Patricia Abbott (pattinase): Short Story Wednesday

Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Short Story Wednesday

Kevin Tipple

George Kelley

Todd Mason

6 comments:

Jeff Meyerson said...: Current reading: John Lutz, UNTIL YOU ARE DEAD and Robert Aickman, COMPULSORY GAMES. For the latter, see George's review from Monday. The Lutz is mostly short crime/suspense stories, all (so far at least) non series. There is a big difference in tone between the two of them. I've been reading a couple of the short Lutz stories and one of the longer Aickmans each day.; 9:45 AM
Todd Mason said...: Yes, Lutz and Aickman are not writers anyone is going to confuse with each other! Even the wit of each writer is presented rather differently.

I might have one even later than usual, but I might also wait till next week...feeling under the ever-changing weather (and still need to drag myself out to get some soft cat food, as Ninja will mope if she has to eat only kibble). Assuming I can find some she likes. (A Lot of bare shelves in the cat food aisles of our various markets hese months.); 5:22 PM
Todd Mason said...: OK, I changed my mind.

https://socialistjazz.blogspot.com/2019/10/ffb-best-detective-stories-of-year-17th.html

Thanks!; 6:01 PM
pattinase (abbott) said...: A lot of bare shelves in the people's aisles at my local market. What is going on? Truckers?; 8:53 AM
Todd Mason said...: Supposedly "supply chain issues" throughout the international manufacturing and distribution systems...the Great Resignation ("Hey, you're SUPPOSED to work for terrible wages and massive infection risk while I buy my third yacht, as a practice yacht for my kids!") and other interruptions of, say, imported food stuffs and packaging materials (or, with cars for example or other items, the materials for chips/chips as finished products and other electronic and mechanical products). Kind of like how we in the US, who basically take No Russian oil, are paying through the nose for gasoline Because of the Very Visible Hand of the Marketplace ("I gotta buy two more yachts, one for each of my former wives and our kids, don't i?").; 4:47 PM
Todd Mason said...: The most amusing thing in this last wise I've come across recently was that a few days after the Russian murder-stumble into Ukraine, that Russia was being struck against economically meant that its place as a world provider of nickel, particularly, among some other minerals meant that the then-current market value of the nickel and copper in a US nickel coin was worth about 9c.

"Where have all the nickels gone?
Short time passing
Where have all the nickels gone?
So suddenly gone?
Where have all the nickels gone?
Gone to smelters every other one?
When will you learn I need to make down-payments on more yachts?
As we need to keep Joe Manchin's coal stocks high, and thus the ocean waters as well?
When will you ever quit indulging those of us who are so good at indulging ourselves?"; 4:54 PM