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Tag Archives: Mystery Scene
Rediscovered: Ed Gorman and a Book That Could Have Been
Noticed that today is Ed Gorman Day across the web. After a long battle with cancer, Gorman died on October 15. I spotted immediate tributes by fellow writers such as Bill Crider and James Reasoner. The appeal of his fiction … Continue reading
Posted in Lit, News, Willeford
Tagged Bill Crider, Bill Pronzini, Blue Lonesome, Brian Drake, Charles L. Grant, Ed Gorman, James Reasoner, Mystery Scene, Peter Rabe
Hammett: Tweet, Tweet
Naw, I’m not going on Twitter, or Facebook —- maybe I’ll be forced to do the next thing that comes along after those formats have run their course, if there’s no way around it. But that doesn’t mean I’m not … Continue reading
