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The Dashiell Hammett Tour
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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-

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Tag Archives: stylometrics
Smackdown: The Morgman vs. the Fires of Hell! and Other Perils
For the delectation of Sword-and-Sorcery fans everywhere, how about a gander at another proof cover for the eBook Enter the Barbarian by Morgan Holmes? Maybe you’d call it a draft cover, though, since it never went out with a proof … Continue reading
Two-Gun Bob: Stylometry and Other Statistical Stuff
On June 11, 1936 — 78 years ago today — the thirty-year-old Texas author Robert E. Howard shot himself in the head, ending a volcanic career at the keys of a typewriter which included the creation of such cultural icons as Conan … Continue reading





