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Fredric Brown’s Here Comes a Candle

Posted on May 23, 2007 by ubu507

Help – I can’t stop reading vintage noir books. Although that’s fine for some people, for professional reasons I have to read other kinds of mysteries, too. Oh, well, let’s see how long I can get away with it. My … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Noir Novel Waiting to Happen

Posted on May 22, 2007 by ubu507

Tell me this isn’t the stuff of a modern noir:   Suicide yields no clues to death of Pittsburgh native Saturday, May 19, 2007 By Ervin Dyer, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Quebec police say they don’t have enough evidence to link the recent … Continue reading →

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David Goodis and the Intermittent Noir Revival

Posted on May 19, 2007 by ubu507

David Goodis and the Intermittent Noir Revival The cruel tableau of dark shadows, femme fatales and hard men conjured by the word "noir" has become a cliche, the stuff of countless books, movies and television commercials, an easy mark, parodied … Continue reading →

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Quote Bag: More David Goodis

Posted on May 18, 2007 by ubu507

Some more quotes from my man David Goodis: He reached for the glass and was bringing toward his mouth when he saw her entering the cocktail lounge. She moved toward him like a thin blade of blue-white steel coming to … Continue reading →

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David Lynch and David Goodis

Posted on May 16, 2007 by ubu507

I had the privilege of seeing David Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE last night. Although it resists interpretation and I wish the guy would hold on to narrative just a little bit more (if only because he does it so well), you … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: The Pineapple Chunk Chucking Moriarty of Main Street

Posted on May 15, 2007 by ubu507

Crime Beat: The Pineapple Chunk Chucking Moriarty of Main Street I think we’ll all rest easier when this depraved criminal genius is finally apprehended! Litterbug driver flees bike police A driver seen littering an empty can of pineapple chunks fled from … Continue reading →

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“You WIll Be Wiser When You’re Older” by Matthew Delooze

Posted on May 12, 2007 by ubu507

Whenever I do my monthly order from my book distributor I try to make a point of ordering one book from their "Lightning Source" section. These are basically print on demand books, self published or from very small publishers, stuff … Continue reading →

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Crime Beat: Anticlimax Department

Posted on May 11, 2007 by ubu507

Crime Beat: Anticlimax Department   McKeesport Children Missing McKEESPORT, Pa. — POSTED: 10:15 am EDT May 7, 2007 Police are searching for two children missing from their McKeesport home on Evans Avenue. Allegheny County officials told Channel 11 a 9-year-old … Continue reading →

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In Memoriam

Posted on May 9, 2007 by ubu507

This is the dream I had the night before Pierce’s funeral: We’re at my old house in Pittsburgh (which, having been demolished, is literally a ghost house) having a memorial dinner when, suddenly, Pierce is there, sitting at the head … Continue reading →

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Katie: Part Two

Posted on May 7, 2007 by ubu507

I lumbered past the outstretched legs and indifferent glances, unsure of where I was going or what I was looking for. Showing her usual indifference to the schedules the rest of us lived by, my favorite party mate Heather was still … Continue reading →

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