Monthly Archives: December 2013

891 Post: Jeopardy!

Posted on December 22, 2013 by Don

Catching up on this past week’s file of Jeopardy! on the DVR, a surprise moment from the Double Jeopardy Round aired Thursday December 19: Category: Literary Landmarks. The $1200 slot. Statement: In the late 1920s Dashiell Hammett lived in an … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, News | Tagged 891 Post, Jeopardy!, literary homes, literary landmarks, Raymond Chandler |

Rediscovered: EQMM Today

Posted on December 17, 2013 by Don

Usually on this blog any chatter about Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine harks back to the days of yesteryear, when the two cousins who wrote as “Ellery Queen” ran the show, and one of the two — the redoubtable Frederic Dannay … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News | Tagged Dave Lewis, EQMM, Evan Lewis, Frederic Dannay, Sherlock Holmes |

Rediscovered: “Fly Paper” in EQMM

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Don

I noticed in passing this shot of a newsstand — from 1942, it turns out — on James Reasoner’s blog, but Andy Bienstock from Baltimore brought to my attention that I needed to hop over to the Shorpy site where … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, News, Tour | Tagged "Fly Paper", Andy Bienstock, Baltimore, EQMM, James Reasoner, Pulps, Shorpy |

Sinister Cinema: La Cuidad Maldita

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Don

Previously on this blog, our pal from Spain — Dr. Jesús Ángel González López — tipped the Up and Down These Mean Streets community to the existence of a movie version of Hammett’s Red Harvest that many — probably most — of … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Film, News | Tagged Alberto de Stefanis, Alberto Grimaldi, Chet Bacon, Clint Eastwood, Gianni Garko, Hamilton Nash, James Coburn, Jason E. Squire, Jesus Angel Gonzales Lopez, Juan Bosch, La Cuidad Maldita, Lillian Hellman, Red Harvest, Sergio Leone, Spaghetti Western, William Powell |

Hammett: “Holiday”

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Don

Jeez, maybe I’ll take the rest of this blogging month off — I think Terry Zobeck has it under control! For part three of his new series detailing edits made by Frederic Dannay — you’ll need your copy of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash | Tagged "Holiday", Frederic Dannay, Lost Stories, Terry Zobeck, The New Pearson's, Zobeck Series Two |

Hammett: Tracking Down Two “New” Stories by “Peter Collinson”

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Don

The Holiday Season seems to have uncorked Terry Zobeck! He’s back with another Mystery in Hammett Bibliography — and even better, he’s already got the mystery solved! Take another trip with Terry into the archives of the Library of Congress, … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, News | Tagged "Ah Fate!", "Peter Collinson", "Strength", "The Barber and His Wife", "The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody", Bill Contento, Brief Stories, FictionMags Index, Library of Congress, Mike Humbert, pure texts, Richard Layman, Terry Zobeck, The American Short Story |

Posse McMillan: The Legend Continues

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Don

Along with other distractions of the season to keep me away from posting, it turns out that no less than Dennis McMillan has shown up in town — that’ll eat up some time. He’s got me roped into a book party … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Frisco, News | Tagged Green Arcade, Jim Nisbet |

Hammett: “The Sardonic Star of Tom Doody” & “The Joke on Eloise Morey”

Posted on December 3, 2013 by Don

Another month on the mean streets, ready to be kicked into gear by Terry Zobeck with part two of his new series probing the various changes made by Frederic Dannay to Hammett’s short stories. . . . You can find “pure texts” … Continue reading →