Monday, May 25, 2026

"You've Done It! You've Got the Answer!"

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GETTING from Point A to Point B quickly and with the least effort and injury  has always been a problem for humanity; regardless of how peop...
Monday, May 18, 2026

"Quicker Than Thought the Glittering Barrel of a Revolver Stood in a Straight Line with My Head"

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"Ideal Interview: Sherlock Holmes." By Anyhow (who could have been S. L. Bensusan, Charles W. Forward, or H. S. Muller). First app...
Thursday, May 14, 2026

Down to Business

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FROM TIME TO TIME different stories end up with the same title. It could be the result of repeating a commonly used phrase that might echo t...
Monday, May 11, 2026

"She Hated Him with All the Slow, Quiet Force of a Slow, Quiet Nature."

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TO JUDGE from all available bibliographical data, today's author could never be classified as a detective fiction author. Nevertheless, ...
Thursday, May 7, 2026

"Zlat Was the Best Novaship Pilot in the 81 Galaxies."

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IT'S always a capital mistake to attempt to explain what a satirist is up to, and so we will forgo that capital mistake and offer no com...
Monday, May 4, 2026

"They'll Respect Me Down There, for Criminals Like 'Bad Men'"

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"The Squealer." By William Allen Ward (1893-1959). First appearance: The Underworld, April 1928. (No cover image available.) Short...
Thursday, April 30, 2026

"The Battered Face of the Man He Had Just Overpowered Kept Creeping into His Consciousness"

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"Renegade." By J. Harvey Haggard (1912-2001; the ISFDb HERE ; the SFE HERE ; and Dark Roasted Blend HERE ). First appearance: Thr...