Tag Archives: Floyd Salas

Rediscovered: More Contrappasso

Posted on December 11, 2012 by Don

Recently a 1977 issue of The Diversifier that I’d never seen before passed through my hands. It included a memoir of Edmond Hamilton by E. Hoffmann Price and a two-pager I hadn’t known about, in which Fritz Leiber discussed his tribulations … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged AHMM, Contrappasso, E. Hoffmann Price, Edmond Hamilton, Elmore Leonard, Farnsworth Wright, Firsts, Floyd Salas, Fritz Leiber, Harry Morris, Kindle, Matthew Asprey, Nyctalops, PW, The Cimmerian, The Diversifier, The Romantist, Weird Tales |

Posse McMillan: CrumDog Speaks

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Don

The magazine Contrappasso is going a little interactive. You now can read the piece of autobiography Floyd Salas contributed to the first issue online — and the interview with James “Crumdog” Crumley by Noel King also gets an online … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Lit, News | Tagged Contrappasso, Floyd Salas, James Crumley, Noel King |

Rediscovered: More Life of Floyd

Posted on July 12, 2012 by Don

Got a note from Matthew Asprey that he’s got another publishing deal gone down — the magazine Contrappasso. Haven’t seen it yet, but a star feature for Up and Down These Mean Streets types would be a new autobiographical piece … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged Contrappasso, Eddie Little, Edward Bunker, Floyd Salas, Jack Kerouac, James Crumley, Jim Tully, Matthew Asprey, Raymond Chandler, William S. Burroughs |

Death Lit: The Torch is Passed, Kakonis to Levison

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Don

You have to poke around some on this site to find it, but if you do there’s an enthusiastic endorsement for the crime novels of Tom Kakonis. And I guess some people may surf right in to that page, because Kakonis’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News, REH, Willeford | Tagged Bukowski, Chester Himes, Criss Cross, Elmore Leonard, Floyd Salas, Gerald Kersh, How to Rob an Armored Car, Iain Levison, Jim Thompson, John Fante, Joseph Hirsch, Tom Kakonis, Truman Capote |

Posse McMillan: 60, and Counting

Posted on January 31, 2011 by Don

You’ve heard of Posse Comitatus, the version where you round up your gang and roar off after whoever needs to be run down. This on-going feature follows in the dust trail of Posse McMillan, rounding up news and views from the stable … Continue reading →

Posted in DMac, Film, Lit, Willeford | Tagged Floyd Salas, John Sanford, Rick DeMarinis |

Rediscovered: Floyd, the Big 8, Still Straight

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Don

On January 22nd a big bash was held to celebrate Floyd Salas hitting 80 years of age — his actual birthday falls on the 23rd, but people were confident he’d make it another day, so the party was on. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit | Tagged Book Collecting, Floyd Salas |

News: February 2007

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Webmaster

WALKING THE WALK Once again, all the Hammett tours this month are being done for groups by appointment, but check back from time to time — any extra tours open to the public will be posted here. Or if you … Continue reading →