Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of Crime Stories ed. Jack Adrian & Bill Pronzini (Oxford University Press, October 26, 1995, 0-19-508499-3, £17.99, 532pp, hc, an)
Reprint (??? ???) Anthology of 36 stories, each with a lengthy biographical introduction of the author. Several are of genre interest, and by genre authors.
- 3 · Introduction · Jack Adrian & Bill Pronzini · in
- 20 · The Scorched Face [The Continental Op] · Dashiell Hammett · nv The Black Mask May 1925
- 55 · Round Trip · W. R. Burnett · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1929
- 65 · Mistral · Raoul Whitfield · ss Adventure December 15 1931
- 83 · Backwash [Kennedy of the Free Press; Captain Steve MacBride] · Frederick Nebel · nv Black Mask May 1932
- 109 · Trouble-Chaser [Black] · Paul Cain · ss Black Mask April 1934
- 128 · Fruit Tramp · Daniel Mainwaring · ss Harper’s Magazine July 1934
- 141 · Brush Fire · James M. Cain · ss Liberty December 5 1936
- 150 · Human Interest Stuff · Brett Halliday · ss Adventure September 1938, as by Davis Dresser
- 163 · Waiting for Rusty · William Cole · ss Black Mask October 1939
- 168 · I’ll Be Waiting [Tony Reseck] · Raymond Chandler · ss The Saturday Evening Post October 14 1939
- 185 · Marijuana and a Pistol · Chester Himes · ss Esquire 1940
- 189 · Who Said I Was Dead? [William “Bail Bond” Dodd] · Norbert Davis · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1942
- 224 · Nor Iron Bars · John D. MacDonald · ss Doc Savage March/April 1947
- 230 · Dock Walloper · Benjamin Appel · nv Dock Walloper by Benjamin Appel, Lion, 1953
- 257 · Three-Ten to Yuma · Elmore Leonard · nv Dime Western Magazine March 1953
- 272 · The Bobby-Soxer · Jonathan Craig · ss Manhunt October 1953
- 277 · Black Pudding · David Goodis · nv Manhunt December 1953
- 301 · Guilt-Edged Blonde [Lew Archer] · Ross Macdonald · ss Manhunt January 1954, as by John Ross Macdonald
- 316 · Mama’s Boy · David Alexander · nv Manhunt May 1955
- 335 · The Screen Test of Mike Hammer · Mickey Spillane · pl Male July 1955
- 340 · Home · Gil Brewer · ss Accused Detective Story Magazine March 1956
- 348 · So Pale, So Cold, So Fair · Leigh Brackett · nv Argosy July 1957
- 377 · A Piece of Ground · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt July 1957
- 388 · The Merry, Merry Christmas · Evan Hunter · ss Manhunt December 1957
- 396 · Forever After · Jim Thompson · ss Shock—The Magazine of Terrifying Tales May 1960
- 405 · The Old Pro · H. A. DeRosso · ss Manhunt December 1960
- 418 · The Saturday Night Deaths · Michael Kerr · ss Mystery Monthly July 1976
- 429 · Graveyard Shift · James M. Reasoner · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine November 1978, as by M. R. James
- 433 · Deadhead Coming Down · Margaret Maron · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine April 1978
- 438 · To Florida · Robert Sampson · nv The New Black Mask No.8 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1987
- 455 · It’s a Hard World · Andrew Vachss · ss A Matter of Crime, Vol. 1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, Harvest, 1987
- 460 · Junior Jackson’s Parable · James Hannah · ss Desperate Measures by James Hannah, Southern Methodist University Press, 1988
- 474 · Bonding · Faye Kellerman · ss Sisters in Crime ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1989
- 488 · Gravy Train · James Ellroy · ss The Armchair Detective Winter 1990
- 503 · Batman’s Helpers [Matt Scudder] · Lawrence Block · ss Justice for Hire ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1990
- 518 · The Long Silence After · Ed Gorman · ss Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale, Dark Harvest, 1992
- 527 · Credits · ms (r)
- 531 · Name Index · ms (r)
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