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As seen in the New York Times Book Review!

Posted on June 14, 2006 by ubu507

Hello, America and all my pals around the world!   Recently, Marilyn Stasio, the doyenne of mystery fiction who writes a very influential column in the New York Times Book Review mentioned a volume called THEY DIED IN VAIN: Overlooked, … Continue reading →

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Annals of Crime

Posted on June 13, 2006 by ubu507

  St. Peters, Mo. Dead Pup Used As Weapon   A woman angry that her new puppy has died pushed her way into a dog breeder’s home and repeatedly hit her in the head with the dead Chihuahua, authorities said … Continue reading →

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Quotebag: Professor Chan Fu Speaks

Posted on June 10, 2006 by ubu507

Professor Chan Fu Speaks   Style is like a second cousin to class. Style is loving yourself until everyone else does too. – Prince   I told myself that this slim personage in a white frock who wore stockings that … Continue reading →

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Book review: Skin River by Steven Sidor

Posted on June 9, 2006 by ubu507

Skin River Steven Sidor (St. Martin’s Minotaur paperback $6.99) When Steve Hamilton talks, people listen. He always goes out of his way to support other worthy writers and after his signings there’s always a rush to pick up the books … Continue reading →

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One Way of Looking at a Black-Haired Woman

Posted on June 7, 2006 by ubu507

One Way Of Looking At A Black-Haired Woman                            Acutely hot                        Acutely forgotten The bank doesn’t even send me statements anymore As my present love crumples The air mail letter from her lover in France And looks … Continue reading →

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To the Queen of Heaven

Posted on June 6, 2006 by ubu507

To the Queen of Heaven The Goddess of the Universe The One who walked in terrible Chaos And brought life from the Law of Love   And out of Chaos brought us in Harmony And from Chaos she has led … Continue reading →

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Commercial Anxieties

Posted on June 2, 2006 by ubu507

Commercial Anxieties   I’ve been watching play-off basketball lately, (oh, the exquisite torment of being a Pistons fan!) exposing me to far more television commercials, endlessly repeated and demographically focused, than I’m used to. Although commercials are designed to lead … Continue reading →

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Quotebag: The Hi-Fli Discotheque

Posted on May 31, 2006 by ubu507

Quotebag: The Hi-Fli Discotheque   I cannot pretend that I was attracted by her charms. It was the air of the perverse about her that held my long admiring glances as I passed. There was a stylishness about the urchin-cropped … Continue reading →

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Coming Rain

Posted on May 30, 2006 by ubu507

Coming Rain A sudden slit of lightning Echoes through the sky, dyeing Violet darkness grey As a last clear circle narrows Erased by the rim of the clouds In this light you’re just A cipher at the edge of the … Continue reading →

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Quote Bag: Celestial Sex!

Posted on May 27, 2006 by ubu507

His most important inspiration sprang from the neurotic tensions of his youth rather than from the healthy, even athletic, objectivity of his maturity. – William S. Liberman   Her sweet audacities delight me; That dazzling beauty is Love’s slippery precipice. … Continue reading →

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