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The Spy Who Shunned MeI was glancing at a not-so-recent Stacker.com ‘Best 100 Spy Movies of All Time’, thinking it was right up the dark alley of our spymaster, David...
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Rocks in My SocksThis post comes to you today from the Pet Peeves Department here at the SleuthSayers Building. Many of us who work at SS have...
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Why Marlowe?Open Road Films Last year, Liam Neeson appeared in Marlowe , the first Philip Marlowe movie in years. Marlowe's been scarce on...
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Things I've Learned From the MediaThere is, somewhere (according to soap operas and some mysteries), a store or service which will make available, at any hour of the day or night,...
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Mind the GapPottery shard, Ramat Rachel, Israel. Today I find myself in a situation I have not experienced since, at least, July 5,...
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Reading for GemsSome of the many reasons Michael doesn’t have much time for pleasure reading. Last year, 120 short stories appeared in projects I...
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We Keep the Dead CloseAlthough I share many of our colleague Brian Thorton's (Doolin Dalton) reservations about true crime writing, I am going to make an exception for...
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50thIn January 2006, I attended my first MWA Board of Directors meeting at the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. At the start of the meeting, the...
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To dream the impossible dream, to reach the unreachable star...Today, I'm pleased to welcome my friend and colleague Lisa de Nikolits to Sleuthsayers. I smiled after reading her post, because it pertains...
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The Holiday for Math Geeks Hidden in NovemberYesterday was Thanksgiving in the United States. But if you happen to be an American mathematician, yesterday was more than just turkey and...
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Giving Thanks in 2023Holiday Greetings, SleuthSayers Faithful! Since my spot in the SleuthSayers rotation comes every other Thursday, it seems inevitable that...
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John Woo: Hard BoiledJohn Woo is back. His new picture, Silent Night , drops December 1 st . It’s his first American movie since Paycheck...
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Embarking on a SeriesI'm happy to have my friend Alan Orloff taking over my slot today. He's a great writer and a heck of a guy. Today he's talking about the...
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Often wrong, rarely in doubt.We’re living in the Information Age. I don’t know what they’ll call the next age, since we don’t yet have enough information to make the call,...
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To Bed, Too BadMy parents used to quote a rhyme at bedtime, which I recently mentioned to a friend. Naturally, curiosity demanded yet another internet deep dive....
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The Storia StoryIt's my great pleasure today to feature a guest post by my friend Josh Pachter. He's practically a regular here at SleuthSayers lately...
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How do you do it?Keep getting asked how do I manage to write one or two novels a year, plus some short stories. There's nothing to brag about, it's a...
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What's the Problem with Young Men?In case you haven't noticed, there have been a heck of a lot of stories over the last year about the Crisis With Young Men and the Crisis of...
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Dancing The JigWe are headed deep in the lexicographic woods today. If that's not your jam you have my blessing to move on. As I mentioned previously,...
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Collateral Damage IIIn 1992, the McAllen police arrested Linda in a prostitution sting. By that time, she'd been living on the streets for four...
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How do I kill thee? Let me count the waysDo you know how to pierce the heart when you stab someone from behind? Know three commonplace items you can substitute for a silencer? Have...
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October 7thI listened to an interview with Rachel Maddow, host of the MSNBC The Rachel Maddow Show on her research on the rise of antisemitism and...
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Don't Get All TwistedTwist endings in short fiction aren’t mandatory. There. I said it. You hear the "gotta have a twist" advice now and again, and...
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Scaling Mount TBRCC 2.0 2007 Evan Bench Last year, I read 104 books, including audio and advanced review copies. I could make that number more...
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A Veterans' Day Speech RepostedDear SleuthSayer faithful–it's that time of year again, with Veterans Day falling on a Saturday this year, I'm re-posting the...
