Re: Comfort books

Randy Money wrote:

Recently I reread half the short stories in _Uncle Abner: Man of
Mystery_ (approx. title) by Melville Davison Post, a fairly obscure past
master, whose stories are filled with a sense of dour, righteous fate.
Their texture and steady pace still fascinate me and I'm always
surprised that they are not better known.

The name rang a bell, and with a bit of checking I discovered that I
have actually read at least one story by Post. "Naboth's Vineyard", an
Uncle Abner story, is in the (awesome) anthology _The Best American
Mystery Stories of the Century_, edited by Tony Hillerman[1].

Now, if I could just remember *which* story that is. It isn't the one
I was thinking of, which turns out to be by Jacques Futrelle...

David Tate

[1] Contents can be seen if you scroll down on this page:
http://users.ev1.net/~homeville/msf/t87.htm

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