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https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2009/09/ Rough Edges: September 2009 rough edgesseptember https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/02/free-for-limited-time-olive-u-david-l.html Rough Edges: Free For a Limited Time: Olive U - David L. Johnston An aging Baptist preacher in small-town Kansas. The members of a band who play contemporary Christian music in Los Angeles. Beyond their l... free for a limited timerough edges https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/02/forgotten-books-larrys-luck-h-bedford.html?showComment=1455942563067 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Larry's Luck - H. Bedford-Jones This "complete novel" (more like a 30,000 word novella, actually) tells the story of Larry Luckin, a young rancher whose spread is stol... rough edgesforgotten bookslarryluckbedford https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2025/03/ Rough Edges: March 2025 rough edgesmarch https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/06/music-i-like-all-summer-long-beach-boys.html Rough Edges: Music I Like: All Summer Long - The Beach Boys And this wraps up my little summer song binge . . . unless I happen to think of another one I like, of course. The clip is from the end o... music i likeall summer longrough edgesthe beach https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2005/01/criders-law.html Rough Edges: Crider's Law I mentioned this axiom in one of the comments below, but it bears repeating for those who don't read the comments. "You never regret the... rough edgescriderlaw https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/02/saturday-morning-western-pulp-star.html?showComment=1298144963452 Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Star Western, December 1934 I really like the covers on STAR WESTERN and find them very distinctive. You can't get much more action-packed than this one. The stories ... rough edgessaturday morningwesternpulpstar https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/12/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-black-aces.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Black Aces, May 1932 Supposedly, BLACK ACES was Fiction House's attempt to imitate the success of BLACK MASK, but it didn't last very long, only seven issues.... rough edgessunday morningblack acesbonuspulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2008/08/ Rough Edges: August 2008 rough edgesaugust https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/02/forgotten-books-twisted-thing-mickey.html?showComment=1487368459831 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Twisted Thing - Mickey Spillane Spoilers below, sort of. THE TWISTED THING came out in 1966, Mickey Spillane's ninth Mike Hammer novel, but I believe I've read that ... rough edgesforgotten bookstwistedthingmickey https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/05/new-this-week_21.html Rough Edges: New This Week While Joanna was in the hospital in Dallas , I had a chance one day to pay a quick visit to the big Half Price Books on Northwest Highway ... rough edgesnewweek https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2019/06/forgotten-books-blood-trail-gardner-f.html?showComment=1658773023565 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Blood Trail - Gardner F. Fox As you can see from the back cover copy above, BLOOD TRAIL by Gardner F. Fox (originally published in paperback by Belmont in 1979) is a ... rough edgesforgotten booksblood trailgardnerfox https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2023/03/murderer-at-large-wa-ballinger.html Rough Edges: Murderer At Large - W.A. Ballinger MURDERER AT LARGE is a 1965 entry in the Sexton Blake series after it moved from digest-sized novels to mass-market paperbacks. That title ... rough edgesat largemurdererwballinger https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/11/incredible-hulk-planet-hulk-greg-pak.html?showComment=1288615696522 Rough Edges: The Incredible Hulk: Planet Hulk - Greg Pak Possible SPOILERS ahead. Several people recommended PLANET HULK to me as one of the best things Marvel has done in recent years, so I fi... the incredible hulkrough edgesplanetgregpak https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/09/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-dime.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Dime Detective, September 1935 Some days Norman Saunders is my favorite pulp cover artist; some days it's Walter Baumhofer. Today is a Baumhofer day. That's a really st... rough edgessunday morningdime detectivebonuspulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/07/forgotten-books-move-along-stranger.html Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Move Along, Stranger - Frank Castle Frank Castle is an almost completely forgotten author these days, despite the fact that he wrote quite a few hardboiled Westerns and cr... rough edgesforgotten booksmovealongstranger https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/02/forgotten-books-twisted-thing-mickey.html?showComment=1487445699062 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Twisted Thing - Mickey Spillane Spoilers below, sort of. THE TWISTED THING came out in 1966, Mickey Spillane's ninth Mike Hammer novel, but I believe I've read that ... rough edgesforgotten bookstwistedthingmickey https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/04/forgotten-books-bowmans-kid-gordon-d.html?showComment=1333743888717 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Bowman's Kid - Gordon D. Shirreffs Manhunter-for-hire Lee Kershaw takes on the job of finding cattle baron Duke Bowman's long-lost son in this novel first published by Fawcett... rough edgesforgotten booksbowmankidgordon https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/01/forgotten-books-outlaw-in-saddle-tom.html Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Outlaw in the Saddle - Tom Roan I've read and enjoyed a few of Tom Roan's pulp stories, but this is the first novel of his that I've read. It has a great opening: a gang... in the saddlerough edgesforgotten booksoutlawtom https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-million-words-and-counting.html?showComment=1546305144962 Rough Edges: A Million Words and Counting A little while ago, I reached the million word level for this year, which makes fourteen consecutive years I've written that much fiction... rough edgesmillionwordscounting https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-frightened-fiancee-george-harmon.html Rough Edges: The Frightened Fiancee -- George Harmon Coxe George Harmon Coxe was a prolific pulpster, contributing scores of detective and adventure yarns to BLACK MASK, ARGOSY, BLUE BOOK, and other... rough edgesfrightenedfianceegeorgeharmon https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/11/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-detective.html?showComment=1479705142845 Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Detective Tales, February 1938 This almost looks like a Weird Menace cover, and sure enough, there are stories by Weird Menace stalwarts Hugh B. Cave and Wyatt Blassing... rough edgessunday morningdetective talesbonuspulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-i-came-to-write-this-book.html Rough Edges: How I Came to Write This Book You can find out all about it over on Patti Abbott's blog today. rough edgeshow ito writecamebook https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/09/now-available-gospel-of-bullet-chris.html Rough Edges: Now Available: Gospel of the Bullet - Chris Leek Mitchel McCann may have lost a war, but he never lost his belief. The preacher kept his faith throughout all the blood and the dying; t... rough edgesnow availableof thegospelbullet https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/01/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-short-stories.html?showComment=1485316904266 Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Short Stories, October 25, 1935 Another good-looking issue of SHORT STORIES with a fine Mountie cover by Frank Spradling and stories by the all-star line-up of H. Bedfor... rough edgessunday morningshort storiesbonus https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2019/04/saturday-morning-western-pulp-six-gun.html Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Six-Gun Western, August 1950 Another Old West poker game gone bad! SIX-GUN WESTERN being a Trojan Magazines, Inc. pulp, you'd expect a racy cover (check!) and a verit... rough edgessaturday morningwesternpulpsix https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2005/11/colorado-kid.html Rough Edges: The Colorado Kid Well, I like the cover, which was painted by Glen Orbik . . . Actually, there are several other things to like about this odd little book. ... rough edgesthe coloradokid https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/07/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-planet.html?showComment=1499015406716 Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Planet Stories, Summer 1941 That's kind of a busy cover on this issue of PLANET STORIES, but the art is by Virgil Finlay, so I'm not complaining. There's a really st... rough edgessunday morningplanet storiesbonuspulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/04/another-reasoner-western-now-available.html Rough Edges: Another Reasoner Western Now Available: Robbers Roost rough edgesnow availableanotherreasonerwestern https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/02/another-lucas-hallam-novel-available.html Rough Edges: Another Lucas Hallam Novel Available for the Kindle DOG HEAVIES, Livia's third and final (for now, anyway) Lucas Hallam novel is now available on Amazon for the Kindle. When she put DEAD STIC... rough edgesavailable foranotherlucashallam https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2006/08/transgressions-volume-oneblock-deaver.html Rough Edges: Transgressions, Volume One/Block, Deaver Last year Forge Books published a behemoth of an anthology edited by the late Ed McBain called TRANSGRESSIONS. Ten novellas by a batch of s... rough edgesvolume onetransgressionsblockdeaver https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2024/10/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-top-notch.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Top-Notch Detective, September 1938 TOP-NOTCH DETECTIVE lasted for only three issues, of which this is the first one. That cover has enough going on that I thought at first it ... rough edgessunday morningtop notchbonus https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/04/tuesdays-overlooked-movies-and-tv-sons.html?showComment=1334666857662 Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies and TV: The Sons of Hercules Since I mentioned this last week in my post about the movie IMMORTALS, I thought it would make a good Overlooked Movies and TV post this wee... movies and tvrough edges https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/01/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-adventure.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Adventure, September 1947 The glory days of the pulp magazine ADVENTURE are considered to be the Teens and the Twenties, and it was still a force to be reckoned... rough edgessunday morningpulp adventurebonusseptember https://charlesgramlich.blogspot.com/2010/07/rough-edges-and-killing-trail.html?showComment=1280112395460 RAZORED ZEN: Rough Edges and Killing Trail Killing Trail got a nice review over on Rough Edges , which is the blog of James Reasoner. That means a lot to me because James makes his ... rough edgeszenkillingtrail https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2005/11/old-books.html?showComment=1665221079381 Rough Edges: Old Books Yesterday I finished the book I've been working on, so today I gathered up all the research books and took them back to the various librarie... rough edgesoldbooks https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/12/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-argosy.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Argosy, February 22, 1930 Since I seem to have a Leslie Scott theme going this weekend, here's an issue of ARGOSY containing his novelette under the A. Leslie name... rough edgessunday morningbonuspulpargosy https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/12/christmas-music-i-like-carol-of-bells.html Rough Edges: Christmas Music I Like: Carol of the Bells - Mannheim Steamroller This is a pretty cool version of a nice song. carol of the bellsmusic i likerough edges https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/12/forgotten-books-last-call-for-doomsday.html Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Last Call for Doomsday - Edmond Hamilton I wrote about Leigh Brackett last week, so it seemed fair to read something by her husband Edmond Hamilton this week. LAST CALL FOR DOO... rough edgesforgotten bookslast calldoomsdayedmond https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/12/another-baseball-book.html Rough Edges: Another Baseball Book Here's an update from Barbara Gregorich: I've just published Research Notes for Women at Play: The Story of Women in Baseball, Vol. I: Mau... rough edgesanotherbaseballbook https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2021/08/master-of-mystery-rise-of-shadow-will.html Rough Edges: Master of Mystery: The Rise of the Shadow - Will Murray This is the book that prompted me to read a Shadow novel, as I mentioned a few days ago. Will Murray has written a great deal about the char... rough edgesthe risemastermysteryshadow https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/05/music-i-like-stardust-nat-king-cole.html Rough Edges: Music I Like: Stardust - Nat King Cole It's hard to beat a classic song and the great voice of Nat King Cole, one of the best voices of all time. When I was in college, after l... music i likerough edgesstardustnatking https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2018/12/saturday-morning-western-pulp-5-western.html Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: 5 Western Novels Magazine, January 1950 See, that's why I don't like to shave. It gives them dern bushwhackers a chance to sneak up on yuh! But I do like this cover painted by J... rough edgessaturday morningwestern https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/06/forgotten-books-listening-walls.html?showComment=1338553688798 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Listening Walls - Margaret Millar A couple of American women from San Francisco are vacationing in Mexico City . Amy Kellogg is married, but her accountant husband Ruper... rough edgesforgotten booksthe listeningwallsmargaret https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/01/tuesdays-overlooked-movie-texican.html?showComment=1420548747162 Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movie: The Texican I've been an Audie Murphy fan ever since I watched a bunch of his Westerns on TV with my dad when I was a kid. I suspect my dad felt a ... rough edgestuesdayoverlookedmovietexican https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2018/09/saturday-morning-western-pulp-western.html Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Novel and Short Stories, October 1938 There's a lot of red on this cover by J.W. Scott, but I think it works. It's pretty eye-catching, which was the whole idea. The author of... rough edgessaturday morning https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2019/06/saturday-morning-western-pulp-cowboy.html?showComment=1560014551915 Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Cowboy Stories, June 1936 Since Robert E. Howard Days is going on in Cross Plains, Texas, this weekend, here's a pulp featuring one of his stories. As I understand... rough edgessaturday morningwesternpulpcowboy https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2018/07/happy-fourth-of-july.html?showComment=1531271587243 Rough Edges: Happy Fourth of July I plan to celebrate by writing. Have a safe, enjoyable holiday. rough edgeshappy fourthjuly https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/08/forgotten-books-book-of-robert-e-howard.html?showComment=1282453029804 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: The Book of Robert E. Howard Between the ages of 18 and 23, I read a lot of books. I was in college part of that time, and the other part I was a young married guy tryin... rough edgesforgotten booksroberthoward https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/04/superman-whatever-happened-to-man-of.html?showComment=1271263602534 Rough Edges: Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? - Alan Moore As veteran comics writer and editor Paul Kupperberg points out in his introduction to this volume, by the mid-Eighties major changes were oc... whatever happened toman of tomorrowrough edges https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2024/08/a-rough-edges-rerun-girl-in-golden-atom.html Rough Edges: A Rough Edges Rerun: The Girl in the Golden Atom - Ray Cummings Science fiction existed long before people ever called it that, of course, dating back to Jules Verne and H.G. Wells and quite possibly earl... rough edgesthe girlrerun https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/12/saturday-morning-western-pulp-western_21.html Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Western Story, December 19, 1925 WESTERN STORY nearly always had a Christmas issue, and the theme often extended to the stories as well as the cover. This issue features ... rough edgessaturday morningwesternpulpstory https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2018/08/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-10-story.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: 10-Story Detective Magazine, June 1949 I'm not sure I've ever come across a "girl hidden inside a tree in a graveyard" cover before, but that's what you've got on this issue of... rough edgessunday morning https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/09/winters-war-matthew-p-mayo.html Rough Edges: Winters' War - Matthew P. Mayo My friend Matt Mayo has started re-issuing some of his early books under his own Gritty Press imprint, and in the case of WINTERS' WAR th... rough edgeswinterswarmatthewp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2008/03/arthur-lyons-rip.html Rough Edges: Arthur Lyons, RIP Most of you have already heard or read by now that Arthur Lyons has passed away unexpectedly at the age of 62. He was one of the best hardb... rough edgesarthurlyonsrip https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2009/12/another-christmas-song-i-like.html Rough Edges: Another Christmas Song I Like I usually hear this song on the radio every Christmas season, but I don't think I've heard it even once this year. Of course, I haven't actu... rough edgeschristmas songanotherlike https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/10/doc-savage-miracle-menace-kenneth.html?showComment=1381276526015 Rough Edges: Doc Savage: The Miracle Menace - Kenneth Robeson (Will Murray) Allow me to begin this post, as I so often do, by wallowing in nostalgia. When I was in high school, there were two World War II-era army... rough edgesdoc savagethe miraclekenneth robeson https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/09/saturday-morning-western-pulp-pioneer.html Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Pioneer Western, August 1937 Here's another short-lived Western pulp, but I'm not sure why it wasn't more successful. That's a pretty good cover, and the line-up of a... rough edgessaturday morningwesternpulppioneer https://charlesgramlich.blogspot.com/2010/07/rough-edges-and-killing-trail.html?showComment=1280181102430 RAZORED ZEN: Rough Edges and Killing Trail Killing Trail got a nice review over on Rough Edges , which is the blog of James Reasoner. That means a lot to me because James makes his ... rough edgeszenkillingtrail https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2009/06/review-of-hunt-through-cradle-of-fear.html?showComment=1244063355286 Rough Edges: Review of Hunt Through the Cradle of Fear Ron Fortier has posted his review of the second Gabriel Hunt novel, HUNT THROUGH THE CRADLE OF FEAR, which was written by series creator C... rough edgesthe cradlereviewhuntfear https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/10/new-this-week_22.html Rough Edges: New This Week No new print books this week, but I did pick up three more e-books from Black Dog Books: THE SILVER MENACE/A THOUSAND DEGREES BELOW ZERO , a... rough edgesnewweek https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/06/tuesdays-overlooked-movies-longest-day.html?showComment=1338899654677 Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: The Longest Day Last week I posted about the war movie HELL IS FOR HEROES on the day after Memorial Day was observed. Since tomorrow is the anniversary of ... rough edgesthe longesttuesdayoverlookedmovies https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2010/11/another-million-words.html Rough Edges: Another Million Words I know I said I wasn't going to be posting as much, but yesterday I hit a million words for the year again, sixth year in a row, and I think... rough edgesanothermillionwords https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2013/05/music-i-like-you-are-pirate-alestorm.html Rough Edges: Music I Like: You Are a Pirate! - Alestorm Sometimes you just want to listen to a good pirate song. music i likerough edgesyou arepiratealestorm https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2007/08/ Rough Edges: August 2007 rough edgesaugust https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/08/ Rough Edges: August 2012 rough edgesaugust https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/04/saturday-morning-western-pulp-complete.html?showComment=1492275400644 Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Complete Western Book Magazine, October 1934 That's a pretty good cover, and the complete book in this issue of COMPLETE WESTERN BOOK MAGAZINE is "The Morgan Trail", a Hashknife Hart... rough edgessaturday morningcomplete bookwestern https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2008/06/reh.html Rough Edges: REH Today marks the 72nd anniversary of Robert E. Howard's death. It's a tradition among Howard fans to read something he wrote and have a drin... rough edgesreh https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2026/03/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-adventure.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Adventure Yarns, December 1938 This is the second and final issue of a very short-lived adventure pulp from Columbia Publications, edited by Abner J. Sundell who edited mo... rough edgessunday morningpulp adventurebonusyarns https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/05/saturday-morning-western-pulp-spicy.html?showComment=1464451469086 Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Spicy Western Stories, August 1938 This is a pretty eye-catching cover, even for SPICY WESTERN STORIES, and the lineup of authors inside is a good one: E. Hoffmann Price, J... rough edgessaturday morningspicy storieswesternpulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/07/overlooked-movies-montana-territory-1952.html Rough Edges: Overlooked Movies: Montana Territory (1952) The first exchange of dialogue in this movie is between Jack Elam and Clayton Moore. That right there ought to be enough to tell you wh... rough edgesoverlookedmoviesmontanaterritory https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/12/forgotten-books-eve-of-evil-george-g.html Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Eve of Evil - George G. Gilman (Terry Harknett) I always try to read something Christmas-themed for my Forgotten Books post closest to the holiday. This year's book comes from a bit o... rough edgesforgotten books https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/12/tuesdays-overlooked-movie-bernard-and.html Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movie: Bernard and the Genie Like CHRISTMAS TWISTER last year, one of my daughters recommended an obscure Christmas movie to write about this year. It's BERNARD AND T... rough edgesand thetuesdayoverlookedmovie https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2017/08/overlooked-movies-song-of-arizona-1946.html Rough Edges: Overlooked Movies: Song of Arizona (1946) In a movie possibly inspired by the real-life Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, Gabby Hayes plays a kind-hearted cattleman who runs a home for orp... rough edgesoverlookedmoviessongarizona https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/09/tuesdays-overlooked-movie-shoot-em-up.html Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movie: Shoot 'Em Up (This post originally appeared on April 4, 2009) Those of you who really wanted to see this movie have probably already watched it. Thos... rough edgesmovie shoottuesdayoverlookedem https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/12/forgotten-books-christmas-at-ranch.html?showComment=1419007219918 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Christmas at the Ranch - Elmer Kelton CHRISTMAS AT THE RANCH is a collection of three autobiographical essays by Elmer Kelton that was published in 2003 by McMurry University ... christmas at the ranchrough edgesforgotten bookselmerkelton https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2023/09/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-argosy-may-11.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Argosy, May 11, 1940 This issue is a good example of why ARGOSY was a great magazine, even in the later years of its pulp run. Start with a good cover by Rudolph... rough edgessunday morningbonuspulpargosy https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2024/12/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-amazing.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Amazing Stories, January 1944 I really like the cover by Robert Fuqua on this issue of AMAZING STORIES. It's certainly dramatic. William P. McGivern is the dominant autho... rough edgessunday morningamazing storiesbonuspulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-rough-edges-rerun-review-gentlemen-of.html Rough Edges: A Rough Edges Rerun Review: Gentlemen of the Road - Michael Chabon I was prepared to like GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD for a couple of reasons: it looked like the sort of historical adventure novel that I usually e... rough edgesof thererunreview https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/01/red.html?showComment=1296392878062 Rough Edges: Red This movie is really a lot of fun. Bruce Willis plays a retired CIA agent who suddenly finds himself targeted for assassination, but he doe... rough edgesred https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/07/forgotten-books-move-along-stranger.html?showComment=1609777387217 Rough Edges: Forgotten Books: Move Along, Stranger - Frank Castle Frank Castle is an almost completely forgotten author these days, despite the fact that he wrote quite a few hardboiled Westerns and cr... rough edgesforgotten booksmovealongstranger https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2021/09/ Rough Edges: September 2021 rough edgesseptember https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2014/12/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-popular.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Popular Detective, December 1945 Not exactly a cheerful, festive Christmas cover, is it? The story it illustrates is by Johnston McCulley and is called "Death Plays Santa... rough edgessunday morningpopular detectivebonuspulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2006/07/catching-up.html Rough Edges: Catching Up Well, the idea of taking it a little easier this week and resting my eye worked just fine until I realized I was within shouting distance of... rough edgescatching https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2015/12/saturday-morning-western-pulp-wild-west.html?showComment=1450567580704 Rough Edges: Saturday Morning Western Pulp: Wild West Weekly, December 28, 1929 The Christmas issue of WILD WEST WEEKLY from 1929, with several Christmas-themed stories inside including two by J. Allan Dunn, a Bud Jon... rough edgessaturday morning https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/06/man-from-nightshade-valley-now.html?showComment=1341055345014 Rough Edges: The Man From Nightshade Valley Now Available for the Nook rough edgesthe mannow available https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/02/like-phoenix-from-ashes.html?showComment=1298830795638 Rough Edges: Like a Phoenix From the Ashes . . . A little more than three years ago, when we were cleaning up after the fire, we found some of our manuscript files that were charred to vari... rough edgeslike afrom thephoenixashes https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/01/tuesdays-overlooked-tv-coronet-blue.html?showComment=1327446700825 Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked TV: Coronet Blue Following up on Bob Randisi's suggestion from last week, today I want to look back at a summer replacement series that surprised everybody ... rough edgestuesdayoverlookedtvcoronet https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2009/01/another-wild-west-monday-coming-soon.html Rough Edges: Another Wild West Monday Coming Soon Over on his fine blog The Tainted Archive , Gary Dobbs presents a Wild West News Roundup today, including a mention that another Wild West ... rough edgeswild westanothermondaycoming https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2024/03/sunday-morning-bonus-pulp-planet.html Rough Edges: Sunday Morning Bonus Pulp: Planet Stories, March 1943 I like this PLANET STORIES cover by Jerome Rozen, and inside this issue are stories by some excellent writers: Leigh Brackett, Nelson S. Bon... rough edgessunday morningplanet storiesbonuspulp https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2011/11/tuesdays-overlooked-movies-three-way.html?showComment=1322078036150 Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: Three Way I came across this DVD on the clearance shelves at Half Price Books a while back, and when I saw that it was based on a novel by Gil Brew... rough edgestuesdayoverlookedmoviesthree https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2012/05/long-day.html?showComment=1336620315346 Rough Edges: Long Day Some of you know that our daughter Joanna had some pretty major spine surgery today. We got up at three o'clock this morning to take her to ... rough edgeslongday https://jamesreasoner.blogspot.com/2016/05/tuesdays-overlooked-movies-tumbleweeds.html?showComment=1464727746659 Rough Edges: Tuesday's Overlooked Movies: Tumbleweeds Any time I watch a silent movie, it takes me a little while to adjust to it, but once I do, I nearly always enjoy it. 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