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I returned to the Microfilm reading room tonight to see what they'd put on reserve for me. True to form I located the stories from the "Detective Fiction Weekly". However, the trials of getting decent copies off said microfilm machines was a headache. First I had to have the different lens so it would make the pages small enough so I could two pages at a time. Then the pages all went shadowy and blurry at the edges so I could barely *read* the darn things.

( My boring research )

This research did give me a rather odd Hilary & Jeff story idea for "Remember WENN". I might write a short scene of it just to see where it develops.

My local needlework store, Needlewoman East, was having their Christmas in July sale these last few days with everything in the store 25%, so I was able to gather up most of the supplies for my next project. I still have to find the fabric and beads, but I'm a little bit closer. The shop is more oriented towards needlepoint, but it's friendly. It's also down the block from a wonderful used book shop.

I can safely say that the Library of Congress's new "Ask a Librarian" feature works. I had actually made a second pulp fiction collection request, but it had come back as not being on the shelf. I thought maybe it hadn't been microfilmed yet. So I emailed the LC "Ask a Librarian" with my question. They found the reels and they're now on reserve for me for 7 days. So back to the Rabbit hole... er, the Jefferson building... it was pretty bad when one of the library staff, when asked about finding your way in that building, suggested reading "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" first.

Current Mood: hopeful

Many years ago, in a now forgotten discount bookstore called Crown Books, I found a short story collection in the remainder section. Edited by Bernard Drew, Hard Boiled Dames reprinted a dozen stories from the classic pulp period of the 1930s and 1940s featuring female characters either as detectives, adventuresses, secretaries and gun molls. The reprints included the illustrations and ads, exactly as they would have appeared in the issue.

I was interested enough to do some further research. As it happens, the Library of Congress happens to have a rather large pulp fiction collection, which was recently microfilmed. If you have a LC reader identification card, the microfilm number and some patience, you might be able to find what you need.

I decided to test that theory this evening after work, focusing on one particular title with a fairly short run.

( So what did I find? )

Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: "Sounds of Silence" (my email is not working)

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Hilary Booth... of course!

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