Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories

Credits

Alexander, David: “Mama’s Boy” by David Alexander was first published in Manhunt, May 1955. Copyright © 1955 by Flying Eagle Publications, Inc. Copyright renewed by David Alexander in 1983. Reprinted by permission of Russell & Volkening as agents for the author.

Appel, Benjamin: “Dock Walloper” by Benjamin Appel is from Dock Walloper published by Lion Books in 1953. Copyright 1953 by Benjamin Appel. Copyright renewed 1981 by Sophie M. Appel. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Benjamin Appel.

Block, Lawrence: “Batman’s Helpers” by Lawrence Block was first published in Playboy. Copyright © 1990 by Lawrence Block. Reprinted by permission of Knox Burger Associates, Ltd.

Brackett, Leigh: “So Pale, So Cold, So Fair” by Leigh Brackett was first published in Argosy in 1957. Reprinted by permission of Spectrum Literary Agency on behalf of the Estate of Leigh Brackett Hamilton.

Brewer, Gil: “Home” by Gil Brewer was first published in Accused, March 1956. Copyright © 1956 by Atlantis Publishing Co., Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, L.P., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Burnett, W. R.: “Round Trip” by W. R. Burnett was first published in Harper’s Magazine in 1929. Copyright 1929 Harper & Brothers. Reprinted by permission of H. N. Swanson, Inc., on behalf of Whitney L. Burnett, executrix of the Estate of W. R. Burnett.

Cain, James M.: “Brush Fire” by James M. Cain was first published in Liberty, December 15, 1936, issue. Copyright 1936 by MacFadden Publications, Inc. Copyright renewed 1963 by James M. Cain. Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates, Inc.

Cain, Paul: “Trouble-Chaser” by Paul Cain (Peter Ruric) was first published in Black Mask, issue 17, no. 2 (April 1934), 60–71. Copyright © 1934 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed © 1962 by Popular Publications, Inc. Assigned to Keith Alan Deutsch and reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch, proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc. Black Mask and the distinctive logotype © 1994 by Keith Alan Deutsch.

Chandler, Raymond: “I’ll Be Waiting” by Raymond Chandler was first published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1939. Copyright © 1939 by The Saturday Evening Post. Copyright © Philip Marlowe B.V. Reprinted by permission of Ed Victor Ltd. Literary Agency.

Cole, William: “Waiting for Rusty” by William Cole was first published in Black Mask, vol. 22, no. 7, October 1939. Copyright © 1939 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed © 1966 by Popular Publications, Inc. Assigned to Keith Alan Deutsch and reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch, proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc. Black Mask and the distinctive logotype © 1994 by Keith Alan Deutsch.

Craig, Jonathan: “The Bobby-Soxer” by Jonathan Craig (Frank E. Smith) was first published in Manhunt, 1953. Copyright 1953 by Flying Eagle Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, L.P., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Davis, Norbert: “Who Said I Was Dead?” by Norbert Davis was first published in Dime Detective Magazine, August 1942. Copyright © 1942 by Popular Publications, Inc. Copyright renewed © 1970 and assigned to Argosy Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reprinted by arrangement with Argosy Communications, Inc.

DeRosso, H. A.: “The Old Pro” by H. A. DeRosso was first published in Manhunt, 1960. Copyright © 1960 by Flying Eagle Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, L.P., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Ellroy, James: “Gravy Train” by James Ellroy was first published in The Armchair Detective. Copyright © 1990 by James Ellroy. Reprinted by permission of The Armchair Detective.®

Goodis, David: “Black Pudding” by David Goodis was first published in Manhunt, December 1953. Copyright 1953 by Flying Eagle Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate and their agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, L.P., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Gorman, Ed: “The Long Silence After” by Ed Gorman was first published in Prisoners and Other Stories. Copyright © 1992 by Ed Gorman. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Halliday, Brett: “Human Interest Stuff” by Brett Halliday (Davis Dresser) was first published in Adventure, September 1938. Copyright 1938 by Popular Publications, Inc. Copyright renewed 1965 by Brett Halliday. Reprinted by permission of the Estate of Davis Dresser.

Hammett, Dashiell: “The Scorched Face” by Dashiell Hammett from The Big Knockover by Dashiell Hammett. Copyright © 1966 by Lillian Heilman. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc., and the Literary Property Trustees of the Estate of Dashiell Hammett under the will of Lillian Heilman.

Hannah, James: “Junior Jackson’s Parable” by James Hannah from Desperate Measures published by Southern Methodist University Press. Copyright © 1988 by James Hannah. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Himes, Chester: “Marijuana and a Pistol” by Chester Himes was first published in Esquire in 1940. Copyright © 1940 by Esquire, Inc. Copyright © 1968 by Chester Himes. This story was also published in The Collected Stories of Chester Himes. Copyright © 1990 by Lesley Himes. Published in the U.S. by Thunder’s Mouth Press and in Great Britain by Allison & Busby. Used by permission of Thunder’s Mouth Press and the Roslyn Targ Literary Agency, Inc.

Hunter, Evan: “The Merry, Merry Christmas” by Evan Hunter was first published in Manhunt, 1957. Copyright © 1957 by Hui Corporation. Reprinted by permission of the author c/0 William Morris Agency, Inc.

Kellerman, Faye: “Bonding” by Faye Kellerman was first published in Sisters in Crime, ed. by Marilyn Wallace. Copyright © 1989 by Faye Kellerman. Reprinted with permission of the author c/o The Karpfinger Agency.

Kerr, Michael: “The Saturday Night Deaths” by Michael Kerr (Robert Hoskins) was first published in Mystery Monthly, July 1976. Copyright © 1976 by Looking Glass Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, L.P., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Leonard, Elmore: “Three-Ten to Yuma” by Elmore Leonard was first published in Dime Western, March 1953. Copyright 1953 by Elmore Leonard. Reprinted by permission of the author.

MacDonald, John D.: “Nor Iron Bars” by John D. MacDonald was first published in Doc Savage in 1947. Copyright 1947 by Street & Smith Publications. Reprinted by permission of George Diskant as agent for the Estate of John D. MacDonald.

Macdonald, Ross: “Guilt-Edged Blonde” by Ross Macdonald (Kenneth Millar) was first published in Manhunt, January 1954. Copyright 1953 by Flying Eagle Publications, Inc. Copyright renewed 1981 by The Margaret Millar Survivor’s Trust u/a 4/12/82. Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates Incorporated.

Mainwaring, Daniel: “Fruit Tramp” by Daniel Mainwaring was first published in Harper’s Magazine. Reproduced from the July 1934 issue by special permission of Harper’s Magazine. Copyright © 1934 by Harper’s Magazine. Copyright renewed 1961. All rights reserved.

Maron, Margaret: “Deadhead Coming Down” by Margaret Maron was first published in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, 1978. Copyright © 1978 by Reknown Publishing, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Nebel, Frederick: “Backwash” by Louis Frederick Nebel from Black Mask, issue 15, no. 3 (May 1932), 66–81. Copyright © 1932 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed © 1960 by Popular Publications, Inc. Assigned to Keith Alan Deutsch and reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch, proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc. Black Mask and the distinctive logotype © 1994 Keith Alan Deutsch.

Nielsen, Helen: “A Piece of Ground” by Helen Nielsen was first published in Manhunt, 1957. Copyright © 1957 by Flying Eagle Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, Scott Meredith Literary Agency, L.P., 845 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10022.

Reasoner, James M.: “Graveyard Shift” by James M. Reasoner, writing as M. R. James, was first published in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, November 1978. Copyright © 1978 by Reknown Publishing, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Sampson, Robert: “To Florida” by Robert Sampson is reprinted by permission of the Estate of Robert Sampson. Copyright © 1987 by Robert Sampson.

Spillane, Mickey: “The Screen Test of Mike Hammer” by Mickey Spillane was first published in Male, July 1955. Copyright © 1955 by Mickey Spillane. Reprinted by permission of Mickey Spillane Productions.

Thompson, Jim: “Forever After” by Jim Thompson was first published in Shock Magazine, May 1960. Copyright © 1960 by Winston Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the author c/o Richard Curtis Associates, Inc.

Vachss, Andrew: “It’s a Hard World” by Andrew Vachss from Born Bad. Copyright © 1994 by Andrew Vachss. Reprinted by permission of the publisher, Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.

Whitfield, Raoul: “Mistral” by Raoul Whitfield was first published in Adventure Magazine, December 15, 1931. Copyright 1931 by The Butterick Publishing Co. Published in this anthology by special arrangement with Sheldon Abend d/b/a Authors Research Company, 19 West 44th St., Suite 1204, New York, NY 10036. Copyright © 1994 by Sheldon Abend d/b/a Authors Research Company.