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rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "John Weagly"
<jmweagly@...> wrote:
>
> I just read Woolrich's short story "Murder,
Obliquely" and this was
> definitely the case, strong female - weak male. I
also found the
> story unique in that it seems to skirt around the
edges of what's
> going on. After reading it I didn't necessarily feel
that the
> narrator was really the main character, if that
makes sense.
>
> The story was made into an episode of the Showtime
series FALLEN
> ANGELS back in 1993. On a side note, I really want
this series to
> come out on DVD!!!
>
Hi, John, I went to your site and have to recommend your
short story The Thug and the Three-Handed Lady to all lovers
of the ultrahardboiled pulp style [Plug written under
erasure: While unmistakeably contemporary, he manages to
subtly evoke the gleeful hardboiledness of a bygone
era.]
http://www.demolitionmag.com/demolitionweagly.htm
Best,
mrt
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