The Return of the Black Widowers is a mystery short story collection by Isaac Asimov.
The sixth and last book in the Black Widowers series, it was first published by Carroll & Graf in December 2003. It collects Asimov's last six Black Widowers stories, ten previously collected stories, plus some other bits.
Contents[]
- "Introduction" (by Harlan Ellison)
- "The Acquisitive Chuckle" (from Tales of the Black Widowers)
- "Ph As in Phony" (from Tales of the Black Widowers)
- "Early Sunday Morning" (from Tales of the Black Widowers)
- "The Obvious Factor" (from Tales of the Black Widowers)
- "The Iron Gem" (from More Tales of the Black Widowers)
- "To the Barest" (from Casebook of the Black Widowers)
- "Sixty Million Trillion Combinations" (from Banquets of the Black Widowers)
- "The Wrong House" (from Banquets of the Black Widowers)
- "The Redhead" (from Banquets of the Black Widowers)
- "Triple Devil" (from Puzzles of the Black Widowers)
- "The Men Who Read Isaac Asimov" (by William Brittain)
- "Northwestward" (from Magic)
- "Yes, but Why?"
- "Lost in a Space Warp"
- "Police at the Door"
- "The Haunted Cabin"
- "The Guest's Guest"
- "The Woman in the Bar" (from Banquets of the Black Widowers)
- "The Last Story" (by Charles Ardai)
- "Afterword" (from I, Asimov: A memoir)