Monthly Archives: February 2019

Rediscovered: Good Farny v. Bad Farny

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Don

Coming up for air after a long plunge into the edit on John Haefele’s magnum opus on Lovecraft, I thought of an observation from John Locke that I spotted awhile back.  I guess the coverage of “The Shunned House” in the … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: More on Peter Corris

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Don

John Hocking adds — in re: his discovery of the Peter Corris detective story where I cameo as “Dan Swan” — “Yeah, I figured there was almost no way you could have missed the story, but the idea that you … Continue reading →

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Mort: Peter Corris

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Don

Got a note from John Hocking, reporting: “I’m reading The Big Drop, a collection of detective stories by the recently deceased Australian author Peter Corris. “It had been a while since I’d read any of his stuff, so it felt … Continue reading →

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Suicide Club: Peter Field Drops a Book

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Don

A fellow adventurer from the glory days of The San Francisco Suicide Club, 1977-82, has dug around, done a bunch of research, and written a book. I went on one of the first walking tours of the Tenderloin that Peter Field … Continue reading →

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