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    Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s & 40s ed. Robert Polito (Library of America, 1997, 1-883011-46-9, $8.98, 990pp, hc, om)



    Chicago Noir ed. Neal Pollack (Akashic Books, September 2005, 1-888451-89-0, $14.95, 275pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
    • 13 · Once There Was a City · Neal Pollack · in
    • 17 · Goodnight Chicago and Amen · Luciano Guerriero · ss; set at 99th & Drexel.
    • 31 · The Gospel of Moral Ends · Bayo Ojikutu · ss; set at 77th & Jeffery.
    • 51 · Dear Mr. Kleczka · Peter Orner · ss; set at 54th & Blackstone.
    • 56 · The Near Remote · Jeffery Renard Allen · ss; set at 35th & Michigan.
    • 67 · Destiny Returns · Achy Obejas · nv; set at 26th & Kedvale.
    • 92 · The Great Billik · Claire Zulkey · ss; set at 19th & Sacramento.
    • 109 · Maximillian · Alexai Galaviz-Budziszewski · ss; set at 18th & Allport.
    • 116 · All Happy Families · Andrew Ervin · ss; set at Canal & Jackson.
    • 122 · Monkey Head · M. K. Meyers · ss; set at Grand & Western.
    • 127 · Zero Zero Day · Kevin Guilfoile · ss; set at Grand & Racine.
    • 143 · Arcadia · Todd Dills · ss; set at Chicago & Noble.
    • 151 · Alex Pinto Hears the Bell · C. J. Sullivan · ss; set at North & Troy.
    • 168 · Pure Products · Daniel Buckman · ss; set at Roscoe & Claremont.
    • 180 · Death Mouth · Amy Sayre-Roberts · ss; set at Roscoe & Broadway.
    • 190 · Like a Rocket with a Beat · Joe Meno · ss; set at Lawrence & Broadway.
    • 207 · Marty’s Drink or Die Club · Neal Pollack · ss; set at Clark & Foster.
    • 221 · Bobby Kagan Knows Everything · Adam Langer · ss; set at Albion & Whipple.
    • 236 · The Oldest Rivalry · Jim Arndorfer · ss; set at I-94, Lake Forest Oasis.
    • 254 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg










    The Immortal Woman by Ponson du Terrail; translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, May 2013, 978-1-61227-175-0, $26.95, 379pp, tp, n., cover by Mike Hoffman)
        Vampire novel, translated/adapted from the French La Femme immortelle (Librairie Internationale 1869) by Brian M. Stableford, who also provides an introduction and notes.


    The Police Agent by Pierre-Alexis Ponson du Terrail; translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, February 2017, 978-1-61227-593-2, $34.95, 448pp, tp, n., cover by Daniele Serra)
        Mystery novel, a proto-procedural with a vampiric serial killer. Translated/adapted by Brian Stableford from the French L’Auberge de la rue des Enfants Rouges (Dentu 1868); Stableford also provides an introduction on the author’s career the novel’s place as an early crime novel. Credited on the cover as by P-A Ponson du Terrail.


    The Vampire and the Devil’s Son by Pierre-Alexis de Ponson du Terrail; translated by Brian Stableford (Black Coat Press, June 2007, 978-1-932983-55-5, $20.95, 263pp, tp, n., cover by Nathalie Lial)
        Vampire novel. Translated/adapted by Brian Stableford from the French La baronne Trépassée (1852); Stableford also provides introduction, afterword, and notes on the novel and the author’s career.







    The Calabash of Coral Island and Other Early Stories by Arthur Porges (Richard Simms Publications, March 12, 2008, 978-0-9556942-0-2, £9.95, 140pp, tp, oc) [edited by Richard Simms]
        A collection of twenty-one previously unpublished short stories by Arthur Porges, dating from the 1930s and 1940s. The stories in this volume, compiled from Porges’ original manuscripts, cover a wide range of themes and genres. This fascinating book gathers together a varied selection of stories that chronicle a young author developing and learning his craft in the years preceding his first professional sale.


    Collected Essays: Volume One by Arthur Porges (Richard Simms Publications, March 28, 2021, 978-0-9930387-8-5, £13.95, 236pp, tp, co) [edited by Richard Simms]
        The first book in a two-volume collection of essays, the majority of which originally appeared from 1986 to 1989 in The Monterey County Herald newspaper, while others are published here for the first time. This first volume contains a number of memoirs wherein Porges reflects candidly on various incidents from his long life, including several from his childhood in Chicago as well as recollections of the challenges he faced while serving in the U.S. Army during the World War Two. Other essays assembled in this book reveal the author’s love of literature and among these are appreciations of some of his favorite authors, such as H. Rider Haggard and H. H. Munro.
    • 9 · Introduction · Richard Simms · in
    • 13 · Close Encounters with the Fool-Killer · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald December 14 1986
    • 21 · My First Bike · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 25 · Confessions of a Sports Klutz · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald November 27 1988
    • 32 · A Short and Inglorious Work Resume · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald December 10 1989
    • 38 · Grocery Shopping—The Way It Was · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald March 13 1988
    • 45 · The Fruit That Got Away · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 48 · Some Encounters with the Written Word · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald October 1 1989
    • 55 · The Sheik and I · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 61 · Fiction: Furry, Feathered and Finny · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald January 25 1987
    • 68 · A True Love That Seldom Fades Away · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald July 12 1987
    • 80 · Hooked by the Major · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 85 · From Bad Math Student to OK Math Teacher · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald November 2 1986
    • 91 · A Not-Very-Mighty Hunter Confesses · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald August 9 1987
    • 97 · John Barleycorn, Nick O’Teen and Me · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald May 22 1988
    • 103 · A Different Fear of Water · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 107 · The View from Rudyard Kipling’s Toad · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald August 28 1988 [Ref. Rudyard Kipling]
    • 115 · In Praise of Sir Henry Rider Haggard · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald November 16 1986 [Ref. H. Rider Haggard]
    • 125 · The Prose Style of Hector Hugh Munro · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald February 8 1987 [Ref. H. H. Munro]
    • 135 · Victor Hugo’s Loose Cannon · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald September 6 1987 [Ref. Victor Hugo]
    • 141 · A Car Crash—The “Total” Experience · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald December 13 1987
    • 147 · Finding Comfort in Antisocial Security · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald July 16 1989
    • 152 · One Man Searching for Light · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald April 17 1988
    • 156 · My Poisonous Pals · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 163 · Lessons Learned from a Pair of Cats · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald January 17 1988
    • 167 · Relating the Strange Story of a Story · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald
    • 172 · Love, Death and Mystery · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 177 · Not Necessarily the Britannica · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 185 · Confessions of a Biblioneurotic · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 191 · Moments of Poignancy · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 201 · Memoirs of a Harried Peninsula Hiker · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald October 19 1986
    • 211 · Still Writing and Selling at Eighty-Four · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 215 · Some of My Loose Ends and Minor Mysteries · Arthur Porges · ar The Monterey County Herald June 18 1989
    • 220 · More Close Encounters with the Fool-Killer · Arthur Porges · ar
    • 233 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg











    Spring, 1836: Selected Poems by Arthur Porges (Richard Simms Publications, October 31, 2008, 978-0-9556942-2-6, £7.95, 84pp, tp, co) [edited by Richard Simms]
        A collection of fifty-nine poems, written by the author across many years. The majority of the poems assembled in this volume were originally published in The Monterey County Herald and other periodicals local to where Porges lived in the last few decades of his life. This book includes a varied selection of verses, encompassing poignant reflections on old age, bereavement and the loss of innocence, to more quirky and esoteric meditations concerning fate, mythology, the natural world and the inexorable passage of time.


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