tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post6395244858999541990..comments2024-03-28T22:42:54.810-07:00Comments on Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: stories from Damn Near Dead 2, edited by Bill CriderTracyKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-54315343827073473542021-08-12T16:42:32.216-07:002021-08-12T16:42:32.216-07:00Rick, I will be getting a copy of DAMNED NEAR DEAD...Rick, I will be getting a copy of DAMNED NEAR DEAD soon.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-16863384030045682562021-08-12T13:59:47.192-07:002021-08-12T13:59:47.192-07:00The first one, DAMNED NEAR DEAD was terrific, and ...The first one, DAMNED NEAR DEAD was terrific, and so is this follow up. Rick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978136287154214297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-18583720077461342452021-08-11T21:53:29.050-07:002021-08-11T21:53:29.050-07:00Todd, that would be a kick to see an TV show with ...Todd, that would be a kick to see an TV show with characters with your siblings names. I've never seen any of my family's names turn up, although there have long stretches where I was watching little TV.<br /><br />Thanks for the suggestions for Barrett's writings. I will see what I can find. <br /><br />Yes that is the website I was referring to.<br /><br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-15363914960992317442021-08-11T18:50:57.818-07:002021-08-11T18:50:57.818-07:00My younger sibling used to go by Eric, and once ou...My younger sibling used to go by Eric, and once our family was watching an episode of COLD CASE together when the series was still in production, and the key figures in the episode were brothers named Todd and Eric. We were slightly amused. (I don't remember if either was a/the criminal of the episode...perhaps have blacked it out...)<br /><br />My first suggestions for Barrett among novel might run to PINK VODKA BLUE (cf), THROUGH DARKEST AMERICA and THE HEREAFTER GANG (these being idiosyncratic speculative fiction, the latter leaning into fantasy. Sadly, his short fiction has mostly been collected by small presses, so you might need to hit interlibrary loan unless you gamble heavy bread or get lucky with a used copy, but PERPETUITY BLUES AND OTHER STORIES or OTHER SEASONS: THE BEST OF NEAL BARRETT, JR. will certainly give you a sense of his work...if Joe Lansdale is editing a given anthology, a Barrett story is pretty likely, while he was still with us (NB, that is). <br /><br />I do like that site, if https://www.nealbarrettjr.com/ is the one you refer to.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-41105559881831533722021-08-11T18:06:48.903-07:002021-08-11T18:06:48.903-07:00That would be a bit of a shock, Todd, seeing your ...That would be a bit of a shock, Todd, seeing your father's name in a story. <br /><br />I did look up Barrett while I was writing the post and see that he had written in several genres. Today I checked out what he has written at Fantastic Fiction, and there is a website too, which I will look at. If you have some suggestions of stories or books I could try, I would be interested.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-13407893652257611172021-08-11T14:41:06.780-07:002021-08-11T14:41:06.780-07:00Sam, every story I have read so far in this anthol...Sam, every story I have read so far in this anthology has been good. <br /><br />"Chin Yong-Yun Takes a Case" was also published in The Best American Mystery Stories 2011, but I first read it as a Kindle edition (of just that story). <br />TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-19062563912721414352021-08-11T14:35:30.489-07:002021-08-11T14:35:30.489-07:00Col,
I know what you mean, I keep finding more an...Col, <br />I know what you mean, I keep finding more anthologies tucked away that I had forgotten about. I am going to find a used copy of the first Damn Near Dead. Too bad you did not keep yours.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-24980542878088959242021-08-11T13:38:01.120-07:002021-08-11T13:38:01.120-07:00Margot, having Bill Crider as editor of this book ...Margot, having Bill Crider as editor of this book also was a big attraction for me. I have mostly read his Dan Rhodes series, and I appreciate those for the small town mysteries and the dialogue, as you say.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-38026023369985432902021-08-11T13:35:30.343-07:002021-08-11T13:35:30.343-07:00Patti, I have read a few of Ed Gorman's books ...Patti, I have read a few of Ed Gorman's books and a few short stories. And I want to read much more. For a long time I was most familiar with him as the editor of Mystery Scene. I will never be able to get through all of Bill Crider's books either but I would at least like to read all the Dan Rhodes books, and a few from other series.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-74995820357323046552021-08-11T13:11:04.865-07:002021-08-11T13:11:04.865-07:00George, I agree, it is a fun book, even with the d...George, I agree, it is a fun book, even with the darker stories. It was hard to stop reading. I wish Bill Crider had had a story in this book. He did have one in the first Damn Near Dead, but I don't have that one.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-28165418400981447102021-08-11T10:49:23.414-07:002021-08-11T10:49:23.414-07:00DAMN NEAR DEAD 2 is a fun book. Bill Crider was a...DAMN NEAR DEAD 2 is a fun book. Bill Crider was an underrated editor.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04546161337366365635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-52036568857669960572021-08-11T09:04:44.027-07:002021-08-11T09:04:44.027-07:00I'd forgotten the start that Patti's prota...I'd forgotten the start that Patti's protagonist being "Bob Mason" had handed me in 2010 or so, as that was my father's preferred means of being addressed, and he, too, was in his early '70s then. <br /><br />It's a hell of a book, and Barrett is perhaps one of the most underusing writers in it, though not by Bill, Ed or the likes of Joe Lansdale, and one of those writers who, like the preceding trio, had no problem writing impressively in crime, western and science fiction and fantasy. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18104399586348314594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-4400513824402769842021-08-11T08:29:11.250-07:002021-08-11T08:29:11.250-07:00This collection really sounds great. So many great...This collection really sounds great. So many great writers included, and as abbott mentioned, so greatly missed now. I'll have to see if I can find this one for sure. I remember reading "Chin Yong-Yun Takes a Case" by S.J. Rozan somewhere, but I'm sure it wasn't in this collection. Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-83824501492944031972021-08-11T08:24:04.388-07:002021-08-11T08:24:04.388-07:00I enjoyed the first in the series and only recentl...I enjoyed the first in the series and only recently discovered that there had been a second edition. I had a copy which was signed by about a dozen of the contributors. Foolishly I got rid of it. If only I didn't have enough short story anthologies on the pile already!col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-57496267294803859832021-08-11T08:19:17.541-07:002021-08-11T08:19:17.541-07:00As soon as I saw that Crider was the editor, Tracy...As soon as I saw that Crider was the editor, Tracy, I got interested. He really was so talented, and had an eye for a good story, dialogue, and setting. He is much missed.Margot Kinberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08599589137890528065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4167054806459662988.post-54820366369630101672021-08-11T05:11:08.198-07:002021-08-11T05:11:08.198-07:00Sadly too much of us are familiar with chemo. Ed w...Sadly too much of us are familiar with chemo. Ed was a great writer. He wrote tough but his stories always had heart. I miss him very much. When blogs were the thing, 10-15 years ago, we used to correspond through them almost every day. I got a kick out of Ed loving to post his FFB on my blog rather than his own. Five of them gone now: Ron Scheer, Ed Gorman, Bill Crider, Randy Johnson and Sandra Seamans. I am probably missing someone. Richard Wheeler didn't correspond as much as the others but he was a great voice on Westerns. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com