The Dusty Bookcase

Say what you will about Satan, he's no dummy. I think I'm right about this, but am not sure. He had no place in my family's plac...

Grandma's Little Darling Stephen R. George New York: Zebra, 1990 320 pages Horror hasn't much figured here, yet the genre d...

Night of Terror Joy Brown Toronto: Harlequin, 1950 Related posts: A Harlequin Halloween Another Harlequin Halloween It...

In Passion's Fiery Pit Joy Brown Toronto: News Stand Library, 1950 In Passion's Fiery Pit  features a misprint unlike any ot...

Writing here last week , I described Syd Dyke as unappreciated. I stand by that word. Apart from a few pieces posted a couple of years...

The Ottawa Citizen 14 November 1953 Look familiar? What we have here is the Mind Your Manners publicity sheet from Monday's post repro...

A correspondent gently suggests that I may be seen to have made a faux pas with my previous post . Referencing the title, he asks: ...

Mind Your Manners Claire Wallace Toronto: Harlequin, 1953 A businesswoman, a journalist, a pioneering radio broadcaster and s...

My recent conversation with the charming Julie Wilson. Pulp novels, literary hoaxes, the Edwardian John Glassco, and the neglected and f...

Satan's Bell Joy Carroll Markham, ON: Pocket Books, 1976 190 pages This review now appears, revised and rewritten, i...