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There were few cooler guys on TV in the Fifties than George Axelrod. I didn't see him that often--he did a few talk shows; a few arts sh...

The Poker Club by Ed Gorman Starring: Johnathon Schaech as Aaron Tyler Lori Heuring as Jan Tyler Loren Dean as Curtis Wilcox Judy Reyes as D...

The first time I became aware of Earl Kemp I was fourteen or fifteen and a member of Amazing Stories' Space Club as were Roger Ebert and...

A while back I said that the net will make many of us immortal (immortal being fifty years or more according to my rules) and the most excel...

This is from yesterday's Guardian (UK) copyright 2007 by The Guardian Director Alex Cox makes no friends in the following piece about ac...

Every once in awhile I get stoned just watching a literary master do his work. The last two nights I was flat out dazzled from beginning to ...

I'm always amazed when people say, "You know, if I had to live my life over again, I'd do it all the same." And that was H...

http://publishersweekly.com/article/CA6444825.html (for the complete article) by Jim Milliot -- Publishers Weekly, 5/21/2007 copyright 2007 ...

One of the more familiar knocks on mystery fiction is that it rarely treats death seriously. That too often murder is simply the device that...

Agent Turns Down $1 Million Offer for First Novel (Both these stories copyright 2007 by New York magazine) The literary world is buzzing tod...

Here's an interview I've always liked--reprinted for those who missed it. Friday, February 10, 2006 Pro-File: Marijane Meaker aka Vi...

Ed, Some additional comments about Margaret Millar inspired by you latest blog: It was the first time we'd met face to face. On a cab r...

I've spoken here many times of my admiration for the novels of Margaret Millar. Her fate seems to be that of great if only occasional pr...

All day long writers' websites have snarled with reactions to the following story reported by Sarah Weinman on Gallycat: Thursday, May 1...

Hi Ed Mystery Scene has just agreed to take over the subscriber list of The Drood Review. Jim Huang published and edited The Drood Review si...

This is a letter that went to Bill Crider and me from Bob Randisi: Ed and Bill, I don't blog, but if I did I'd blog about th...

I believe it was Anthony Boucher who once described Charlotte Armstrong as a mixture of Cornell Woolrich and Shirley Jackson. I'm not su...

Ed, there was a fine essay by Manohla Dargis about Lee Marvin in "The New York Times" on Friday -- a must-read if you haven't ...

Shots is one of my favorite on-line magazine. Mike Stotter and cohorts manage to keep topping themselves issue after issue. My favorite part...

Hello Ed I share all the current enthusiasm about Charles Williams but think there's a better comparison to be made than with John D...