The Doomsters Part Seven

by | Nov 16, 2022 | Blog Posts, The Doomster

                                                     THE WORST DATE EVER                    Spoiler Alert   When Mildred arrives at her home, she is annoyed to find Archer’s car pulling up behind her.  There is no reason to think Mildred would have invited him...

The Doomsters Part Six

by | Nov 11, 2022 | Blog Posts, The Doomster

                                               A MEDICAL VISIT WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT,                     PROOF OF INSURANCE OR A CO-PAY   Macdonald always tried to make his stories accessible for future generations and went out of his way to avoid current slang...

The Doomsters Part Five

by | Nov 6, 2022 | Blog Posts, The Doomster

                                                                                                                INTO THE PAST   Dr. Grantland leaves with Zinnie and Jerry’s child, a useful way of both getting him offstage and reminding us that a quasi-family unit...

The Doomsters Part Four

by | Nov 1, 2022 | Blog Posts, The Doomster

                         LET’S MEET MILDRED HALLMAN   Archer’s next stop, via a cab, is a visit to Carl’s wife—the task he’d promised before Carl stole his car. Archer’s visit to the hospital was a good narrative move, because his conversations there give him...

The Doomsters Part Three

by | Oct 27, 2022 | Blog Posts, The Doomster

                                    AN UNCONVENTIONAL BEGINNING   Macdonald takes his starting point from his short story, “The Angry Man,” with Archer being confronted at his home in the early hours of the morning by a stranger demanding help.  But unlike the...

The Doomsters Part Two

by | Oct 22, 2022 | Blog Posts, The Doomster

             WE HAVEN’T FINISHED WITH THE COMMENTATORS                                             A Comment from the Author               “It is out of character for Archer to provide autobiography because his own life is suppressed, Millar told an English...