Category Archives: Willeford

Tour: Walking the Walk

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Don

On the tour for October 19 two more writers with a crime connection chalked their names on the mean streets of Hammettville: Judy Meliner and T.J. Mitchell. One book out so far, non-fiction, on the corpse trade — with plans … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: A Willeford Blurb — For Haefele?!?

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Don

Image above — Haefele’s Heretics rolling into Lovecraft Town on a convoy of Shermans. Locked and loaded. Yep, every time I pick up the new trade paperback of John D. Haefele’s A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos all I can … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: The Death of Willeford’s Grandfather

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Don

Michael S. Chong keeps surfing the net, looking for stray tidbits concerning the late great Charles Willeford. In with some other info he sent the above clipping, saying: “As a bonus, a small biographical detail in the column ‘The Time Has … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: “Say It Simple”

Posted on April 23, 2014 by Don

  And today Michael S. Chong returns, with the third entry in his series of “lost” Willeford bits scattered through the newspapers of North America — this time an item about Willeford’s interest in playing around with big, fancy words … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Block on Willeford/Block on Block

Posted on April 18, 2014 by Don

The recent mentions of Charles Willeford caused Terry Zobeck to prowl the net for awhile, where he discovered an article from yesteryear in which Lawrence Block remembered his meetings with Willeford — pretty interesting, especially the bits about eating cat, though … Continue reading →

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Death Lit: Rolling Country by Joseph Hirsch

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Don

Mentioning Willeford lately courtesy the In Memoriam Palm Sunday Tour reminds me that I’ve been meaning to blurb Rolling Country by Joseph Hirsch. Read it awhile back, was thinking about doing it up for Halloween, but then something came along to … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: “Reasons Why Writers Write” — Encore Variants

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Don

I just did the Palm Sunday Walk in memoriam Charles Willeford — mostly locals showed up, but we did have a couple haul in all the way from Massachusetts — so how about we continue the memorial action with a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: “Just Ask Luis Rodriquez”

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Don

So, to follow-up on the idea of doing In Memoriam: Willeford, how about we premiere a new Guest Blogger with a new series? The blogger: Michael S. Chong, Willeford fan (who ain’t on the mean streets?). The series: articles with some Willefordian presence he’s … Continue reading →

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Tour: On Palm Sunday

Posted on March 15, 2014 by Don

Jim Dinan sent in the shot above from the walk on September 8, 2013 — 891 Post is in the background, right, with the What a Grind coffee house sign and a bit of the front awning visible. Thanks, Jim. To … Continue reading →

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Sinister Cinema: And the Bleak Noir Rains Crashed Down

Posted on February 15, 2014 by Don

I’ve got my slideshow talk in Livermore tomorrow, after warming up with the Q&A in Novato the other day. Wow. You can tell when you’re showing a genuine noir classic, because the sky breaks open and cold rain paints everything in shades … Continue reading →

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