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Richard Alloway
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Creator of Little Acorns, the notes organisation app for writers, and author of novels, short stories, screenplays, poems, and reflections (suspicions and superstitions).
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Peggy Cummins, John Dall “GUN CRAZY” (1950) dir. Joseph H. Lewis

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December 18, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Suspicions & Superstitions
I’ve just published my latest contention collage.
Below is an excerpt.
Read the full post for free on Substack here: open.substack.com/pub/alloway/...
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December 17, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Rob Reiner was the director that first got me to start thinking about how important directors are. Princess Bride and Stand by me are two very different yet formative movies I know all the words to. And my whole family quotes spinal tap to each other.

This one hurts.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Directed by Charles Barton stars Bud Abbott and Lou Costello with Lon Chaney Jr., Béla Lugosi, Lenore Aubert and Glenn Strange.
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