----- Original Message ----- From: "JIM DOHERTY" <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> To: <
rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2001
5:08 PM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Mike Shayne, WW2, & *Battle
Lines*
> Mr. Reasoner mentioned that he enjoyed writing
*Battle
> Lines* because, among other things, it gave him
a
> chance to write '40s-style dialog.
>
> This nudged an old memory to the forefront.
Shortly
> before *MSMM* folded, there was an issue
that
> featured, as its cover story, a Mike Shayne yarn
that,
> unusually, was set in period.
>
> It took place during the early days of WW2 and, as
I
> recall, told the story of the night Mike's
wife
> Phyllis died in childbirth (an event that took
place
> between books in Halliday's original
series).
>
> Was Mr. Reasoner Halliday's "ghost" for
this
> particular Shayne short story?
>
> JIM DOHERTY
Yes, that was "Mayhem in the Magic City" in the October 1982
issue, which was a "Crimes in Other Times" theme issue. It
was Chuck Fritch's idea to do an issue of historical
mysteries. My wife Livia and I had a story in that issue
under our own names that was set in ancient Rome. As for my
Shayne story, it's my favorite of all the ones I wrote. I
think it has some pretty good lines in it.
Best, James
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