Monday, February 16, 2009

Stodghill


World War II
Originally uploaded by Paperback_Writer
Dick Stodghill is a terrific mystery writer. His stories about depression-era Akron appear not often enough in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine. I just read his blog entry about returning from World War II. It is sad, hilarious, and instructive.

He uttered the stock answer given by all government clerks: "That's your problem."
Treat yourself.