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Blog of the Grateful Bear

ramblings of a freelance panentheist { "all things are in God, and God is in all things" } . . . musings on Emergent spirituality, contemplative prayer, mysticism, lost gospels, cats, music, healing, and more. I like my coffee and my existentialism dark-roasted. Drop me a line at gratefulbear @ comcast.net

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Name: Darrell Grizzle, Grateful Bear
Location: Marietta, Georgia, United States

I'm an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), in private practice in Marietta & Canton, Georgia. I'm an Emergent Episcopalian (Anglimergent) who has been ordained as a minister and spiritual caregiver by an interfaith healing ministry. My writings on spirituality have been published in Whosoever and several other magazines. I live in Marietta with my mystical cat Kato and way too many books.


Thursday, July 14, 2005

Pulp Fiction Fun


I just finished reading Branded Woman by Wade Miller, recently released from Hard Case Crime. This reprint of a 1952 crime noir novel, from the writing team of Robert Wade and William Miller, is good clean fun. Well, maybe not "clean," but definitely fun. It's a story of intrigue and betrayal in a world of amoral gold smugglers, with plenty of plot twists and surprises. The lead character, a beautiful young femme fatale (pictured on the gloriously lurid cover), is surprisingly complex for a "pulp" novel. If this story were made into a movie (as the authors' "Touch of Evil" was), it should be in black and white, with someone like a young Barbara Stanwyck playing the lead. This is yet another fun novel, rediscovered and reprinted after 50+ years, from the great folks at Hard Case Crime.

Darrell
www.WildFaith.com

1 Comments:

Blogger AP3 said...

Yeah, those books are a trip, aren't they? Fun summer reads...

10:09 AM, July 15, 2005  

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