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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: Steve Eng
Rediscovered: The Poets Gawsworth and Maclaren
Recently I heard from Lucilla Maclaren Spillane, who was looking around the Web for Steve Eng. Steve, if you recall, is the guy who brought M. P. Shiel fully to my attention, and completely sold me on John Gawsworth as a … Continue reading
Posted in Lit
Tagged A. E. Housman, Cobstone Mill, Edmund Blunden, Hamish Maclaren, John Gawsworth, Lucilla Maclaren Spillane, M. P. Shiel, Redonda, Steve Eng
Rediscovered: The Hammett Tour Books!
Jeez. You hang around long enough, cycles pass, and if you’re lucky your once new stuff is ready for rediscovery. Anyway, that’s my thinking after Evan Lewis selected my series of Hammett tour books for a Forgotten Books Friday post. … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, Film, Frisco, Lit, Willeford
Tagged Bette Davis, Book Collecting, Evan Lewis, first editions, Steve Eng
Rediscovered: Redonda!
I’m confident it was my pal Steve Eng who brought M. P. Shiel fully to my attention some thirty years ago. Like anyone else interested in horror and fantastic literature, I’d have come across the name already, courtesy at least … Continue reading
Posted in Dash, DMac, Frisco, Lit
Tagged "The Gutting of Couffignal", Arthur Machen, Black Mask, Book Collecting, Dylan Thomas, Hammett Tour Book, Henry Miller, John D. Squires, John Gawsworth, Lovecraft, M. P. Shiel, Redonda, Steve Eng





