Author: Elgin Tolliver

The Curious Case of the Narrator in John D. MacDonald’s ON THE MAKE

October 18, 2023• Book Reviews, Essays

River of Sticks ...

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The Vautrin Winter 2021 Dossier: Available Now, Order it Here, Trip on Contemporary Noir

November 15, 2021• Editor's Picks

Guy walks up to you in the potato chip aisle. Looks like he’s had a rough week. He starts in that he was throwing bread to the ducks...

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Vautrin Winter 2021: Pre-Order Info, the Lowdown on Scenarios, Table of Contents and More

November 11, 2021• Editor's Picks

Kat Sloane could do with a shot of cash. She’s in debt to a nasty shark named Milky Kong, but her posh friends have a rule about...

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A Semi-Chronicle of Phenomena and Hearsay Surrounding the Winter 2021 Issue of Vautrin

November 6, 2021• Editor's Picks

Guy walks up to you in the potato chip aisle.  Looks like he’s had a rough week.  He starts in that he was throwing bread to the ducks...

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Lucullus, the Bankers, and What to do with Time Itself

December 24, 2020• Editor's Picks, Essays

By Elgin Tolliver / That the study of ancient Greece and Rome is among my obsessions prompted a friend of mine to question the relevance of...

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Memoirs of a Midwesterner

December 13, 2020• Editor's Picks, Poetry

By Elgin Tolliver / I came to in a strange hotel, fresh off a tryst with Madame de Pompadour. King Louis didn’t like it, but the gods...

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Notes on Nick Kolakowski’s Jake Halligan Novels

November 13, 2020• Book Reviews, Editor's Picks

By Elgin Tolliver / Who doesn’t want a sister like Jack Halligan’s sister Frankie in Nick Kolakowski’s novels about...

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Splashing the Pot: First-Person Narrators, Charisma & Why My Stash Might Not Be Your Stash

September 6, 2020• Book Reviews, Essays, Trending

By Elgin Tolliver / I don’t need to check with Nate Silver before I make the following prediction: forty-nine percent of Americans...

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