Mystery, History, Stamp, and Writing Links

A land of sparkling blue and white vastness. All great nations lay claim to a piece of this polar continent, yet there are no permanent settlements of people among the startling colonies of penguins and other wildlife.

All things considered, we think Antarctica a curious and somehow appropriate analogy for the Internet.

Here are some of our favorite locations.

Mystery

Historical Fiction - and Mystery! - Too many links to post here, so these are my links to things historical and mysterious.
Looking for a Mystery? - Great categorical listings
Landscapes of Crime - George J. Demko "geography or the locus operandi"
Cluelass The FAO Schwartz of Mystery - Kate Derie's Deadly Directory online.
Mystery Writers of America "Crime Doesn't Pay -- Enough!" A serious profession.
Frederick Highland - your host's personal site, with links to all his works

AJ's Encyclopedia of Stamp Links - AJ Ward's personalized view of what is out in the ether
Joseph Luft The "Grand Dad" of All Things philatelic on the web.
Moon on Stamps Also check out the tons of Moon information & lore on the main page
StampLink.com a jumplist to all the hot stamp sites... plus a focus on New Zealand.
SpaceCovers As a rocket scientist - how could I resist? Great Space Art... on stamps!
Stamp Shows - Look for one in your neighborhood. A fun way to collect stamps and meet nice folks.

The History Net Content-rich site of the National Historical Society
Engines of our Ingenuity - stories of how our culture is formed by human creativity. KUHF Houston

A.Word.A.Day A delightful break from routine, a daily dose of diction plus a bonus random quotation.
World Wide Words A weekly waxing of words.
Dictionaries If it's on the web, it's here.

BookWire The Big Business of Words: writing, selling, buying. Home of PW (Publishers Weekly), part of Reed, which is an arm of... a great source of sources.
Editor & Publisher A source of sources for print media. Need a newspaper contact? The place to start.

PMA Online "Helping each other to achieve and succeed" Many helpful articles, publishers, and books.
Ivan Hoffman, B.A, J.D. The baffling world of publication rights begins to make sense
Peter Verheyen's Book Arts Web Do you love to look, touch, smell, hold books? Explore book arts here.