Re: RARA-AVIS: Dennis Lynds and Mike Shayne

From: Dennis Lynds ( dennislynds@cox.net)
Date: 04 May 2005


Juri,

When you ask if I "wrote" some of Dave's novels, you must remember that except for the last one, what I wrote was a 30,000 or 20,000 word novellette for MSMM for which I was paid 11/2 cents a word, which Dave then bought from me for about $500 and rewrote into a 40,000-odd word novel in his own style. With that context, yes, I wrote THE CORPSE THAT NEVER WAS. You can find it in MSMM probably under a different title.

The other two I did not contribute to, they are both before I even started writing crime stories for MSMM. In the absence of proof, I assume Dave wrote these himself. Also, I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure Ryerson Johnson was a real person who collaborated with Dave from time to time.

Dennis
----- Original Message ----- From: "Juri Nummelin" < juri.nummelin@pp.inet.fi> To: < rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 1:23 AM Subject: RARA-AVIS: Dennis Lynds and Mike Shayne

> Dear Mr. Lynds,
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> thank you for confirming the Mike Shayne novel! I've heard
> rumours that also you also wrote "The Corpse That Never Was"
> (1963). Can you confirm either way?
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> There are also two Shaynes going unnamed:
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> The Careless Corpse. 1961.
> Pay-Off in Blood. 1962.
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> Do you have any idea who did these? Did you know any other
> Halliday pseudonyms, Ryerson Johnson and Robert Terrall?
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> Thank you! It's great to have you here.
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> Juri
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