Hardboiled

BEAT to a PULP: Hardboiled is a compilation of uncompromising, gritty tales following in the footsteps of the tough and violent fiction popularized by the legendary Black Mask magazine in its early days. This collection includes thirteen lean and mean stories from the fingertips of Garnett Elliott, Glenn Gray, John Hornor Jacobs, Patricia Abbott, Thomas Pluck, Brad Green, Ron Earl Phillips, Kent Gowran, Amy Grech, Benoit Lelievre, Kieran Shea, David Cranmer, and Wayne D. Dundee and a boiled down look at hardboiled fiction in an introduction by Ron Scheer. Edited by David Cranmer and Scott D. Parker. Introduction: Hard Times Ron Scheer The Tachibana Hustle Garnett Elliott A Small Thing at the Devil's Punchbowl Kent Gowran Obstruction Glenn Gray The Death Fantastique John Hornor Jacobs Ric with No K Patricia Abbott Black-Eyed Susan Thomas Pluck The Blooming of Lester Brad Green The Janitor Ron Earl Phillips Vengeance on the 18th David Cranmer Second Round Dive Beno?t Leli?vre The Second Coming of Hashbrown Kieran Shea .38 Special Amy Grech Bull's-Eye View Wayne D. Dundee Version : 5.0