Tag Archives: crime fiction

Short Sunday Morning Post

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Cora

Some kind of pollen seems to be flying around that does not agree with my hayfever at all, besides half the Internet seems to be in San Diego for Comic Con this weekend, so here’s just a short post for … Continue reading →

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Women Writers, Women Characters and International Wom

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Cora

March 8 is international women’s day and also the birthday of a very dear friend of mine (scroll down past the flowers). Tonight I attended the book launch for Triangel by Elke Marion Weiß. I know Elke from her time … Continue reading →

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Book pimpage, a bold student and Cora is out of touch with romance reader tastes

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Cora

First of all, happy book release day to Elke Marion Weiß whose debut crime novel Triangel is published today. Elke was one of my teachers at university. In other news, today I had an eighth-grader ask me whether I had … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Squeakers – and Edgar Wallace goes arte

Posted on September 26, 2011 by Cora

I once wrote a whole article about my love for the German Edgar Wallace film adaptions of the 1960s. It will eventually be collected along with my other essays on vintage pop culture in a volume from Pegasus Pulp, but … Continue reading →

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