tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post19662887395438711..comments2024-03-27T13:26:32.587-07:00Comments on Mystery Fanfare: Final CWA Dagger Shortlists Announced!Janet Rudolphhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07395834961880172395noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1443515033089669860.post-13399419115741383322013-08-29T13:20:03.392-07:002013-08-29T13:20:03.392-07:00Not relevant to the CWA awards, alas, but a Story ...Not relevant to the CWA awards, alas, but a Story ID request from a librarian on the Fiction-L list:<br /><br />I am humbly beseeching the collective brain to find the title of an old<br />short story.<br /><br />The patron is sure it was in either Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine or<br />Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (both monthlies) and most likely published<br />during the 1970's or 1980's, as that's when she had a subscription to both.<br /><br />The author may or may not have been Edward D. Hoch, who was VERY prolific,<br />with over 900 short stories to his name.<br /><br />The story involved an elderly/retired man being harassed by neighborhood<br />toughs, who show no respect for him or his hobby of model planes. He<br />exacts revenge on his harassers by using a radio-controlled kamikazee plane<br />to knock the gang leader off his motorcycle.<br /><br />My thanks in advance to anyone able to point me in the right direction.<br /><br />A.J.<br /><br />Audrey Jo DeVillier<br />Head, ILL/Technical Services<br />Iberville Parish LibraryTodd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.com