tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post3131140398200863889..comments2024-03-27T22:32:02.739+01:00Comments on Beneath the Stains of Time: The Locked Room Reader XI: Locked OutTomCathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-83220793002591823522019-11-04T00:52:47.247+01:002019-11-04T00:52:47.247+01:00I have a scanned copy of The High House by Hake Ta...I have a scanned copy of The High House by Hake Talbot. I think folks will be a bit disappointed -- it certainly does not live up to his other works. I'm not sure of the legalities of providing this to others, but you can email me at mdavidson6611@yahoo.comMarciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995982147251682733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-82204804158393714762019-10-28T20:39:30.474+01:002019-10-28T20:39:30.474+01:00I second Anonymous's suggestion. Start looking...I second Anonymous's suggestion. Start looking for potentially interested publishers, TomCat,Barry Erganghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303687774593268498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-84169267396911036392019-10-28T19:52:42.110+01:002019-10-28T19:52:42.110+01:00Ha, Three Blind Rats. Oh, yikes, what a horror th...Ha, Three Blind Rats. Oh, yikes, what a horror that was.JJ @ The Invisible Eventhttps://theinvisibleevent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-85188157277400204922019-10-28T17:49:34.398+01:002019-10-28T17:49:34.398+01:00So they're all going to be brand new stories? ...So they're all going to be brand new stories? Very interesting! Hopefully, some of those submissions will include new translations of older, non-English stories. <br /><br />Thanks for letting us know! TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-12979750723607597152019-10-28T17:41:30.498+01:002019-10-28T17:41:30.498+01:00Very interesting list. As regards Maxim Jakubowski...Very interesting list. As regards Maxim Jakubowski's locked room anthology, the deadline for submissions hasn't expired yet, so it will be some time before he is able to release the contents list.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-50271849846111283832019-10-28T17:37:48.709+01:002019-10-28T17:37:48.709+01:00Yeah, I've no idea how "The High House&qu...Yeah, I've no idea how "The High House" slipped my mind when putting together this post, but that one ranks alongside Sladek's "By an Unknown Hand" as a story baffling absent from any past locked room anthologies. <br /><br />"...<i>because I've never seen it available anywhere.</i>"<br /><br />You know what's frustrating? The internet archive has archived several copies of <i>The Mystery Book Magazine</i>, but not the Spring 1948 issue with "The High House."TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-75815291672175238802019-10-28T17:28:07.494+01:002019-10-28T17:28:07.494+01:00Thanks! I've snooped around to see if I could ...Thanks! I've snooped around to see if I could find a content-listing for <i>The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths</i>, but, so far, nothing else has been released except the title and book-cover. Like you, I'm still excited at the prospect of another anthology, even if they're modern (21st century?) locked room stories. Just as long as they're of the same caliber as Hoch's "Circus in the Sky" or Konrath's "With a Twist" and not some abomination like Laird Long's "Three Blind Rats." <br /><br />"<i>And having read Bruce Elliot's 'Death paces the Widow's Walk' I can assure you that you need not go to any special lengths to encounter it...</i>"<br /><br />What a pity. A widow's walk really appealed to me as a location for an impossible crime. TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-44267583235863000862019-10-28T16:43:50.799+01:002019-10-28T16:43:50.799+01:00Thanks for the mention! And for the heads-up on Ja...Thanks for the mention! And for the heads-up on Jakobowski's anthology next year. I'll be sure to get that one. You don't happen to know what the contents will be?<br /><br />Out of all the stories you mentioned - all of which I'd certainly like to see collected somewhere - the Talbot story you named here in the comments is the one I really, REALLY want to see collected, because I've never seen it available anywhere. I've read his other short story (and of course both his novels), but this one's proved elusive so far.Christian_Henrikssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13013383718388416698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-4638745294049775102019-10-28T15:16:44.759+01:002019-10-28T15:16:44.759+01:00Another outstanding round-up, TC.
Excited to lear...Another outstanding round-up, TC.<br /><br />Excited to learn of The Book of Extraordinary Impossible Crimes and Puzzling Deaths, even if it promises the best new stories in the genre -- I'm hoping that's some design boilerplate given that the image on Amazon has the old "ipsem lorem" filler text. I appreciate rights issues can be tricky, but -- as you prove above -- there are still so many classics that are nearly impossible to track down, I can't help but feel I'd prefer 20 or 30 of those in a collection instead. Time will tell...<br /><br />And having read Bruce Elliot's 'Death paces the Widow's Walk' I can assure you that you need not go to any special lengths to encounter it. Perfectly fine, possibly a little bland, and nowhere near as hilariously enjoyable as his impossible disappearance novel You'll Die Laughing.JJ @ The Invisible Eventhttps://theinvisibleevent.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-17787004357597304052019-10-28T13:59:01.805+01:002019-10-28T13:59:01.805+01:00This is just a list with suggestions for any antho...This is just a list with suggestions for any anthologist/publishers who may be lurking out there. They're free to use it. :) <br /><br />I just noticed I overlooked an important title myself: Hake Talbot's "The High House." Even this list of overlooked impossible crime stories has overlooked impossible crime stories. What a hack job! TomCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415176301265218101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5516189026477178777.post-63544322832759540912019-10-28T04:10:55.304+01:002019-10-28T04:10:55.304+01:00This is a great list. Maybe you can find a publish...This is a great list. Maybe you can find a publisher for your proposed anthology. There are enough published fans in this community who might be able to help you do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com