"The Neccessity of His Condition" was a great story. Davidson
wrote so many fine stories. There was one collection of his
mystery stories published after his death. Few are noir but I
am a sucker for anything by him. There was also a
hard-to-find collection of his true crime pieces published by
Regency Books in the early 1960s that I have around here
somewhere. As with the "Necessity" short story, Davidson did
a great deal of research for the articles even though the
magazine word rate was low. I especially recall the article
on Devil's Island, one of the great noir locations in the
world and in literature.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "jacquesdebierue"
<jacquesdebierue@...> wrote:
>
> --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "foxbrick" <foxbrick@>
wrote:
> >
> > --- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "jacquesdebierue"
> > <jacquesdebierue@> wrote:
> > Speaking of which, have there been
any
> > > historical mysteries dealing with the days
of slavery in the
US? I
> > bet
> > > you could write a pretty noirish novel in
that setting.
> >
> > Avram Davidson's Queen Award (EQMM's inhouse
award)-winning short
> > story, "The Necessity of His Condition," comes
immediately to
mind.
> >
> > Twain's PUDD'NHEAD WILSON could also
qualify.
> >
>
> Todd, thanks for the Davidson reference. I haven't
read that story.
>
> Best,
>
> mrt
>
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