Speaking of the most knowledgaeble guys in mysterdom, Jiro Kimura is certainly at the top. My blushes, Watson (I would have said, "Spade," but I don't recall blushes in connection with him), Jiro is quite correct about the date of Michael Collins's first book. I know of only one short story collection by Day Keene. This Is Murder, Mr. Herbert, and Other Stories. New York: Avon paperback #159, 1948. I agree that he was an inconsistent writer, but at his best he was quite good. Incidentally, Talmage Powell told me that there was a large group of pulp and paperback original writers living on or near Pass-a-Grille island, Florida, off St. Petersburg, during the 1950's. The group included Powell, Frederick C. Davis, John D. MacDonald, and Day Keene. (MacDonald later moved to the Sarasota area, and Powell is, I think, in the Carolinas.) I was interested to hear this because I grew up on Pass-a-Grille, and recall a girl telling me 35 or 40 years ago that her stepfather wrote mysteries. I'm now sure the writer was Fred Davis. Doug - # RARA-AVIS: To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" # to majordomo@icomm.ca