Beneath the Stains of Time: The Frankenstein Factory (1975) by Edward D. Hoch

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Frankenstein Factory (1975) by Edward D. Hoch: Edward D. Hoch was the King of Short Stories, the Man of a Thousand Tales of Mystery and Detection, but, during his five decade run, Hoch a...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 7: A Selection of Short Impossible Crime and Locked Room Mystery Stories

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 7: A Selection of Short Im...: So lately, I noticed an unaccountable, unacceptable dearth in locked room and impossible crime reviews which needed immediate correction to ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Cracking Nuts: "The Murder of Santa Claus" (1952) by Tage la Cour

Beneath the Stains of Time: Cracking Nuts: "The Murder of Santa Claus" (1952) ...: Tage la Cour's "Mordet pa julemanden" ("The Murder of Santa Claus," 1952), a parody-pastiche, originally appeared in...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Alias Simon Hawkes (2002) by Philip J. Carraher

Beneath the Stains of Time: Alias Simon Hawkes (2002) by Philip J. Carraher: I generally prefer homages, parodies and spoofs over outright pastiches, because pastiches seldom measure up to the original and rarely add ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 5: A Selection of Short Impossible Crime and Locked Room Mystery Stories

Beneath the Stains of Time: Locked and Loaded, Part 5: A Selection of Short Im...: Every now and then, I do one of these "Locked and Loaded" posts to read and review mostly obscure, often uncollected short locked ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: My Late Wives: "She Wouldn't Kill Patience" (2002) by Ooyama Seiichiro

Beneath the Stains of Time: My Late Wives: "She Wouldn't Kill Patience" (2002)...: Ooyama Seiichiro is a Japanese mystery writer specialized in themes series and short story collections, best known today for the " Alib...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Terrarium Nine: "Murder in the Urth Degree" (1989) by Edward Wellen

Beneath the Stains of Time: Terrarium Nine: "Murder in the Urth Degree" (1989)...: Earlier this month, I revisited the short-lived Dr. Wendell Urth series of short stories, " Earth is An Armchair: The Wendell Urth Quar...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Bughouse Chess: "The Pawns of Death" (1974) by Bill Pronzini and Jeffrey Wallmann

Beneath the Stains of Time: Bughouse Chess: "The Pawns of Death" (1974) by Bil...: Bill Pronzini and Jeffrey Wallmann's "The Pawns of Death" originally appeared in the August, 1974, issue of the short-lived, ...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The English Garden Mystery (2022) by Dan Andriacco

Beneath the Stains of Time: The English Garden Mystery (2022) by Dan Andriacco: Last time, I babbled incessantly about " The Locked Room Mystery & Impossible Crime Story in the 21st Century ," rattling on h...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Other Way Around: "The Mystery of the Green Room" (1936) by Pierre Véry

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Other Way Around: "The Mystery of the Green Ro...: Pierre Véry was a French mystery writer, " novelist of adventure, novelist of the fantastic ," who believed in preserving " w...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (2022) by Ellery Queen and Josh Pachter

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Adventures of the Puzzle Club (2022) by Ellery...: The New York cousins Frederic Dannay and Manfred B. Lee were the heart and brain behind one of the most important names in the American dete...

Lesa's Book Critiques: THE ISOLATED SEANCE BY JERI WESTERSON

 Lesa's Book Critiques: THE ISOLATED SEANCE BY JERI WESTERSON

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen (2020) edited by Josh Pachter and Dale C. Andrews

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Further Misadventures of Ellery Queen (2020) e...: The Misadventures of Ellery Queen (2018) is a tribute to the American detective story, Ellery Queen , which collected a selection of quali...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Red Death Murders (2022) by Jim Noy

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Red Death Murders (2022) by Jim Noy: February 2022 was one for the history books, storms in Europe, traffic jams in Canada and Russians in the Ukraine, which our very own Jim No...

Beneath the Stains of Time: City of Libraries: "The Climbing Man" (2015) by Simon Clark

Beneath the Stains of Time: City of Libraries: "The Climbing Man" (2015) by Si...: Simon Clark 's novella "The Climbing Man" is a pastiche of Conan Doyle 's immortal detective specifically written for an a...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder Around the World: A Review of Five Short De...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Murder Around the World: A Review of Five Short De...: Exactly a year ago, I reviewed a collection of short stories, The Zanzibar Shirt Mystery and Other Stories (2018) by James Holding, whic...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Misadventures of Ellery Queen (2018) edited by...

Beneath the Stains of Time: The Misadventures of Ellery Queen (2018) edited by...: Recently, Wildside Press published a long overdue anthology, The Misadventures of Ellery Queen (2018), edited by Josh Pachter and Dale C...

Beneath the Stains of Time: Serpents in the Garden

Beneath the Stains of Time: Serpents in the Garden: " Stories rife with words inane, Tears in hand, all shed in pain; These, the author holds—a fool, Who else can make their...