Saturday, July 21, 2012

New Story at BEAT to a PULP

BEAT to a PULP :: How to Stay Ahead :: Patti Abbott

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THE ROAD TO HELLTHE ROAD TO HELL: Paul Levine: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: “The Road to Hell”  collects four stories by Paul Levine, the Edgar-nominated author of the bestselling Jake Lassiter series. Levine's heroes travel dark and dangerous paths as they confront devilish and powerful villains. The journeys are by land, by sea, and in one case, perhaps only in the mind.

Only About A Month to Wait

Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen: A Dan Rhodes Mystery (Sheriff - YouTube:

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

Houston homicide investigator wins big on 'Jeopardy'

Song of the Day

Little River Band - Lonesome Loser - YouTube:

Ugly Covers for Great Books

Ugly Covers for Great Books

Link via SF Signal.

No Comment Department

San Jose: 21 people treated for burns after firewalk at Tony Robbins appearance

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That's Just Exactly the Way I Remember It

'Fringe' Duo Adapting 'Sleepy Hollow' for Fox: The duo's dramatic take on Sleepy Hollow is described as a modern-day supernatural thriller based on the 1820 short story in which Ichabod Crane partners with the town's local female sheriff to bring peace to a beleaguered community.

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

Beetle released into Texas ecosystem to combat invasive weeds

Neanderthal Update

Neanderthal dental tartar reveals evidence of medicine

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Bill S. Ballinger, Not I, Said the Vixen, Gold Medal, 1965






Gator Update (Museum Edition)

Rogue Galleries: From the mixed-up files of Philly's smallest, weirdest, most secret museums.

Hat tip to Jeff Segal.

Top 10 Greatest Movies Never Made

Top 10 Greatest Movies Never Made

10 Famous Literary Characters Based on Real People

10 Famous Literary Characters Based on Real People

28 Sexy Pictures Of Older Actors When They Were Young

28 Sexy Pictures Of Older Actors When They Were Young

The 6 Most Needlessly Detailed Wikipedia Entries

The 6 Most Needlessly Detailed Wikipedia Entries

I Miss the Old Days

Soviet Teen Magazine Glamour Shots from the Late ’80s

The Case of the Black Parrot

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Friday, July 20, 2012

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The Bastard HandThe Bastard Hand: Heath Lowrance: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Charlie Wesley is not right in the head. He’s escaped from a mental hospital up north and hitchhiked his way south, the voice of his dead brother urging him on. But when Charlie hits Memphis, the fine line between his delusions and reality shift in the form of the Reverend Phineas Childe—a preacher bent on booze and women; a Man of God with a dark agenda. Charlie is the perfect pawn in the Reverend’s game of retribution. And the small North Mississippi town of Cuba Landing will be the setting for the Reverend’s very personal Apocalypse. . . .

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

BIG 105.9 FM -- Miami's Classic Rock Station: A Bryan man told police that his wife stabbed him in the hand after reading his Facebook page.

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King CityKing City: Lee Goldberg: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Major Crimes Unit detective Tom Wade secretly worked with the Feds to nail seven of his fellow cops for corruption…turning him into a pariah in the police department. So he’s exiled to patrol a beat in King City’s deadliest neighborhood… with no back-up, no resources, and no hope of survival.


Now Wade fights to tame the lawless, poverty-stricken wasteland…while investigating a string of brutal murders of young women. It’s a case that takes him from the squalor of the inner-city to the manicured enclaves of the privileged, revealing the sordid and deadly ways the two worlds are intertwined…making his enemies even more determined to crush him.

Song of the Day

Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band - Old Time Rock & Roll - YouTube:

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Writing Advice from F. Scott Fitzgerald

You've got to sell your heart

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Jay Presson (Jay Presson Allen), Spring Riot, Lion, 1950






First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Complaining tenant gets jail for blowing a raspberry 


Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

A Collection of Inspirational Vintage Library Posters

A Collection of Inspirational Vintage Library Posters

Six Films Actually Saved by Director’s/Extended Cuts

Six Films Actually Saved by Director’s/Extended Cuts

I Found a Penny the Other Day

48 Tons of Silver Recovered From World War II Shipwreck

Peek Inside 10 of TV’s Most Famous Writers’ Rooms

Peek Inside 10 of TV’s Most Famous Writers’ Rooms

Ten "American" Things That Are Not From America

Ten "American" Things That Are Not From America

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Karaoke leads to attempted murder charge

Forgotten Books: The Watchmaker -- Georges Simenon

I picked this book for only one reason: It's been on my shelves for decades, and I figured it was time I read it. As you might expect for a book published in 1957, the cover sensationalizes a story that's not sensational at all, but it's a pretty cool cover, so who cares?

When I started reading the book, I was a little surprised to see that it had an American setting. When I arrived at the end, I saw that Simenon was living at Shadow Rock Farm in Lakeview, Connecticut, when he wrote it. So I guess that explains the setting.

This is another of those older books that might not stand a chance of getting published today. The first twelve pages are all telling, without even a single line of dialogue. It's clearly building up to something, but it's hard to tell what that something is. Eventually we learn that the watchmaker's son, age 16, has taken the family car and a neighbor's daughter, age 15, and headed off for parts unknown.

Things don't go well for the son, however, and soon he's involved in robbery and murder. All this happens offstage, though. The book's not about that. It's about the father and how he comes to understand and accept what's happened. Depressing stuff. It's also about the media circus and American justice. (Aside: if Simenon thought there was media overkill in the middle '50s when this book was published, he should be around now when the kid would be getting interviewed on national TV by Sean Hannity.)

The ending is as downbeat as you'd expect. Not much hope for change or redemption here.

Love Nest

Marilyn Monroe: Love Nest (1951) - YouTube:

Thursday, July 19, 2012

Only Two Weeks Left to Enter the Contest

The Dead Man: You Can Write A DEAD MAN Novel!

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention

Old Gun WolfOld Gun Wolf: Frank Leslie: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Ex-Confederate soldier, ex-Indian fighter, ex-train robber, ex-gunslinger...ex-father... Wilbur Calhoun just wants to run his little ranch in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, a quiet place even at the turn-of-the-century. He wants to be left alone, just him and his collie dog, Shep. He wants to weather his last days in peace.

But then a rider comes after him at the head of a mountain snowstorm. That rider turns out to be Wilbur’s son, Devlin, whom Wilbur hasn’t seen since the boy was two years old.

Devlin is a deputy U.S. marshal now, and he’s come to arrest his father for murder. But not just any murder. The murder of Devlin’s mother over twenty-five years ago in Tennessee...

Wilbur Calhoun might be old and just want to live quietly and anonymously, but does that mean he’ll go to the hangman peacefully, even when escorted by his long-lost son?

Remember, this is a Frank Leslie yarn!

Yes, They're Everywhere

Crocodile Found Wandering Along NJ Street 

If This Isn't an Emergency, What Is?

Cops: Woman Dialed 911 With Mug Shot Beef

A Review of Interest (to Me, Anyway)

Kevin's Corner: Review: "Murder of a Beauty Shop Queen: A Dan Rhodes Mystery" by Bill Crider

Stunning Photos of Europe’s Most Beautiful Libraries

Stunning Photos of Europe’s Most Beautiful Libraries

Song of the Day

Then He Kissed Me - The Crystals - YouTube:

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First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Police: Man beat wife with dog 

The 20 Most Beautiful Children’s Books of All Time

The 20 Most Beautiful Children’s Books of All Time

10 Great Supporting Performances by Actors Who Usually Lead

10 Great Supporting Performances by Actors Who Usually Lead

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Kermit Welles, See No Evil, Original Novels, 1952






25 Great Songwriters on the Art of Songwriting

25 Great Songwriters on the Art of Songwriting

Homefolks Think We're Big in Detroit City

Wanted: One Alligator. Last Seen: East Side of Detroit, Near The River


And, yes, Fugitive Alligator WBAGNFARB.

A Great Story

Lost silent film with all-Native American cast found

Link via Neatorama.

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Bergen man attacks own reflection

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Alligator Wrestler Update

Mail Online: He's heading for trouble! Alligator wrestler dices with death by sticking his face in monster's jaws

Interview with Chris Knopf

YOU WOULD SAY THAT, WOULDN'T YOU?: The Hardboiled Collective: Short, Sharp Interview: Chris Knopf

10 Classic New York City Counterculture Movies

10 Classic New York City Counterculture Movies

Paperback Novel Covers in the Marvel Universe

I was struck with the idea of what the Marvel... 


Hat tip to Toby O'Brien.

Cimarron

(1960) Cimarron Movie Trailer - YouTube:

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

I Wonder How Many Were Freebies

Adult fiction ebooks outsold hardcovers in 2011-survey

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A Moment of Wrong Thinking (A Matthew Scudder Story)A Moment of Wrong Thinking (A Matthew Scudder Story): Lawrence Block: Amazon.com: Kindle Store

If This Isn't an Emergency, What Is?

Belleville police arrest woman who called 911 to complain about being cut off from beer

The Failure of Memory

“Revisionist History” (by Jon L. Breen)

22 Days to Go (Go)

GO-GO GIRLS OF THE APOCALYPSE II: THE LUXURY WARS - A NOVEL by Victor Gischler — Kickstarter

Song of the Day

Here Comes Summer - Jerry Keller - YouTube:

Morgan Paull, R. I. P.

MSN Movies News: "Blade Runner" star Morgan Paull has died at age 67.

The veteran actor passed away on Tuesday. Details of his death have not been released, but Paull was diagnosed with stomach cancer earlier this year.

The actor, who also appeared in film classics "Patton" and "Norma Rae," played Holden in Ridley Scott's sci-fi hit and became the director's sidekick on set after suggesting he hire Daryl Hannah to play replicant Pris in the film and fire Sean Young.

Once Again, Texas Leads the Way

'Breastaurant' empire owner puts his brand on the map (literally) by purchasing and renaming Texas ghost town 'Bikinis' 


Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

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Since You Didn't Go to Comic Con, Here Are . . .

50 Wonderful Comic Con Costumes From 2012

I For One Welcome Our New Aquatic Overlords

Dolphins appear to do nonlinear mathematics 

William Raspberry, R. I. P.

The Washington Post: William Raspberry, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post whose fiercely independent views illuminated conflicts concerning education, poverty, crime and race, and who was one of the first black journalists to gain a wide following in the mainstream press, died July 17 at his home in Washington. He was 76.

10 of the Greatest YA Series of All Time

10 of the Greatest YA Series of All Time

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Bill S. Ballinger, The Body Beautiful, Signet, 1950






First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Sturbridge man accused of whacking adversary with weed trimmer 

Gator Update (Playground Edition)

Behold Olek’s Crazy, Crocheted Alligator Playground

Soon to Share a Cell with the Arkansas Toe Suck Fairy?

Possible serial foot-licker in custody after police bust 49-year-old Anthony Parri for inappropriately touching two young girls in upstate NY library 

The 25 Best "That Girl" Actresses

The 25 Best "That Girl" Actresses

The 25 Best "That Guy" Actors

The 25 Best "That Guy" Actors

For Mac Users Only

Make Your Computer Sound Like a Typewriter

Vintage Travel Posters

100 Rare & Important Travel PostersAbeBooks: Vintage Travel Posters: It's hard to remember while deliberating between a grope and a scan, but travel used to be quite a glorious thing. By ship or by plane, by car or by train, the first half of the 20th century was a golden time for travel. To board an airplane, or even an ocean liner, was an elegant affair, and one for which a person would dress up and prepare. Back then, the journey really was a part of the adventure, more than just the means to an end.

Paging George Kelley

The 25 Best Business Novels to Dig Into This Summer

Interview with Jochem Vandersteen

Short, Sharp Interview: Jochem Vandersteen

They're Everywhere!

Nearly 6-foot gator caught in Heights garage


Great gator photo at the link.

The Fighting 69th

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Bruce de Silva Interview

Short, Sharp Interview: Bruce De Silva

Henry Melton Talks about Writing

Why I Wrote “Emperor Dad”

William Asher, R. I. P.

The Hollywood Reporter: William Asher, who directed episodes of such classic TV shows as I Love Lucy and Bewitched, died Monday at a board and care facility in Palm Desert, Calif., according to the Desert Sun. He was 90.

Uh-Oh

Study: People Who Are Constantly Online Can Develop Mental Disorders

PimPage: An Occasional Feature in Which I Call Interesting Books to Your Attention

The Fear Artist (Poke Rafferty Thriller)Amazon.com: The Fear Artist (Poke Rafferty Thriller) (9781616951122): Timothy Hallinan: Books: "Edgar-finalist Hallinan’s heartrending, unforgettable fifth Poke Rafferty thriller" (Publishers Weekly starred review) set in Thailand comes to Soho Crime
An accidental collision on a Bangkok sidewalk goes very wrong when the man who ran into Rafferty dies in his arms, but not before saying three words: Helen Eckersley. Cheyenne. Seconds later, the police arrive, denying that the man was shot. That night, Rafferty is interrogated by Thai secret agents who demand to know what the dead man said, but Rafferty can't remember. When he's finally released, Rafferty arrives home to find that his apartment has been ransacked. In the days that follow, he realizes he's under surveillance. The second time men in uniform show up at his door, he manages to escape the building and begins a new life as a fugitive. As he learns more about his situation, it becomes apparent that he's been caught on the margins of the war on terror, and that his opponent is a virtuoso artist whose medium is fear.

Song of the Day

Jamies Summertime, Summertime - YouTube:

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Heidelberg Township man admits knocking friend out because he bought wrong type of beer 

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6 Famous Misquotes & Where They Came From

6 Famous Misquotes & Where They Came From

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Argument over pork rinds leads to stabbing 


Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Bob Dylan Update

Bob Dylan announces new studio album 'Tempest'

The Very Worst Performances of 10 Great Movie Actors

The Very Worst Performances of 10 Great Movie Actors

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Sidney Weissman, Backlash, Ace, 1955






The Best Opening Scenes in Cinema

The Best Opening Scenes in Cinema

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Australian man threatens ISP with an axe

I Miss the Old Days

25 Outrageous Fashion Ads From The 1970s

Or Maybe You Did

20 Things You Didn't Know About "Batman Begins"

6 Mind-Blowing Early Music Careers of Famous Musicians

6 Mind-Blowing Early Music Careers of Famous Musicians

Or Maybe You Do

Guitarist still into 'Wipe Out' 50 years later: What you may not know about "Wipe Out," the most famous 2 minutes and 12 seconds in surf-music history:

Elvis Update

New Elvis Presley Recording Discovered: A new Elvis Presley recording has been discovered and played online and we have the video and audio for you. The song is I Forgot To Remember To Forget You from a Louisiana Hayride performance in 1955. The recording is said to be audio taped from a TV broadcast, just audio the actual film does not exist.

Recording at the link.

No Comment Department

Traffic signs in New Zealand destroyed by prostitutes performing stunts

Overlooked Movies -- W. W. and the Dixie Dance Kings

Burt Reynolds is something of a joke now, but he was a huge star in the '70s, and for good reason. This movie wasn't a hit, but Judy and I saw it in the theater, and we both loved it.

The setting is 1957, and Reynolds plays W. W., who's cruising the south in his great-looking Oldsmobile and robbing filling stations. Remember those? Anyway, in the course of his adventures, he steals the car belonging to a country band known as the Dixie Dancekings. While they're still in it. They go along with his robbery, and some more besides, because they're in dire need of money. Reynolds becomes their manager. The oil company whose stations Reynolds is robbing sends out ex-lawman Art Carney to put a stop to the depredations, and things get a bit complicated before they settle down to a happy and satisfying ending.

W. W. and the Dixie Dancekings has a great cast, including country stars Jerry Reed, Don Williams, and Mel Tillis. There's even a performance by bluesman Furry Lewis. The movie's fast and funny, and Reynolds is at the top of his game. If you've ever wondered why he was so big, see this one (or Gator or White Lightning or, for something entirely different, Deliverance). This one's right up there with 'em.

W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings Opening Credits

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Monday, July 16, 2012

Kitty Wells, R. I. P.

Kitty Wells, the 'undisputed queen of country music,' dies at 92 - latimes.com: Kitty Wells, the long-reigning “Queen of Country Music” and the first woman to reach No. 1 on the country chart with her attitude-changing hit “It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels,” died Monday at age 92 of complications from a stroke.


Wells was the most successful female singer of the 1950s, one of a small handful of women to have significant impact in country in an era when the music was overwhelmingly dominated by men.


“She was the undisputed queen of country music,” singer Marty Stuart said Monday. “There’s more to being a queen than just calling yourself a queen -- it’s a title that goes with an entire lifetime of service and influence. You check the careers of anyone in this town [of Nashville], and you won’t find anyone with a more spotless career than Kitty Wells.”

Jon Lord, R. I. P.

Deep Purple co-founder Jon Lord dies aged 71 | The Raw Story: Jon Lord, keyboardist with legendary British rock band Deep Purple and co-author of their most famous hit Smoke On The Water has died aged 71, his family announced on Monday.

Dick Lochte at Perfect Crime Books

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Perfect Crime has new editions of Dick Lochte's Blue Bayou and The Neon Smile.  Highly recommended if you haven't read them yet. And even if you have.

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Gold Under IceAmazon.com: Gold Under Ice (9780982782217): Carol Buchanan: Books: Money. Greenbacks vs. gold. The Lincoln administration prints greenbacks to pay for its war with the Confederacy, and on Wall Street a renegade money market known as the Gold Room pits the greenback against gold. By January 1864, the greenback loses nearly half its value. While far to the west, in Alder Gulch, Montana Territory, millions in gold lie under the ice of Alder Creek. Gold-seekers pray for spring. A lawyer from New York, Daniel Stark came West to get enough gold to rescue his family from the debt left by his father's embezzlement and suicide.

Donald J. Sobol, R. I. P.

Encyclopedia Brown Author Donald J. Sobol Has Died - GalleyCat: Encyclopedia Brown author Donald J. Sobol has passed away. He was 87 years old.


This GalleyCat editor will never forget the hours and hours he spent devouring this Edgar Award-winning mystery series. In addition to these books, Sobol also wrote the Two Minute Mystery series from 1959 until 1968. He launched Encyclopedia Brown in 1963, and the books are still available today from Penguin.

I Missed One

VP or MVP? Online Quiz

10 Things Holden Caulfield Hates About Everyone

10 Things Holden Caulfield Hates About Everyone

Stephen Covey, R. I. P.

Stephen Covey, author of '7 Habits of Highly Effective People,' dies at 79 | Deseret News: Popular author Stephen R. Covey, who gained fame with the bestselling book "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," died early Monday.


Covey passed away at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center at 2:15 a.m. due to "residual effect" of a bicycling accident in April, according to a family statement.

Cool

Classic Sci-Fi Novels Get Futuristic Enhancements From Library of America

Show Your Papers, Citizen!

Taser arrests Casselberry: A man was tased and arrested in Casselberry 


Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Song of the Day

Statler Brothers I'll Go To My Grave Loving You - YouTube:

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Want to Take a Quiz?

Jeopardy Style Questions: Jeopardy is a great quiz show and is quite difficult! Ready for the challenge?

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Anoka triathlete suffers 25 bites in otter attack in Island Lake near Duluth

Sell Books for Steve Day

Buy books and help out a writer.  Details here:  Handcuffed To The Ocean

Or Maybe You Will

8 Summer Songs You Won’t Be Able to Get Out of Your Head

How To Take An Awesome Yearbook Photo: A Guide By Famous Athletes

How To Take An Awesome Yearbook Photo: A Guide By Famous Athletes

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Oliver Crawford, Blood on the Branches, Ace, 1956






WINNERS: 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards

WINNERS: 2011 Shirley Jackson Awards - SF Signal

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John Stossel Impersonator Used His Looks To Sleep With Many Women

10 Wonderful Libraries Repurposed from Unused Structures

10 Wonderful Libraries Repurposed from Unused Structures

Or Maybe You Don't

10 Food-Related Words You Need to Stop Misspelling

And Keep Off His Lawn!

Blind man in Beechview uses kitchen pot to ward off attackers

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

‘Rafting Gone Wild’ results in river brawl, 12 arrests

The ABCs of Strange, Unusual, and Lost Words

The ABCs of Strange, Unusual, and Lost Words

Riders To The Stars

Riders To The Stars - Herbert Marshall, Richard Carlson - YouTube:

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Noirboiled Notes

Noirboiled Notes: Advertisement: Gil Brewer, Redheads Die Quickly and Other Stories (2012)

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Police: Canandaigua man hit another person with a watermelon

Celeste Holm, R. I. P.

iWon News: Celeste Holm, a versatile, bright-eyed blonde who soared to Broadway fame in "Oklahoma!" and won an Oscar in "Gentleman's Agreement" but whose last years were filled with financial difficulty and estrangement from her sons, died Sunday, a relative said. She was 95.


Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Song of the Day

Dave & Sugar ~ Queen Of The Silver Dollar - YouTube:

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Mobley's Law, A Mobley Meadows NovelMobley's Law, A Mobley Meadows Novel: Gerald Lane Summers, Lesley K. Payne: Amazon.com: Kindle Store: Federal Governor, Edmund Jackson Davis, has ruled Texas with an iron fist since the end of the Civil War, but must now stand for election against a majority of citizens made up of ex-confederate sympathizers and soldiers. President Grant appoints Judge Mobley Meadows to the Texas Federal Circuit Court and charges him with preventing the situation from getting out of hand. Davis quickly realizes that Mobley is a threat when he overturns the Governor’s land reappraisal decree, a source of graft for Davis’s supporters, and sends his personal assassin to get rid of Mobley.

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10 Quintessentially American Novels

10 Quintessentially American Novels

THRILLER AWARDS

Mystery Fanfare: THRILLER AWARDS

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Walter Untermeyer, Jr., Evil Roots, Lion, 1954






Monster -- Dave Zeltserman

Okay, so what if Victor Frankenstein was lying to Captain Walton to cover up his own perverted crimes and the story that got passed on to Mary Shelley was all wrong? What if Frankenstein, besides being a scientist was heavily into the occult and had supernatural powers over the monster? What if Frankenstein were also in league with the Marquis de Sade, and what if he and the Marquis were planning to create a perverted drama with 200 kidnapped young women? Those are some of the ideas behind Dave Zeltserman's latest novel, in which the monster, whose name is Freidrich, by the way, tells his own version of the story.

And it's a whiz-bang version, indeed. While it pretty much sticks to the same locations as the version we get in Shelley, it's a lot different. We learn that how Freidrich's brain came to be in its strange new body and why he burns to take revenge on Frankenstein. While he's still in the lab, Freidrich "meets" Charlotte, of whom nothing remains but a toothless head (the Marquis de Sade has some ideas for her). When Freidrich escapes, he travels over a lot of Europe and meets up with vampires, Satanists (who think he's what they've been waiting for), and even a few good people. Even at that, his relationships never end well, though no fault of his own.

Zeltserman got a lot of acclaim for his horror novel The Caretaker of Lorne Field. Monster is a very different kind of book, but it's just as exciting. When awards season rolls around, this one's going to be a major contender.

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Fight as groom’s brother gropes bridesmaids at Olympic wedding

Tasteful Home Decoration

Judy dragged me to a Bed Bath & Beyond yesterday, and while she was looking around, I spotted this classy home decoration item. Judy wouldn't let me purchase it for some reason.

I Wonder I These New Guys Are Any Good

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Florida man pulls gun over broken bong 

And Keep Off Her Lawn!

www.kirotv.com: A 62-year-old woman attacked by a suspected teenage vandal taught the boy a painful lesson before police arrived.

Hot Stuff

10 Lines From Napoleon’s Love Letters That Sound Like Crazy Texts

First It Was the Thin Mints Melee . . .

Jennifer Marie Sharp 'pours lighter fuel over sleeping boyfriend and sets him on fire' 


Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

Five Dumbest Reasons Someone Got Killed in East Texas

Five Dumbest Reasons Someone Got Killed in East Texas

Salute to the Marines

SALUTE TO THE MARINES 1943 TRAILER WALLACE BEERY - YouTube: