Monthly Archives: November 2021

Frisco Beat: Robert Barbour Johnson

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Don

Autograph Hound Super-Sunday once more, and our maniacal John Hancock-collecting pal Brian Leno hauls out a new acquisition. If I remember right, he told me he’s been looking for a Robert Barbour Johnson for decades, but if the signature did … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Another “Dead Yellow Women” (Heavily Illustrated)

Posted on November 17, 2021 by Don

Today Evan Lewis uncovers yet another newsprint serialization of an Op yarn, beginning November 29, 1942 in the Albuquerque Journal — almost 79 years ago exactly.  The yarn in question is the excellent “Dead Yellow Women” from Black Mask, November 1925 … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: On Library Shelves. . .

Posted on November 15, 2021 by Don

Got a note and a couple of pics from Tom Krabacher, academic, to let me know that “Great Tales has arrived in the academy!”  If not earlier in other venues, John D. Haefele’s recent and monumental tome Lovecraft: The Great … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Dictum Morgmanius

Posted on November 12, 2021 by Don

Morgan “The Morgman” Holmes just noticed that I invoked his famous dictum on Art in my review of the George Sterling caveman book the other day: Any work of art is made better by the inclusion of cavemen and dinosaurs. … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Steinbeck, Classical Puzzle Mystery Writer

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Don

Brian Wallace pops in a link to a long article from the Los Angeles Review of Books covering a crime novel — with werewolves, kind of — John Steinbeck wrote at the start of his career. It was 1930 and … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Yet Another “Clew”

Posted on November 5, 2021 by Don

For those keeping track, Evan Lewis has uncovered from the newsprint of yesteryear yet another reprint of Hammett’s Op yarn “The Tenth Clew” — this one from the Deseret News in 1942. Plus he’s added a couple more installments to … Continue reading →

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