MY LIMITED BOOKMARKS #4
Here is a list of my limited bookmarks--some are mystery-related, some are not. Since you can construct a psychological profile on anybody by looking at his/her book case, record rack or browser bookmarks, I don't dare to show you all my bookmarks. Now that I write a monthly column on the mystery scene in cyberspace for Hayakawa's Mystery Magazine, a Japanese magazine with stories, reviews, columns, photos and other interesting things, I frequently visit these following sites.
MYSTERY FICTION
- The Case----Thanks for a link to The Gumshoe Site
The Fun and Challenging Mystery Website, with a mini-mystery every week.
- The Dinosaur Club
America's first novel about downsizing by William Heffernan.
- James Ellroy's "Since I Don't Have You"
One of the Mad Dog's short stories originally printed in A Matter of Crime #4 in 1988, and reprinted in his story collection, HOLLYWOOD NOCTURNS (Penzler, 1994).
- The Light Files
An on-line murder mystery, where you can get a 5G reward if you solve the mystery all right. If you luckily get the moola, treat me to a cold beer.
- The Strange Case of the Lost Elvis Diaries
A serialized mystery parody about a reporter's search for Elvis' legendary lost diaries. The author Barry Willis says "it's sort of a cross between THE MALTESE FALCON and VIVA LAS VEGAS."
- The Scrolling Mystery Theater
This site takes advantage of NetscapeNavigator2.0 and tells a mystery story with images.
- Nitrogen Mustard in a Minor Key
A new detective novel by a high-schooler in Washinton State, whose Net handle is "ichigo." He posts a new chapter every month
- The Eagle and the Condor
You can read first several chapters of E. C. Randolf's new novel, THE EAGLE AND THE CONDOR (Raptor Press, October 1996), "an espionage mystery that involves a high level conspiracy between Japan and America."
- Blue Murder
The cutting edge of crime fiction...fresh pulp on the web, whatever it means.
- The Sheila Casey Mysteries
You can read at least 12 novellas by Jean L. Hohnstein.
- Mysteries.com
A&E Television Networks has launched this site, "the definitive online destination for desktop detectives." This site showcases a daily solve-it-yourself mystery.
- Mystery On-Line
Now you can submit a chapter of an on-going mystery story each month.
- Cybermystery
Mark E. Hertz uploads one chapter each week of the first cybermystery, THE SYLVESTER AFFAIR.
- The Barbary Coast Mysteries
Mystery fiction by Charles King
- The Official Clue Web Site
This site holds a murder mystery contest with many prizes.
- The Crowning Circle
Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 9 of THE CROWNING CIRCLE, an unpublished novel, by J. R. Lankford
- Plots With Guns
An Internet crime writing journal with fiction
- The Harry Slothe Home Page
This site features the cartoon adventures of Harry Slothe, world famous private investigator.
- Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine
There are four issues of Charlie Chan Mystery Magazine published by Renown Publications between November 1973 and August 1974. You can download in zip form four Charlie Chan novellas written NOT by Earle Derr Biggers but by "Robert Hart Davis" (house-name). I think Bill Pronzini wrote one of them. The titles of the four novellas are "Walk Softy, Strangler," "The Silent Corpse," "The Temple of the golden Hoard," and "The Pawns of Death."
- The Shadow Magazine
The Shadow Magazine was published from 1931 to 1949 in pulp format and later in digest format. You can download in zip form a lot of Shadow novellas written by Maxwell Grant (aka. Walter Gibson).
- Orchard Press Mysteries
Mystery and crime stories. It is now sponsoring a short story contest.
- HandHeldCrime ---- Thanks for a link to TGS
A magazine of short crime fiction for handheld computer users, with fiction, book reviews among others
- Haley Productions
Interactive murder mysteries and do-it-yourself mystery games.
- Homicide: The Game
It provides interactive murder mysteries.
- Conundrum
An online mystery, fantasy, and sci-fi magazine
BACK TO TOP
GENERAL
- NSKnet
[in Japanese--please select Japanese (Auto-Detect) from your Netscape Navigator's Options/Document Encoding menu]
My fairly reliable Internet service privider. You can find my monthly ranking among my fellow users of NSKnet.
- Premiere Magazine
- The Internet Movie Database
- USA Today
- TIME magazine
- ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
- The Film 100
This site ranks the one hundred most influential people in the history of film.
- PLAYBOY
Sorry, I'm not allowed to make a link to this site, since the Japanese obscene law is as unclear as the new Communications Bill in USA, but its URL is: [http://www.playboy.com/], in case you don't know yet. I think you may get disappointed -- because you cannot read any stories by Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake, Ray Bradbury, Henry Slesar or other "Playboy" writers on this site.
- The White House
Probably it is the only way to break into the White House and speak up -- legally. Beware of the First Dog!
BACK TO TOP
SEARCH ENGINES
BACK TO TOP
When you make a link from your web site to The Gumshoe Site, please let me know by e-mailing me at jkimura@nsknet.or.jp. I am so busy updating my own web site, I have little time left to visit other sites. Thank you in advance.
BACK TO HOMEPAGE