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• Steve Mertz rides again with BLAZE! THE CHRISTMAS JOURNEY
  on Dec 20, 2016 in Stephen Mertz Western fiction
  If you’re hankerin’ for a new-fangled Old West Christmas, it’s available right this minute in The Christmas Journey, the latest Blaze! adventure by series creator Stephen Mertz.This one has everything anyone could want in a Christmas story: San...
• Orson Welles in THE GLASS KEY (Radio, 1939)
  on Dec 19, 2016 in Dashiell Hammett Mystery fiction OTR
  I've seen both film versions and a rare live TV production, but didn't know about this.
• Peter Lorre and Barry Nelson in the first CASINO ROYALE (1954)
  on Dec 16, 2016 in James Bond Mystery films
  Here's "Jimmy" Bond, only a year after the book was published.
• New from Stark House: Shanghai Flame // Counterspy Express by A.S. Fleischman
  on Dec 14, 2016 in Stark House
  Having enjoyed Stark House’s earlier A.S. Fleischman duo, The Sun Worshippers / Yellowleg. I welcomed the arrival of this new volume. And I wasn’t disappointed. Shanghai Flame, a Gold Medal orginal from 1953, is a corker of an adventure set...
• Overlooked Films: THE LADY IN THE MORGUE
  on Aug 30, 2016
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• Overlooked Films: THE SHADOW (serial)
  on Aug 3, 2016
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• Forgotten Books: THE EARP CURSE by Glenn G. Boyer (1999)
  on Jun 21, 2016
  Boyer lists his serious Earp publications (in order) as Suppressed Murder of Wyatt Earp, I Married Wyatt Earp, Wyatt Earp by Wyatt S. Earp, and Wyatt Earp's Tombstone Vendetta.His first book Illustrated Life of Doc Holliday, he insists was written as...
• Song Twins: ROUTE 90 and SWEET LITTLE SIXTEEN
  on May 4, 2016
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• DEATH by ELECTION
  on Apr 6, 2016 in Hollywood Detective Pulps Robert Leslie Bellem
  Along with two Dan Turner stories and a Little Jack Horner adventure (as by Jerome Severs Perry), Robert Leslie Bellem provided this "Harley L. Court" novelette for the May 1944 issue.
• Overlooked Films: KISS ME DEADLY
  on Apr 5, 2016
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• Overlooked Films: William Campbell Gault's DEAD END FOR DELIA (1993)
  on Mar 29, 2016 in Black Mask Mystery films William Campbell Gault
  In the premiere episode of Showtime's Fallen Angels, Gary Oldman stars in this Gault tale from the November 1950 issue of Black Mask.
• Poster Gallery: GENE AUTRY
  on Mar 23, 2016 in Gene Autry Western films
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• Overlooked Films: The Simple Art of Philip Marlowe
  on Mar 22, 2016 in Mystery fiction Overlooked Films Philip Marlowe Raymond Chandler
  From the 1999 BBC2 series THE GREAT DETECTIVES.
• Overlooked Films: "A Dime a Dance," from a BLACK MASK story by Cornell Woolrich (1995)
  on Mar 15, 2016 in Black Mask Cornell Woolrich Mystery films Overlooked Films
  Based on the story "The Dancing Detective" from the February 1938 issue of Mask. This one stars Jennifer Grey and Eric Stolz, and was directed by Peter Bogdanovich.
• Pulp Gallery: The UNDERWORLD Magazine (1932-33)
  on Feb 27, 2016 in Detective pulps Pulps
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• Braggin' Time: BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES 2016
  on Feb 24, 2016 in AHMM Writing
  Yeah, I've been slacking for the past few months. It's a cryin' shame, and I'm dutifully embarassed. But I got a jolt in the arm the other day with word from Otto Penzler that "The Continental Opposite" has been selected for this year's volume of The...
• Overlooked Films: REMO WILLIAMS TV Pilot (1988)
  on Feb 23, 2016 in Overlooked Films
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• Overlooked Films: THE KENNEL MURDER CASE
  on Feb 23, 2016
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• Overlooked Films: INVISIBLE AVENGER
  on Feb 17, 2016
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• Overlooked Films: THE SPIDER'S WEB (serial)
  on Feb 16, 2016
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