By graveljoe on Wednesday, September 25, 2002 - 10:14 am:
Harry Arno was in Riding the Rap as well.

By Gregg Sutter (Admin) on Thursday, September 26, 2002 - 09:44 pm:
Which books have what organized crime groups represented?

By peedee on Monday, October 07, 2002 - 12:12 am:
Hi! Cute little link (maybe every Stick-freak knows that already): I always wondered, why Ernest Stickley Jr. founds “Norman Enterprises” to do his Chucky-trickster-coup in “Stick”. Then I re-read “Swag”: Stick is born in Norman.

By Joel on Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 07:59 am:
Here is an early “touchstone”: In the short story
THE LONGEST DAY OF HIS LIFE (Western Novel and Short Stories Oct. 1956) the lead character,
Steve Brady, worked for Joe Rindo, owner of Rindo’s station which became the setting for the short story TROUBLE A

By Robb on Saturday, October 26, 2002 - 10:59 am:
“Riding The Rap”

Louis Lewis was lining up some transportation for Harry Arno to his offshore bank. An old friend, Cedric Walker, has a boat.

“Mr. Cedric Walker was in the gun business. Got out right before the man he was dealing with went down.”

That man was Ordell Robbie from “The Switch” and “Rum Punch”

By Robb on Tuesday, November 05, 2002 - 06:11 pm:
These Touchstones come from the new collection, When the Women Come Out To Dance. Many of these come from the group discussion. I am sure there are a lot more.

This is a great collection. You will want more. “Sparks” and “Buena Vista” are priceless. We have to have more of these characters. I just heard today that ABC has a pilot in the works for Karen Sisco of Out of Sight and “Karen Makes Out” from the new collection.

“Chicksaw Charlie Hoak” is a prequel to Tishomingo Blues.

“Fire in the Hole” continues the deeds of Raylan Givens from Riding the Rap and Pronto. Another Crowe shows up. The Crowes have relatives in Gold Coast, Maximum Bob, Pronto, and Riding the Rap.

“Karen Makes Out” is a prequel of sorts to Out of Sight. It was announced today that there is an ABC pilot in the works.

“Hurrah for Capt. Early” is a prequel for Gunsights. It happens after Cuba Libre.

“The Tonto Woman” is a prequel of sorts for Gunsights, also. Ruben Vega is in both. Diego Luz from Valdez is Coming is in it also.

“Tenkiller”—main character is Ben Webster. His great-grandfather was Virgil Webster from Cuba Libre

By LACrimAtty on Thursday, November 14, 2002 - 01:19 pm:
In CITY PRIMEVAL, Clement Mansell—the Oklahoma Wildman and former member of the Wrecking Crew—sends Sandy Stanton in to Red Bowers Chevrolet with $700 to buy a used car. As fans of SWAG will recall, Red Bowers Chevrolet was where Stick and Frank Ryan first met, as car thief and salesman, an unlikely beginning to a relationship which led to 30-some armed robberies and ended with Frank dying in the joint from too much Pruno.

By Robb on Monday, November 18, 2002 - 09:55 am:
The bar, Galligan’s in Detroit, was in Freaky Deaky and in Out of Sight. I am sure it is in other books.

Well, it is in Split Images.

By Robb on Sunday, November 24, 2002 - 11:52 am:
Split Images

..., Walter following the sounds in darkness…

...went in past a sign that said Pagan Babies.

Pagan what?

“Three bucks, for the band.”

Of course, this band will the name of a book 19 years later.

By Jira on Monday, November 25, 2002 - 07:09 pm:
Here’s one that made me laugh out loud.

In “Bandits”, Jack and Roy are reminiscing about how they met in prison. (I’m listening to the great Frank Muller on tape, so I’ll have to paraphrase.)

Roy: “You were watching ‘Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous’ when Litlle One came in and changed it to Bugs Bunny, or some other shit.”

Jack: “No, I’ll tell you what it was. I was watching a movie. I still remember it. “The Big Bounce”. Horrible movie, but it had Lee Grant. I Loved Lee Grant. She had a perfect nose.”

I had it rewind it and listen again.

By Robb on Tuesday, November 26, 2002 - 05:13 pm:
Jira, great touchstone!!!

The Hunted

David E. Davis, the marine, was born in Harlan County, Kentucky. Raylan Givens from Pronto, Riding the Rap, and Fire in the Hole is from Harlan, Kentucky.

By Robb on Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 10:15 pm:
The Big Bounce—the movie is being remade this year.

This touchstone is kind of like the Jira post.

Jack Ryan is walking by Mr. Majestyk’s house and notices him watching a Western movie.

He had seen the picture before. He remembered it now, a good one. Richard Boone was the bad guy. He an a couple of others hold up the stage and take Randolph (Scott) and the woman . . .

Touchstone—the movie is The Tall T. It is based on the Elmore Leonard short story, “The Captives.”

By Robb on Saturday, December 07, 2002 - 10:37 pm:
Leon Woody is in “Swag” and “The Big Bounce”. Jack Ryan is mentioned in “Swag”. Jira posted that earlier.

I didn’t realize there is another connection.

Billy Ruiz worked with Jack Ryan in “The Big Bounce”. I forgot he was in it. They picked cucumbers and stole some wallets. Billy is also in “Swag”.

This was Jira’s post.

In “The Big Bounce”, Jack Ryan tells Nancy about the days when he and his buddy, Leon Woody, would do a little B&E. In “Swag”, Leon Woody is Sportree’s partner in the Hudson Department store job. (He’s the guy who shoots Billy Ruiz in the stairwell.) When Leon first meets Frank Ryan in “Swag”, he mentions that he used to have a carpet cleaning business with a Jack Ryan.

By Robb on Friday, December 13, 2002 - 08:22 am:
Tishomingo Blues

Robert Taylor is talking about his crew he has assembled.

Cedric I found in my travels to Virginia. Knows the business, did his apprentice work under a man sold weed out of a church in Cincinnati called Temple of the Cool and Beautiful J.C. A skinhead Nazi come along and blew it up with a rocket gun.

That incident with the church is from Fire In The Hole. It is in the new collection, When The Women Come Out To Dance.

By Robb on Tuesday, December 17, 2002 - 08:38 am:
Last Stand at Saber River

Paul Cable fought for the south. In fact, he fought for Nathan Bedford Forrest at Bryce’s Crossroads.

Tishomingo Blues’ “battle” is Brice’s Crossroads. Mr. Kirkbride, who killed Arlen, is Nathan Bedford Forrest.

Spelling: Bryce in Last Stand/Brice in Blues.

I am sure it is the same battle