Feline and Famous: Cat Crimes Goes Hollywood

by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Ed Gorman (Editor / Contributor), Terry Black (Contributor)

A cat's glorious coat gives away a murderer. A feline TV stand-in takes the heat for an edible accident. A loony cast of cartoonists loses their real-life inspiration. Whether they save the day, take their curious revenge, or refuse to do the expected, cats have made their home in Hollywood--and the silver screen will never be the same again.

Introduction / Ed Gorman --
Dying for dollars / Terry Black --
The magician's palace / Edward D. Hoch --
Cat in the act / Rochelle Majer Krich --
The ten lives of Talbert / Barbara Collins --
Spacecat / Barbara Paul --
Cap'n Bob and Gus / Bill Crider --
A crazy business / John Lutz --
Lizzie and the wonder boys: a bit of sun before midnight / Tracy Knight --
Credit the cat / Jon L. Breen --
The catnap / Les Roberts --
The krystal caper / Jill M. Morgan --
Just an alley cat / Jan Grape --
The cat that got away / Ted Fitzgerald --
The king of comedy: or, a policeman's lot is not a happy one / P.M. Carlson --
Defrauding the cat / Catherine Dain --
Second nature / Livia Washburn and James Reasoner --
Hollywood considered as a seal point in the sun / Bruce Holland Rogers

273 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.

For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.

Reviews

[Chazzi · Rating 4 out of 5]

An anthology of seventeen mysteries with a cat in each one. Written by award winning and well known authors, the likes of Edward D. Hoch, John Lutz, Jon L. Breen, Barbara Collins and more. They all take place in and around Hollywood, film capital of the world.

They can be victim, revenge seeker, inspiration or the one who solves the mystery, they all have the starring role.

A fun read of short stories for when you only have a little time and want to know who dunnit.