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In 1977 Don Herron began leading The Dashiell Hammett Tour, now the longest-running literary tour in the nation. On this site you’ll find information on current walks — dates, where to meet, arranging tours by appointment — plus a hard-boiled blog with news, reviews of books and film, and a dash of noir.
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Tag Archives: Leo Grin
Two-Gun Bob: In Memoriam?
John D. Haefele’s expertise on the subject of writer August Derleth, and his circle, just got called into action by a find made by Will Oliver, who writes a fanzine for REHupa titled Some Line-Faced Scrivener. You may recall … Continue reading
Posted in REH
Tagged August Derleth, Brian Leno, Fanciful Tales of Time and Space, John D. Haefele, Leo Grin, Lovecraft, REHupa, Will Oliver
Rediscovered: 19 Minutes with Fafhrd and the Mouser, and Fritz
Over on The Pulp.Net I just gave Bill Lampkin the okay to put up an article I did back in 2014 for his zine The Pulpster — a good one, if I say so myself (hell, even definitive), on the … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, REH
Tagged Bill Lampkin, Fafhrd, Fritz Leiber, Harry Otto Fischer, Leo Grin, Sword-and-Sorcery, The Cimmerian, The Gray Mouser, The Pulp.Net, The Pulpster
Rediscovered: Charles Saunders
You can tell that at the time Cheryl Cline wrote her article on Sword-and-Sorcery for Portable Storage 4 she was unaware of the death of Imaro creator Charles Saunders. Like most, I only got the news late in the year. … Continue reading
Posted in Boxing, Lit, News
Tagged Charles Saunders, Imaro, Karl Edward Wagner, Kevin Cook, Leo Grin, Morgan Holmes, Tompk
Two-Gun Bob: The “Great Extinction” Clock
Okay. I’m calling it. Time to set the clock on the Great Extinction Event. I was thinking about what little note to post today in acknowledgment of the birth of Robert E. Howard one hundred and thirteen years ago, when Brian Leno — … Continue reading
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Tagged Brian Leno, Carl Osman, eBay, Hugo Awards, Leo Grin, REHupa, Steve Tompkins, Tales of Taul, Tompk
Two-Gun Bob: Earl Baker Ruminations
The furious round of discoveries about Robert E. Howard that Brian Leno — with Scott Connors close on his heels — turned up over the last couple of weeks got the attention of Leo Grin, editor and publisher of the excellent … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Baker, Brian Leno, Doc Howard, Earl Baker, Glenn Lord, June 11 1936, L. Sprague de Camp, Leo Grin, Scott Connors, The Cimmerian, The Cimmerian Press
Rediscovered: A Couple of Footnotes
Yesterday, when I mentioned the death of Stan Sargent on March 6, I definitely was thinking what a fatal month March often is — so much so I plan on keeping my head down in an attempt to squeak through … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, News, REH
Tagged Jim Cornelius, Leo Grin, Stan Sargent, Steve Tompkins, The Cimmerian, Tompk
Rediscovered: Floyd Salas Meets Donald Sidney-Fryer
Left: Floyd Salas. Right: Donald Sidney-Fryer. (Background: gold statue by Floyd titled “The Boxer.”) I’ve had the idea that Floyd Salas and Donald Sidney-Fryer, “a pair of similar opposites” (to use a term Leo Grin came up with) really ought … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: Where Are the Words of the Week of Yesteryear?
When I got up this morning to view the solar eclipse through a spaghetti strainer (not the opening words I ever imagined for a blog post), I was happy to see that my eBook LitCrit MegaPack on Texas writer Robert … Continue reading
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Tagged Castalia House, Deuce Richardson, flivvers, Leo Grin, Morgan Holmes, REHupa, The Cimmerian, Two-Gun Raconteur
Mort: Robert Weinberg
Courtesy Leo Grin, the shot above first appeared (in b&w) in The Cimmerian V1n3 for August 2004 — showing Bob Weinberg gleefully enacting the abduction of the 1937 edition of A Gent from Bear Creek from the Robert E. Howard … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, News, REH
Tagged Bob Baker, Brian Leno, Howard Days, Leo Grin, literary homes, Robert Weinberg, The Cimmerian, Weird Tales