tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post8512890291444175589..comments2024-03-27T10:50:17.270-05:00Comments on Rough Edges: Monday Morning Digest Magazine: Michael Shayne Mystery Magazine, September 1956James Reasonerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-66796325924389885292014-03-05T03:08:46.002-06:002014-03-05T03:08:46.002-06:00James, MSMM did, indeed, publish mjy first story, ...James, MSMM did, indeed, publish mjy first story, but that's probably where I first read you, Joe Lansdale, Lew Shiner, LOTS of Pronzini, as well as Gary Brandner, Talmage Powell, Ed Breese, Frank Sisk, and countless short story writers 've enjoyed over the years. It was always my favorite mystery magazine because it really published what I wanted to read and write.<br /><br />RJRRJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534166025889599640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-66376537232667709182014-03-04T07:19:32.268-06:002014-03-04T07:19:32.268-06:00Thanks for this info, David. I knew Lynds had some...Thanks for this info, David. I knew Lynds had something to do with one or two of the full-length novels but wasn't certain of the details.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-50889741243885589222014-03-04T00:09:57.366-06:002014-03-04T00:09:57.366-06:00Dennis Lynds sold Michael Shayne Mystery Mag his f...Dennis Lynds sold Michael Shayne Mystery Mag his first Slot Machine Kelly story, then Leo Margolis invited him to try a Shayne novelelet, He wrote one at 40,000 words, when they were only supposed to be 20,000. In Dennis' defense, no one had given him a length. Margolis paid him anyway, and then David Dresser purchased the story, and turned it into the novel Too Friendly, Too Dead.<br /><br />David Laurence Wilsonboiledoverbooksnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07647659386648205923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-31726973525014352122014-03-03T21:15:13.759-06:002014-03-03T21:15:13.759-06:00Not that I know of, although I think one or two of...Not that I know of, although I think one or two of them by Dennis Lynds were expanded into full-length Shayne novels. Pretty sure Lynds did the expansions, too.James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-27265896854052921702014-03-03T20:31:24.851-06:002014-03-03T20:31:24.851-06:00Were any of the Shayne stories from the digest col...Were any of the Shayne stories from the digest collected in book form?Duane Spurlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06102074370101800708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-21095819230366469832014-03-03T17:47:41.344-06:002014-03-03T17:47:41.344-06:00That was where you made your first sale, wasn'...That was where you made your first sale, wasn't it, Bob?James Reasonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18049917964433932612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-47085437995966105512014-03-03T14:32:03.961-06:002014-03-03T14:32:03.961-06:00MSMM has a special place in my heart!
RJRMSMM has a special place in my heart!<br /><br />RJRRJRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17534166025889599640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-33852356663876635902014-03-03T11:56:38.810-06:002014-03-03T11:56:38.810-06:00Memories, memories. I bought number one and kept g...Memories, memories. I bought number one and kept going until the late sixties or so then picked up again when Bill Pronzini and you and some others started appearing. I had no idea who you were. I just knew you could WRITE.Ed Gormanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06126267358266480356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-32491512999164625172014-03-03T11:11:38.313-06:002014-03-03T11:11:38.313-06:00Just checked the FictionMags index and Merwin did ...Just checked the FictionMags index and Merwin did edit the first three issues of The Saint Detective Stories magazine in 1953.<br /><br />Richard MooreRichard Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770090814220403413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7527967.post-9137236185036678072014-03-03T11:01:56.471-06:002014-03-03T11:01:56.471-06:00Publisher Leo Margulies often hired Sam Merwin, Jr...Publisher Leo Margulies often hired Sam Merwin, Jr. for the first issues of a new magazine. Merwin edited the first few issues of Fantastic Universe in 1953 (and probably the first issues of The Saint Detective Stories in 1953 but I can't find my copies to check), and the first two issues of Satellite SF in 1956. <br /><br />Margulies gave Merwin what was probably his first editorial position in the Thrilling pulp group in the late 1930s.<br /><br />I'm a big fan of MSMM, which was pulp in everything but size.<br /><br />Richard MooreRichard Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770090814220403413noreply@blogger.com