Hello Mike,
It's more than a year since my last visit. You may remember me as the owner/proprietor of sextonblake.co.uk. Due to real life interfering, the site hasn't seen an update for an age... but there's a big relaunch scheduled for October, with a mass of new material.
Anyway, to business: I recently discovered that in 1957 an issue of the SBL was blocked from publication. The story was called SCANDAL STREET. Apparently HOMICIDE BLUES was rushed into print to take its place. This same crisis is thought to have resulted in a complete revision of PANIC IN THE NIGHT.
I just wondered whether you had any further information about this? I suspect it may have occurred before your involvement with SBL... but if any memories are jogged and you can cast a light on the matter, I'd be very grateful. In particular, I want to find out who the author was. I thought it might be Stephen 'Hank Janson' Frances... but it might be before his time too, as his first published SBL was in 1961.
Cheers
Mark
It's more than a year since my last visit. You may remember me as the owner/proprietor of sextonblake.co.uk. Due to real life interfering, the site hasn't seen an update for an age... but there's a big relaunch scheduled for October, with a mass of new material.
Anyway, to business: I recently discovered that in 1957 an issue of the SBL was blocked from publication. The story was called SCANDAL STREET. Apparently HOMICIDE BLUES was rushed into print to take its place. This same crisis is thought to have resulted in a complete revision of PANIC IN THE NIGHT.
I just wondered whether you had any further information about this? I suspect it may have occurred before your involvement with SBL... but if any memories are jogged and you can cast a light on the matter, I'd be very grateful. In particular, I want to find out who the author was. I thought it might be Stephen 'Hank Janson' Frances... but it might be before his time too, as his first published SBL was in 1961.
Cheers
Mark
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