Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Comic Crime

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AS YOU probably already know, comic books didn't confine themselves only to graphic arts; a lot of them inserted very short text stories...
Friday, November 28, 2025

"Maybe It's Just Some Drunk Being Funny, but If the Guy's Really Insane, Phone for a Cop, Unless You Think You Can Get a Gag Story."

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"The Last Martian." By Fredric Brown (1906-72; Wikipedia HERE ; the ISFDb HERE ; and the SFE HERE ). First appearance: Galaxy , O...
Tuesday, November 25, 2025

The Adventure of the Missing Saucepans

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"Sherlock Holmes in Russia." Reprinted in Russian Essays and Stories (1908) by Maurice Baring (1874-1945; Wikipedia HERE ; the IS...
Saturday, November 22, 2025

"What Barbarians!"

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"No Help Wanted." By Alfred Bester (1913-87; Wikipedia HERE ; the ISFDb HERE ; the SFE HERE ; and the IMDb HERE ). First appearan...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

"Maybe a State Police Crowd Could Have Handled It Better, but I Don’t Know."

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"Murder Money." By Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937; Wikipedia HERE and the IMDb HERE ). First appearance: Argosy , March 9, 1935. ...
Sunday, November 16, 2025

"The Hand on His Automatic Trembled a Little"

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" Number Three Dog." By William Byron Mowery (1899-1957; Pulpflakes HERE ; Wikisource HERE ; and the IMDb HERE ). Illustrated by...
Thursday, November 13, 2025

"One of the Best Movie-Makers in the Business"

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PEOPLE keep making the mistake of thinking that Alfred Hitchcock made mystery films (or, heaven forfend, detective movies ); far from it. H...