The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action

Acknowledgments

THE KID CLIPS A COUPON by Erle Stanley Gardner, © 1934 by Popular Publications. First appeared in DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY, April 1934. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd.

GOODBYE, HANNAH by Steve Fisher, © 1938 by Steve Fisher. Reprinted by permission of Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc.

SINNERS’ PARADISE by Raoul Whitfield, © 1925 by Raoul Whitfield. First published in DROLL STORIES, May 1925.

MOTEL by Evan Hunter, © 2000 by Hui Corporation. First appeared in PLAYBOY, German edition, 1978. Reprinted by permission of Curtis Brown Ltd, London, on behalf of Evan Hunter.

SMILE, CORPSE, SMILE! by Bruno Fischer, © 1960 by Bruno Fischer. First appeared in DETECTIVE TALES December 1960. Reprinted by permission of Ruth Fischer, on behalf of the Estate of Bruno Fischer.

THE PULP CONNECTION by Bill Pronzini, © 1978 by the Pronzini-Muller Family Trust. First appeared in ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE. Reprinted by permission of the author.

BRUSH BABE’S POISON PALLET by Bruce Cassiday, © 1949 by Popular Publications, Inc. First appeared in ALL-STORY DETECTIVE, August 1949. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE GANGSTA WORE RED by Michael Guinzburg, © 2000 by Michael Guinzburg. First appeared as GANGSTER EN ROUGE in Librio (France). Reprinted by permission of the author.

CARAVAN TO TARIM by David Goodis, © 1946 by David Goodis. First appeared in COLLIER’S, October 1943. Reprinted by permission of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, on behalf of the Estate of David Goodis.

THE LADY WHO LEFT HER COFFIN by Hugh B. Cave, © 1936 by Popular Publications, Inc. First appeared in DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, June 1936. Reprinted by permission of the author.

DEATH AT THE MAIN by Frank Gruber, © 1936 by Standard Magazines, Inc. First appeared in THRILLING DETECTIVE, December 1936. Reprinted by permission of the Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc.

RED GOOSE by Norbert Davis, © 1934 by Keith Alan Deutsch from BLACK MASK issue 16, No. 12 (February 1934). Copyright 1934 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed © 1962 by Popular Publications, Inc. Assigned to Keith Alan Deutsch. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch, proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.

THE FIRST FIVE IN LINE by Charles Willeford, © 1999 by Betsy Willeford. First appeared in ORANGE PULP. Reprinted by permission of Abner Stein Limited.

WHERE THERE’S A WILL, THERE’S A SLAY by Frederick C. Davis, from BLACK MASK, British edition, October 1953. © 1953 by Popular Publications, Inc. Copyright renewed 1962, 1970 by Popular Publications, Inc. Assigned to Keith Alan Deutsch. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch, proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.

RIDE A WHITE HORSE by Lawrence Block, © 1958 by Lawrence Block. First appeared in MANHUNT, 1958. Reprinted by permission of the author.

BEST MAN by Thomas Walsh from BLACK MASK issue 17, No. 4 (October 1934). Copyright 1934 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed © 1962 by Popular Publications. Assigned to Keith Alan Deutsch. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch, proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.

DOG LIFE by Mark Timlin, © 2001 by Mark Timlin. Original to this collection. Reprinted by permission of the author.

DON’T LOOK BEHIND YOU by Fredric Brown, © 1947 by Davis Publications, Inc. First appeared in ELLERY QUEEN’S MYSTERY MAGAZINE, 1947. Reprinted by permission of Scott Meredith Literary Agency, Inc.

COLLEGE-CUT KILL by John D. MacDonald, © 1950 by John D. MacDonald. First appeared in DIME DETECTIVE MAGAZINE, June 1950. Reprinted by permission of Vanessa Holt Limited.

THE LOST COAST by Marcia Muller, © 1994 by the Pronzini-Muller Family Trust. First appeared in DEADLY ALLIES 2. Reprinted by permission of the author.

THE PIT by Joe R. Lansdale, © 1987 by Joe R. Lansdale. First appeared in THE BLACK LIZARD ANTHOLOGY OF CRIME FICTION. Reprinted by permission of the author.

CLEAN SWEEP by Roger Torrey from BLACK MASK issue 16, No. 12 (February 1934). © 1934 by Pro-Distributors Publishing Company, Inc. Copyright renewed © 1962 by Popular Publications, Inc. Assigned to Keith Alan Deutsch. Reprinted by special arrangement with Keith Alan Deutsch, proprietor and conservator of the respective copyrights and successor-in-interest to Popular Publications, Inc.

EYE OF THE BEHOLDER by Ed Gorman, © 1997 by Ed Gorman. First appeared in CEMETERY DANCE. Reprinted by permission of the author.