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Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 7, Winter 2022] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 232pp, digest)
Managing editor Jay Butkowski.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Foreword · Libby Cudmore · fw

1 · The Trunk · Jason Allison · ss

13 · Jaywalking Noir · Richie Narvaez · pt

15 · Big Daddy · Rusty Barnes · ss

25 · Please Don’t Steal My Bike · Regan McGrory · pt

27 · Looking for Mishka · Jim Guigli · ss

39 · Beak · Alfred Kenneally · pt

41 · Tenderness · Estelle Phillips · ss

49 · Ultimatum Games · James McCrone · ss

61 · Drying Out · Nils Gilbertson · ss

77 · Negative Tilt · Bobby Mathews · ss

89 · Enthusiasm · Ali Seay · ss

97 · Mafia · René Böhmer · pt

99 · The Two of Us Are Going to Have a Problem · Daniel Vlasaty · ss

111 · Empty House, Highway 1 · Ian Usher · pt

113 · Damned if You Do · J. Rohr · ss

123 · [untitled photo] · Vasily Ledovsky · pt

135 · One Last Round · James Lilley · ss

135 · As Long as You Look Faraway · Rob D. Smith · ss

151 · Dead Man’s Cocktail · Chris Harding Thornton · ss

159 · The Border · Gregory Wolos · ss

173 · The Blue Light Nirvana · Christopher Witty · ss

187 · Masked Up · Christopher Ott · pt

189 · Metabolize to Freedom · Mike Zimmerman · ss

199 · Old Man River · Mark Rapacz · ss

212 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 8, Summer 2022] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 230pp, digest)
Managing editor Jay Butkowski.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Lessons Learned · Albert Tucher · fw

1 · Keeping Time · Mike McHone · ss

15 · Daughters of Eve · Jennifer Stark · ss

23 · Truth Untold · Aislin Kelly-Lyth · ss

31 · Raze the Bar · Bruce Harris · pt

33 · Shelter · Stephen J. Golds · ss

39 · Even a Bird Remains Chained to the Sky · Marc Watkins · ss

51 · Late Night Dog Run · Chuck Kramer · pt

53 · Fucking Stavros · Jason Allison · ss

67 · Senior Skip Day · Scott Von Doviak · ss

77 · Québec City Watcher · Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier · pt

79 · For Real This Time, or the Prose of Cons · B. W. Carter · ss

86 · Fun w/ RHP: Noir Pet Adoptions · [uncredited] · hu

91 · Diversion · Allison Renner · pt

93 · Down to Clown · Robert Ottone · ss

107 · I Think I’m Alone Now · John Bovio · ss

115 · Ben Affleck · Eddie McNamara · ss

127 · Hair · Anthea Pretorius · ss

133 · Land Mines · Mark Jonathan Harris · ss

147 · LRT · Chris Koehn · pt

149 · Fair Trade · Andy Boyle · ss

163 · Red Line Alley · Chuck Kramer · pt

165 · Thousands (or, The Guitar Hero Who Refused Open G) · Mike Zimmerman · ss

179 · Brooklyn Bridge · Jay Bechtol · pt

181 · Taquerito · Hector Acosta · ss

195 · Closed · Chris Koehn · pt

197 · Last Stop at the D&L · Linda B. Adams · ss

212 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 9, Winter 2023] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 194pp, digest)
Managing editor Jay Butkowski.
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Read Globally, Act Locally · R. D. Sullivan · ed

5 · Les Trois Boissons · Jennifer Sciortino · pt

7 · No Wrong Way to Grieve · C. W. Blackwell · ss

23 · Bad Kids of Bratislava · Karen Boissonneault-Gauthier · pt

25 · Respect the Shemp · Mike Zimmerman · ss

39 · Shining Light · Allison Renner · pt

41 · The Last Ruined Night · Mike McHone · ss

49 · Fried Baloney Sandwiches · Richard Risemberg · ss

67 · A Natural Waste · R. D. Sullivan · pt

69 · Darker · Elena E. Smith · ss

83 · Strangers Who Aren’t · William Kitcher · ss

90 · Fun w/ Rock and a Hard Place: Missed Connections · [uncredited] · hu

97 · The Monster in the Wall · Jennifer Bernardini · ss

109 · Cost of Living · Nick Kolakowski · ss

129 · The Politics of Snitching · David Hagerty · ss

137 · Dart Away · R. D. Sullivan · pt

139 · Sunshine State Private Investigations · Michael Penncavage · ss

155 · Twenty Questions · Emilee Prado · ss

163 · There’s a Light · Jay Butkowski · pt

165 · Good Harvest · Archer Sullivan · ss

176 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 10, Summer 2023] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 196pp, digest, cover by Heather Garth)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Foreword: FNG · Rob D. Smith · ed

5 · Variety Is the Spice of Life · Sonali Roy · pt

7 · Defense Exhibit 117 · Don LaPlant · ss

27 · Carousel Horses · Mike McHone · ss

39 · City Beyond the Wall of Sleep · S. A. Cosby · pt

41 · The Stillness at the Bottom · Meagan Lucas · ss

59 · Start the Process · Vincent Marshall · ss

64 · Fun w/ RHP: Connect the Dots · [uncredited] · pz

65 · North Jersey · Peter Rozovsky · pt

67 · I’ll Quit Tomorrow · Gabriel Hart · ss

85 · Emerald’s City · Nolan Knight · ss

89 · Rails and Roads · Ava Butkowski · pt

91 · How Many Crows in a Murder? · Barry Charman · ss

111 · On a Bed of Crime He Sleeps · Jerry Bloomfield · ss

123 · Castle of Branches · Sonali Roy · pt

125 · Comic Con · Heidi Hunter · ss

143 · Love Me Tender · Mary Thorson · ss

163 · The Truth Is, He Let Go First · Wailana Kalama · ss

169 · The King of Broadway · Michael A. Gonzales · ss

177 · Old City · Peter Rozovsky · pt

178 · Contributing Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 11, Summer 2024] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 210pp, digest, cover by Heather Garth)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Foreword: The Art of Failure · Paul J. Garth · ed

5 · The Spins · Joshua Murray · ss

23 · The Struggle · Jamie Gill · pt

25 · Ride Along · Colin Brightwell · ss

37 · Rescue Me · Stefen Styrsky · ss

57 · Casadastraphobia · Mary Thorson · ss

73 · The Doll House · Linda B. Adams · pt

75 · Rufus · Jay Bechtol · ss

83 · In the End · Jacqueline Freimor · ss

103 · Where to Go · Sonali Roy · pt

104 · Fun w/ RHP: The RHP Autoshopper · [uncredited] · hu

117 · Club Night · Jason Allison · ss

123 · You Shall Not Pass: Shadow’s Stair · Jamie Gill · pt

125 · The Modern Epimetheus · Christine Blackwicks · ss

139 · Boxed Doll’s Head · Roger Camp · pt

141 · Zen Garden · Jane Hertenstein · ss

153 · Warning Notice · Linda B. Adams · pt

155 · Twenty-Eleven Nissan Something · Anthony Neil Smith · ss

165 · This City Never Sleeps · John Weagly · ss

173 · Maxine’s · Jay Butkowski · pt

175 · The Harvest · Casey Woolfolk · ss

190 · Contributing Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 12, Fall 2024] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 197pp, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Hard-Earned Hope · Roger Nokes · ed

3 · On Swift Wings · Jamie Gill · pt

5 · Grendel · Craig Francis Coates · ss

23 · Migingo Island · Dave Hangman · ss

33 · A Gut Feeling · Nils Gilbertson · ss

49 · One Year in the Life of Marilyn · Nick Kolakowski · ss

57 · Harry’s Keeper · Ivan Richardson · ss

65 · Abandoned · Linda B. Adams · pt

67 · The Face in My Window · M. Palmer · ss

82 · Fun w/ RHP: Spooky Costumes! · [uncredited] · hu

95 · Confessing · Bob Ellis · ss

105 · Deadworks · Jim Thomsen · pt

107 · Mama Always Says · S. A. Smith · ss

125 · First Star · Barbara DeMarco-Barrett · ss

143 · Oasis · Michael A. Gonzales · ss

155 · The Continental · Anita Dime · pt

157 · Pick of the Litter · Melissa Witcher · ss

163 · Room 20 · Mark Rogers · ss

176 · Contributor Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Romantic Detective (about)
Despite the title, Romantic Detective presented stories that were more in the detective vein than romance. Each issue contained a full-length novel supported by a handful of short stories.

Publishers:

Trojan Publishing Corp.; 2242 Grove Street, Chicago, IL: Romantic Detective.

Romantic Detective [Vol. 1 No. 1, February 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Parkhurst)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · Murderess · Robert A. Garron · nv

49 · Killer’s Key · H. V. Coleman · ss Spicy Detective Stories February 1936, as “The Clue of the Letter S” by Cary Moran

64 · The Mark of Tai Fang · Carl Pearson · ss Spicy Detective Stories April 1936, as by E. Hoffmann Price

78 · F.B.I. Spells T.N.T. · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

90 · Spy Train · Charles M. Lake · ss Spicy Detective Stories November 1936, as “The Woman in Yellow” by Alan Anderson

104 · The Third Bullet · Wyatt Blassingame · ss

Romantic Detective [v1 #2, April 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by H. J. Ward)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Dressed to Kill · Robert A. Garron · na

52 · Three Little Maids from School · Roger Torrey · nv

74 · Murder on the Rails · L. W. Watson · ss Spicy Detective Stories January 1936, as by Jerome Severs Perry

86 · Emerald Jam · Jerome Severs Perry · ss Spicy Detective Stories May 1936, as “Twenty Green Stones”

98 · Who’s Crazy? [Jarnegan] · Wallace Kayton · ss Spicy Detective Stories March 1936, as by Cary Moran

113 · Bottle of Death · Dale Boyd · ss Spicy Detective Stories December 1935, as by Cary Moran

Romantic Detective [Vol. 1 No. 3, June 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by Delos Palmer)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Murder Preferred · Luke Terry · na

· New in Town · Wyatt Blassingame · ss

· No Sale · Roger Torrey · ss

· Brand of the Black Angel · Dale Boyd · ss Spicy Detective Stories May 1936, as “The Angel Strikes” by Clint Morgan

· Return to Hatred · Grant Lane · nv

Romantic Detective [Vol. 1 No. 4, August 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by H. J. Ward)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Camera Kill · Robert A. Garron · na

54 · Album of Death · Jerome Severs Perry · ss

66 · Two Dead Men · John Ryan · nv

93 · The Locked Door · Eddie Sommers · nv

117 · The Scarab · Wallace Kayton · ss

Romantic Detective [v1 #5, October 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Family Affair · Roger Torrey · na

48 · The Cop Hates Murder · Dale Clark · nv

79 · Immodest Corpse · James H. S. Moynahan · nv

94 · Murder—Double or Nothing · Laurence Donovan · ss

110 · Double Kick-Back · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

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