RARA-AVIS: Re: Recent readings

Kevin Smith (kvnsmith@colba.net)
Thu, 28 May 1998 07:22:26 -0500 >*Erle Stanley Gardner - "Dead Men's Letters". A wonderful collection of
>novelettes featuring Ed Jenkins, "The Phantom Crook". Stories from Black
>Mask, 1926-27. Reissued by Carroll & Graf (and thanks to them). This is
>the old Gardner, a supreme pulpster. The plots are hard to believe, the
>dialogue sparkles, and the action is dynamite. The story "Come and Get
>It" is a classic.

Oh, great! I just picked it up. glad to see someone else enjoys the
non-Mason Gardner. About twenty years ago EQ published a collection of his
Lester Leith stories, which are also worth digging up. Leith's a kinda
pulp-era Robin Hood/con artist, robbing the crooks rich and giving to the
poor (minus reasonable expenses). Completely bizarro plotlines. I'm hoping
the Ed Jenkins stories will be jist as much fun.
>
>*Frederick Davis - "Let the Skeletons Rattle". A terrific read. See an
>upcoming Nostalgia review (this or next century).

Never heard of this one. What's Nostalgia? A mag? An e-zine?

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