Re: RARA-AVIS: Black Lizard Anthology

James & Livia Reasoner (liviajames@itexas.net)
Thu, 18 Sep 1997 21:53:02 -0500 ----------
Mari Hall wrote:

> Don't count on it. James Reasoner is still writing, but mostly work for
> hire in the Western historical vein with his wife under lots of names.
> His best story (I'll get the name for you) was in a vampire collection
> and was about the cow going to the butcher and then there was the one
> about the gay-troup of vets at the Alamo. I thought they were a hoot,
> but I have a weird sense of humour. His classic novel, long of out print
> and expensive as a gold when you can find it, is TEXAS WIND, which took
> place in Fort Worth where he turned a city map over and upside down and
> had everyone driving all over town looking for the sites in the book.
> He also edited the Mike Shayne magazine at one time. I have an interview
> if anyone is interested (wait until I learn how to scan in and link,
> etc) which is really very short (only a page). He also did a series
> featuring a Western Judge who was a former stage coach guard who became
> a lawyer then a judge. Only two in the series that were very good.

Mari, I'm afraid you've got me mixed up with Scott Cupp. I know he wrote
the Alamo story, and the other one sounds like it's probably his, too.
_Texas Wind_ is mine, of course, and all the scenes in the book (with one
exception) take place in real locations. I wrote Mike Shayne stories but
never had anything to do with the editing of the magazine. And there were
three books in the Judge Earl Stark series (_Stark's Justice_, _The
Hawthorne Legacy_, and _The Diablo Grant_).

I still write some books under pseudonyms but am publishing more under my
name these days. Berkley is publishing a World War I novel of mine next
year that I like a great deal. There are also a couple of new short story
collaborations with Livia (one mystery, one fantasy) coming out sometime,
but I don't have pub dates on them yet, as well as several reprints.

Best,
James Reasoner

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