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. 

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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. 

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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) 

[More ...]

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

<https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQPsRGs1896nb3OihkZWuklomhMO66EVOtJUAphXys6PddCxUqtYTPT_r3kvHFlCk1aOCCtFuzFU2FixFy7GvZO5Eo2VrSXE1Px8bcOwSSXXNiD9jbakKOUahdvlApdXyvmYGZYX37dut0zQxJpVRYYVHL1nqVqkCnGGvjG2wC7s-9I-lSgbGJ5YIKnLo/s635/carlon%20whispering%20wall.jpg>
*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 * 

[More ...]

*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/>* 

[More ...]

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) 

[More ...]

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>* 

[More ...]

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) 

[More ...]

*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> 

[More ...]

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.* 

[More ...]

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/>* 

[More ...]

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)* 

[More ...]

*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) 

[More ...]

*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>* 

[More ...]

*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* 

[More ...]

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. 

[More ...]

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>* 

[More ...]

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. 

[More ...]

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 

[More ...]

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. 

[More ...]

*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>* 

[More ...]

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

TM

*Patricia Abbott: "Blue Skies" by Erin McGraw, The Atlantic Monthly,
January 1994, edited by William Whitworth (as reprinted in McGraw's
collection, Lies of the Saints, Chronicle Books 1996)
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/03/blue-skies-erin-mcgraw.html>
--story can be read here.
<https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1994/01/blue-skies/669428/>*

*Frank Babics: "Nightfall" by Isaac Asimov, Astounding Science-Fiction,
September 1941, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.
<https://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2023/03/casual-shorts-isfdb-top-short-fiction_21.html>*

*Jerry House: "The Haunted Organist of Hurly Burly" by Rosa Mulholland, All
the Year Round, 10 November 1866, edited by Charles Dickens
<https://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wednesday-haunted-organist.html>* 

[More ...]

Links at:
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wednesdays-links-to-reviews.html

*Frank Babics: The Hugo Winners (eventually retitled, Volume 1), annotated
and introduced by Isaac AsimovJoachim Boaz: Far Out by Damon KnightBrian
Busby: The Marathon Murder by James MoffattJose Ignacio Escribano:
Maigret's Christmas: Nine Stories by Georges Simenon (translated by Jean
Stewart)"Olman Feelyus": The Naked City by Stirling SilliphantPaul Fraser:
"Retention" by Alec Nevala-Lee, Analog, July-August 2020, edited by Trevor
Quachri; "The Store of the Worlds" by Robert Sheckley, Playboy, September
1959, fiction editor Ray RussellAubrey Hamilton: Gideon and the Young
Toughs and Other Stories by John CreaseyBev Hankins: Blood on the Tracks
edited by Martin EdwardsRich Horton: 

[More ...]

8 March:

full list with links and comments:
http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wednesday-edith-pearlman.html

Patricia Abbott: "Inbound" by Edith Pearlman
<http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wednesday-edith-pearlman.html>
(first
published in the *Boston Globe Magazine*; reprinted in Pearlman's
collections *Vaquita, *1996, and the retrospective *Binocular Vision, *2011)

Frank Babics: "The Call of Cthulhu" by H. P. Lovecraft, *Weird Tales*,
February 1928, edited by Farnsworth Wright
<http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wednesday-edith-pearlman.html>

Jerry House: "Followed" by "L. T. Meade" (Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith)
and "Robert Eustace" (Eustace Robert Barton), *The Strand*, December 1900,
edited by Herbert G. Smith
<https://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wednesday-followed.html> 

[More ...]

https://thrillerwriters.org/2023-thriller-awards/

*BEST HARDCOVER NOVELDelilah S. Dawson – THE VIOLENCE (Del Rey)Jennifer
Hillier – THINGS WE DO IN THE DARK (Minotaur)Alma Katsu – THE FERVOR
(Penguin/Putnam)Jennifer McMahon – THE CHILDREN ON THE HILL (Simon &
Schuster)Chris Pavone – TWO NIGHTS IN LISBON (MCD)Catriona Ward – SUNDIAL
(Macmillan) BEST AUDIOBOOKKimberly Belle, Fargo Layne, Cate Holahan,
Vanessa Lillie – YOUNG RICH WIDOWS (Audible)Narrated by Dina Pearlman,
Karissa Vacker, Helen Laser, Ariel BlakeJulie Clark – THE LIES I TELL
(Audible)Narrated by Anna Caputo, Amanda DolanJ. L. Delozier – THE PHOTO
THIEF (CamCat Publishing)Narrated by Rachel L. Jacobs, Jeffrey
KaferJennifer Hillier – THINGS WE DO 

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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/30937/famous-novelists-symbolism-their-work-and-whether-it-was-intentional

begins:

It was 1963, and 16-year-old Bruce McAllister was sick of symbol-hunting in
English class. Rather than quarrel with his teacher, he went straight to
the source: McAllister mailed a crude, four-question survey to 150 novelists
<https://www.mentalfloss.com/section/literature>, asking if they
intentionally planted symbolism in their work. Seventy-five authors
responded. Here’s what 12 of them had to say. (The original responses were
published
<http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/12/05/document-the-symbolism-survey/>
in *The Paris Review*.) 

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*Patricia Abbott: "The Fireman's Wife" by Richard Bausch, The Atlantic
Monthly, November 1989, edited by William Whitworth (fiction editor C.
Michael Curtis)
<http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/03/short-story-wednesday-stories-of.html>*

*Frank Babics: "Mimsy Were the Borogoves" by "Lewis Padgett" (Henry Kuttner
and C. L. Moore), Astounding Science FIction, February 1943, edited by John
W. Campbell, Jr.
<https://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2023/02/casual-fiction-isfdb-top-short-fiction.html>*

*Paul Fraser: "The Moon Fairy" by Sofia Samatar, Conjunctions 74 "Grendel's
Kin", Spring 2020, edited by Bradford Morrow
<https://sfshortstories.com/?p=6388>* 

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https://www.stokercon2023.com/post/bram-stoker-awards-preliminary-ballot-announced

The HWA Board and the Bram Stoker Awards® Committee congratulate all those
appearing on the Preliminary Ballot. Notes about the voting process will
appear after the ballot listing.

If your work appears on this ballot and you would like to offer it to
voting members of the HWA in the Internet Mailer to be sent on or about
January 28, please see important information following the ballot. 

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*Patricia Abbott: "Young Francis Whitehead" by William Maxwell, The New
Yorker, 8 April 1939 (as "Good Friday"), edited by Harold Ross
<http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/02/short-story-wednesday-all-days-and.html>*
*(and the primary list of contributors) TNY link
<https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1939/04/08/good-friday>*

*Brian Busby: Mavis Gallant
<https://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2022/08/mavis-gallant-100-years.html>*

*Paul Fraser: Tor.com Short Stories September/October 2022, edited by **Ellen
Datlow, Ann VanderMeer, Jonathan Strahan and Lee Harris*
<https://sfmagazines.com/?p=14815>; *"The Atheling's Wife" by Keith Taylor
(as by Dennis More), Fantastic, August 1976, edited by Ted White
<https://sfshortstories.com/?p=6420>* 

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http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/

A Concerning Trend <http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/>

BY NEIL CLARKE <http://neil-clarke.com/author/wyrmadmin/>

ON 02/15/2023 <http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/>

IN CLARKESWORLD MAGAZINE
<http://neil-clarke.com/category/clarkesworld-magazine/>

Since the early days of the pandemic, I’ve observed an increase in the
number of spammy submissions to *Clarkesworld*. What I mean by that is that
there’s an honest interest in being published, but not in having to do the
actual work. Up until recently, these were almost entirely cases of
plagiarism, first by replacing the author’s name and then later by use of
programs designed to “make it your own.” The latter often results in rather
ham-fisted results like this one I received 

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*Patricia Abbott: "Elder Jinks" by Edith Pearlman, Antioch Review, Fall
2007, edited by Robert S. Fogarty
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/02/short-story-wednesday-elder-jinks-edith.html>
and discussed by Jeff Meyerson and others in comments*

*Frank Babics: "Fondly Fahrenheit" by Alfred Bester, The Magazine of
Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1954, edited by "Anthony Boucher" and
J. Francis McComas*
<https://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2023/02/casual-shorts-isfdb-top-short-fiction.html>

*Mark Hatmaker: "Winterkill" by Richard Ford, Esquire, November 1983,
fiction editor Rust Hills*
<https://westerngenremusings.blogspot.com/2023/02/winterkill-by-richard-ford.html> 

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Feature: SF, Fantasy & Horror (Adult)Deadline: Feb. 17
Issue: Apr. 17
For this feature, we'd like to speak with authors about creating non-human
characters and cultures—aliens, monsters, A.I., and more. We're also
interested in romantic fantasy, Gothic horror, and class conscious, "eat
the rich," near-future SF. Pitches on other SFFH themes are welcome; please
limit these to standalone titles and first-in-series books. Pub dates:
Apr.–Sept. Adult books and new titles only, please; no reprints. Submission
deadline: Feb. 17. Visit publishersweekly.com/SFFHspring23
<https://forms.gle/ua55cKqtedUP3Jrd6> to submit your titles. 

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The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield? It was more than ten years ago though.
Linda Dallavalle

*Patricia Abbott: "Wednesday's Child" by Yiyun Li, The New Yorker, 23
January 2023, edited by David Remnick, fiction editor Deborah Treisman
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/02/short-story-wednesday-wednesdays-child.html>
(Yiyun Li reads her story)
<https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/23/wednesdays-child>*

*Frank Babics: "Light of Other Days" by Bob Shaw, Analog Science
Fiction/Science Fact, August 1966, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.
<https://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2023/01/casual-shorts-isfdb-top-short-fiction_4.html>*

*Thomas Baird: The Detections of Sam Johnson by Lillian de la Torre
<https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=82455>* 

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A colleague got a vague one, so I thought I'd throw it out there: "looking for a Mystery from the NYTs Best Seller list that is published in our local paper. They think it is from the last 5-10 years. It features twins, and a rapist that leaves no trace." 

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Links:
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/02/short-story-wednesday-links-to-reviews.html

*Frank Babics: "The Little Black Bag" by C. M. Kornbluth, Astounding
Science Fiction July 1950, edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. (and widely
reprinted/adapted for television by Night Gallery) <http://d/>*

*Joachim Boaz: "Lot" by Ward Moore, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
Fiction, May 1953, edited by Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas; "I
Remember, Anita..." by Langdon Jones, New Worlds SF, September-October
1964, edited by Michael Moorcock <http://d/>* 

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https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2023/01/best-places-write-novel-tested-famous-novelists

courtesy Del Tinsley

TM

*Courtesy Janet Rudolph
<https://mysteryreadersinc.blogspot.com/2023/01/edgar-award-nominations-mystery-writers.html>*
https://mysterywriters.org/mwa-announces-2023-edgar-award-nominations/

*Mystery Writers of America announced the nominees for the 2023 Edgar Allan
Poe Awards, honoring the best in mystery fiction, non-fiction and
television published or produced in 2022. The 77thAnnual Edgar® Awards will
be celebrated on April 27, 2023, at the New York Marriott Marquis Times
Square.*

*BEST NOVEL*
*Devil House* by John Darnielle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux - MCD)
*Like a Sister* by Kellye Garrett (Hachette Book Group – Little, Brown &
Co./Mulholland Books)
*Gangland* by Chuck Hogan (Hachette Book Group – Grand Central Publishing)
*The Devil Takes You Home* by Gabino Iglesias (Hachette 

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*Patricia Abbott: Antarctica (in part) by Claire Keegan
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2023/01/short-story-wednesday-anarctica-by.html>*

*Frank Babics: First Book of Unknown Horror edited by Peter Haining
<https://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2023/01/peter-haining-ed-first-book-of-unknown.html>*

*Joachim Boaz: Phyllis Gotlieb: her first three published short stories
(1959-60): from Fantastic and Amazing Science Fiction edited by Cele
Goldsmith Lalli
<https://sciencefictionruminations.com/2023/01/16/short-fiction-reviews-phyllis-gotliebs-a-grain-of-manhood-1959-phantom-foot-1959-and-no-end-of-time-1960/>
*

*John Boston: Amazing Stories, February 1968, edited by Harry Harrison
<https://galacticjourney.org/january-14-1968-as-is-february-1968-amazing/>*

*Matthew Bradley: "The Empty Hours" by "Ed McBain",
<https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=82172> Ed McBain's Mystery Book #1 (1960
magazine) edited by "McBain" (Evan Hunter)
<http://www.philsp.com/homeville/fmi/k03/k03675.htm#A22>* 

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Please direct me to the correct link to update my email. I only see unsubscribe.
Thank you!
Kay Drache
Hennepin County Library
[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>

<https://email.loa.org/t/i-l-qdhllud-tihyltjrut-t/>

*March 14The Future Is Female! *For Women’s History Month, discover the
visionary science fiction writers who broke the genre’s gender barrier.
With Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Pamela Sargent, Sheree Renée Thomas, and Lisa
Yaszek.

fwd TM

At Last: FRIDAY'S "FORGOTTEN" BOOKS AND MORE: the links to the reviews,
texts, etc.: 1-30 September 2021

https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2023/01/at-last-fridays-forgotten-books-and.html

*(Rescued from draft status.)*

<https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1IiwNt7-OLT1BuexopNyAmNEIw3lvE3djJmD9qswk1kV5H2Q0ehJDrvDO9UcxRkuWlbbrtzjY1iRNHXM4t_zJylPN5MdibPAIoI2dRaCqfpqj5j5HnidfnlogOtPtQYvnD1PuenlVzdaljXH6HeaowCDzsMCX1ozaYKpxwF-GWo1tOe7-AJC-Qn4Xw/s600/goldsmithc1962-gigapixel-scale-2_00x.webp>
*Cele Goldsmith Lalli at the World SF Convention 1962*

*Patricia Abbott: Catastrophe and Other Stories by Dino Buzzati (translated
by Judith Landry);
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2021/09/short-story-wednesday-catasrophe-and.html>
Let
Him Go by Larry Watson;
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2021/09/ffb-let-him-go-larry-watson.html> Bring
Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light by Helen Ellis;
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2021/09/first-wednesday-book-review-bring-your.html>
Stories
from Justice by Larry Watson;
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2021/09/short-story-wednesday-stories-from.html>
"Outside
the Jurisdiction" from Justice by Larry Watson;
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2021/09/short-story-wednesday-outside.html> In
the Morning, I'll Be Gone by Adrian McKinty
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2021/09/ffb-in-morning-ill-be-gone.html>;
Troubled
Daughters, Twisted Wives edited by Sarah Weinman (and particularly 

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Kim Newman's roundup column in the UK's most notable film magazine.

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/2022-year-horror

*Courtesy Paul DiFilippo*

TM
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2022/12/ssw-fritz-leiber-3-autobiographical.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2022/11/2022-world-fantasy-award-winners-and.html
https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2022/09/sswffb-stories-by-fritz-leiber-brian.html

*Patricia Abbott: I Cannot Tell a Lie, Exactly and Other Stories by Mary
Ladd Gavell
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2022/12/short-story-wednesday-i-cannot-tell-lie.html>*

*Frank Babics: "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang;
<http://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2022/12/casual-shorts-isfdb-top-short-fiction_27.html>
"Jeffty is Five" by Harlan Ellison;
<http://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2022/12/casual-shorts-isfdb-top-short-fiction_25.html>"The
Shadow over Innsmouth" by H. P. Lovecraft
<http://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2022/12/casual-shorts-isfdb-top-short-fiction.html>*

*Jerry House: "The Florentine Dante" by Fergus Hume
<http://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2022/12/short-story-wednesday-florentine-dante.html>*

*Tracy K: "Silent Night" and "Wild Mustard" by Marcia Muller
<http://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2022/12/short-story-wednesday-two-stories-by.html>*

*George Kelley: Among Strangers by Robert Silverberg*
<http://georgekelley.org/wednesdays-short-stories-104/> 

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*Patricia Abbott has the list of this week's entries here with comments by,
among others, Jeff Meyerson*
<https://pattinase.blogspot.com/2022/12/short-story-wednesday-john-ohara-short.html>

*Frank Babics: "The Women Men Don't See" by "James Tiptree, Jr." (The
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, December 1973)
<https://casualdebris.blogspot.com/2022/12/casual-shorts-isfdb-top-short-fiction-7.html>*
*Brian Busby: Destination: Universe by A. E. van Vogt
<https://brianbusby.blogspot.com/2022/12/ten-kicks-at-can-for-ae-van-vogt.html>*
*Jerry House: "The Case of the Murderer's Bride" by Erle Stanley Gardner
(Look, 15 October 1957)
<http://jerryshouseofeverything.blogspot.com/2022/11/short-story-wednesday-case-of-murderers.html>*
*Tracy K; American Christmas Stories edited by Connie Willis
<http://bitterteaandmystery.blogspot.com/2022/12/short-story-wednesday-american.html>*
*George Kelley: Christmas Ghosts edited by Kathryn Cramer and David G.
Hartwell
<http://georgekelley.org/wednesdays-short-stories-103-very-merry-mysteries/>*
*Steve Lewis: "Gunpowder Alley" by Bill Pronzini (Ellery Queen's Mystery
Magazine, 

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/dec/09/marijane-meaker

Marijane Meaker obituaryGroundbreaking author, initially of lesbian-themed
fiction including the 1952 bestseller Spring Fire
Michael Carlson <//www.theguardian.com/profile/michael-carlson>, Fri 9 Dec
2022 18.13 GMT

Marijane Meaker pictured in 2011. She said her parents dismissed her
sexuality as a ‘silly schoolgirl thing’ at first. Photograph: Zoe Kamitses

Fan mail from a generation of closeted women flooded the offices of Gold
Medal Books after the 1952 publication of Spring Fire – a novel about a
lesbian affair among a college sisterhood – from unlikely fans of its
author, Marijane Meaker, who has died aged 95. 

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*Links to the contributors at Patricia Abbott's blog:
<http://pattinase.blogspot.com/2022/11/short-story-wednesday-girl-with-ax.html>*

*Patricia Abbott: "Girl with an Ax" by John Sanford, from From Sea to
Stormy Sea edited by Lawrence Block*
*Frank Babics: "Dear Devil" by Eric Frank Russell, Other Worlds Science
Stories May 1950, ed. by Ray Palmer*
*Jerry House: "The Case of the Murderer's Bride" by Erle Stanley Gardner,
Look 15 October 1957*
*George Kelley: Mistletoe Mysteries: Tales of Yuletide Murder edited by
Charlotte MacLeod*
*Todd Mason: "The Country of the Kind" and "Mary" by Damon Knight; "Bullet
in the Brain" by Tobias Wolff
<https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2022/11/ssw-bullet-in-brain-by-tobias-wolff.html>*
*Neeru: Tales from the Arabian Nights*
 

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I read a book about 20 years ago that I want to find again but can't remember the title. I thought it was Danielle Steel's Five Days in Paris. I don't remember the whole plot but I have bits and pieces. Set in France.
Woman married to French man they have a daughter named Pillar who wants a motorcycle. Mom says no but dad buys it for her anyways. The mom has an affair and finds out the dad is having a long term affair. When he finds out the mom is pregnant he tells her it can't be his 

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Hello, I'm new to this listserve, but I've been told that if a thing is knowable, it will be known by you all. So:

I'm looking for recent climate fiction (cli-fi) by religious authors, especially Christian, especially non-dystopian.

The possibles I've found so far (out of about 350 possible authors) are below. Can anyone add to the list, or indicate which ones don't qualify? Thank you so much! 

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Hi everyone, as 2022 comes to an end, I am wondering about new books that will hit the shelves in 2023. The book that I am most eagerly awaiting is Sarah Penner's second novel, The London Séance Society. What new titles are you looking forward to?

Hi All,
Has anyone read The People You Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry? Let me know what you think of the book and if her other novels are better.
Thanks,
Charlene

Hi Everyone,
What's the best Western of all time? I'm looking for a Western to read for class and would like the story to have a strong female protagonist. Also, I don't want anything too violent.
Thanks,
Charlene

Hey there,

I was talking to my daughter about Stephenie Meyer's Host recently and we were wondering if there were more books where the alien is the protagonist. So I asked my bestfriend Google and I got this list...

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/14968.Alien_protagonists

Except... I don't recognize any of the books on this list! Does anyone recognize any of them and/or have a title to recommend? 

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I'm looking for books like Final Fantasy games. YA or Adult. Lots of worldbuilding, prefer fantasy to steampunk, gang of unlikely heroes with individual talents, friendship, cool magic system, epic plot, travel and maps. Liked Six of Crows and Name of the Wind, not really into graphic novels. Thanks!

A patron posed this query:

I am trying to remember an author of a very old book. It is non-fiction and tells her story of herself and a friend, both of them their husbands had passed away-and they combined their households, bought a very old house, I think New England. The one raised cocker spaniels. Perhaps dated in the 60’s or 50’s. Any bells ring about who this may be?