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    THE SHAKY UNDERTAKER: A Spilled Mickey Caper
    THE SHAKY UNDERTAKER: A Spilled Mickey Caper
    THE SHAKY UNDERTAKER: A Spilled Mickey Caper
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    THE SHAKY UNDERTAKER: A Spilled Mickey Caper

    By Ed Cox

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    Hard-drinking, hard-hitting public eye Spilled Mickey gets drawn into a new case when an anonymous letter asks him to investigate what happens to the blood undertakers take from dead bodies. This rather silly parody of Mickey Spillane mysteries was first published in a fan magazine in 1954.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWildside Press
    Release dateJul 31, 2022
    ISBN9781479478835
    THE SHAKY UNDERTAKER: A Spilled Mickey Caper

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      THE SHAKY UNDERTAKER - Ed Cox

      COPYRIGHT INFORMATION

      Copyright © 2022 by Wildside Press LLC.

      Originally published in Chigger Patch of Fandom (1954).

      Published by Wildside Press LLC.

      wildsidepress.com | bcmystery.com

      INTRODUCTION

      Science fiction fandom, starting in the 1930s, began to organize into groups that communicated through fan-produced magazine—fanzines—which developed their own culture and language. Some were slickly produced; most, though, were mimeographed labors of love. Chigger Patch of Fandom—where this story first appeared—was from the latter category and contained commentary on science fiction, fan conventions, genre humor, letters, reviews...all the sort of things you’d expect from young science fiction fans. Some of the content was serious. Some was humorous.

      We have been going through old fanzines looking for interesting lost material, such as this parody of Mickey Spillane’s work. There is a lot of interesting lost material there, including contributions from all manner of fans and even some professional writers. And fans who went on to become famous

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