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Tag Archives: Washington Independent Review of Books
Rediscovered: Lovecraft and Race
Race Williams, that is. Terry Zobeck just updated me on his Pilgrim’s Progress through the Lovecraft reading list I gave him, and it turns out that my blurb for Them That Lives By Their Guns by Carroll John Daly sold … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Boucher, Carroll John Daly, Lovecraft, Race Williams, Terry Zobeck, Washington Independent Review of Books
Rediscovered: Zobeck Goes Zombie
Not long after doing his review of Nathan Ward’s The Lost Detective here on These Mean Streets, our frequent Guest Blogger Terry Zobeck happened on a paying reviewing gig close to home — for his résumé, he popped in the … Continue reading
