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The Dashiell Hammett Tour
1977-2022



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Arkham House Ephemera
The Classic Years 1937–1973-

Death Lit
Essays and Reviews Selected from Fifty Years of Writing 1974–2024-

Willeford
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Tag Archives: Mike Chomko
Rediscovered: Talking Cthulhu Mythos and Weird Tales at PulpFest
Image at top: a detail from the PulpFest Facebook page of the panel for discussing the Cthulhu Mythos; left to right Nathan Madison, John D. Haefele, Don Herron, Rick Lai, and moderator Tom Krabacher. Image at bottom: detail, Haefele and … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, News
Tagged Cthulhu Mythos, Farnsworth Wright, John D. Haefele, Mike Chomko, Nathan Madison, PulpFest, Rick Lai, The Great War, Tom Krabacher, Weird Tales
Rediscovered: The Indecisive Farnsworth Wright, Hot Topic for PulpFest
Right now I’m packing my kit for the trip to PulpFest this coming weekend. Going in light. Only one book, the first edition hardcover of John D. Haefele’s A Look Behind the Derleth Mythos — that one needs a John Hancock … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged Donald Wandrei, Farnsworth Wright, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, Mike Chomko, Parkinson's disease, PulpFest, Weird Tales
Rediscovered: Stabbed in the Forehead! (and Other Pulp Thrills)
How about a postmortem on PulpFest before something else ripping Up and Down These Mean Streets distracts me? It’s always something — latest is juggling a date and time to do a walk for a Private Eye convention in October. (Tours … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, Lit, News, REH
Tagged Alexandre Dumas, Anthony Tollin, Arkham House, Black Mask, Bob Clampett, Book Collecting, Brian Leno, Chester Himes, Conan, Count of Monte Cristo, Dillinger, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Erle Stanley Gardner, Esquire, Fantomas, Fat Charley Makley, German Village, Green Lawn Cemetery, James Thurber, Jim Tully, John Carter, Mike Chomko, Nick Certo, O. Henry, Ohio Caverns, Ohio State Pen, PulpFest, Pulps, Rick Lai, Rusty Burke, Serpent Mound, Smart Set, St Marys Ohio, Stark House Press, Terry Zobeck, The Shadow, The Spider, Walker Martin, Walter B. Gibson
Rediscovered: The Shadow of PulpFest
What do you think, in the photo above shot on the May 8, 2011 tour, I look more like The Shadow and Mike Chomko, swathed in blue, looks more like Superman, right? My hands float, missing the comforting weight of fully-loaded … Continue reading
Posted in Frisco, Lit, News, Tour
Tagged Bill Blackbeard, Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry, Doctor Sax, Evan Lewis, Jack Kerouac, Mike Chomko, PulpFest, Pulps, Secret Agent X-9, Tenderloin, The Shadow, Walter B. Gibson





