James Lee Burke Interview

James Lee Burke Interview: Rejection, Crime, Marriage

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The Harlan Ellison Channel - YouTube

The 20 Best End-of-the-World Movies

The 20 Best End-of-the-World Movies

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Amazon.com: Mad Magazine #1 eBook: Harvey Kurtzman, Jack Davis, Will Elder: Kindle Store: The very first issue of MAD! Including classic spoofs of multiple comic book genres--sci-fi ("Blobs!"), horror ("Hoohah!"), crime ("Ganefs!") and westerns ("Varmint!").

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Benny Runnels, Blood on Big Sandy, Vega 1962

Once Again Texas Leads the Way

Acupuncture patient makes 911 call after being left pinned and stuck in clinic

America's 20 Best Steakhouses Slideshow |

America's 20 Best Steakhouses Slideshow 

Yes, Yes It Is

Nicolas Cage digitally inserted into old movies is the stuff of dreams

I Won't Be Entering Any of Them

10 Actual Competitions for Major Mental Athletes 

Me, Too

Cliché Movie Posters We're Tired Of Seeing

When I Was Thirteen, I Was Still Collecting Baseball Cards

10 Self-Made Kid Millionaires 

The Dawn Express

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The Honky Tonk Big Hoss Boogie -- Robert J. Randisi

Auggie Velez is a Nashville session man. He's also a private-eye, and when he's hired by a big-time record producer to deliver a package, he takes the job.  The $5000 is nice, but the producer also offers Auggie a shot at a record deal all his own.  How can he resist?

Anybody who's read a few private-eye novels would tell Auggie that he was going to be sorry for taking the job, and, sure enough, the guy who was supposed to get the package winds up dead.  Prime suspect?  Auggie.

There's a great MacGuffin in this book, and I'm going to resist giving any hints.  You should discover it for yourself, although . . . I'm not saying.  

The mystery's nicely complex, and the local color is excellent, especially if you like restaurants.  Auggie surely does.  

There's even an appearance by those well-known pickers and grinners Al Hall and Parnell Collins, with whom Auggie shares the stage for a few numbers, not including "King of Kindle."  Check it out.

Otto Penzler Talks about Black Mask (Digital Reprints to Begin Soon)

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Song of the Day

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I Miss the Old Days

Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston Were The Coolest Couple Of The '70s And '80s

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Meet 6 Monster Fish That (Believe It or Not) Live in Our Rivers

Meet 6 Monster Fish That (Believe It or Not) Live in Our Rivers 

Hat tip to Doc Quatermass.
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Duane Rimel, The River Is Cold, Vega, 1962