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Another champion handicap horse, equally determined but far less free with his chompers, was Devil His Due was a racer of the 1990s who looked as if he could have played the title role in Walter Farley’s Black Stallion series. Unusual for a champion stallion, he was not retired early but ran into his sixth year. Also unusual, he was sound enough to never have run on Lasix. I was even lucky Our black stallion was also famous for a little escapade with the IRS, a version of which makes it into
Sources for information and Images on each of the thoroughbreds. If you believe the posting of an image here violates your copyright, please contact me and I will remove it. No violation of copyright intended. Amberoid photo: Turf and Sport Digest Cover, September 1966 Equipoise Kelso Devil His Due |
Category Archives: Jessica Minton
Last Glimpses of Autumn
Here we are with only two days left to November, closing out autumn.
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The Dark Side of the Screen, the Dark Pages of my Novels
Growing up watching films from the ’30s, 40’s, and 50s, often in the dark hours of
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Casting Characters, Part 3: Always Play the Dark Horse
Part Three: Always Play the Dark Horse
Now we come to Always Play the Dark Horse, with a cast of characters
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Casting Characters, Part Two: Letter from a Dead Man
Casting Characters, Part 2: Letter from a Dead ManLetter from a Dead Man gave me some nifty casting possibilities as well.
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Casting Characters, Part One: Bait and Switch
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Mystery Making and a Book Fair with Sisters in Crime- NE

“My Smart-Talking Gal Mystery Heroine: A Joan Bennett Birthday Tribute”
“My Smart-Talking Gal Mystery Heroine: A Joan Bennett Birthday Tribute”It’s only natural to honor Joan Bennett on her birthday by explaining her powerful influence on my writing. A lot of this influence goes back to my earlier years watching old movies. As a kid, I started out hooked on Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, and the rest of the stable of Universal and RKO horror films – God Bless Val Lewton! The mystery and otherworldliness of black and white film, the smart dialogue, the clever twists of plot that other forties and thirties film genres shared with horror lured me into a liminal world like a perpetual deep summer night. I was further captured by classic films’ biting wit, challenging plots, and independent women – especially in what I came to know as film noir. And who showed herself the queen of this world? Above them all, Joan Bennett.I must admit that I first came really to know Joan when she
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Promoting Books, Meeting People, Having Fun
Once school was out- permanently for me now! – I had more time for readings/talks/signings. One of my first events was the Local Author
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