Tag: Spillane

  • Mickey Spillane

    Mickey Spillane

      I had picked up a copy of The Big Kill a little time ago. I wanted to read the first Mike Hammer story. I’ve been avoiding the Hammer series, in favor of Spillane’s other books, because the First Reader said he wasn’t fond of Hammer.  I settled into a hot bath, hoping to finish…

  • Trouble is my Business [Repost]

    Trouble is my Business [Repost]

    I’m continuing to dig through the archives that failed to ‘port over to this host. This post was originally published Dec. 18, 2014. I will always love the English language, and lines like these are a small sample of why…  I’ve been reading a collection of stories by Raymond Chandler the last few days, when…

  • Guest Post by Declan Finn

    Please welcome a young upstart author to my blog. We decided we’d swap, today. So here’s Declan Finn, talking about pacing. In return, you can find me talking about politics, fiction, and how much I hate combining them at Declan’s blog, A Pius Man. You can find his Amazon author page here, with a handy…