Tag Archives: Pulps

Hammett: That White-Hot Burst in 1925

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Don

Image at top: holding down a table at the Mechanics’ Library talk while Nathan Ward merrily signs a copy of his new bio of Hammett. Image at bottom: before we start the proceedings (clew: my wine glass is loaded) we gear … Continue reading →

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Tour: What Fell Heir to the Pulps?

Posted on October 18, 2015 by Don

Waking up today, trying to pour enough joe down around my lungs to get fumbling fingers to lace the gumshoes so I can go out and do another tour, I find an email from Patrick McEntee. He’s the guy who … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Thumbing the Hammers in the Gun-Dummy Game

Posted on September 27, 2015 by Don

Hey, can you tell that I am deep into Will Murray’s history of the pulp western, Wordslingers? A history of a genre, an encyclopedia of mini-biographies of a thousand and one fictioneers, and a debate between the proponents of the … Continue reading →

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Hammett: “The Gatewood Thing” Caper

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Don

Today is the 54th anniversary of the death of Dashiell Hammett — and starts us toward the five year marker for this blog (although the website itself kicked off in late 2000 — hey, a fifteen year anniversary!). As a mini-memorial, how about a … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: Weird Tales, Paperbacked and eBooked

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Don

Just the other day Terry Zobeck did up a list of pretty much everything Hammett ever wrote or edited, including a single anthology — of horror fiction. Creeps by Night. Take a gander at the cover for a British paperback reprint of … Continue reading →

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Hammett: Birthday 120

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Don

One hundred twenty years ago today, May 27, 1894, Samuel Dashiell Hammett eased out onto the Mean Streets, and after awhile slipped on his gumshoes, spent a few years bouncing around as a Pinkerton’s op before another few years knocking out stories … Continue reading →

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Rediscovered: “Fly Paper” in EQMM

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Don

I noticed in passing this shot of a newsstand — from 1942, it turns out — on James Reasoner’s blog, but Andy Bienstock from Baltimore brought to my attention that I needed to hop over to the Shorpy site where … Continue reading →

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Hammett: “The Diamond Wager”

Posted on June 21, 2013 by Don

It’s been over two years since Terry Zobeck did a quick run-through of how many Hammett stories had seen print, that far, preparing himself to dive in to check on editorial meddling by Frederic Dannay. Of all the stories then … Continue reading →

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Hammett: And the Oscar Goes To

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Don

As I was moping around the web during Oscar season this year a bit of information attracted my attention. I’d no doubt seen the same stats when I looked over Oscar info the previous season, but no bells rang at that time. This … Continue reading →

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Hammett: “Corkscrew” Part III

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Don

When Frederic Dannay, a.k.a. Ellery Queen, collected the Continental Op yarn “Corkscrew” in the 1948 Lawrence Spivak digest Nightmare Town, he resurrected it from the crumbling wood pulp pages of Black Mask much like Dr. Frankenstein rescued the monster from the grave … Continue reading →

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