Monthly Archives: July 2018

Two-Gun Bob: Breaking News in Brownwood, Too

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Don

Continuing to poke around in the Texas newsprint of yesteryear, Brian Leno found another notice that Robert E. Howard had shot himself in the head, but remained alive, to go along with the one he found the other day. “Just … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: “Suffering from a pistol wound”

Posted on July 12, 2018 by Don

In the course of researching his book on the boxing world of Robert E. Howard, Brian Leno keeps tumbling to interesting tidbits — such as the news item above. Brian notes, “As far as I know, this is a first … Continue reading →

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Hammett: And Wandrei

Posted on July 9, 2018 by Don

John D. Haefele’s blurbage on Creeps by Night nudged me to get my copy of the Belmont paperback The Red Brain off the Donald Wandrei/E. Hoffmann Price/H. Warner Munn shelf where it lives, to look into once more. The Don/Ed/Harold … Continue reading →

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Hammett: And Derleth

Posted on July 7, 2018 by Don

Yesterday we had a guest post from Brian Leno, and today John D. Haefele drops back into the action. Want to find out what August Derleth of Arkham House had to do with Creeps by Night, the anthology of weird fiction edited … Continue reading →

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Two-Gun Bob: The Late Clyde Keith

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Don

Brian Leno was the first ever Guest Blogger on this site courtesy his Jack the Ripper expertise, and he’s back today talking about another of his interests, the Texas writer Robert E. Howard. You’ll find some of Brian’s excellent litcrit on … Continue reading →

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