Tag Archives: Vincent Starrett

Hammett: And Machen

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Don

Around Xmas, as I was in the midst of that big reread of H. P. Lovecraft I alluded to a couple of times, I got the urge to do yet another reread on the Dyson stories by Arthur Machen — for … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit | Tagged "The Red Hand", "The Shining Pyramid", Anais Nin, Arthur Machen, Book Collecting, Crypt of Cthulhu, Dyson, Henry Miller, Knopf yellowback Machens, Lovecraft, Mark Hopkins, Raymond Chandler, The Dain Curse, The Hill of Dreams, The Three Imposters, Vincent Starrett |

Rediscovered: At Last, Derleth and His Mythos

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Don

Guess it didn’t quite squeak across the finish line in time to make it under the Xmas tree this year — and barely slipped under the wire for a 2012 pub date! — but John Haefele’s book on August Derleth, … Continue reading →

Posted in Lit, News | Tagged "The Festival", August Derleth, Cthulhu Mythos, John D. Haefele, Lovecraft, Rah Hoffman, Vincent Starrett, Xmas |

Rediscovered: Digging Out the Dannay

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Don

I’ve never been interested in the fiction of author “Ellery Queen” — nom de guerre for the cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee. The only Queen titles I ever recall reading were some of the 1960s novels ghost written … Continue reading →