The New Black Mask Quarterly (No 1)

“Robert B. Parker: An Interview,” and “Commentary on Promised Land” copyright © 1985 by Robert B. Parker. Excerpt from The Promised Land, copyright © 1976 by Robert B. Parker. Reprinted by permission of Dell Publishing Co., Inc./Seymour Lawrence. “The Ripoff,” copyright © 1985 by the Estate of Jim Thompson. “Backfire,” by Raymond Chandler, copyright © 1984 by Helga Greene. “A Case of Chivas Regal,” copyright © 1985 by George V. Higgins. “Remember Mrs. Fitz!” copyright © 1985 by George Sims. “Trouble in Paradise,” copyright © 1985 by Arthur Lyons. “Bloody July,” copyright © 1985 by Loren D. Estleman. “Say a Prayer for the Guy,” copyright © 1958 by Nelson Algren. “The Pulpcon Kill,” copyright © 1985 by William F. Nolan.