tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post6358983795372227923..comments2024-03-28T15:01:21.285-04:00Comments on SleuthSayers: Incident on the CTALeigh Lundinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-53280544281500040702015-04-15T21:34:21.175-04:002015-04-15T21:34:21.175-04:00Was just reading about the 1976 disaster movie spo...Was just reading about the 1976 disaster movie spoof "The Big Bus," so my thoughts on this are a little weird!Jeff Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00316081079528920123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-41110274753442928312015-04-15T18:13:31.725-04:002015-04-15T18:13:31.725-04:00I love "The Lady on 142", and "The ...I love "The Lady on 142", and "The Catbird Seat", and, of course, "The Macbeth Murder Mystery." Thurber was one of the best short story writers ever.Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-23886036284096032162015-04-15T13:14:28.119-04:002015-04-15T13:14:28.119-04:00I used to live in the Virginia suburbs of Washingt...I used to live in the Virginia suburbs of Washington D.C. One day my daughter, who was about 7, and I got on a Metro train downtown, a guy was on the train who had been stabbed & was bleeding. A Metro policeman asked what happened, where was the perp, etc. The man cussed him & ran from the train just as the doors were about to close, dripping blood as he ran. I checked the newspapers but never found out what happened.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00239163766419735693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-84488698033456260932015-04-15T10:44:16.651-04:002015-04-15T10:44:16.651-04:00Uh, for "in which you can find in the book I ...Uh, for "in which you can find in the book I edited" Leave out the first "in." <br />Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-3624227182504233762015-04-15T10:43:11.777-04:002015-04-15T10:43:11.777-04:00Thanks for the comments, all. I should have menti...Thanks for the comments, all. I should have mentioned James Thurber's "The Lady on 142" in which you can find in the book I edited, THURBER ON CRIME. In it, the narrator and his wife overhear a train stationmaster say, on the phone, "Conductor Reagan on 142 has the lady the office was asking about." The narrator spins out a long dark spy story out of this mysterious announcement. Hilarious.<br />Robert Loprestihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08844889305615182897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-35220399630552754122015-04-15T09:33:51.778-04:002015-04-15T09:33:51.778-04:00That guy reminds me of my character, Seamus Tyrrel...That guy reminds me of my character, Seamus Tyrrell. Fun piece, Rob.David Deanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13005457506363262838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-40076912341053101822015-04-15T08:59:33.770-04:002015-04-15T08:59:33.770-04:00Actually, that's what I do, Rob - I write book...Actually, that's what I do, Rob - I write books from the criminal's point of view. My Goddaughter series is about a reluctant mob goddaughter who masterminds heists. (She wants to leave the family, but keeps getting hauled back in to bail everyone out.)<br /><br />It's not a series I could have written as a novice writer. To create sympathy in the reader for characters who are obviously outside the law is tricky. My books are high comedy, so not darkly realistic.Melodie Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07870938103759179132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-1706302257879231652015-04-15T08:49:03.410-04:002015-04-15T08:49:03.410-04:00I think we've all walked into a story of some ...I think we've all walked into a story of some kind - I know the story in the little Italian restaurant in the Appalachian mountains was straight out of "Prizzi's Honor", where my father complained, loudly, about the food, and the manager came out (tall, thin, Italian), looked at him and said, "I don't have time for this shit. Get out of my restaurant." And we went. Eve Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03015761600962360110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-7241750201991221232015-04-15T05:48:49.457-04:002015-04-15T05:48:49.457-04:00Not only did you step into a novel, Rob, but you s...Not only did you step into a novel, Rob, but you stepped into several great openings for novels.<br /><br />And Leigh, I'd love to hear your escapades with telemarketers. I have a few of my own...Paul D. Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15466234708772287399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119105822589181967.post-4791767439178205512015-04-15T01:18:37.648-04:002015-04-15T01:18:37.648-04:00Rob, I'm not to embarrassed to say I've do...Rob, I'm not to embarrassed to say I've done the same thing in days gone by… elevators, restaurants, subway. I've long thought of writing my escapades with telemarketers.Leigh Lundinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07921276795499571578noreply@blogger.com