards, and one of his stories was selected for The Best American Mystery Stories (2018). For his debut appearance in the Black Cat THRILLOGY series, he has selected three of his best short stories:

"House Call""Stormy, With a Chance of Murder""The Last Loose End"

Previous volumes of the Black Cat THROLLOGY series included work by Reginald Bretnor, Talmage Powell, Fletcher Flora, Stephen Wasylyk, and Thomas Thursday (among others). Collect them all!

Evil lurks in these woods. So much evil.The creepy, isolated woods near Dark Springs, West Virginia, provide the perfect hideaway for those wishing to stay out of public view: a cult of young women led by a sexual predator and a compound of white supremacists training to foment anarchy.Also hidden in the hills is a more insidious threat: a government-contractor lab owned by eccentric mega-billionaire Morocco Maru. What started out as a proof-of-concept demo for the Defense Department has morphed into a renegade attempt to change the course of evolution by grafting animal body parts together to create superspecies.Cult rescue specialists Tag Garrett and his girlfriend Ky Jones arrive to save a cult member, but their mission becomes clear quickly: they must rescue all of the women in the cult, destroy White Patriot Nation, and take down one of the richest and most powerful man in the world while neutralizing his menagerie of freakish creatures.Only Tag and Ky stand in his way. Fans of "e;The Ridge"e; by Michael Koryta, "e;Night Chills"e; by Dean Koontz, "e;Prey"e; by Michael Crichton, or "e;The Island of Dr. Moreau"e; by HG Wells will enjoy "e;Dark Springs."e;

Alan Orloff is one of the most popular emerging mystery writers. His work has been nominated for Derringer and Agatha Awards, and one of his stories was selected for The Best American Mystery Stories (2018). For his debut appearance in the Black Cat THRILLOGY series, he has selected three of his best short stories:

"House Call""Stormy, With a Chance of Murder""The Last Loose End"

Previous volumes of the Black Cat THROLLOGY series included work by Reginald Bretnor, Talmage Powell, Fletcher Flora, Stephen Wasylyk, and Thomas Thursday (among others). Collect them all!

Evil lurks in these woods. So much evil.The creepy, isolated woods near Dark Springs, West Virginia, provide the perfect hideaway for those wishing to stay out of public view: a cult of young women led by a sexual predator and a compound of white supremacists training to foment anarchy.Also hidden in the hills is a more insidious threat: a government-contractor lab owned by eccentric mega-billionaire Morocco Maru. What started out as a proof-of-concept demo for the Defense Department has morphed into a renegade attempt to change the course of evolution by grafting animal body parts together to create superspecies.Cult rescue specialists Tag Garrett and his girlfriend Ky Jones arrive to save a cult member, but their mission becomes clear quickly: they must rescue all of the women in the cult, destroy White Patriot Nation, and take down one of the richest and most powerful man in the world while neutralizing his menagerie of freakish creatures.Only Tag and Ky stand in his way. Fans of "e;The Ridge"e; by Michael Koryta, "e;Night Chills"e; by Dean Koontz, "e;Prey"e; by Michael Crichton, or "e;The Island of Dr. Moreau"e; by HG Wells will enjoy "e;Dark Springs."e;