Monthly Archives: October 2016

Rediscovered: Something Else Fishy for Hallowe’en

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Don

If you surf over to Element 118 Books you’ll find a new horror story by Brian Leno served up for Hallowe’en. Brian must have gotten deep into the spooks and goblins mood this year, since he just did a little rundown … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Brian Leno, Element 118 Books, Lovecraft, Romeo Poole |

Rediscovered: “A Hand from the Deep”

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Don

To get our surfing safari in the Hallowe’en mood, Guest Blogger Brian Leno popped in a post on an early yarn in Weird Tales from an obscure scribe — but it may have had some trace influence on another obscure scribe of … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged "A Hand from the Deep", "The Shadow over Innsmouth", Brian Leno, C. M. Eddy Jr, Christine Campbell Thomson, Frank Belknap Long, Lovecraft, Not at Night, Romeo Poole, Weird Tales |

Tour: The Kermit Sheets Copy

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Don

Grizzled eBay gunhawk Brian Leno told me that a signed copy of an old tour book currently is on the block — Buy It Now for $39.50. First printing of the second edition from 1982. Same printing as the copy I … Continue reading →

Posted in Frisco, News, Tour | Tagged Autographs, Bill Arney, Book Collecting, Bouchercon, Brian Leno, Hammett Tour Book, Kermit Sheets, PulpFest, Tiny Boyles |

Frisco Beat: Big Sale at Kayo; or, The Adventure of the French Translator

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Don

Yesterday I met up with noir writer Kent Harrington from Posse McMillan and Nordine Haddad, Kent’s French translator who is in the burg for a little visit before he and Kent wander off to NoirCon in Philly in a week … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, DMac, Frisco, Lit, News, Tour | Tagged August Derleth, House of Fans, Kayo Books, Kent Harrington, Noir Con, Nordine Haddad, Solar Pons |

Rediscovered: Gumshoe America; or, Race vs. the Klan

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Don

In a couple of days I’m dropping in on a party in Tom Krabacher’s lair, and returning his loaner copy of the academic tome Gumshoe America from 200o by Sean McCann. I was curious about it, since among the major authors surveyed … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, Willeford | Tagged Black Mask, Carroll John Daly, Gumshoe America, KKK, Race Williams, Sean McCann, The Unique Legacy of Weird Tales, Tom Krabacher |

Rediscovered: More Mask and Daly — and The Munnster Rides Again

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Don

Speaking of Carroll John Daly and Black Mask, as I just was, yes, I got the memo on July 19 that Steeger Properties LLC had bought the rights to The Mask — and also acquired rights to the Daly backlog. Since I guess … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Altus Press, Black Mask, Carroll John Daly, H. Warner Munn, Lovecraft, Steeger Properties, Weird Tales |

Rediscovered: Carroll John Who? H. Warner What?

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Don

On the tour in recent years (three or four years ago, five, not twenty years ago, not thirty-five) a woman mentioned that her uncle — or maybe he was her great-uncle — like Hammett also had written for the pulp Black Mask. … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, Tour, Willeford | Tagged Andros Sturgeon, Black Mask, Burning Man, Carroll John Daly, E. Hoffmann Price, H. Warner Munn, Lovecraft, Morgan Holmes, Nictzin Dyalhis, Pulps, Raymond Chandler, Seabury Quinn, The Unique Legacy of Weird Tales, Theodore Sturgeon, Weird Tales |

Frisco Beat: October 4, On Air with Burrito Justice

Posted on October 1, 2016 by Don

On Tuesday October 4 I drop into the studio from noon to 2p.m. for an episode of the Burrito Justice Show, a.k.a. the Burrito Justice League — I believe Burrito himself will be on the control panel and Nicole Gluckstern … Continue reading →