It’s a wonder that “Sopranos” creator David Chase, who redefined the TV drama paradigm and its archetypal antihero figure, didn’t direct a feature film sooner.
He ended up with a nice pair of Eccos, even though he didn’t expect the $175 price tag.Īnd in 1988, we had a DAPA-EM party when Bill and Judy were in town and I got to take him to Brooklyn Heights to see the MOONSTRUCK house, and then to our old neighborhood of Carroll Gardens to see Cammereri’s Bakery, where his idol Nicolas Cage had “worked” in the movie.īut mostly, it was just the pleasure of seeing Bill at conventions and knowing you’d have a great time talking and eating and hanging out.‘You Hurt My Feelings’ Trailer: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Has a Breakdown Over a White Lie
Martin’s Press and see his editor, the legendary Ruth Cavin.Īnother was in Indianapolis for the Bouchercon, where one of Bill’s shoes self-destructed, and a group of the women took him shoe shopping. As I mentioned elsewhere, a great day was when Bill and Judy came to New York for the Edgars (as it turned out, this was just before she got sick) and we met them on 42nd Street at their hotel and walked in stages down to the World Trade Center site, with a stop off at the Flatiron Building on 23rd Street, where Judy and Jackie prevailed on Bill to go up to St. GOODNIGHT MOOM was the best cover, but I also liked the “Kids in Kages” cover for KEEPERS OF THE BEAST.įor those of us who have known Bill as long as we have – 40 years! – there are so many memories. Post navigation ← PUSHCART PRIZE XLI BEST OF THE SMALL PRESSES 2017 STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI → This entry was posted in Uncategorized on Decemby george. What’s your favorite memory of Bill Crider? I hope Bill enjoys all of today’s tributes to his talent, wit, and graciousness. I was hoping Goodnight Moom might be included in Paperbacks From Hell, but maybe some of the excellent covers in Bill’s “Jack MacLane” series will show up in a future edition.Īs you know, Bill Crider has entered hospice care. In Goodnight Moom, a boy named Harry talks to Moom and gets some deadly instructions. Bill Crider wrote a lot of books in various genres–mysteries, fantasies, westerns–but Bill’s horror novels like Keepers of the Beast (Zebra, 1988), Blood Dreams (Zebra, 1989), Rest in Peace (Zebra, 1990), and Just before Dark (Zebra, 1990) show off another side of his personality. Back in 1989, the late lamented Zebra Books published Goodnight Moom, a “Jack MacLane” classic.
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