H. E. FRANCIS Commentary © James A. Harrod, Copyright Protected, All Rights Reserved The eighth and last installment of short stories published in Sindbad Vail’s POINTS SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY has been added to the primary entry for the anthology, the fourth entry for July 2012 in the blog archive. H. E. Francis’ THE FROG LADY […]
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POINTS UPDATE ARLETTE ANNEVILLE / JOHN GOODWIN
ARLETTE ANNEVILLE – JOHN GOODWIN Commentary © James A. Harrod, COPYRIGHT PROTECTED; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The seventh installment of short stories published in Sindbad Vail’s POINTS SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY has been added to the primary entry for the anthology, the fourth entry for July 2012 in the blog archive. Arlette Anneville’s THE GENTLEMAN […]
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ELLIOT STEIN Commentary © James A. Harrod, COPYRIGHT PROTECTED; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED The fourth installment of short stories published in Sindbad Vail’s POINTS SHORTY STORY ANTHOLOGY has been added to the primary entry for the anthology, the fourth entry for July 2012 in the blog archive. Both stories appeared in POINTS 13, May 1952. […]
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THE POINTS SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY Commentary © James A. Harrod, Copyright Protected; All Rights Reserved Sindbad Vail noted in his introduction to POINTS 20 that he had prepaid a vendor for the paper stock required to produce the short story anthology, and that the paper had not been delivered. In Sindbad’s own words: “By the […]
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POINTS 20 The contents page of POINTS 20 did not carry a date of publication. The notice of legal filing on the last page is dated the second quarter of 1955 so it would appear that POINTS 20 was published in late winter or early spring of 1955. Vail remarks in his introductory notes that […]
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PARIS, THEN AND NOW Commentary © James A. Harrod, Copyright Protected; All Rights Reserved. The Paris of Sindbad Vail is captured in these vintage post cards that date from the late 1940s and early 1950s. La Basilique du Sacre-Cœur de Montmartre © GREFF, S. E. R. P. Two Views La Basilique du Sacre-Cœur de Montmartre […]
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POINTS 19 POINTS 19 was published in the spring of 1954. The new cover design that debuted with POINTS 17 once again highlighted the contents that included a long critical essay on George Orwell by Otto Friedrich and the second short story by Alexander Trocchi to be published by Vail. We have included selections from […]
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POINTS 18 POINTS 18 was published in the winter of 1953/54. The new cover layout that appeared on POINTS 17 was retained and would continue to be used for the duration of the journal. Sindbad Vail’s introductory comments, usually brief and apologetic, are forth-right and provide a glimpse of the trials Vail endured in bringing […]
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POINTS 17 POINTS 17 was published in the autumn of 1953. Sindbad Vail made a number of changes to the journal with this issue. The cover displayed the authors and titles of most of the contents of the issue, the inside front and back covers were printed in contrast to previous issues where these were blank, […]
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merlin The literary landscape of Paris shifted considerably with the arrival of The Paris Review and merlin. POINTS had been a “no frills” endeavor by Sindbad Vail, gathering short stories submissions that he liked and taking them to the printer when he had enough to fill out the designated pages of each issue. Elements of […]
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POINTS 16 POINTS 16 did not list a season of publication but since issue 15 appeared in autumn of 1952 we can assume that POINTS 16 happened along in the winter or spring of 1953. Sindbad Vail upgraded the paper stock for this issue and the relatively acid free pages have stood up quite well […]
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POINTS 15 POINTS 15 appeared in autumn of 1952. In a departure from the familiar yellow covers, this issue was in black with yellow titles, perhaps not a coincidence as the newest small journal to appear on the Paris literary scene, MERLIN, had black covers with white titles. Commentary © James A. Harrod, COPYRIGHT PROTECTED; ALL […]
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ENGLISH BOOKSHOPS IN PARIS Commentary © James A. Harrod, COPYRIGHT PROTECTED; ALL RIGHTS RESERVED If Sylvia Beach did not invent “The English Bookshop” in Paris when she opened SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY at 8, rue Dupuytren in the 1920s, the reputation that her shop would acquire during its lifetime would bestow that honor on Miss Beach. SHAKESPEARE […]
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POINTS 14 POINTS 14 appeared in the summer of 1952. Readers who have been following this blog from the beginning will notice that issues one through seven featured pale yellow covers with the title printed in various colors. This changed with POINTS 9 that had a pale blue cover and then POINTS 10 that sported […]
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POINTS 13 POINTS 13 was published in the spring of 1952, the reference to months covered by the publication now discarded in favor of a seasonal designation that would continue throughout the remaining life of the publication. The “Notes on New Contributors” page was also gone as were pages displaying ads for other journals. Commentary © […]
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