Saturday, December 01, 2012

Charles E. Fritch, RIP

Rough Edges: Charles E. Fritch, RIP

6 comments:

Todd Mason said...

A genuinely nice guy, and a talented writer and editor.

I think I've asked before, but did you sell him anything as SHAYNE?

mybillcrider said...

My only submission to SHAYNE was to the editor who preceded Larry Shaw. I've forgotten who that was. Anyway, Shaw is the one who read the story. I got a very nice letter from him, asking me to change a couple of thing and saying he'd buy the story if I did. So I did. When I returned the story, Fritch was the editor. I got a nice letter from him, too, but he said he wasn't bound by anything Shaw had said and that he wouldn't be buying the story. So I gave it up.

Todd Mason said...

Wow. Well, I hope you didn't actually toss the story...sounds like it was pretty clearly on the verge of sale twice.

mybillcrider said...

I sent it to Joe Lansdale, and it was published as a collaboration in a Canadian magazine. And reprinted in something like "The Worst of Lansdale."

Todd Mason said...

Title: For a Few Stories More
Authors: Joe R. Lansdale (and Bill Crider, et al.)
Year: 2002
ISBN-10: 1-931081-30-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-931081-30-6
Publisher: Subterranean Press

Contents

7 • Introduction: Livestock, Roses, and Stories (For a Few Stories More) • (2002) • essay by Joe R. Lansdale
20 • For Just One Hour • (1999) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
32 • Mayfly • (1982) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
42 • My Kind of Luck • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
48 • White Face • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale and Ardath Mayhar
60 • Partners • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale and Scott Cupp
66 • Metadorquesis • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
70 • Depression • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
76 • A Little Halloween Talk • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale [as by Richard Dale ]
82 • Loving Care • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale [as by Richard Dale ]
86 • The Panther Stalks • (1991) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale and Ardath Mayhar
108 • The Original Lengueenies • (1999) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
114 • Jailbait • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale and Bill Crider
132 • Looters • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
142 • Sweet Revenge • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale [as by Richard Dale ]
148 • In the Night • (1984) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
156 • A Right to Be Dead • (1981) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale and Bill Crider
172 • Something Rides with the Western Star • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale
180 • A Halloween Story • (2002) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale [as by Josephine Richards ]
184 • This Little Piggy • (1981) • shortstory by Joe R. Lansdale and Dan Lowry
198 • The Long Fall • (2002) • novella by Joe R. Lansdale
282 • Untitled Film Proposal • (2002) • essay by Joe R. Lansdale
294 • The Living Room God: A Play • (2002) • shortfiction by Joe R. Lansdale

http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?10444

mybillcrider said...

That's it. I'd forgotten the name of the story!