Studies in Starrett

Studies in Starrett

An exploration of the works of Charles Vincent Emerson Starrett

(October 26, 1886 – January 5, 1974)

Curated by Ray Betzner
Original content owned and copyrighted by Ray Betzner

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Vincent Starrett on the Run

October 29, 2023 by Ray Betzner

A psychological chase that ends in death.

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October 29, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, The Fugitive, The Golden Book, Tip Top Tales, Escape, William Conrad, Arkham House, August Derleth, Duplessis, Lemieux, Poe, John Alan Maxwell, Saint-Just, Tip Top Stories, Coffins for Two, The Quick and the Dead, The Creative Writer, University of Minnesota

Sherlock Holmes, Solar Pons, & the Coronation of King Charles III

April 24, 2023 by Ray Betzner

Calling Sherlock Holmes: Britain Needs Help Unearthing the Scone Stone

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April 24, 2023 /Ray Betzner
Sherlock Holmes, Solar Pons, August Derleth, Stone of Scone, Stone of Destiny, King Charles III, Coronation Chair, Scotland Yard, Inspector Lestrade, Westminster Abbey, Cononation Chair, Scone Palace, Bancroft Pons, Dr. Parker, No. 7 Praed Street

The Devon County Chronicle: Vincent Starrett Edition

January 09, 2020 by Ray Betzner

A fanzine’s affectionate festschrift

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January 09, 2020 /Ray Betzner
Vincent Starrett, Robert Hahn, Robert Walter Hahn, Julie McKuras, The Devon County Chronicle, John Bennett Shaw, Ben Abramson, Argus Book Shop, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Baker Street Irregulars, Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), William S. Baring-Gould, James keddie Jr., Rex Stout, August Derleth, Julian Wolff, Charles Honce, Belden Wigglesworth, Hugo's Companions
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'Something remains of London in 1895'

October 19, 2019 by Ray Betzner

‘221B’ Part 9

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October 19, 2019 /Ray Betzner
"221B", Hounds of the Baskerville (sic), Vincent Starrett, Baker Street Journal, Julian Wolff, John Bennett Shaw, Michael Murphy, John Ruyle, August Derleth, The Soft-nosed Bullet-in, Baker Street Babes, Susan Rice, The Somnambulist and the Detective
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Starrett and Lovecraft: Lovers of the Macabre

October 30, 2015 by Ray Betzner

It’s Halloween, the right time to talk about Vincent Starrett and the man behind the Cthulhu mythos: Howard Phillips Lovecraft.

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October 30, 2015 /Ray Betzner
H.P. Lovecraft, Vincent Starrett, Cordelia's Song, August Derleth, Crypt of Cthulhu, Samuel Loveman, Lin Carter, Books and Bipeds
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A Bookman and his Dealer

March 14, 2015 by Ray Betzner

Ben Abramson was a book seller, a publisher and a dreamer.

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March 14, 2015 /Ray Betzner
Ben Abramson, Edgar W. Smith, Reading and Collecting magazine, The Baker Street Journal, Steven Rothman, Books and Bipeds, Autolycus in Limbo, The Painful Predicament of Sherlock Holmes, William Gillette, Christopher Morley, Argus Books, August Derleth, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, P.M. Stone, James Keddie, Snow for Christmas
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