On 15 November 2002,
Moorich2@aol.com wrote:
: Searching anthologies for more of the old-time hard-boiled,
I was
: surprised to find several interesting examples in the
anthology RUE
: MORGUE NO. 1 edited by Rex Stout and Louis Greenfield
(Creative Age
: Press 1946)
Thanks for the write-up--this sounds like a good one. I'm
going to keep an eye peeled.
Keeping on with Dan Turner, I bought a replica edition of the
August 1940 SPICY DETECTIVE [1] and it just arrived in the
mail. There's a Dan Turner story, "Crimson Ritual." It begins
with our Hollywood Detective going into the loo:
| Something seemed vaguely familiar about the Junoesque jane
with
| the scenic curves and the floppy-brimmed picture hat, but
at first
| I was too damned started to tab her. When she came out from
behind
| that slatted door I almost swallowed my gasper, and no
wonder.
| There are certain places where a guy never expects to
encounter
| she-males, and this was one of them.
It's a Finnish actress, who soon pulls out a roscoe and aims
it at his gall bladder, which I think is pretty good
aim.
Bill
[1] From Girasol Collectibles, http://www.interlog.com/~girasol/
. It's
very nice.
-- William Denton : Toronto, Canada : http://www.miskatonic.org/ : Caveat lector.
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