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Pumpkin Head Performed by Bill Connington
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Oct 30
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“Pumpkin Head” first appeared in the January 4, 2009 issue of *The* *New
Yorker *and was later included in the 2010 short story collection *Sourland
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In this special Halloween season event, renowned actor, director, and Yale
School of Drama lecturer Bill Connington presents the haunting short story
“Pumpkin Head” followed by a conversation with the author and a Q&A with
the audience. 

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<https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/10/wednesdays-short-stories-and-related.html>*
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*John Boston: Amazing Stories, November 1969, edited by Ted WhiteJerry
House: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1946, edited by John W.
Campbeli, Jr. (a birthday post); Miss Pickerell short novelsKaggsy: El
informe de Brodie/Doctor Brodie's Report by Jorge Luis Borges (translated
by Andrew Hurley)George Kelley: Murder Most Delectable edited by Martin
Harry GreenbergDavid Levinson: Venture Science Fiction, November 1969,
edited by Edward FermanSteve Lewis: "Fly Paper" by Dashiell Hammett, Black
Mask, August 1929, edited by Joseph Shaw; The Big Knock-Over and Other
Stories by Dashiell Hammett, edited by Lillian HellmanTodd Mason: Swords
and Deviltry by Fritz Leiber; Night's 

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*https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/10/wednesdays-short-stories-and-related.html
<https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/10/wednesdays-short-stories-and-related.html>*

*John Boston: Amazing Stories, November 1969, edited by Ted White
<http://v/>*

*Jerry House: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1949, edited by John W.
Campbeli, Jr. (a birthday post); Miss Pickerell short novels <http://v/>*

*George Kelley: Murder Most Delectable edited by Martin Harry Greenberg
<http://v/>*

*David Levinson: Venture Science Fiction, November 1969, edited by Edward
Ferman <http://v/>*

*Steve Lewis: "Fly Paper" by Dashiell Hammett, Black Mask, August 1929,
edited by Joseph Shaw; The Big Knock-Over and Other Stories by Dashiell
Hammett, edited by Lillian Hellman <http://v/>* 

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*https://x.com/JoyceCarolOates/status/1850686955845202030
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<https://x.com/JoyceCarolOates>
Joyce Carol Oates
<https://x.com/JoyceCarolOates>
@JoyceCarolOates
<https://x.com/JoyceCarolOates>
this is stunning. where did you find it? I'd totally forgotten that John
Barth had invited me to teach a fiction workshop at U of Buffalo that
summer; though I would visit John at Johns Hopkins later in my career.
thank you for resurrecting this long-forgotten memory. (what is
"JustJoyce"?)

*[the account which posted the image of the letter on Twitter--TM]* 

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Conversation
Joyce Carol Oates
@JoyceCarolOates
this is stunning. where did you find it? I'd totally forgotten that John
Barth had invited me to teach a fiction workshop at U of Buffalo that
summer; though I would visit John at Johns Hopkins later in my career. thank
you for resurrecting this long-forgotten memory. (what is "JustJoyce"?) *[the
account which posted the image of her letter to Barth--TM]* 

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October 24. 1964 episode "The Weird World of Witchcraft": "Margaret
Hamilton will discuss her concepts of witchcraft."
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Discovery_%2764_Margaret_Hamilton_1964.jpg

IMDb lists the series as DISCOVERY '70, its final title (it was replaced in
the next season by MAKE A WISH, a series I enjoyed as a child), and has
gathered a synopsis thus: "A history of sorcery and sorcerers from the Dark
Ages to the witch hunts of Nazi Germany."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1311850/ 

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The legacy of Manly Wade Welman (not so much J. D. Vance)

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/96200-6-works-of-speculative-fiction-set-in-appalachia.html

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2012/12/who-fears-devil-and-its-variations-by.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2020/12/short-story-wednesday-margaret-st-clair.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2018/06/from-pulpwiki-my-entry-on-strange.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2021/12/short-story-wednesday-robert-arthur.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2017/02/ffb-eureka-years-boucher-and-mccomass.html

And UKL's lack of favorable impression of Rowling.

https://litreactor.com/columns/culling-the-classics-a-wizard-of-earthsea

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wednesday-james-baldwin.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2018/03/ffb-1965-annuals-of-fiction-and-drama.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/10/laurie-kilmartin-stand-up-at-talk-cbs.html

This is for a children's title, so may not be in anyone's wheelhouse, but giving it a shot.

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Thanks,

Jane Jorgenson
Madison Public Library
Madison, WI

The World Fantasy Awards winners for works published in 2023 were presented
during the 2024 World Fantasy Convention <https://wfc2024.org/>, held
October 17-20, 2024 in Niagara Falls NY.

Courtesy LOCUS magazine.
<https://locusmag.com/2024/10/2024-world-fantasy-awards-winners/>

The Life Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have
demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, went to Ginjer
Buchanan and Jo Fletcher.

The World Fantasy Awards winners are: 

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https://www.thebulwark.com/p/horror-in-brief-ramsey-campbell

TM

Not hardly the second (nor even the hundredth) book about a television
series (the Bantam TZ project), but otherwise a good article.

I remember when "ice milk" was still available as a consumer product in
most supermarkets. I take it Heller was a young adult in '59.

https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-your-next-stop-the-twilight-zone/
>
>

> courtesy Andrew Porter
>

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2020/02/ffb-rod-serlings-night-gallery-reader.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2018/08/ffb-supernatural-reader-edited-by-lucy.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2021/01/short-story-wednesday-doris-pitkin-buck.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2016/02/fridays-forgotten-books-links-to.html
(TZ and related texts reviewed at end)
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2009/06/fridays-forgotten-books-nonfiction.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/01/ssw-short-stories-by-lyn-venable.html
(her source story for TZ episode "Time Enough at Last")

Richard Dansky
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·
I watched HELLBOY: THE CROOKED MAN the other night and it is not bad at
all. The movie is based on a comics plotline that creator Mike Mignola has
stated was very much inspired by Wellman, and it's a nice, meaty slab of
Appalachian folk horror that I found quite enjoyable. It's not perfect -
there are places where a little more budget and a little more connective
tissue would have gone a long way - but as a fingers-in-the-dirt folk
horror story built on the bones of Wellman's stuff - there's even a
reference 

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Does anyone have a good site for readalikes for graphic novels - especially kids' graphic novels? Many of the things I've consulted end up suggesting chapter books as readalikes, but I'd like something that suggests other graphic novels.

I am familiar with and do use noflyingnotights, but am wondering if there are other resources you use? 

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The British Fantasy Award Winners for 2024!

This year’s winners-in-attendance at Fantasycon and the British Fantasy
Awards
https://britishfantasysociety.org/the-british-fantasy-award-winners-for-2024/(link
includes photos and opportunities for comment)

The British speculative fiction community gathered in Chester tonight, 12
October 2024, to celebrate the best of the last 12 months. Here’s the
winners, plus all the nominees as well.

Best Collection

Jurors: Steven French, Heather Ivatt, Penny Jones, Graham Millichap,
Stephen Theaker 

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Oct 8, 2024 FEARMONGERS with Clay McLeod Chapman
<https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRvmQu76JuJYC22Srfcqz-eX0UFqKh58g>
We celebrate the release of the new anthology FEARS: TALES OF PSYCHOLOGICAL
HORROR with editor Ellen Datlow, along with contributing authors Josh
Malerman, Hailey Piper, Dale Bailey and Annie Neugebauer.--TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2010/05/13-horror-films-you-probably-should-see.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/10/fritz-leiber-swords-and-deviltry-ace.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/10/laurie-kilmartin-stand-up-at-talk-cbs.html

https://mysteryreaders.org/macavity-awards/
Voted on by *Mystery Readers International* readers, thus comparable to the*
Locus* Awards in fantastica.

2024Best Mystery Novel:
S.A. Cosby: *All the Sinners Bleed* (Flatiron Books)

- Lou Berney: *Dark Ride* (Wm. Morrow)
- Tracy Clark: *Hide* (Thomas & Mercer)
- Angie Kim: *Happiness Falls* (Hogarth)
- Thomas Perry: *Murder Book* (Mysterious)
- Colson Whitehead: *Crook Manifesto* (Penguin Random House – Doubleday) 

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https://apnews.com/article/lore-segal-dies-a1a1ba9ff4954c83a8f14fbf297b789b

Paul's list of writers productive very late in life should include
her...her latest story in THE NEW YORKER was posted in the online version
last week.

TM (noted by Jeff Meyerson yesterday morning)

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News
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<https://litmagnews.substack.com/s/news/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=menu>
Sunday Lit Mags Comin' Down!
https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/sunday-lit-mags-comin-down
Lit mags after Hurricane Helene; initiatives from Jewish Book Council;
cancellations; novels vs short stories; not fearing submitting; more
plagiarism news; work opportunities; 300 + markets; and more

Fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2019/01/ffb-midcentury-literary-ferment-some.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/07/ffb-story-of-story-magazine-by-martha.html

*As Jerry House noted this morning:*
As you can tell, I'm in sort off a bad mood, which came roaring in early
this morning when I read of the death of Bob Randisi, the writing phenom
who co-founded MYSTERY SCENE magazine and Western Fictioneers, as well as
founding The Private Eye Writers of America. Randisi wrote more than 650
novels (including over 550 in the "Gunsmith" series) and edited over 30
anthologies. I never met Randisi but he nonetheless had a great influence
on me. It feels like someone has ripped out a part of my life. 

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https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/who-reads-lit-mags-we-do-spotlight-d9a

TM

https://horror.org/latinx-heritage-in-horror-month-2024-an-interview-with-gerardo-samano-cordova/

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/ssw-world-literature-today-july-2024.html

Cory Doctorow NONCONSENSUAL BLUE TICK
<https://x.com/doctorow>
@doctorow
<https://x.com/doctorow>
The first chapter of *1984* has a *fantastic* joke that nearly everyone
misses: when Julia, Winston Smith's love interest, is introduced, she has
oily hands and a giant wrench, for use in her "mechanical job on one of the
novel-writing machines": https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021.txt…
<https://t.co/vfdDjIEqhv>

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/ssw-she-bear-by-janet-fox.html

https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/watch-me-dance-dance-the-lit-mag

Firings in Stanford's Creative Writing program; Bard to cease publishing
*Conjunctions*; Improving Class Diversity in lit world; submitting in
September; learning from Sia; Buellers; markets; & more

TM

"Crime Fiction for Harris" can be reached at:
www.crimefictionforharris.com

Though this below seems registered, I was not able to bring it up:
Crime Fiction for Harris |
crimefiction4harris.com
https://crimefiction4harris.com

<https://crimefiction4harris.com/>
Copyright Crime Fiction for Harris.

TM

2024 Ballot <https://awards.dragoncon.org/2024-ballot/> ***indicates winners
<https://awards.dragoncon.org/2024-recipients/>

*Best Science Fiction Novel*

*Beyond the Ranges* by John Ringo, James Aidee
****Starter Villain* by John Scalzi
*System Collapse* by Martha Wells
*The Jinn-Bot of Shantiport* by Samit Basu
*The Saint of Bright Doors* by Vajra Chandrasekera
*Theft of Fire* by Devon Eriksen
*These Burning Stars* by Bethany Jacobs

*Best Fantasy Novel (Including Paranormal)* 

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Winners announced Saturday Night, August 31, 2024 7:30 - 9:00 pm
<https://www.bouchercon2024.com/anthony-awards>; ****indicates winner
reported here*
<https://poisonedpen.com/2024/08/31/2024-anthony-award-winners/>

*BEST HARDCOVER TITLE AUTHOR
PUBLISHER FORMAT
PUB DATE / ISBN***All the Sinners Bleed
S. A. Cosby Flatiron Books
Hardcover 6/06/23 / 9781250831910Everybody Knows
Jordan Harper Mulholland Books
Hardcover 1/10/23 / 9780316457910Time's
Undoing Cheryl A. Head
Dutton Hardcover
2/28/23 / 9780593471821Face of Greed James
L'Etoile Oceanview Publishing Hardcover
11/07/23 / 9781608095872The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman Pamela Dorman Books
Hardcover 9/19/23 / 9780593299425 BEST FIRST NOVEL
TITLE AUTHOR
PUBLISHER FORMAT
PUB DATE / ISBNThe Peacock and the Sparrow I. S. Berry
**Atria Books 

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*Courtesy Locus:*

The Life Achievement Awards, presented annually to individuals who have
demonstrated outstanding service to the fantasy field, will go to Ginjer
Buchanan and Jo Fletcher.

The World Fantasy Awards finalists are:

*Best Novel*

- *The Reformatory*, Tananarive Due (Saga; Titan UK)
- *The Possibilities*, Yael Goldstein-Love (Random House)
- *Starling House*, Alix E. Harrow (Tor; Tor UK)
- *Shigidi and the Brass Head of Obalufon*, Wole Talabi (DAW; Gollancz)
- *Looking Glass Sound*, Catriona Ward (Viper; Nightfire)
- *Witch King*, Martha Wells (Tordotcom) 

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https://archive.ph/IHy4A

"The best books about politics (according to you)"

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/07/ffb-story-of-story-magazine-by-martha.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-plus-links-to.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/new-jersey-federal-ballot-so-far-1st.html

Hello Fiction-L,

A patron has given me a description of a plot point and is hoping to identify the title/author based on one scene. Here is what the patron described:

"a story of a man who is trying to take his most prized possession, a steer, to a market where its proceeds will help to feed his starving family. During his journey to the market, he finds himself immersed in a blinding nighttime snowstorm, where he is forced to kill the animal and cut his way inside of it to ensure his own survival" 

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https://www.worthamarts.org/events/shiver-in-the-pines-a-dance-music-drama/

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-angels-and-saints.html

The 2024 fiction finalists are:
• A History of Burning by Janika Oza (Grand Central Publishing)
• Dust Child by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai (Algonquin Books)
• Prophet Song by Paul Lynch (Grove Atlantic)
• River Sing Me Home by Eleanor Shearer (Berkley)
• The Postcard by Anne Berest (Europa Editions)
• We Meant Well by Erum Shazia Hasan (ECW Press)• An Inconvenient Cop by Edwin Raymond with Jon Sternfeld (Viking) 

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https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-angels-and-saints.html

TM
https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-opening-moves.html

*https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews.html
<https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews.html>*

*Short Story Wednesday:*

*Patricia Abbott: "How to Talk to Your Mother" by Lorrie Moore, first
published in her collection Self Help (1985). **The story can be read here.*

*Jerry House: *"*Gynecologia" by Gilbert Cannan, first published in his
collection Windmills: A Book of Fables (1915). The story can be read here.*

*George Kelley: Margolyam by Matthew Hughes (reviewed as a collection of
linked stories, though Hughes considers it a novel), 2024.* 

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A jeremiad...which tracks pretty well with a lot of observable data...

https://www.honest-broker.com/p/10-reasons-why-technological-progress

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-plus-links-to.html

https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2024/08/ffb-survivors-will-be-shot-again-bill.html

Reprinted from her Friday's "Forgotten" Book series of reviews by Patricia
Abbott

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/ssw-she-bear-by-janet-fox.html

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/08/15/new-college-florida-books/74817197007/

(courtesy Andrew Porter)

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/ssw-she-bear-by-janet-fox.html

*https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-plus-links-to.html
<https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/short-story-wednesday-plus-links-to.html>*

*Patricia Abbott: a reading of W. Somerset Maugham's "A Friend in Need"
from **Cosmopolitan April 1925, as "The Man Who Wouldn’t Hurt a Fly"*

*Frank Babics: "Passengers" by Robert SIlverberg, from **Orbit 4 ed. Damon
Knight, Putnam, 1968*

*Jerry House: "Pigs is Pigs" by Ellis Parker Butler, from **American
Illustrated Magazine September 1905* *and widely reprinted in magazines as
well as other sites; issues of Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine edited by
Janet Hutchings and Alfred Hitchcock's Anthology edited by Cathleen Jordan* 

[More ...]

https://www.sfintranslation.com/

Cogent and enthusiastic, unsurprisingly given whose blog it is.

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/ssw-world-literature-today-july-2024.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2010/05/13-horror-films-you-probably-should-see.htm

https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/08/ssw-world-literature-today-july-2024.html

Forthcoming, other Short Story Wednesday expanded links,
Full index of the issue for FictionMags Index purposes.

TM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNYfaP4lKt4

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/06/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews.html

https://litmagnews.substack.com/s/interviews

https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/save-the-dates-august-interviews

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2019/02/ffb-ways-we-live-now-fiction-from.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/07/ssw-dale-or-william-dale-jennings.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2018/08/ffb-supernatural-reader-edited-by-lucy.html

https://oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-125-summer-2024/the-persistence-of-memory

The Persistence of MemorySearching for James Baldwin in AlabamaBY ANNA
VENARCHIK

ISSUE 125, SUMMER 2024

JUNE 04, 2024

https://youtu.be/_-2rb41VRIg?si=i-78iHdAb3F6ZIdz

fwd TM (courtesy Ellen Datlow)
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/12/ssw-stories-by-joyce-carol-oates-m.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/12/ssw-fritz-leibers-novella-youre-all.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2013/10/horrors-old-and-almost-new.html

https://litmagnews.substack.com/p/summertime-and-the-lit-maggin-is?utm_campaign=email-half-post&r=ms323&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/07/ffb-story-of-story-magazine-by-martha.html

https://archive.ph/jmuLO

The review not That much longer than the subject line above...

TM (courtesy Stephen Haffner)
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/07/ffb-story-of-story-magazine-by-martha.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2020/09/ffb-dark-at-heart-edited-by-karen-and.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/07/short-story-wednesday-weird-tales-march.html

https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/07/ffb-story-of-story-magazine-by-martha.html

TM

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/media/lewis-h-lapham-dead.html

TM

https://archive.ph/hF8ct/again?url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/24/business/media/lewis-h-lapham-dead.html

fwd TM

https://crimereads.com/a-long-forgotten-mystery-by-a-much-celebrated-vaudeville-performer/

(courtesy Paul DiFilippo)

It's been a while but I'm hoping Fiction_L can offer some possible
suggestions. A co-worker sent me the following and I could use some help
... if anyone has an idea about the title being sought.

Here's what I was sent:

Do you know the name of this book? It is probably pretty old. Description:
a family leaves their lives and sets out on foot across the country.
They end up at a cottage (maybe in a forest). An old man lives there. He
eventually ends up giving them the cottage. 

[More ...]

https://davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.com/2013/06/forgotten-stories-on-way-by-dashiell.html

Forgotten Stories: "On the Way" by Dashiell Hammett (Read it here!)
*Editor's Note:* There are only two located Hammett stories that have never
been reprinted (a third is known to exist, but no copy has yet been found).
Last week we presented the first of those stories, "The Diamond Wager" (*HERE
<http://davycrockettsalmanack.blogspot.com/2013/06/forgotten-stories-diamond-wager-by.html>*).
This week we take a look at the other one. "On the Way" made its one and
only appearance in the March 1932 issue of *Harper's Bazaar*. As with "The
Diamond Wager," no renewal of copyright was recorded. It would appear both
stories slipped through the cracks. 

[More ...]

*https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/06/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews_21.html
<https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/06/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews_21.html>*

*
<https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBQYzZFiaxcMhGcq4M4shutkSqaYxnd6Fvt0xq3ERpR9QFyXJCX37MVJrmlhrBuUibFsmQW4HUBxDdqybf7-jO4fL1srLIvnsnyLR5icCwgx7Yi0rMmgS1UDjKbzbm80yu4tCVl5TGldI6taGtFY4H1-s3W8c9WIZ2C_tPwUYIbATHJyBEjAlF1h9D2smN>*

*Patricia Abbott's regular weekly linksAmbrose Bierce: "A Baffled
Ambuscade" and "Two Military Excursions"Ben Boulden: Three Strikes--You're
Dead!: 14 Great Sports Mysteries edited by Donna Andrews, Barb Goffman, and
Marcia Talley; The Stark House Anthology edited by Rick Ollerman and Greg
ShepardBrad Bigelow: Knopf's "Borzoi puppies"Bob Byrne: "The Mother of
Invention" by Rex Stout, The Black Cat, August 1913, edited by Herman
UmbstaetterSamuel Delany and Gordon Van Gelder: Science Fiction and the
Milford Conferences (discussion begins at ~6:20)Scott Edelman: Elwin Colman
and his collection Dance on SaturdayMartin Edwards on his new anthology,
Lessons in Crime: Academic MysteriesElizabeth 

[More ...]

BP's own selections, I gather. Review to follow, but since I was detailing
the contents for the post, here 'tis, with original publication credits
drawn from the FictionMags Index
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/0start.htm>:

*Cream of the Crop: Best Mystery & Suspense Stories of Bill Pronzini edited
by the author (all content by BP) **Stark House Press, August, 2024,
979-8-88602-099-2, $19.95, 340pp, tp, co* 

[More ...]

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/Obituary/article/95309-thomas-mccormack-one-of-the-great-contrarians-of-publishing-dies-at-92.html

TM (courtesy Gordon Van Gelder, who worked with him...noting with justice
that he was one of the major figures in US publishing of his time)
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/06/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews.html

*https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/06/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews.html
<https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/06/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews.html>*

*Frank Babics: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, The
San Francisco Examiner, 13 July 1890*

*Tony Baer: various forms of The Bridge in the Jungle by B. Traven*

*Brad Bigelow: five short novels/long novellas about the collapse of
England*

*John Boston: Amazing Stories, July 1969, edited by Ted White*

*Curtis Evans: adaptations of Cornell Woolrich's fiction* 

[More ...]

Ursula K. Le Guin
<https://www.facebook.com/ursulakleguinestate?__cft__[0]=AZXRkcly0MdFBjlg3GbuFGqvv3xFMkS5UcFoT8qtQMciVSjGE4ui6_TO-f7yDwPtX4nCebDwtTCI6B4cXUVBoZY5zcHdzH4QAECLBa9RudOXDNvDcNrlVGq8iyjazxX55OyAtLFDww_0mVfwydmTLp37Z2lTZfUaHsX0_yXjmS9FRuo5HBq9Cp4n50_ARNcHgg_wH_cYk2Qy3gATqqOMPbCCfSL_CodlVJ--vhZK2MfH_yDFBJ9_S0pdjlARtr_O6_LJp3_KgdXYxTDIg-TFEju8&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R>
dooerSspntAiYat7M8mh13mm s77 6ye5d2lta05i:0c95 11ret1cai4i9t
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/332268140149604/?__cft__[0]=AZXRkcly0MdFBjlg3GbuFGqvv3xFMkS5UcFoT8qtQMciVSjGE4ui6_TO-f7yDwPtX4nCebDwtTCI6B4cXUVBoZY5zcHdzH4QAECLBa9RudOXDNvDcNrlVGq8iyjazxX55OyAtLFDww_0mVfwydmTLp37Z2lTZfUaHsX0_yXjmS9FRuo5HBq9Cp4n50_ARNcHgg_wH_cYk2Qy3gATqqOMPbCCfSL_CodlVJ--vhZK2MfH_yDFBJ9_S0pdjlARtr_O6_LJp3_KgdXYxTDIg-TFEju8&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R#?abb>
·
We're delighted to announce a new future for Ursula's home in Portland,
Oregon. The Le Guin family will donate the house to Literary Arts as a site
for the Ursula K. Le Guin Writers Residency. As Literary Arts says, "The Le
Guin residency program will give writers a necessary respite from daily
responsibilities and uninterrupted time to focus on their work, while also
providing an opportunity to engage with and inspire our community."
No date has been set for when the residency will begin. You can learn more
here: https://apnews.com/.../ursula-k-le-guin-home-writers...
 

[More ...]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeWBdfUO-lg

Casual i/v (an episode in a series) which has just been posted.

TM

*Stokers ceremony video <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAU4i0Rsnrw>*

****denotes winner*

*The 2023 Bram Stoker Awards® Final Ballot*

*Superior Achievement in an **Anthology*

Aquilone, James
<https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/graphic-novel/aquilone-james/> –
*Shakespeare
Unleashed* (Crystal Lake Publishing, Monstrous Books)

Golden, Christopher
<https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/novel/golden-christopher/>, and Keene,
Brian <https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/first-novel/keene-brian/> – *The
Drive-In: Multiplex* (Pandi Press)

Hawk, Shane <https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/uncategorized/hawk-shane/>
and Van Alst, Jr., Theodore C.
<https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/uncategorized/van-alst-jr-theodore-c/>
– *Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology* (Vintage)

***Peele, Jordan
<https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/screenplay/peele-jordan/>, and Adams,
John Joseph
<https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/uncategorized/adams-john-joseph/> – *Out
There Screaming* (Random House) 

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*Valancourt Books*
<https://www.facebook.com/valancourt?__cft__[0]=AZXYVITKeOl3MGbSvNgTCm58Qg7abVgEAB3j-o_oqC8HjQsCU0HuSaY1a21YEcaqjR3VtV8EtCrrHI2fd-wptB00TNt6b5fgbsBhGOzcoSZ_a41oXOK1KEY-sQ_6apEhGFoevhIwa_ANsKQ8X5uyjSrZMG5FsJaz2nb8aRbK3BEZTCLUFyE84Skj5Tp53piVQV9d69HnwHua_lk9HD2-sWUO9RU745BrKENgg5DSIsEu09lBgoiCNcpd4j1oZ9vH_-bUrJu-QiDMQ9ArLJAPjOkSOd6honRFXDWXsJsJsisRnQ&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R>
<https://www.facebook.com/valancourt/posts/pfbid02Byd6kzL2XwBh4ATkgG96uce1j759cosTsMgw1N4ESPKsHZjWqR3jVgt49ZActHHul?__cft__[0]=AZXYVITKeOl3MGbSvNgTCm58Qg7abVgEAB3j-o_oqC8HjQsCU0HuSaY1a21YEcaqjR3VtV8EtCrrHI2fd-wptB00TNt6b5fgbsBhGOzcoSZ_a41oXOK1KEY-sQ_6apEhGFoevhIwa_ANsKQ8X5uyjSrZMG5FsJaz2nb8aRbK3BEZTCLUFyE84Skj5Tp53piVQV9d69HnwHua_lk9HD2-sWUO9RU745BrKENgg5DSIsEu09lBgoiCNcpd4j1oZ9vH_-bUrJu-QiDMQ9ArLJAPjOkSOd6honRFXDWXsJsJsisRnQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-y-R>
·
We're beyond excited to announce we'll be publishing six classic titles by
one of the greats of 20th century American horror fiction, Robert Bloch!
This career-spanning selection of his books includes his first novel, THE
SCARF, a precursor to PSYCHO, his two Arkham House collections THE OPENER
OF THE WAY and PLEASANT DREAMS: NIGHTMARES, his Lovecraftian novel STRANGE
EONS, and more! It will be a little while until preorder options are up, as
we still have to sort out cover art and introductions, but keep an eye out
for more on these soon! 

[More ...]

*https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/30/romance-writers-america-bankruptcy*
<https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/may/30/romance-writers-america-bankruptcy>

*courtesy Robert Lopresti*

another unsurprising legal result today...

TM

As noted by some vintage blogposts!

*The Dark Pages*' Laura G's Shadows & Satin:
https://shadowsandsatin.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/priceless-remembering-vincent-price/

My survey of some of his audio recordings of various sorts:
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2015/11/vincent-price-dramatic-readings-audio.html

And ISFDB's accounting of his literary career:
https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?7763

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/05/short-story-wednesday-entries-for-this.html

*Patricia Abbott: THE NIGHT IN QUESTION by Tobias Wolff
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2024/05/short-story-wednesday-night-in-question_0800318345.html>*

*Jerry House: "A Cabin in the Woods" by John Coyne, ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S
MYSTERY MAGAZINE, August 1976, edited by Eleanor Sullivan (and reprinted
widely)
<https://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2024/05/short-story-wednesday-cabin-in-woods.html>
[Horror
Brian Lumley probably enjoyed--TM, who did, in Ed Gorman's anthology]*

*George Kelley: HOOK, LINE AND SINKER: MYSTERIES TO REEL YOU IN edited by
T. Jefferson Parker <http://georgekelley.org/wednesdays-short-stories-175/>* 

[More ...]

https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/franklin_h_bruce

https://www.blackgate.com/2024/05/23/rip-h-bruce-franklin-february-28-1934-may-19-2024/

fwd TM

...but at least she was able to point a wider audience to her Scary Ham
memoir:

http://ellenklages.com/writing/the-scary-ham/

TM
https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2024/05/short-story-wednesday-night-in-question_0800318345.html
https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=87795
https://rrhorton.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-stories-and-novels-of-t-l-sherred.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/05/people-will-talk-act-on-video-hugh.html

Short Story Nominees (0nline access)/(Open the links to read):

"Real Courage" by Barb Goffman: http://www.barbgoffman.com/real-courage.html

"Knock" by James DF Hannah:
https://www.jamesdfhannah.com/s/Knock-by-James-DF-Hannah.pdf

"Green and California Bound" by Curtis Ippolito:
https://curtisippolito.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Ippolito-Green-and-California-Bound_Final-EQMM-SeptOct-2023.pdf

"Ticket to Ride" by Dru Ann Love & Kristopher Zgorski:
https://drusbookmusing.com/ticket-to-ride-by-dru-ann-love-and-kristopher-zgorski/

"Tell Me No Lies" by Holly West:
https://hollywest.com/wp-content/uploads/West-Holly-Tell-Me-No-Lies.pdf
(courtesy Kevin Tipple)

All the shortlists:
https://www.bouchercon2024.com/anthony-awards

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/ssw-day-of-succession-by-ted-thomas.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/04/people-will-talk-on-video-robert.html

The Wild World of Off Beat Detective, Crime and Sleaze Digests Paperback –
May 15, 2024
by Peter Enfantino
<https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1?ie=UTF8&field-author=Peter+Enfantino&text=Peter+Enfantino&sort=relevancerank&search-alias=books>
(Author)
See all formats and editions

"Currently looking for help finding a book that both my mother and I
remember reading sometime between 2005 and 2010.
-YA fantasy romance, contemporary urban setting, possibly San Francisco
-some of the prettiest cover art ever, watercolour, along with a fair
amount of interior illustration in a similar style
-East Asian main character, a teen girl who wants to be an artist
-She falls in love with an East Asian boy with green eyes who is secretly a
dragon
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated!" 

[More ...]

currently has a single FMI entry:

[]
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/ZZPERMLINK.ASP?NAME=%27A_MINICHINO$_CAMILLE%27>*Minichino,
Camille* (1937- ) (about)
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/c00/c00366.htm#A47> (chron.)
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/i05/i05012.htm#A14>
- * <http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/p07/p07146.htm#A192> The
Sodium Arrow, (ss) *Crimes of the Heart*, Spot On Publishing, 2016
- *Black Cat Weekly* #76, 2023
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/k01/k01726.htm#A2>

Obituaries:
https://silverrushmysteries.blogspot.com/2024/05/a-dear-friend-completes-lifes-journey.html
https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2024/05/camille-minichino-rip.html

TM

https://youtu.be/ZRiey7plCxo?si=B4FaOs6tnOt71ejR

(courtesy Patricia Abbott) <https://pattinase.blogspot.com/>

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2019/04/ffb-hitchcock-in-prime-time-edited-by.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2019/02/ffb-ways-we-live-now-fiction-from.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/11/ssw-dead-women-by-allie-mariano.html

https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2024-04-17/scenes-from-a-red-state-tour
https://archive.ph/pPg7i

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/fridays-forgotten-books-best-of-shadows.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2019/02/ffb-ways-we-live-now-fiction-from.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/januaryfebruary-underappreciated-music.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/08/guest-ffb-barry-malzberg-and-charles.html

https://archive.ph/BWKqo (around paywall)

Inside the Crisis at NPR
Listeners are tuning out. Sponsorship revenue has dipped. A diversity push
has generated internal turmoil. Can America’s public radio network turn
things around?

By Benjamin Mullin
<https://archive.ph/o/BWKqo/https://www.nytimes.com/by/benjamin-mullin>
and Jeremy
W. Peters
<https://archive.ph/o/BWKqo/https://www.nytimes.com/by/jeremy-w-peters>

- April 24, 2024

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/04/people-will-talk-on-video-robert.html

-

https://www.elysian.press/p/no-one-buys-books

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/04/people-will-talk-on-video-robert.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/04/guest-book-review-by-joseph-green-annie.html

https://horror.org/nuts-bolts-interview-with-ellen-datlow-editor-and-shaper-of-multiple-genres/
(courtesy Paul DiFilippo)

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/search?q=Ellen+Datlow&max-results=20&by-date=true
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/04/guest-book-review-by-joseph-green-annie.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/ssw-day-of-succession-by-ted-thomas.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2019/04/ffb-hitchcock-in-prime-time-edited-by.html

[image: image.png]

Seemingly rather noirish-adjacent sf...

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/03/ssw-day-of-succession-by-ted-thomas.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/ssw-ellen-gilchrist-black-winter.html

https://wapo.st/3Q2UfkZ (no paywall}

Fwd: TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2011/09/ffb-wimmens-comix-13-twisted-sisters.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2011/03/ffb-compleat-ova-hamlet-by-richard.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/12/ssw-game-of-vlet-by-joanna-russ-final.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/12/anna-funder-on-wifedom-about-eileen.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/12/ssw-fritz-leibers-novella-youre-all.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/03/15/fantasy-manly-wellman-avram-davidson-books/

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2019/04/ffb-hitchcock-in-prime-time-edited-by.html

2024 Hugo Finalists
Posted on March 29, 2024 <https://file770.com/2024-hugo-finalists/> by Mike
Glyer <https://file770.com/author/mike/>

The Glasgow 2024 Worldcon committee today announced the finalists for this
year’s Hugo Awards.

1720 valid nominating ballots were received and counted from the members of
the 2023 and 2024 World Science Fiction Conventions for the 2024 Hugo
Awards. Voting on the final ballot will open during April 2024. 

[More ...]

https://edgarawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/EdNoms24.pdf

The Mystery Writers of America has announced the nominees for the *2024
Edgar Allan Poe Awards*, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction
and television published or produced in 2023. The 78th Annual Edgar®
Awards, which also celebrates the 215th anniversary of the birth of Edgar
Allan Poe, will be celebrated on May 1, 2024.

Courtesy John Aquino on another list, a number of YOUR READER filmed tv epis
odes from 1953(?), with Pamela and James Mason and Richard Burton reading pa
ssages from various literature, plus a bit of staged chat...running about 13
mins or so, clearly meant to fill quarter-hour slots. A "Cats" episode, aside
from a bit of snark toward Burton by JM, has the Masons reading some of
Paul Gallico's fantasy novel JENNIE. 

[More ...]

Content for THE YEAR’S BEST DARK FANTASY & HORROR, VOL.5 Announced
<https://paulaguran.com/content-for-the-years-best-dark-fantasy-horror-vol-5-announced/>
March 8, 2024
<https://paulaguran.com/content-for-the-years-best-dark-fantasy-horror-vol-5-announced/>
Books <https://paulaguran.com/category/books/>, News
<https://paulaguran.com/category/news/>, Year's Best
<https://paulaguran.com/category/years-best/>

*Listed Alphabetically by Author’s Last Name:*

- “The Crease”, Simon Avery (*Black Static 82/83*)
- “Miz Boudreaux’s Last Ride”, Christopher Caldwell (*Uncanny #50*)
- “All the Things I Know About Ghosts, By Ofelia, Age 10”, Isabel
Cañas (*The
Deadlands #30*)
- “Resurrection Highway”, A. R. Capetta (*The Sunday Morning Transport*
9/3/2023)
- “Return to Bear Creek Lodge”, Tananarive Due (*Christmas and Other
Horrors: An Anthology of Solstice Horror*, ed. E. Datlow)
- “The Demon Lord of Broken 

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Hello Fiction-L,

I'm on the hunt for a children's fiction book, from the 1970's or possibly earlier.

Here is what we know: Patron read a book in approx. 1973 when she was in 4th grade. Got book from school library or bought thru Scholastic's program at her school. Fiction, about a girl who has a sleepover and experiences her friend's Jewish culture. In particular, the patron remembers a section about challah bread and a poem, "Jenny Kissed Me." 

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We have a patron looking for a book. Here is what she remembers:

* Madison (WI)-based female author
* Published maybe 5-10 years ago
* Young (20s?) female protagonist
* Set in Ohio along the Stillwater River (may mention towns like Englewood, West Milton, Troy, Tipp City, Ludlow Falls)
* Elements of drama and mystery
* Someone is living in a mobile home next to the river (pretty sure they refer to it as a caravan, not a mobile home)
* someone gets shot? in said caravan? 

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Hello, all!

Couldn't find this one on my own and could use a little help. A patron was looking for a romance novel they read around 2018 but didn't remember too many details. They described the story as a girl who moves to a rural area to take over running an inn in her grandparents' stead, eventually meeting and falling for a football player--who she did not know at first was a football player. She believed it was adult fiction rather than YA but couldn't be completely sure on that point. I know this is quite vague, so I appreciate 

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Queer Crime Writers:

http://jeffreymarks.com/content/Report-on-Queer-Inclusion-in-Mystery-Anthologies.pdf

fwd TM

Perhaps not, but my previous mail messages hadn't been returning to
me, and for a while they stopped appearing on the forum online...

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2024/02/ssw-ellen-gilchrist-black-winter.html

I'm here. Guess nobody has any puzzling questions.

Lee

On Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 05:29:34 PM CST, Ron Stroup <[log
in to unmask]> wrote:

Hello

Hi I am looking for the title to a adult fiction book. I believe this
is a British setting novel. The book time period is the 20th century.
The book is probably more then 10 years old. The book is all about an
older woman. The childrens rihyme applies to the story. The rhyme is
all about a little girl with an hair curl in the middle of her forehead.
When she was good she was good. When She was bad she was very very bad.
I think this woman killed numerous people in the novel. Can someone help
me? 

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Hello

Hi

Patron is looking for a book they read in 2015. They describe book as yellow cover, hardcover, 3/4-1 in thick. It had illustrations of booby traps or wire traps. Described as an "Indian Jones" type of book, with a river, pyramids and betrayal. The male protagonist may have been named Hank. Patron read it in jail, so could be older and a more general popular read, maybe an easier reading level? Patron thought it had been from the 1980's, but thought this due to the yellowing of the pages. 

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The 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners have been announced. Congratulations to these authors! Recognizing the power of literature to promote peace and reconciliation, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation today announced the winners of the 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and nonfiction. Inspired by the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is the only international literary peace prize awarded in the United States. 

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*https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/
<https://www.macfound.org/programs/fellows/>*

*Imani Perry*
<https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2023/imani-perry#searchresults>
Ada Limón
<https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2023/ada-limon#searchresults>
Manuel Muñoz
<https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2023/manuel-munoz#searchresults>

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2012/02/ffb-storyteller-by-kate-wilhelm.html

Steve Weddle mourns with documentation:

http://www.dosomedamage.com/2023/10/gettysburg-review-to-close.html

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/09/ffb-worlds-to-come-edited-by-damon.html

from Fb, courtesy Lydia Marano:
<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089998540087&__cft__[0]=AZXpIZSPJVC7B_Ul3UuobYQSXepFfTPJnlE0tyTczxYu_fspwm99LH9gvvgviEbXpVTVHtlx7WmHdfsB1iM-wjXtp2BU2ysV84ChXvhAaCUBbT9DbnJZqMqmPalgAIOJvqwF6cqcoSUZoafz9acbNpmcaAQ8xl6tuG4RmGZzTEfb9UGn-rnB4QQjABOs-6EvBKrFYFt2Hdnvmnl85dzfA4qS&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R>*David
J Schow*
<https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089998540087&__cft__[0]=AZXpIZSPJVC7B_Ul3UuobYQSXepFfTPJnlE0tyTczxYu_fspwm99LH9gvvgviEbXpVTVHtlx7WmHdfsB1iM-wjXtp2BU2ysV84ChXvhAaCUBbT9DbnJZqMqmPalgAIOJvqwF6cqcoSUZoafz9acbNpmcaAQ8xl6tuG4RmGZzTEfb9UGn-rnB4QQjABOs-6EvBKrFYFt2Hdnvmnl85dzfA4qS&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R>
There's always room for a conversation with ROBERT BLOCH. Here's one I did
in 1991, which appeared in the first volume of THE LOST BLOCH in 1999.
It is kindly resurrected via the good offices of Jim Nemeth at his
wonderful new Bloch website:
https://www.robertbloch.net/a-conversation-with-robert-bloch.html
<https://www.robertbloch.net/a-conversation-with-robert-bloch.html?fbclid=IwAR3O0AZDDWpiIFaJnRunLc6X4GYVvkkEHVUqTzbcklMcaZnTF5FLcUAaw7I>

fwd TM

Hi y'all,
I'm looking for a short story, or possibly an essay, with the last line "let them eat sand." It was probably published in the 60's or 70's but definitely before 1980. It may be a feminist story, and it may be about food. The only thing the patron is sure of is that line. Hope this rings a bell with someone! 

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A patron called Reader Services desk, trying to locate a short story they read in the 1990s (late '90s, they think). Not sure if they read it in a collection or anthology.

Premise: A sea captain brings his wife on a sea trip, and she dies at sea. She dies due to his arrogance. The sea captain ends up fearing his life at sea and goes to live, with his first mate, in the Midwest--Nebraska or Kansas. The two men live in a house on the prairie, where the sea captain reflects on how he has left one sea for 

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https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/awards-and-prizes/article/93166-2023-national-book-award-longlists-announced.html

The National Book Foundation is announcing the 2022 National Book Award
longlists this week. Five finalists in each of the five categories—fiction,
nonfiction, poetry, translated literature, and young people's
literature—will be named October 3. The winners will be announced during an
awards ceremony on November 15.

Fiction

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah (Pantheon)
Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal (S&S)
Ponyboy by Eliot Duncan (Norton)
This Other Eden by Paul Harding (Norton)
Loot by Tania James (Knopf)
Night Watch by Jayne Anne Phillips (Knopf)
A Council of Dolls by Mona Susan Power (Mariner)
The End of Drum-Time by Hanna 

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https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/09/a-mystery-crime-and-noir-notebook-by.html

TM
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Recognizing the power of literature to promote peace and reconciliation, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation today announced the finalists for the 2023 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in fiction and nonfiction. Inspired by the 1995 Dayton Peace Accords that ended the war in Bosnia, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize is the only international literary peace prize awarded in the United States. 

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THE BEST BRITISH SHORT STORIES 2012
*The Best British Short Stories 2012 can be read here.*
<https://archive.org/details/bestbritishshort0000unse_t9s3>

*Nicholas Royle*
<https://www.saltpublishing.com/collections/vendors?q=Nicholas%20Royle>,
*edi**tor*

*Salt Publishing, 2012 (from their website, with added index information)*
SYNOPSIS

*The second in a brand-new series of annual anthologies, The Best British
Short Stories 2012 reprints the cream of short fiction, by British writers,
first published in 2011. These stories first appeared in magazines
from Ambit to Granta, in anthologies across various genres from publishers
big and small, and in authors’ own short story collections. They were
broadcast on radio and delivered by mobile phone app. They appeared 

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<https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8525415828746712027/3378120644535522117#>

THE BEST BRITISH SHORT STORIES 2012

*Nicholas Royle*
<https://draft.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8525415828746712027/3378120644535522117#>
, *edi**tor*

*Salt Publishing, 2012 (from their website, with added index information)*
SYNOPSIS

*The second in a brand-new series of annual anthologies, The Best British
Short Stories 2012 reprints the cream of short fiction, by British writers,
first published in 2011. These stories first appeared in magazines
from Ambit to Granta, in anthologies across various genres from publishers
big and small, and in authors’ own short story collections. They were
broadcast on radio and delivered by mobile phone app. They appeared online
at Metazen and Paraxis.*
TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/anna-funder-george-orwell-wifedom-patriarchy-silencing/102664190

TM, big fan of Funder
and of Maria Bamford: on NPR's FRESH AIR, interviewed by Tanya Mosley about
Bamford's memoir SURE, I'LL JOIN YOUR CULT
https://www.npr.org/2023/09/06/1197849467/comic-maria-bamford-is-down-to-join-your-cult

https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/09/ssw-superhorror-aka-far-reaches-of-fear.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/08/ssw-delmore-schwartz-screeno-donald.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/08/guest-ffb-barry-malzberg-and-charles.html

****indicates winner*

*BEST HARDCOVER*

- ****Like A Sister by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland Books)*
- *The Devil Takes You Home* by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland Books)
- *The Bullet that Missed* by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books)
- *A World of Curiosities *by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
- *The Maid *by Nita Prose (Ballantine Books)
- *Secret Identity* by Alex Segura (Flatiron Books) 

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As collected at Patricia Abbott's blog:
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/08/short-story-wednesday-whimper-of.html>

Jerry House: "Dr. Polnitzski" by Arlo Bates (first published in Ainslee's
Magazine, July 1903; reprinted in *The Intoxicated Ghost and Other Stories*,
1908)
<http://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2023/08/short-story-wednesday-dr-polnitzski.html>

Randy Johnson: "The Whimper of Whipped Dogs" by Harlan Ellison
<https://randall120.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/forgotten-short-stories-the-whimper-of-whipped-dogs-harlan-ellison/>
(and
as reprinted at Patti Abbott's blog
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/08/short-story-wednesday-whimper-of.html>
)

Tracy K: stories by Naomi Hirahara, David Bart and Sara Paretsky from *Crime
Hits Home*, edited by S. J. Rozan
<http://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2023/08/short-story-wednesday-crime-hits-home.html> 

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A colleague has someone looking for a book. They can't remember the title or author of a book but read it in the past decade.

"An English gentleman in his 60s or 70s works at a government job. Occasionally, he collapses in the street so that he can be taken to the hospital to be cared for (sounds like he's lonely). At some point, he is sent to stay with his cousin. When the cousin dies, they leave their house to the protagonist. He apparently sells the house and goes to live in a hotel in Paris." 

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Hello, Does anyone recognize the following description of a short story title? It would have been published prior to 1968. I haven't had any success searching.

A mechanic was drafted in WWII and became the driver for the commanding officer. The commanding officer was called away and the mechanic saw the opportunity to replace the underpowered four cylinder engine with a more powerful V-8 from the salvage yard. The more powerful engine saved the life of the commanding officer during battle. 

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Hi everyone,
I'm sharing an article I saw from BalkanInsight.com, an English language news website covering the Balkans and southeastern Europe.

In memoriam: David Albahari, acclaimed Serbian novelist and translator
https://balkaninsight.com/2023/07/31/acclaimed-serbian-novelist-david-albahari-dies-at-75/
His novels were translated into 21 languages.
Posted online 7/31/23

Elisa

Elisa Babel, MLS
Adult Librarian
Takoma Park Neighborhood Library
416 Cedar St., NW
Washington, DC 20012
202-576-7252/7764
[log in to unmask]
https://www.dclibrary.org/takomapark
"To a historian, libraries are food, shelter, and even muse."~ Barbara Tuchman

A colleague has a patron looking for this one:

"It's a children's book. Protagonist is named Kip. Published in the 1950s or before. A family's child dies. The family adopts a child but the mother does not accept the child (will not let the child go into the dead child's room). The adopted child runs away, then gets sick and is placed in an oxygen tank. The sickness helps bring the mother and child together." 

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https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/07/ssw-dale-or-william-dale-jennings.html

The two published (only?) short stories from the man who wrote THE COWBOYS
(the basis for the John Wayne film), THE RONIN and THE SINKING OF THE
SARAH DIAMOND...edited ONE...and wrote and directed a bicycle safety film
for kids (among other a/v work) that was both seriously-intended and an
absurdist parody of Ohio State Highway Partol bloodbath and gristle
driving-safety movies. 

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Male author who wrote fiction in the ~1990's about his fictional(?)
childhood in the 1950's NY/NJ or MA coast. A lot of clam eating mentioned.
All of his books have an element of fantasy - whether about women or his
fictionalized, somewhat idealistic world as a child growing up in the
1950's. I think some of these books might have been part of a series. The
covers were 1950's inspired font and imagery. 

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Hi Everyone! A patron is looking for a romance novel they read in 2008. Any ideas? Here is what I know:

- It's an adult romance with some spice
- The title might start with the letter U or P
- Described as modern
- Has relatable characters
- Cover features a straight couple leaning in for a kiss. It's a close up of their faces with a cherry somewhere on the cover, possibly between their lips. The cover is black and white except for the cherry. 

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<https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiHphI8ygkAilQT0vwxmdOVSTpaslk6YP-TMQLZhZQXvannjr9rFHiVAHZf9dVxLbPhaaUmyrEQpkROScql4QYxxcmwUtA-2LvC0PCfVwGL_ZXUbpndWq6vOGTHYi_Lr0xgjs3AgKMoGyNoaSKhRI1ZTPUSG-29AQeqDlkjJUvgdKUuOdC4cMgY1UQHqa5a>

*Epoch, v. X, #2, Winter 1960, edited by Baxter Hathaway
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/n04/n04046.htm#A65>, Morris Bishop
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/e00/e00134.htm#A4>, Walter Slatoff,
James McConkey, Neil Brennan, Forrest Read; assistant editors Leigh
Buchanan, Robert Gillespie, C. Michael Curtis
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/n02/n02122.htm#A95>, Abigail Carson,
S. David Schacker, Sandra Leff (Epoch Associates, 75c. 64pp, + covers, tall
digest, saddle-stapled)*
** 66 * Contributors * uncredited * editorial/biographical blurbs*
** 66 * The Stoic * Richard McDougall * pm (reprinted from previous issue
due to erratum)*
** 67 * At the Crossing * Jan Wahl * ss*
** 78 * Wasingham * M. Travis Lane * pm*
** 80 * The 

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Hello Everyone,

I was wondering if I could get some book recommendations. I read The Hawthorne School by Silvie Perry and absolutely loved it. Are there any books out there that would be similar that you all think I would enjoy?

Thank you,
Elizabeth

A colleague had this come in:

"We have a young patron looking for a book he may have checked out from SEQ. There is a boy on the cover looking at grass with a dime. In the story there is a moose head that has magical powers and brings things to life." 

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Hi all,

A Library patron is looking for a historical fiction that involves a woman who was invited to work in the French countryside to transcribe a recently found letter of a young girl who was impersonating a soldier in Joan of Arc’s army. Some chapters of the novel were written as flashbacks. There was some romance, but the patron cannot remember if it was with a local or someone from the main character’s past.
The premise of the story was to discover what really happened to the forgotten soldier. The letter writer (the impersonating soldier) falls in love with 

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*further info: *

https://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/nominees/

https://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/

***Winners

*NOVEL (**Tie**)*

*Beulah* by Christi Nogle (Cemetery Gates Media)

*The Dead Friends Society *by Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall
(Encyclopocalypse Publications)

****The Devil Takes You Home* by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland Books)

*Jackal* by Erin E. Adams (Bantam)

*Unwieldy Creatures* by Addie Tsai (Jaded Ibis Press)

****Where I End* by Sophie White (Tramp Press)

*NOVELLA*

****The Bone Lantern *by Angela Slatter (PS Publishing) 

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Hello everyone,
I’m sharing this article from Paris based France 24 News that I saw yesterday.

In memoriam: Franco-Czech writer Milan Kundera
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230712-%F0%9F%94%B4-czech-born-french-writer-milan-kundera-author-of-the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-dies-at-94
Includes an interview with one of Kundera’s close friends.

Kundera wrote non-fiction books in addition to fiction and plays.

Elisa

Elisa Babel, MLS
Adult Librarian
Takoma Park Neighborhood Library
416 Cedar St., NW
Washington, DC 20012
(202) 576-7252/7764
[log in to unmask]
www.dclibrary.org/takomapark
“To the historian, libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.” ~ Barbara Tuchman

https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/07/ssw-early-stories-by-theodore-sturgeon.html

SSW: early stories, by Theodore Sturgeon and Don DeLillo, and stories by
Dennis Lynds and Lord Dunsany; from ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE,
February 1964, edited by Frederic Dannay (Clayton Rawson, Managing Editor)
and EPOCH, Winter 1960, edited by Baxter Hathaway, Neil Brennan and others
(with Assistant Editors Abigail Carson, Sandra Leff, C. Michael Curtis et
al.): Short Story Wednesday 

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After much uncertainty (one can only guess as a result of how much dancing
around, or utterly embracing, the politics and special pleading involved in
running the first World SF Convention in China under the current state of
affairs there and elsewhere), the final ballot has been released (after a
retracted release the other week), as detailed in LOCUS magazine:
https://locusmag.com/2023/07/2023-hugo-astounding-and-lodestar-awards-finalists/ 

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*Here's the upcoming discussion to promo their new Bradbury volume:*
*https://email.loa.org/t/i-e-apjhkd-tihyltjrut-w/
<https://email.loa.org/t/i-e-apjhkd-tihyltjrut-w/>*

In *The Martian Chronicles*, *The Illustrated Man*, *Fahrenheit 451*, and
other visionary works melding science fiction, horror, fantasy, and high
literature [as opposed to his peers' work, doncha know], Ray Bradbury
electrified readers and inspired generations of genre-bending younger
writers. Acclaimed authors Connie Willis and Kelly Link join LOA Bradbury
editor <https://www.loa.org/books/718-the-ray-bradbury-collection-boxed-set>
Jonathan R. Eller and SF expert Gary K. Wolfe for a conversation about
this American original’s towering legacy. 

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https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/06/fridays-forgotten-books-and-more-links_30.html

*Includes 28 June Short Story Wednesday items
<https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/8525415828746712027/7595089432317423309#>*

*Patricia Abbott: Vanished by Mary McGarry Morris; "The Puzzle Master" by
David Morrell, Playing Games, edited by Lawrence Block*

*Brad Bigelow: The Pole and the Whistle by George Moor*

* <http://g/>*

*"Joaquin Boaz": "Ladies and Gentlemen, This is Your Crisis" by Kate
Wilhelm, Orbit 18 edited by Damon Knight; "The Empathy Machine" by Langdon
Jones, Science Fantasy, January-February 1965, edited by Kyril Bonfiglioli* 

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Nicola Griffith
<https://www.facebook.com/nicolagriffith?__cft__[0]=AZXZ4MJNy3doRxVWmChVwyIQCgpa3pJwqnSWc15SoIuOpgXFYFx5ilJMMmwPSe9L7vJ6lnzf_XjN9_n7rUCkecGzPGHBW8Eok2-CnLJ-zbd5bXCOkWeP9beLuLoKS2N9f2AIqL5j0EsWEq2cPYJBCT66Qs4fBUDWQc6jcbeNrI493w&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-y-R>
(courtesy Joyce Scrivner)
deostSnrpoaul8mt50tggu4h8ith997h07861iimta96im1ft0301a064143
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/353762778033456/permalink/6251252128284462#>
·
I’m over the moon to announce that Spear has won the UK Society’s of
Authors’ inaugural ADCI Literary Prize. I couldn't be at the ceremony
because I was at 30,000 feet over the Irish Sea on my way to spend time
with family and then take part in my very first International Medieval
Congress in Leeds. Otherwise I would absolutely have been there. This award
is a big deal for disability representation in literature. I would like to
have been able to show the proper honour and gratitude to the event. 

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FRIDAY'S "FORGOTTEN" BOOKS AND MORE: links to the reviews: 23 June 2023
<https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/06/fridays-forgotten-books-and-more-links.html>

*Includes 21 June 2023 Short Story Wednesday listings*

*Patricia Abbott: Kiss Me in the Coral Lounge by Helen Ellis*

*Tony Baer: Scarface by "Armitrage Trail" (Maurice Coons)*

*Brad Bigelow: Seven Days Whipping by John Biggs, Jr.*

*Elgin Bleecker: Six Graves to Munich by Mario Puzo* 

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*further info: *

https://www.shirleyjacksonawards.org/nominees/

*NOVEL*

*Beulah* by Christi Nogle (Cemetery Gates Media)

*The Dead Friends Society *by Paul Gandersman and Peter Hall
(Encyclopocalypse Publications)

*The Devil Takes You Home* by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland Books)

*Jackal* by Erin E. Adams (Bantam)

*Unwieldy Creatures* by Addie Tsai (Jaded Ibis Press)

*Where I End* by Sophie White (Tramp Press)

*NOVELLA*

*The Bone Lantern *by Angela Slatter (PS Publishing) 

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Friday's "Forgotten" Books and More: 17 June 2023
<https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/06/fridays-forgotten-books-and-more-17.html>

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*Patricia Abbott: The Whispering Wall by Patricia Carlon*

*Tony Baer: Five (aka Laughing Death) by Raoul Whitfield*

*Brad Bigelow: The Mermaids by Eva Boros*

*Elgin Bleecker: Reading Ernie Pyle on Memorial Day*

*"Joachim Boaz": The Princes of the Air by John M. Ford; The Furies by
Keith Roberts; Wine of the Dreamers by John D. MacDonald * 

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*Patricia Abbott collects links weekly.*
<http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/06/short-story-wednesday.html>

*Jerry House: "The Taking of Cloudy McGee" by W. C. Tuttle, Short Stories,
February 1926, edited by Harry Maule
<http://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2023/06/short-story-wednesday-taking-of-cloudy.html>*

*Tracy K: The Allingham Casebook by Margery Allingham
<http://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2023/06/short-story-wednesday-allingham-casebook.html>;
Had a Good Time: Stories from American Postcards by Robert Olen Butler
<https://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-robert-olen-butler.html>*

*George Kelley: Doctor Who: Magic of the Angels (novella chapbook) by
Jacqueline Rayner
<http://georgekelley.org/wednesdays-short-stories-128-doctor-who-magic-of-the-angels-by-jacqueline-rayner/>* 

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https://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-hitchcock-project-halsted-welles_0205933789.html

In which Jack notes the similarities between the two stories, that have
been noted over the years from the even greater similarities of how both
were adapted US tv anthology series, the Langelaan for *Alfred Hitchcock
Presents: *and the Gilford, published under his "Douglas Farr" pseudonym in
AHMM in 1960, for *Night Gallery. *Apparently, nothing was too explicit
about which Gilford story was adapted by Serling for *NG*, but Peter
Enfantino dug it out for him, and sent him to one of the Dell Books
anthologies drawn from *Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine*, this one with
the typically punning title 

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***denotes winner. Presented at the StokerCon, 17 June in Pittsburgh.

Novel

- *Daphne*, Josh Malerman <http://www.sfadb.com/Josh_Malerman> (Del Rey)
- ******The Devil Takes You Home*, Gabino Iglesias
<http://www.sfadb.com/Gabino_Iglesias> (Mulholland)
- *The Fervor*, Alma Katsu <http://www.sfadb.com/Alma_Katsu> (Putnam)
- *Reluctant Immortals*, Gwendolyn Kiste
<http://www.sfadb.com/Gwendolyn_Kiste> (Saga)
- *Sundial*, Catriona Ward <http://www.sfadb.com/Catriona_Ward>
(Nightfire)

First Novel

- *All the White Spaces*, Ally Wilkes
<http://www.sfadb.com/Ally_Wilkes> (Emily
Bestler/Atria)
- ****Beulah*, Christi Nogle <http://www.sfadb.com/Christi_Nogle> (Cemetery
Gates)
- *Black Tide*, KC Jones <http://www.sfadb.com/KC_Jones> (Nightfire)
- *The Hacienda*, Isabel Cañas <http://www.sfadb.com/Isabel_Canas>
(Berkley)
- *Jackal*, Erin Adams <http://www.sfadb.com/Erin_Adams> (Bantam) 

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Stefan R. Dziemianowicz notes (on Twitter) in response to this entry being
posted there, that he's a fan of this book and her other work in the series.
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/06/ffb-bedtime-stories-edited-by-diana.html
(includes brief review and jacket imagery)

*The slightly less rough currently-posted TOC: *
*9 **·** The Thing in the Forest · A. S. Byatt
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/n01/n01335.htm#A178> · nv The New
Yorker June 3 2002 <http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/k07/k07078.htm#A14>*
*43 * Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/n04/n04066.htm#A111> · ss The
New-England Magazine April 1835
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/k06/k06875.htm#A13>, as by The Author
of “The Gray Champion”
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/n00/n00345.htm#A59>*
*63 * Troll Bridge · Neil Gaiman
 · ss Snow 

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https://aeon.co/essays/the-1970s-librarians-who-revolutionised-the-challenge-of-search

(courtesy Paul Di Filippo on another list)

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/06/short-story-wednesday-from-28th.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-three-items.html

*Patricia Abbott: "For Esme with Love and Squalor" by J. D. Salinger, The
New Yorker, 8 April 1950, edited by Harold Ross
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/06/short-story-wednesday-for-esme-with.html>*

*David Agranoff: The Future is Female, V. 2, edited by Lisa Yaszek
<http://davidagranoff.blogspot.com/2023/06/book-review-future-is-female-vol-2.html>*

*John Boston: Amazing Stories, July 1968, edited by Harry Harrison
<https://galacticjourney.org/june-6-1968-the-stalemate-continues-july-1968-amazing/>*

*Matthew R. Bradley: "Disguise for Murder" (as "The Twisted Scarf"), The
American Magazine, September 1950, edited by Sumner Blossom
<https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=84022>* 

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Courtesy Anna Biller, and perhaps a bit collegiate, but not necessarily
wrong as a result...

https://pittnews.com/article/177256/opinions/opinion-booktok-is-a-mistake/

TM

*International Thriller Writers
<https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcC7b3PO9oNKRQVFuaN3Lzk4WzVBUHSQKTJ7AyJ0-OsKwF4PrrWMO3joI9K805eoH85nn3-7c5AZwSHkR78rNiwHEAwvvoG4DmsMqBNP-QTc9ZUEJdeH11Hr-eiOJEssafQ-Vf4hJUKPE2W4svBU26DqbRje18yOUYVL5WBSUyoEGZj602bVpIYQG/s648/award_trans.png>*announced
the winners (***) and nominees for the *2023 Thriller Awards*.
*Best Hardcover Novel:*
*•* *The Violence*, by Delilah S. Dawson (Del Rey)
*•* *Things We Do in the Dark*, by Jennifer Hillier (Minotaur)
*•* *The Fervor*, by Alma Katsu (Putnam)
*•* *The Children on the Hill*, by Jennifer McMahon (Simon & Schuster)
*•* *Two Nights in Lisbon*, by Chris Pavone (MCD)
*•* ****Sundial*, by Catriona Ward (Macmillan) 

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*Quoting Bill Burns:*
I have just added a page for *LienZine*, a memorial sampler of the
late Denny Lien’s writing from fandom and beyond. Edited by Karen
Schaffer and Geri Sullivan and produced for the memorial held June 2, 2023
in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Direct link to the page: https://efanzines.com/LienZine/

fwd TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-three-items.html

https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-sarah-stusek-three-rivers-goodreads-backlash-1850498236

courtesy Robert Lopresti on another list.

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2015/09/ffb-punahou-blues-by-kirby-wright-lemon.html

Patricia Abbott: *At the Gates of the Animal Kingdom* by Amy Hempl
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-at-gates-of.html>

Mark Baker: *Murder at Sea* by the Destination Murders Short Story
Collective
<http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2023/05/book-review-murder-at-sea-by-various.html>

Ed Gorman: *The Collected Stories of Ernest Hemingway*
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesdaythe-collected.html>
(original post)
<https://newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com/2010/04/forgotten-books-collected-stories-of.html>

Jerry House: "Last of the Morticians" by E. C. Tubb, *Galaxy* Magazine,
October 1959, edited by Frederik Pohl;
<https://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-last-of-morticians.html>
"Clancy and the Subway Jumper" by Robert L. "Pike" (actually Fish), *Ellery
Queen's Mystery Magazine*, December 1961, edited by Frederic Dannay
<https://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-clancy-and-subway.html> 

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Obituary of Dennis Kieth Lien

https://cremationsocietyofmn.com/tribute/details/74280/Dennis-Lien/obituary.html

*Dennis (Denny) Kieth Lien, 77, of Minneapolis, died at home under hospice
care on April 15, 2023 from acute myeloid leukemia diagnosed in January.*

*Denny was born on September 26, 1945 to Henry and Myrtle Lien in Detroit
Lakes, Minnesota. After graduating from Lake Park High School, he earned a
B.A. at Moorhead Minnesota State College, an M.A. in English at the
University of Arizona, and an M.A. in Library Science at the University of
Minnesota.* 

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Patricia Abbott: *Lost in the City* by Edward P. Jones;
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-lost-in-city.html>
*Out of the Woods* by Chris Offutt
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-out-of-woods.html>
*(tough to stay on track anywhere...TM)*

Tony Baer: *Hotel Room* <https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=83795> by Cornell
Woolrich <https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=83795> *(arguably a collection of
linked stories, arguably a novel about a hotel room and its occupants...TM)*

*
<http://galacticjourney.org/april-10-1968-things-fall-apart-april-1968-amazing/>*
*Joachim Boaz: Fireflood and Other Stories by Vonda McIntyre
<https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/05/07/book-review-fireflood-and-other-stories-vonda-n-mcintyre-1979/>* 

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https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-altruist-by.html

Short Story Wednesday: "The Altruist" by Charles Portis, TRUMPET #1,
February 1965, edited by Tom Reamy; Portis celebration online tonight

*Library of America, to hype their new omnibus of Portis novels, a few
short stories and other writing, are offering an online event live today,
17 May 2023, at 6-7pm ET
<https://www.loa.org/news-and-views/1676-loa-live-online-programs-inspired-by-library-of-america-publications>,
to which they've invited Roy Blount, Jr., Roz Chast, Ian Frazier, **Mary
Roach, Paul Theroux, Ed Park, Calvin Trillin, "and other special
guests"...how much anyone gets to say in an hour is anyone's guess, but
that's a good bunch to hear from. Registration here.
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-best-american-writer-youve-never-heard-of-a-tribute-to-charles-portis-registration-619436831237?aff=eventspage>
They'll
post 

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****denotes winner*

*https://nebulas.sfwa.org/58th-nebula-awards-finalists/
<https://nebulas.sfwa.org/58th-nebula-awards-finalists/>*

*Nebula Award for Novel*

*Legends & Lattes
<https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/legends-lattes/>, Travis Baldree
(Cryptid; Tor)*

*Spear <https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/spear/>, Nicola Griffith
(Tordotcom)*

*Nettle and Bone
<https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/nettle-and-bone/>, T. Kingfisher
(Tor; Titan UK)*

****Babel <https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/babel/>, R.F. Kuang
(Harper Voyager US; Harper Voyager UK)*

*Nona the Ninth
<https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/nona-the-ninth/>, Tamsyn Muir
(Tordotcom)*

*The Mountain in the Sea
<https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/the-mountain-in-the-sea/>, Ray
Nayler (MCD; Weidenfeld & Nicolson)*

*Nebula Award for Novella*

*A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
<https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/a-prayer-for-the-crown-shy/>, Becky
Chambers (Tordotcom)*

*“Bishop’s Opening
<https://nebulas.sfwa.org/nominated-work/bishops-opening/>“, R.S.A. Garcia
(Clarkesworld 1/22)* 

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*Courtesy File 770: <https://file770.com/2023-anthony-award-nominees/>*

*Bouchercon, the world mystery convention, has announced the 2023 Anthony
Award <https://bouchercon2023.com/the-anthony-awards/> nominees.*

The winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held in San Diego on
September 2.

*BEST HARDCOVER*

- *Like A Sister* by Kellye Garrett (Mulholland Books)
- *The Devil Takes You Home* by Gabino Iglesias (Mulholland Books)
- *The Bullet that Missed* by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books)
- *A World of Curiosities *by Louise Penny (Minotaur Books)
- *The Maid *by Nita Prose (Ballantine Books)
- *Secret Identity* by Alex Segura (Flatiron Books) 

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*3 May:*

*Matthew R. Bradley: Trouble in Triplicate by Rex Stout (3 Nero Wolfe
novellas from The American Magazine)
<https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=83661>*

*Jerry House: "The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage" by Peter Robinson, Malice
Domestic 6 edited by Anne Perry (1997)
<http://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-two-ladies-of.html>*

*Tracy K: stories by Victor Canning and John Creasey, from Murder by the
Book: Mysteries for Bibliophiles, edited by Martin Edwards
<http://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2023/05/short-story-wednesday-murder-by-book.html>* 

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*Bolded: winners.* Still don't understand why MWA wants to keep getting the
Dell Magazines' names wrong.

https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2023-edgar-award-winners/

Bolded: winners. Still don't understand why MWA wants to keep getting the
Dell Magazines' names wrong. tm

*2023* * The Grand Master*
* Michael Connelly*

* 2023* * The Grand Master*
* Joanne Fluke*

* 2023* * The Raven Award*
* Crime Writers of Color* 

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I imagine some of the assembled have already seen Seth Davis's ad, but in
case it's of interest and you haven't, let's see how it repros in Gmail:

Happy 100th birthday to my Godfather Avram Davidson. Please celebrate his
birthday with us as we launch AD 100 (his first collection in over 20 years)
and for the next five days give away the eBook versions of The Avram
Davidson Treasury (one of the greatest collections of the 20th century),
Skinny and The Boss In the Wall. 

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https://horror.org/nuts-and-bolts-writing-tips-from-master-of-horror-joe-r-lansdale/

(courtesy FILE 770
https://file770.com/pixel-scroll-4-20-23-but-you-gotta-make-your-own-kind-of-pixel-scroll-your-own-special-scroll/
)

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/04/short-story-wednesday-best-detective.html

*Patricia Abbott: Walk the Blue Fields by Claire Keegan
<http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/04/short-story-wednesday-walk-blue-fields.html>*

*Frank Babics: Beyond: Fantasy Fiction, July 1953 (first issue), edited by
H. L. Gold
<https://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2023/04/beyond-fantasy-fiction-july-1953.html>
*

*Matthew Bradley: Three Doors to Death by Rex Stout
<https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=83461>*

*Martin Edwards: the short fiction of Jack Griffiths
<http://doyouwriteunderyourownname.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-quest-for-jack-griffiths.html>
*

*Paul Fraser: "Lot" by Ward Moore, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
Fiction, May 1953, edited by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas
<https://sfshortstories.com/?p=6604>* 

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from another list:
Karen has started a Kudoboard for Denny at
https://www.kudoboard.com/boards/xRExNJQo

Please consider adding to it, as there will be an obituary and some form
of memorial event for him.

Michael Ward

fwd TM

Hello, all -

I am writing this one for a coworker who has a friend searching for a
pre-1963 book that features a character named "Simeon". One of the
friend's cousins was named after the character in this book. Her friend
also said that both the expectant parents read this book, and it had to
have been 1963 or earlier, as the cousin was born in 1963. The friend is
hoping she will recognize the title if she sees it, so all suggestions are
helpful. 

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Dennis Lien, Denny to many, died Saturday morning.

As I noted on Fb:
RIP, this morning, Dennis/Denny Lien. One of the most widely-respected,
liked and loved people I have known.
https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?24884
<https://isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?24884&fbclid=IwAR3098DCuEe1JKbdUTmU-u7R1s1v0dkljmWSx_mWA4luoDONr6dSM0eSNbQ>

And a photo from the Minneapolis sf/fantasy fan convention, MiniCon, a week
ago:[image: image.png]

the *File 770* obituary:

"*DENNY LIEN (1945-2023). *Long-time Minneapolis fan Denny Lien died April
15 <https://www.facebook.com/karen.schaffer.33/posts/10227347519652598> at
the age of 77. Although under on-call hospice care at home, he had been
able to get out and spend a few hours walking around at Minicon last
weekend. Last night he had a fall and called 

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Need some help identifying a book series for a patron:

A series of books they read years ago, all set in Southern California, specifically Los Angeles and Orange County. Contemporary fiction (not historical or science fiction), though could be a mystery. Of note were accurate street names (not sure why they were memorable), an event on Pala Road (possibly a car chase?), and the plot of the book set in Orange County may have involved protecting a child. 

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*Patricia Abbott hosts the links most weeks, in addition to her own reviews
<http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wedneday.html> *

*Frank Babics: "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allan Poe (first in an
annual "gift book" anthology, edited anonymously: **The Gift: a Christmas
and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII), from the ISFDB poll of greatest
relevant short fiction*
<http://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2023/03/casual-shorts-isfdb-top-short-fiction_29.html>

*Joachim Boaz: "The Seed of Earth" by Robert Silverberg (Super-Science
Fiction, April 1958, edited by W. W. Scott); "Pale Hands" by Doris
Pischeria (Orbit 19, 1974, edited by Damon Knight)
<https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/03/26/short-story-reviews-robert-silverbergs-the-seed-of-earth-1958-and-doris-piserchias-pale-hands-1974/#more-29166>* 

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https://www.facebook.com/events/971014533886040/ though visible to
non-Facebook users...will be archived.

TM