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The Short Of It: Nothing But Jerks by Dave Zeltserman, art by Jean-Pierre Jacquet
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The Short Of It. Friday, April 29, 2005. Nothing But Jerks by Dave Zeltserman, art by Jean-Pierre Jacquet. Written by Dave Zeltserman, illustrated by Jean-Pierre Jacquet,. Lou Johnston got shot in the abdomen during a bank robbery. He survived with the help of a shady doctor, but after three weeks he still hurts. Not a nice man to begin with, the pain is making him worse. His girlfriend, Norma, who takes the brunt of his ill temper, is caring for him. Posted by Bob @ 6:27 AM. I have a halloween. The Last...
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The Short Of It: 12/12/2004 - 12/19/2004
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The Short Of It. Saturday, December 18, 2004. Dave Zeltzerman, editor of Hardluck Stories. Has just started his own blog at A Hardluck Writer. Posted by Bob @ 7:31 PM. Ice Storm" by Helen Tucker, Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, January 2005. This story follows a petty criminal as he tries to take advantage of what he sees as the opportunity of a lifetime. Ms Tucker is a competent writer. There were no speed bumps to throw me out of the story. The plot builds logically and naturally. I don't feel that en...
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The Short Of It: Dress Blues by Michael A. Black
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The Short Of It. Tuesday, May 03, 2005. Dress Blues by Michael A. Black. By Michael A. Black,. PI Ron Shade is looking for a runaway boy. The boy, Manuel, had a behavior problem, he was getting into trouble and trying to get into a local gang, the Spanish Tigers. His mother, with the help of a family friend, got him enrolled in the Woodsen Academy, a military school. Manuel had disappeared from the school. I also liked the way Mr. Black led Shade to build his case step by step, many of them false, le...
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The Short Of It: 12/26/2004 - 01/02/2005
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The Short Of It. Saturday, January 01, 2005. By Michael Wiecek, Hardluck Stories. Man, it seems like everything I'm reviewing lately has something to do with families. That's OK. Families provide almost unlimited opportunities for murder and mayhem. The stories I like most among those I've written have had to do fathers and daughters, mothers and sons. Angie wants Joe to do a little favor for him. The favor is not a particularly big deal for brothers. How the favor turns out makes the story. He is also o...
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The Short Of It: Blood Ties by Tim Wohlforth
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The Short Of It. Thursday, May 05, 2005. Blood Ties by Tim Wohlforth. By Tim Wohlforth,. Loving, nurturing, caring mother. A perfect story to read just before Mother’s Day. Or it would be if the mother involved had any of the characteristics listed above. Our Hero (hereinafter designated OH), an unnamed PI, goes into his favorite watering hole and is told his mother is waiting for him. Not the mother who raised, loved and nurtured him since he was three years old. His birth mother. In order to impress hi...
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The Short Of It: 11/28/2004 - 12/05/2004
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The Short Of It. Saturday, December 04, 2004. By Ray Banks,. Noir, great suspense, and a twist (that's an unexpected reversal of expectations, not a woman). Nope, no women in this one other than the odd passerby, but that doesn't hurt the story at all. What we have here is a bored bureaucrat in a dead end job seeking excitement. And boy does he get it. I don't know what a cringe combined with a delighted grin looks like but my wife does. She's still watching me out of the corner of her eye. By David Cox,.
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The Short Of It: 02/06/2005 - 02/13/2005
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The Short Of It. Saturday, February 12, 2005. For Those Curious About Podcasts. For those who are curious about podcasts and would like to hear a really well done one, go to the debut podcast of. Pop Goes The Culture. The production qualities are excellent, and the discussion in interesting, all about blogs and podcasts and the impact they are having on popular culture. Posted by Bob @ 4:42 PM. I found this on. Posted by Bob @ 3:32 PM. Posted by Bob @ 10:53 AM. Bill Crider Can Do It! This is a collection...
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The Short Of It: 01/16/2005 - 01/23/2005
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The Short Of It. Saturday, January 22, 2005. Jazz Canary" by Les Roberts,. Murder and All That Jazz. Robert J. Randisi, ed., Signet Books, $6.99, Mass Market Paperback. Milan Jacovich returns. Though you wouldn't know it from the first five pages of the story. When Milan meets Kate again in her dressing room after the concert who should be there with her but ex-husband, Charlie, seemingly back in the catbird seat. Kate has signed him on as her manager again and agreed to remarry him. Give Me Your Heart.
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The Short Of It: 01/09/2005 - 01/16/2005
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The Short Of It. Saturday, January 15, 2005. Good News for Short Fiction. I noticed on Clint Gaige's. That his best selling book for 2004 was Chesapeake Crimes. An anthology of crime stories. For those of you who don't know, Clint is chief cook and bottle washer at. He is also planning to issue (soon? An audio book of Babs Lakey's anthology, DIME. In addition to that (Clint seems to be a very innovative publisher) he is issuing. Posted by Bob @ 10:52 AM. By Charlie Stella, Mississippi Review. Mr Stella h...
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Mystery Dawg: 05/09/2004 - 05/16/2004
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Online journal of Mystery happenings in the Los Angeles and the So Cal area. Thursday, May 13, 2004. Here is the link to the Dennis Lehane short story. This is a post from The Atlantic. Posted by Mystery Dawg at 8:48 PM. Links to this post. Sunday, May 09, 2004. Good Morning and Happy Mother's Day to all those wonderful mothers who brought each and everyone of us into the world. Sit back, relax and enjoy your day. Now onto the events of yesterday. Michael Connelly. Who is also promoting his third book.
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