The Walking Sticks

Nicholas Gevers · 20 May 2001, 08:19 · from urth-v0030.mbox · original

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Subject: (urth) The Walking Sticks
Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 09:19:27 +0100 (BST)
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I asked Pete Crowther if he could provide some
information on Wolfe's recent story "The Walking
Sticks", to be found in the (rather expensive)
anthology TAPS AND SIGHS. His response:

"I don't know that there's much info I can provide
about 'The Walking Sticks' save that it's around 6,000
words (as I recall) and is a somewhat dark
first-person murder mystery with undertones of Poe and
Bloch, with maybe an undertone or two reminiscent of
King's short work. I hope that sounds sufficiently
intriguing to persuade people to rush out and buy the
book."

Anyone tempted?

--Nick Gevers.

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