tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33967111300735740882024-03-13T21:36:15.431-07:00Pulp Poem of the WeekUnvarnished Language, Unvarnished TruthDavid Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.comBlogger76125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-34182798068866684252009-12-06T18:27:00.000-08:002009-12-06T18:38:13.791-08:00<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Pulp Poem of the Week has moved!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">New poems are now appearing weekly at</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://noirboiled.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Noirboiled Notes</span></span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">(Follow the link above!)</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><br /></span></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-43291719119761533622009-11-16T03:00:00.000-08:002009-11-18T19:19:37.683-08:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7w6avOl8XkroU6_8YBzAmLfuTMyNIL9VN7DvWw2ucAcZIjX28EvlY2AA2WOwZxIOnJBuWYcuSWtnZFzq3Bn6lgOaGlzTxdjnJ2EbnOeXYoQHsaCIUXEVPpDv71KSiBpT3jRGt5Ngzd1U/s1600/Halliday,+A+Redhead+for+Mike+Shayne.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7w6avOl8XkroU6_8YBzAmLfuTMyNIL9VN7DvWw2ucAcZIjX28EvlY2AA2WOwZxIOnJBuWYcuSWtnZFzq3Bn6lgOaGlzTxdjnJ2EbnOeXYoQHsaCIUXEVPpDv71KSiBpT3jRGt5Ngzd1U/s200/Halliday,+A+Redhead+for+Mike+Shayne.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405648272104653762" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>She had no business being</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>so damned smart and</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>so damned sexually attractive</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>at the same time.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>One or the other was fine.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A man could understand that</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and cope with it.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Brett Halliday</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A Redhead for Mike Shayne</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1964</span></span></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-23999130212128911312009-11-09T03:00:00.000-08:002009-11-17T14:28:43.258-08:00<div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Rp7cDmRpUAHoZ5ubuYi7Jas-ZNVDFQvW-L6xzlrG5sYpMP9W6mRM9libLXvzYUBcq4ne3TGuyKsKlzjwFUEEwMtet6Oh0sz2hB7c2Iohn4RAvgFu-91xdWIIyKu8OUQmbTTe7WCAVwo/s1600/Woolrich,+Rendezvous+1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405115740873440834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 144px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9Rp7cDmRpUAHoZ5ubuYi7Jas-ZNVDFQvW-L6xzlrG5sYpMP9W6mRM9libLXvzYUBcq4ne3TGuyKsKlzjwFUEEwMtet6Oh0sz2hB7c2Iohn4RAvgFu-91xdWIIyKu8OUQmbTTe7WCAVwo/s200/Woolrich,+Rendezvous+1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>His eyes were dimming crescents,<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>straining upward into the starred</span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>night sky,<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>as if trying to make out, to visualize,<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>some phantom face that no one else</span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>could see.<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>And what is love anyway but the</span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>unattainable,<br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the reaching out toward an illusion?<br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Cornell Woolrich</span></div><div><span style="font-family:courier new;font-size:130%;"><em><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Rendezvous in Black</em><br /><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1948</span></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-19245825037872049502009-11-02T03:00:00.000-08:002009-11-11T09:04:28.727-08:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawze9HhlG4X1hkYigVChxRapcKc5LhBlIlWNxMIJGD4mKwgg0I7dbGniFYeIzNRkfjSUEGUay4hRyLYfPl6UvsL_hgfY_j8lH4CFX9lYjsQ3SSihRosEavCInnISKZJ0Mdvzngde-32Y/s1600-h/Albert,+Devil+in+Dungarees.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawze9HhlG4X1hkYigVChxRapcKc5LhBlIlWNxMIJGD4mKwgg0I7dbGniFYeIzNRkfjSUEGUay4hRyLYfPl6UvsL_hgfY_j8lH4CFX9lYjsQ3SSihRosEavCInnISKZJ0Mdvzngde-32Y/s200/Albert,+Devil+in+Dungarees.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402892634405998498" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>She knew how.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Marvin H. Albert</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Devil in Dungarees</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1960</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-43747036224644689372009-10-26T03:00:00.000-07:002009-11-04T15:47:49.285-08:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUOiEo9_s-LGmdtlQ1LaICqVAF8gQ0voaKFsivaCaTgEzHd1xI9GVtYDlJ1YT9rzr09q8q2Crh3ecNArjWEao5T5bH7r77imewUOa3zn3D5mO7pSmRov2G9hAVBdRHhKys4XeCdkz9pc/s1600-h/Fischer,+The+Fast+Buck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 119px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWUOiEo9_s-LGmdtlQ1LaICqVAF8gQ0voaKFsivaCaTgEzHd1xI9GVtYDlJ1YT9rzr09q8q2Crh3ecNArjWEao5T5bH7r77imewUOa3zn3D5mO7pSmRov2G9hAVBdRHhKys4XeCdkz9pc/s200/Fischer,+The+Fast+Buck.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400396970893320738" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>What the hell!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Two hundred bucks a week,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and all I'd have to do for it</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>was occasionally kill</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>somebody for him.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>"When do I start?" I said.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Bruno Fischer</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Fast Buck</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1952</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-70776981217481700672009-10-19T03:00:00.000-07:002009-10-19T03:00:00.157-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vrD0irrnINkI3mQd5p6aLXyYJxsLZvpvusPymPgis48z7ueLNzmtYpptkA3iCJGu0iKFNU9k7wyPKhwNKRDjeuvgF2H-uvnGBkpc5dSHaTknNYILyY9HFGtDTALnvPBMVNVJhZ27X2o/s1600-h/Chandler,+The+Big+Sleep,+Penguin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 123px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5vrD0irrnINkI3mQd5p6aLXyYJxsLZvpvusPymPgis48z7ueLNzmtYpptkA3iCJGu0iKFNU9k7wyPKhwNKRDjeuvgF2H-uvnGBkpc5dSHaTknNYILyY9HFGtDTALnvPBMVNVJhZ27X2o/s200/Chandler,+The+Big+Sleep,+Penguin.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378922393896783666" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dead men</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>are heavier</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>than broken hearts.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Raymond Chandler</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Big Sleep</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1939</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-4120104991247383822009-10-12T03:00:00.000-07:002009-10-13T18:27:19.175-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQFgtq5MkLHg5CoqG211a1kqYeeLLUUPfi1in1ThcCTpgiR1CDk56nmGyCDBt3SgHKTdMvIlRu2q4b2SjMQHUQH-CClVe29P9JfTuyJMQwH3bqfwbmcgfXyuSCAB87TmPqGZsISfR6fU/s1600-h/Keene,+Framed+in+Guilt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 128px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQFgtq5MkLHg5CoqG211a1kqYeeLLUUPfi1in1ThcCTpgiR1CDk56nmGyCDBt3SgHKTdMvIlRu2q4b2SjMQHUQH-CClVe29P9JfTuyJMQwH3bqfwbmcgfXyuSCAB87TmPqGZsISfR6fU/s200/Keene,+Framed+in+Guilt.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387085763472492370" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ostensibly a lawyer, he maintained</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>a luxurious Hollywood office.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>He even kept office hours.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>But he hadn't appeared</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>in a courtroom for years.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>He didn't have to.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>He knew where too many bodies,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>male and female,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>had spent their lost weekends.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>His was a nasty business</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>but he never had trouble</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>with his conscience.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>He had none.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Day Keene</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Framed in Guilt</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1949</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-78608849719112125702009-10-05T03:00:00.000-07:002009-10-05T03:00:04.028-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8nF7lZro0V3UpAwYgVigbc7N8E01573oFwcP8xqW1q0qHDgRY_cqno4BFzK5P9BHUF099BbL0-hOX7H90RKvQBB-LH9ZaIhb_KsERgFvMiByh0OB2R2kuFvxsN7NHjEgSdZF91DewiY/s1600-h/Gun+Work.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 124px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp8nF7lZro0V3UpAwYgVigbc7N8E01573oFwcP8xqW1q0qHDgRY_cqno4BFzK5P9BHUF099BbL0-hOX7H90RKvQBB-LH9ZaIhb_KsERgFvMiByh0OB2R2kuFvxsN7NHjEgSdZF91DewiY/s200/Gun+Work.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384832429681781458" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>What was that line</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>about walking a mile</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>in another man's shoes?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Oh yeah:</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>By the time he figures out</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>you've screwed him over,</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>you're a mile away, and</span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>you've got his shoes.</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>David J. Schow</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Gun Work</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2008</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-9071251395527829402009-09-28T03:00:00.000-07:002009-09-28T03:00:07.859-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQ7VU_UPwOjXJugEywLstIs8JP624tad2YoeMvOs-JofgculNL1x0EZPUhe-4Y1qOFZt8xIPLYLmJquCgnvzfQsPBVp0sgi-MUVr_XgPSLIgeRhk0ZwcjHcm3fHivqEeS5hAAxMDsG_8/s1600-h/Flexer,+Disassembled+Man.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqQ7VU_UPwOjXJugEywLstIs8JP624tad2YoeMvOs-JofgculNL1x0EZPUhe-4Y1qOFZt8xIPLYLmJquCgnvzfQsPBVp0sgi-MUVr_XgPSLIgeRhk0ZwcjHcm3fHivqEeS5hAAxMDsG_8/s200/Flexer,+Disassembled+Man.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380775954582617906" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I'm not afraid</span></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">of dying.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Dying is</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">the easy part.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Jon Bassoff</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Disassembled Man</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">2009</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-61986113681686821942009-09-21T03:00:00.000-07:002009-09-21T15:43:42.570-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxghkGP0-fqow6dgvKstSBR-DkT42d5wDanXABDIWM-voORK7nMTIfRvTtRjYZmTLdzXOC11U8sAZEsUVTrPRj5UJENauOUrhERyT_P6FrGU-9bT5zi8KNfPcaOrecgjFpDU8PLuRHrjI/s1600-h/Brewer,+The+Bitch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxghkGP0-fqow6dgvKstSBR-DkT42d5wDanXABDIWM-voORK7nMTIfRvTtRjYZmTLdzXOC11U8sAZEsUVTrPRj5UJENauOUrhERyT_P6FrGU-9bT5zi8KNfPcaOrecgjFpDU8PLuRHrjI/s200/Brewer,+The+Bitch.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379293212905440978" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>He lay beneath a single white sheet</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>which still showed creases from the</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>shelves.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>This sheet had not been slept with--</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and neither had Halquist.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Gil Brewer</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>The Bitch</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1958</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-21117571890084980332009-09-14T03:00:00.000-07:002009-09-14T03:00:03.455-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-438rXC5WCV6epZf9itFhVtNrQNPaiW4qZ77UetVcTy7EyfJ8bJe_NKK5XxkToB0Ffb7aTkFkakiV7LIKj4vdSbBKzCiKYKW5EYyBvv7Zj2dnun-q1KK6RScKODyw70EWe1kZdA2T9tc/s1600-h/Williams,+Nothing+in+Her+Way,+1e.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 119px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-438rXC5WCV6epZf9itFhVtNrQNPaiW4qZ77UetVcTy7EyfJ8bJe_NKK5XxkToB0Ffb7aTkFkakiV7LIKj4vdSbBKzCiKYKW5EYyBvv7Zj2dnun-q1KK6RScKODyw70EWe1kZdA2T9tc/s200/Williams,+Nothing+in+Her+Way,+1e.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377428166551134882" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Bookmakers have</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>remarkably little faith</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>in the inherent</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>nobility of man.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Charles Williams</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nothing in Her Way</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1953</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-60360084176341051472009-09-07T03:00:00.000-07:002009-09-07T03:00:04.916-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYTurNcjbsz189JIDMIfzNqepHShcW9Ao2XzhCJa2J4FxTWy7UMROQRjicYyjeNZMAixJ1z3wIbaxTwjrUJVvAi_IiRmrQMTZ-0k7kwK9B3piXv-RcGSLAW6AvvagGN_wfofQhpDrEIQ/s1600-h/Road+Show+(Circus+Parade).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYTurNcjbsz189JIDMIfzNqepHShcW9Ao2XzhCJa2J4FxTWy7UMROQRjicYyjeNZMAixJ1z3wIbaxTwjrUJVvAi_IiRmrQMTZ-0k7kwK9B3piXv-RcGSLAW6AvvagGN_wfofQhpDrEIQ/s200/Road+Show+(Circus+Parade).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376683931161808466" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It sure is awful</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>to die in Arkansas</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>with this circus.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jim Tully</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><i>Circus Parade</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1927</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-34290413078632182372009-08-31T03:00:00.000-07:002009-08-31T20:24:04.860-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyE1TJ4xEc2DQERAvI-SCC3MmtbkXIw7Z2_3k6rBJtI4fPkKZD6mZsqoyfw6MkE82uW-HDZls-fUS2D8DiejHRatHM_tokdBUyqwRI8aHNm5xgz_EPLo_1YWiQ6MmaY4OldR2MfkT3xQo/s1600-h/Up+in+Honey%27s+Room.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyE1TJ4xEc2DQERAvI-SCC3MmtbkXIw7Z2_3k6rBJtI4fPkKZD6mZsqoyfw6MkE82uW-HDZls-fUS2D8DiejHRatHM_tokdBUyqwRI8aHNm5xgz_EPLo_1YWiQ6MmaY4OldR2MfkT3xQo/s200/Up+in+Honey%27s+Room.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376333321461649106" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>His books don't sound</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>like he had any fun</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>writing them.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>But you see ads,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>you can buy every book</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Zane Grey wrote and</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>fill up a whole shelf.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>For people who</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>don't know any better.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Elmore Leonard</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Up in Honey's Room</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>2007</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-20807918794806982502009-08-24T03:00:00.000-07:002009-08-31T19:28:44.076-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRtZ1h39gutgds-zzQCXjAjWuyFrIFgqk4OWnJPOjBSCYN9GZyg6COQ4AFlbXM5-89BA7G1_F7IX6b4mak2jaRDQS-3DaBykMldctyD1WphShXJkE466dH3Gvi8MBIS4Kg7iBG5NO6To/s1600-h/Little+Tramp+(Finnish).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCRtZ1h39gutgds-zzQCXjAjWuyFrIFgqk4OWnJPOjBSCYN9GZyg6COQ4AFlbXM5-89BA7G1_F7IX6b4mak2jaRDQS-3DaBykMldctyD1WphShXJkE466dH3Gvi8MBIS4Kg7iBG5NO6To/s200/Little+Tramp+(Finnish).jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376315493354026418" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It had been good.</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>He'd thought he loved her,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and she'd certainly acted</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the part of loving him.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It was like getting cut</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>across the throat</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>when he found she was laying</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>not one guy, not even two--</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>but every beer-faced stud</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>in the county.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>And then coming back to him</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>with her fine virginal face,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>her just-for-you-honey body,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and her church-going, fine, clean</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>mind that manufactured</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>all the crazy promises</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>that had him standing</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>on his ear night and day.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>And he never knew until</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>that time in a bar,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>when a stranger began</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>bragging to him</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>about the quick piece</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>he'd knocked off</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>that afternoon</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>in a park</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>on the edge of town.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Gil Brewer</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Little Tramp</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1957</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-61160208554190625232009-08-17T03:00:00.000-07:002009-08-17T03:00:03.966-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWWmNCCq1iJAkACQLpbDYbr0jOgGfEBSTPomLHfLEww5-__JWz31pRwsBhRPpWso3vaV9ykMsw68KhBJLKnM4xEATOaajjlrtDT_c_629vEw5zalTw66RXGJa8ahHGeke5Zw6LJLXpc8/s1600-h/Murakami,+After+Dark.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 122px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWWmNCCq1iJAkACQLpbDYbr0jOgGfEBSTPomLHfLEww5-__JWz31pRwsBhRPpWso3vaV9ykMsw68KhBJLKnM4xEATOaajjlrtDT_c_629vEw5zalTw66RXGJa8ahHGeke5Zw6LJLXpc8/s200/Murakami,+After+Dark.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369528600873995874" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I don't mind if you</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>forgot my name.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It's about as ordinary</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>as a name can be.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Even I feel like</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>forgetting it sometimes.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It's not that easy, though,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>to forget your own name.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Haruki Murakami</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> <i> </i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><i>After Dark</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">2004</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>(translated by Jay Rubin)</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-33338789713167886512009-08-10T03:00:00.000-07:002009-08-10T03:00:03.925-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6A3137ciL87R1AVBL3qVl16jdgvxOYZ1YyySKPXQOpY8IdtdOb4tbi8V1pG0aLSKLRepC9F9g9xkWLmuXC6P5oorY64pGtLOLkFmUbgImzH6UVjt_FW5y66H8Cc24hq7TKMq7hN01Dno/s1600-h/Baby+Moll.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 118px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6A3137ciL87R1AVBL3qVl16jdgvxOYZ1YyySKPXQOpY8IdtdOb4tbi8V1pG0aLSKLRepC9F9g9xkWLmuXC6P5oorY64pGtLOLkFmUbgImzH6UVjt_FW5y66H8Cc24hq7TKMq7hN01Dno/s200/Baby+Moll.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367032114831487346" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sometimes</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>words</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>are just</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>a nuisance.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>John Farris</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Baby Moll</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1958</span></span></div></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-89240082623677222312009-08-03T03:00:00.000-07:002009-08-03T03:00:05.128-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxP3xGGytsT2YXiI-Vv_VLwmbtvBvROg4_zm5DzZTVnXQuD-8yv-orwxcebOddEFWauzVHN_CU9oJPuQ34bfo__IweUg4eeYAIQ_aJY4Gf_uBheogLjONFhvqROaUCZ30sWf3SMwYFTc/s1600-h/Ride+the+Pink+Horse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAxP3xGGytsT2YXiI-Vv_VLwmbtvBvROg4_zm5DzZTVnXQuD-8yv-orwxcebOddEFWauzVHN_CU9oJPuQ34bfo__IweUg4eeYAIQ_aJY4Gf_uBheogLjONFhvqROaUCZ30sWf3SMwYFTc/s200/Ride+the+Pink+Horse.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363720269202964946" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Sometimes</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>it is good</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>for a man</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>to be drunk.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dorothy B. Hughes</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Ride the Pink Hors</span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">e</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1946</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-2930448654470191652009-07-27T03:00:00.000-07:002009-07-27T03:00:05.303-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxjgGFTD0vdH_tVyi2LilQXwF0HkSGNqGW1yNER08CSUAWWreR2wFEMmslyNZnhjumzCKyuWy9qY4QVww9HuUOxQg7_UdV03rq5ZXgcDZk1fvGUvDoF88-ngbBKLZZfOu5PKMDzpgNZE/s1600-h/McKimmey,+Long+Ride.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMxjgGFTD0vdH_tVyi2LilQXwF0HkSGNqGW1yNER08CSUAWWreR2wFEMmslyNZnhjumzCKyuWy9qY4QVww9HuUOxQg7_UdV03rq5ZXgcDZk1fvGUvDoF88-ngbBKLZZfOu5PKMDzpgNZE/s200/McKimmey,+Long+Ride.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360727579300138738" /></a><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">She started a low</span></span><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">continuous moaning,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">as though she had</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">just been branded.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">James McKimmey</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Long Ride</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1961</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-64294705492161255872009-07-20T03:00:00.000-07:002009-07-20T03:00:02.140-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUWcMtxb6E330xpfo7jSoCjyqnGNSFfWQS6sft8N8ho69UiihYgj1-hmr8UMhDdTmZcM0anBAtHqVeWx7TTod9s5fRWJdXlQj7Bkoh302-elb-4bk8gVrj6yfTGgv_h6gYefnl60u2D4/s1600-h/Thompson,+The+Killer+Inside+Me.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUWcMtxb6E330xpfo7jSoCjyqnGNSFfWQS6sft8N8ho69UiihYgj1-hmr8UMhDdTmZcM0anBAtHqVeWx7TTod9s5fRWJdXlQj7Bkoh302-elb-4bk8gVrj6yfTGgv_h6gYefnl60u2D4/s200/Thompson,+The+Killer+Inside+Me.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356881174048226530" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Did you ever stop</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>to figure that</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>there's all kinds</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>of ways of dying,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>but only one way</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>of being dead?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jim Thompson</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><i>The Killer Inside Me</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1952</span></span></div></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-80118874766803487202009-07-13T03:00:00.000-07:002009-07-13T03:00:10.375-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nJwDKKAyzKniF9vstElxqXz9lOYz_rmFmDFh-gDP3A3oGJFamfRGCflwzYkuaTK28kBNIGiQLFJHG7sqdA5n8FoFPrFZl8xF2ptx4B_PMAG_oDsRSBmivYF9snlYJhTiLR5JRVnu0iA/s1600-h/Brewer,+The+Brat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 114px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9nJwDKKAyzKniF9vstElxqXz9lOYz_rmFmDFh-gDP3A3oGJFamfRGCflwzYkuaTK28kBNIGiQLFJHG7sqdA5n8FoFPrFZl8xF2ptx4B_PMAG_oDsRSBmivYF9snlYJhTiLR5JRVnu0iA/s200/Brewer,+The+Brat.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5355540695623544018" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I had to see you,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">honey,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">or I'd go crazy.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Hurry.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Gil Brewer</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Brat</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">1957</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-62523256975003989912009-07-06T03:00:00.000-07:002009-07-06T10:08:15.743-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkP5P9tEgz0uX6y-8Okj3QPWDA8_x4DWkNvIp_9ew1wOnJy5tGw-qoryhX_b1FDPypA47kf2FHtJs8OFb0g963T3km9OtfjUuoHuahRlseggnaNYODV2z6GwH5Kanyolbr1Yk6lGbZfQ/s1600-h/Whittington,+Hell+Can+Wait.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpkP5P9tEgz0uX6y-8Okj3QPWDA8_x4DWkNvIp_9ew1wOnJy5tGw-qoryhX_b1FDPypA47kf2FHtJs8OFb0g963T3km9OtfjUuoHuahRlseggnaNYODV2z6GwH5Kanyolbr1Yk6lGbZfQ/s200/Whittington,+Hell+Can+Wait.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5353994830328208274" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It was an ancient house,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>built in the late nineties</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and constantly repaired</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and restored since then.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>There was nothing</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> but </span>the look of money</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>wastefully squandered here--</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>a smell of money</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>even in the flower beds</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>where roses smelled like</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>sweaty fifty-cent pieces</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>instead of roses, and</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the jasmine had the scent of</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>a disinfectant used in banks.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Harry Whittington</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><i>Hell Can Wait</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1960</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-36027312739056985262009-06-29T03:00:00.000-07:002009-07-01T10:42:45.582-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_LmpR5CxA5YHtQLM7NoFw_o6jo5x0-jOgoGHXhY0nPZFNdCfZX6L2i0KWKwbJyHlp-zBuzQQXue0a8-_1QSHK9KvWSAeIH8mPiEf5tNgMK8AHH4T-lQJ04fxClJo8OLcQTnY50ibrN8/s1600-h/Bloch,+The+Scarf.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_LmpR5CxA5YHtQLM7NoFw_o6jo5x0-jOgoGHXhY0nPZFNdCfZX6L2i0KWKwbJyHlp-zBuzQQXue0a8-_1QSHK9KvWSAeIH8mPiEf5tNgMK8AHH4T-lQJ04fxClJo8OLcQTnY50ibrN8/s200/Bloch,+The+Scarf.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350594869445101650" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">You can label almost anybody</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">by finding out what time</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">they go to work in the morning.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Robert Bloch</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Scarf</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1947</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-22422663400635960452009-06-22T03:00:00.000-07:002009-06-22T03:00:29.500-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNp1N5M3W6rOAlQRsRn6w61EfclhOtfUuJtXbWQl5a2DuvmFL5F7JVitCRgnQybLeAE_7nom8_Kj2oGfzaKiGKtPX3QyeB6GpW0cf50k_qfOTLwJS6q-4Hia3J3die6SXQ840Zj0nKOX4/s1600-h/Fisher,+No+House+Limit,+1961.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 120px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNp1N5M3W6rOAlQRsRn6w61EfclhOtfUuJtXbWQl5a2DuvmFL5F7JVitCRgnQybLeAE_7nom8_Kj2oGfzaKiGKtPX3QyeB6GpW0cf50k_qfOTLwJS6q-4Hia3J3die6SXQ840Zj0nKOX4/s200/Fisher,+No+House+Limit,+1961.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349575185577465586" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>New York and Hollywood</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>is full of her, she is</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>everywhere you turn,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and when you have reached</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>the ripe age of thirty-six,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>you have learned it is</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>useless to try to warn</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>her of the pitfalls.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Because nothing can daunt her--</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>nothing except time,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>years of batting her pretty head</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>against too many disappointments,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>and her firm white fanny</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>against too many mattresses.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Steve Fisher</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><i>No H</i></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>ouse Limit</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1958</span></span></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-46992301763592732732009-06-15T03:00:00.000-07:002009-06-18T20:28:52.337-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48kXUbcF3qUMXrKhyphenhyphen1ylHf1zboHuUyaFeFRgFEzXQ5V1EYBHa7X8tqmzeJ3UCC00eaxuF94I7OupmzkNwkFMJ121xg1VhWzPn49KWOEa3G3LGHtc_t2liqJiQx5S8vXnRtwmUdNDwX6o/s1600-h/Cain,+Double+Indemnity,+1943.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 138px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48kXUbcF3qUMXrKhyphenhyphen1ylHf1zboHuUyaFeFRgFEzXQ5V1EYBHa7X8tqmzeJ3UCC00eaxuF94I7OupmzkNwkFMJ121xg1VhWzPn49KWOEa3G3LGHtc_t2liqJiQx5S8vXnRtwmUdNDwX6o/s200/Cain,+Double+Indemnity,+1943.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348871450320498450" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">I had seen</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">so many houses burned down,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">so many cars wrecked,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">so man corpses</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">with blue holes in their temples,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">so many awful things</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">that people had pulled</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">to crook the wheel,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">that that stuff didn't seem real</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">to me any more.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">If you don't understand that,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">go to Monte Carlo</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">or some other place</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">where there's a big casino,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">sit at a table,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">and watch the face of the man</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">that spins the little ivory ball.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">After you've watched it a while,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">ask yourself how much</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">he would care</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">if you went out and</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">plugged yourself in the head.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">His eyes might drop</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">when he heard the shot,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">but it wouldn't be from worry</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">whether you lived or died.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">It would be to make sure</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">you didn't leave</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>a bet on the table,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">that he would have to cash</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">for your estate.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">James M. Cain</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Double Indemnity</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">1936</span></span></div></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3396711130073574088.post-83553489887328658092009-06-08T03:00:00.000-07:002009-06-18T20:09:08.697-07:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOOl9EpFp317ateq9IUUaRnv9WnoCHBgM08zW52ulFbqXEkqX09wK9Y3dYD68lbIghmQV15bG3SbuWj-XVHNo4AVCNz7OdzHvKbgrEKlFeRGgHrzzPiUM6EZ6e2XOqMW7JR6JiHu_ZrY/s1600-h/Nothing+More+Than+Murder+crop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 135px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiOOl9EpFp317ateq9IUUaRnv9WnoCHBgM08zW52ulFbqXEkqX09wK9Y3dYD68lbIghmQV15bG3SbuWj-XVHNo4AVCNz7OdzHvKbgrEKlFeRGgHrzzPiUM6EZ6e2XOqMW7JR6JiHu_ZrY/s200/Nothing+More+Than+Murder+crop.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348869154961995234" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>It don't take</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>much brains</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>to outsmart</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>a man who</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>trusts you.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Jim Thompson</span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Nothing More Than Murder</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>1949</span></span></div>David Rachelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11889462507099768706noreply@blogger.com0