Welcome to a hard-boiled and not without noir blog with news and reviews, occasional outbursts of maniacal Autograph Hound activity, plus archival records from the forty-five year run of The Dashiell Hammett Tour. 
The Dashiell Hammett Tour
1977-2022
Arkham House Ephemera
The Classic Years 1937–1973
Death Lit
Essays and Reviews Selected from Fifty Years of Writing 1974–2024
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Tag Archives: Rod Serling
Rediscovered: The Leno Library Has Walls. . .
Autograph Hound Saturday, and that rampant Autograph Hound known by the name Brian Leno has dug some stuff out, moved some stuff around, framed a few things and commandeered a wall. Much of the display spotlights signed materials. And much … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit
Tagged Autographs, Brian Leno, Frank Frazetta, King Kong, Robert Bloch, Rod Serling
Sinister Cinema: Derleth and The Tube
Not to be left out of the Derleth Anniversary action thundering around the internet, Brian Leno sends in some start-of-the-day thoughts. Take it, Brian: The other night I watched Night Gallery and the episode was “The Doll” by Algernon … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Lit
Tagged Algernon Blackwood, August Derleth, Brian Leno, Night Gallery, Rod Serling, Thriller
