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This page lists anthologies that collect hard-boiled, private eye, noir and pulp fiction.

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The Hard-Boiled Omnibus: Early Stories From Black Mask

Editor: Joseph T. Shaw

1946

An anthology of espionage related shot stories selected by and with an introduction by Eric Ambler. The contents are:

• Sail (Lester Dent)
• Taking His Time (Reuben Jennings Shay)
• Death in the Pasig (Ramon Decolta)
• The Man Who Liked Dogs (Raymond Chandler)
• Fly Paper (Dashiell Hammett)
• Inside Job (Raoul Whitfield)
• Red Goose (Norbert Davis)
• Red 71 (Paul Cain)
• Best Man (Thomas Walsh)
• Kick-Back (Ed Lybeck)
• Clean Sweep (Roger Torrey)
• South Wind (Theodore Tinsley)

As Tough as They Come

Editor: Will Oursler

1951

The contents are:

• The Man Who Lost His Head (Bruno Fischer)
• Goodbye Hannah (Steve Fisher)
• The Visitor (Henry Treece)
• Journey (Night (Thomas Walsh)
• Corkscrew (Dashiell Hammett)
• No Escape! (Bruno Fischer)
• Brush Fire (James M. Cain)
• Sparrow Cop (MacKinlay Kantor)
• Big Shot (Brett Halliday)
• Gangster's Girl (Lou Wylie)
• Frisco Payoff (Lawrence G. Blochman)
• Invited Witness (George Harmon Coxe)
• Lethal Boy Blue (Larry Holden)
• Mighty Like a Rogue (Day Keene)
• Natural Selection (Gilbert Thomas)
• Dead Heat (Lillian Day and Norbert Lederer)
• Killer-Diller (Hugh Pentecost)

Dangerous Dames

Selected by: Mike Shayne

Dell

1955

The contents are:

• A Better Mantrap (Day Keene)
• Collector's Item (Jerome Barry)
• Hang That Husband High (Bruno Fischer)
• Simone (Joan Vatsek)
• The Statement Of Jerry Malloy (Anthony Boucher)
• She-Wolf (Rutherford Montgomery)
• Women Are Poison (Brett Halliday)
• Speak To Me Of Death (John West)
• If I Can Ever Forget (Frank Gruber)
• Witness For The Prosecution (Q. Patrick)
• Rhapsody In Blood (Harold Q. Masur)
• Angelica Is Still Alive (Walter Snow)

The Best From Manhunt

Editor: Scott and Sidney Meredith

1958?

The contents are:

• Introduction (Scott And Sidney Meredith)
• On The Sidewalk Bleeding (Evan Hunter)
• Mugger Murder (Richard Deming)
• Decision (Helen Nielsen)
• The Collector Comes After Payday (Fletcher Flora)
• Try It My Way (Jack Ritchie)
• Movie Night (Robert Turner)
• In Memory Of Judith Courtright (Erskine Caldwell)
• Day's Work (Jonathan Lord)
• The Scrapbook (Jonathan Craig)
• Quiet Day In The County Jail (Craig Rice)
• The Set-Up (Stanley L. Colbert)
• The Double Take (Richard S. Parther)
• The Man Who Found The Money (James E. Cronin)

Mike Shayne Selects Ten Cases of Murder in Miami

Selected by: Mike Shayne

Dell

1959

"An original anthology of short stories by seven acknowledged masters of mystery fiction."

• Death Goes To The Post (Brett Halliday)
• The Body In The Pool (Rufus King)
• Barracuda (Talmage Powell)
• The Good Picker (Coretta Slavska)
• The Wind Blows Death (Bruno Fischer)
• Maimi Mystery Puzzle (Robert P. Mills)
• Welcome Home (Robert Arthur)
• The Hint (Joan Vatsek)
• One On The House (Donald Barr Chidsey)
• Murder At Galleon Key (Philip Wylie)

Dames, Danger, Death

Editor: Leo Margulies

1960

The contents are:

• Now Die In It (Curt Cannon)
• Sweet Charlie (Henry Kane)
• Squeeze Play (Richard S. Prather)
• Death Goes To The Post (Brett Halliday)
• A Lady Of Talent (Jonathan Craig)
• Sleep Without Dreams (Frank Kane)
• Optical Illusion (Richard Deming)
• Classification : Dead (Richard Marsten)

Mike Shayne's Torrid Twelve

Editor: Leo Margulies

1961

An anthology of short stories that originally appeared in the Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine.The contents are:

• Death Dives Deep (Brett Halliday)
• The Toy-Head Man (Franklin Gregory)
• The Fifth One (D.E. Forbes)
• The Rites Of Death (Hal Ellson)
• The Patsy (Frank Kane)
• Water's Edge (Robert Bloch)
• Moonflower (Hope Field)
• A Hood Is Born (Richard Deming)
• The Right Kind Of A House (Henry Slesar)
• Three Wives Too Many (Kenneth Fearing)
• Sunday's Slaughter (Jonathan Craig)
• The Musical Doll (Helen Kasson)

Mink Is Foe A Minx

Editor: Leo Margulies

1964

"1st Annual Edition: The best from Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine."The contents are:

• Death of a Dead Man (Brett Halliday)
• Partners of the Dark (Alson J. Smith)
• Truck Drivers Like Girls (Dorothy Madle)
• Murder Slick as a Whistle (Arthur Porges)
• The Marrow of Justice (Hal Ellson)
• Man on the Run (Dennis Lynds)
• Death, My Love (John Douglas)
• Mink Is for a Minx (Tighe Jarratt)
• Murder of an Unknown Man (James Holding)
• Corpus Delecti (Talmage Powell)

The HardBoiled Dicks: An Anthology And Study Of Pulp Detective Fiction

Editor: Ron Goulart

1965

"Here is an anthology of representative stories taken from the great, driving forces in pulp detective fiction: Black Mask, Dime Detective, and Detective Fiction Weekly. They represent the work being done in the 20's and 30's and are offered here as more than a nostalgic look at the past. They are offered as prototypes of one of the most popular fiction types ever developed."

• Don't Give Your Right Name (Norbert Davis)
• The Saint In Silver (John K. Butler)
• Winter Kill (Frederick Nebel)
• China Man (Raoul Whitfield)
• Death On Eagle's Crag (Frank Gruber)
• A Nose For News (Richard Dale)
• Angelfish (Lester Dent)
• Bird In The Hand (Erle Stanley Gardner)

Come Seven (Come Death)

Editor: Henry Morrison

1965

"An original anthology of short stories by seven acknowledged masters of mystery fiction."

• The Guilty Party (Richard S. Prather)
• The Corpse Maker (Harold Q. Masur)
• The Memory Guy (Henry Kane)
• With Frame To Match (Frank Kane)
• Too Much Like Murder (Jonathan Craig)
• The Shakedown (Richard Deming)
• Baby Sister (Stephen Marlowe)

The Pulps: Fifty Years Of American Pop Culture

Editor: Tony Goodstone

1970

"An original anthology of short stories by seven acknowledged masters of mystery fiction."

• Resurrection Of Jimber-Jaw (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
• Greek Poropulos (Edgar Wallace)
• Devil Must Pay (Frederick C. Painton)
• Manchu Terror (William P. Mcgivern)
• A Nigh-Side Prod; Camp-Fire; Boomer Trail (Charles A. Freeman)
• Yellow Twin (Paul W. Gallico)
• From The Bleachers (Handley Cross)
• Flaming Arrow (George Bruce)
• Origin Of The Lafayette Escadrille Insignia (Anonymous)
• War Planes (William E. Barrett)
• Tarmac Talk (Eddie Mccrae)
• Tale Of The Transport (William V.V. Stephens)
• The Ghost (Max Brand)
• Old Pard (J.E. Grinstead)
• Butler's Nag (Frank Richardson Pierce)
• A Ticket Outside (Robert Ormond Case)
• Tough Enough (Luke Short)
• Stampede (Powder River Bill)
• Mr. Alias, Burglar (Rodrigues Ottolengui)
• One Hour (Dashiell Hammett)
• Detectograms (Lawrence Treat)
• Deadly Orchid (T.T. Flynn)
• Narrative Cross-Word Puzzle (Richard Hoadley Tingley)
• Death's Passport (Robert Leslie Bellem)
• Tortue Pool (Mackinlay Kantor)
• Wake For The Living (Ray Bradbury)
• Hot Rompers (Russ West)
• Enter The Vampire (Clement Wood)
• Seeing New York By Kiddie Car (Philip G. Wylie)
• Kitty The Kisser (John Held, Jr.)
• Plea For The Old Music (Richard Le Gallienne)
• Place For Everything (Harry Irving Shumway)
• Wisdom (Carrington North)
• Purple Heart Of Erlik (Robert E. Howard)
• Labyrinth Of Monsters (Robert Leslie Bellem)
• Dinner Cooked In Hell (Mindret Lord)
• Vengeance Of Nitocris (Tennessee Williams)
• Incantation (Page Cooper)
• Valley Of The Worm (Robert E. Howard)
• In Mayan Splendor (Frank Belknap Long, Jr.)
• Green Window (Mary Elizabeth Counselman)
• Train For Flushing (Malcolm Jameson)
• Drawing For Longfellow's "Skeleton In Armor" (Virgil Finlay)
• Seed From The Sepulcher (Clark Ashton Smith)
• Continuity ; Gardens Of Yin (H.P. Lovecraft)
• Wanderer Of Infinity (Harl Vincent)
• Parasite Planet (Stanley G. Weinbaum)

The Fantastic Pulps

Editor: Peter Haining

1975

The contents are:

• Baron Munchausen's Scientific Adventure (Hugo Gernsback)
• Cry From Beyond (Victor Rousseau)
• Diary Of Alonzo Typer (H.P. Lovecraft And William Lumley)
• Ghost Patrol (Sinclair Lewis)
• Iron Mask (Robert Bloch)
• John Ovington Returns (Max Brand)
• Madman's Murder Melody (Ray Cummings)
• Man Who Saw The Future (Edmond Hamilton)
• Man With The Glass Heart (George Allan England)
• Manacled (Stephen Crane)
• People Of The Pitt (A. Merritt)
• Resurrection Of Jimber-Jaw (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
• Sardonic Star Of Tom Doody Dashiell Hammett.
• Sea Shell (Ray Bradbury)
• Second Challenge (Mackinlay Kanto)
• Suicide Chapel (Seabury Quinn)
• Thousand Deaths (Jack London)
• Twentieth Century Homunculus (David H. Keller)
• Wolf Woman (H. Bedford-Jones)

The Hard-Boiled Detective: Stories From Black Mask Magazine, 1920-1951

Editor: Herbert Ruhm

1977

The contents are:

• Introduction (Herbert Rhum)
• The False Burton Combs (Carroll John Daly)
• The Road Home (Peter Collinson)
• The Gutting of Couffignal (Dashiell Hammett)
• Kansas City Flash (Norbert Davis)
• Take It and Like It (Frederick Nebel)
• Goldfish (Raymond Chandler)
• Angelfish (Lester Dent)
• Leg Man (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• Once Around the Clock (George Harmon Coxe)
• The Turkey Buzzard Blues (Merle Constiner)
• It’s So Peaceful In the Country (William Brandon)
• Killer Come Home (Curt Hamlin)
• Big-Time Operator (Paul W. Fairman)
• Five O’Clock Menace (Bruno Fisher)

The Arbor House Treasury of Detective and Mystery Stories from the Great Pulps

Editor: Bill Pronzini

1983

The contents are:

• Introduction (Bill Pronzini)
• Arson Plus (Dashiell Hammett)
• Knights Of The Open Palm (Carroll John Daly)
• The Mopper-Up (Horace Mccoy)
• Red Pavement (Frederick Nebel)
• Parlor Trick (Paul Cain)
• The Living Lie Down With The Dead (Cornell Woolrich)
• Holocaust House (Norbert Davis)
• Blue Murder (Fredric Brown)
• Hear That Mournful Sound (Dane Gregory)
• The Day Nobody Died (D.L. Champion)
• Fatal Accident (John D. Macdonald)
• Diamonds Of Death (Robert Leslie Bellem)
• See No Evil (William Campbell Gault)
• Crime Of Omission (John D. Macdonald)
• The Girl In The Golden Cage (John Jakes)

The Defective Detective in the Pulps

Editor: Gary Hoppenstand and Ray B. Browne

1983

"The world of the defective detective was a strange one. Continuing the motif of the mythological hero, this unique detective type emerged in the 1930s in a very imperfect and threatened society. The stories reprinted in this volume reveal just how widely the genre ranged during the Depression."

• Introduction: I'd Kiss You Sweetheart But My Lips Are Missing (Gary Hoppenstand and Ray B. Browne)
• Madam Murder and the Corpse Brigade (Paul Ernst)
• The Brain Murders (John Kobler)
• The Devil Beats Death's Drums (Warren Lucas)
• Brothers From Hell (Grendon Alzee)
• The Flowering Corpses (Nat Schachner)
• The River Styx (Facsimile Reprint Editorial)
• Dead Man-Killer (Edith and Ejler Jacobson)

The Eyes Have It: The First Private Eye Of America Anthology

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

1984

The contents are:

• By The Dawn's Early Light (Lawrence Block)
• The Strawberry Teardrop (Max Allan Collins)
• Eight Million Dead (Michael Collins)
• The Prettiest Dead Girl In Detroit (Loren D. Estleman)
• Iris (Stephen Greenleaf)
• The Rented Scar (Edward D. Hoch)
• Private Investigations (Richard Hoyt)
• The Man Who Shot Lewis Vance (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• The Rat Line (Rob Kantner)
• The Reluctant Detective (Michael Z. Lewin)
• Typographical Error (John Lutz)
• Wild Mustard (Marcia Muller)
• A Long Time Dying (William F. Nolan)
• Three-Dot Po (Sara Paretsky)
• Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg (Bill Pronzini)
• Deathlist (Robert J. Randisi)
• Hallam (L.J. Washburn)

More Tales Of The Defective Detective in the Pulps

Editor: Gary Hoppenstand, Garyn G. Roberts and Ray B. Browne

1985

"This second collection of defective detective stories features some of the best of the period, including Russell Gray s gimpy hero Ben Bryn, Edith and Ejler Jacobson s hemophiliac gum-shoe Nat Perry, John Kobler s glaucomatous troubleshooter Peter Quest, and Leon Byrne s deaf detective Dan Holden."

• Introduction: Monstrous Crimes Of Deformity: The Defective Detective Carries On (Gary Hoppenstand, Garyn G. Roberts and Ray B. Browne)
• The Dead Hand Horrors (Russell Gray)
• Flesh for the Monster (Russell Gray)
• Prey for the Creeping Death (Russell Gray)
• Funerals COD (Edith and Ejler Jacobson)
• They Die on Schedule (Edith and Ejler Jacobson)
• Bubbles of Murder (John Kobler)
• Clinics for Killers (John Kobler)
• Society of the Singing Death (Leon Byrne)

The Black Mask Boys: Masters in the Hard-Boiled School of Detective Fiction

Editor: William F. Nolan

1985

"A collection of vintage detective fiction gives tribute to many of the masters in the hard-boiled school of detective fiction and the legacy of the Black Mask, the magazine that made them famous."

• Three Gun Terry (Carroll John Daly)
• Bodies Piled Up (Dashiell Hammett)
• Hell's Kettle (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• Sal the Dude (Raoul Whitfield)
• Rough Justice (Frederick Nebel)
• Frost Flies Alone (Horace McCoy)
• Gundown (Paul Cain)
• Blackmailers Don't Shoot (Raymond Chandler)

Hard-Boiled Dames: A Brass-Knuckled Anthology Of The Toughest Women From The Classic Pulps

Editor: Bernard Drew

St. Martin's Press

1986

"For this entertaining collection, Bernard Drew has drawn together women - investigators, crooks, gun molls, and reporters - who appeared as ongoing series characters in the classic pulp magazines of the 1930's."

• Preface (Marcia Muller)
• Introduction (Bernard A. Drew)
• Riddle In Silk (Theodore Tinsley)
• Cash Or Credit (D.B. Mccandless)
• The Deadly Orchid (T.T. Flynn)
• Hit The Baby (Roswell Brown)
• Flowers For Violet (Cleve F. Adams)
• Murder By Mail (Frederick Nebel)
• The Domino Lady Doubles Back (Lars Anderson)
• Fingers Of Fear (Frederick C. Davis)
• The Duchess Pulls A Fast One (Whitman Chambers)
• Double Trouble (Richard Sale)
• Death To The Hunter (Judson P. Philips)
• The Jane From Hell's Kitchen (Perry Paul)
• Snowbound (C.B. Yorke)
• The Day From Hell: The Episode Of The Secret Service Blackmail (Eugene Thomas)
• Wolves of Monte Carlo (Hulbert Footner)

Mean Streets: The Second Private Eye Writers Of America Anthology

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

1986

The contents are:

• Introduction (Robert J. Randisi)
• House Call (Max Allan Collins)
• Body Count (Wayne D. Dundee)
• I'm In The Book (Loren D. Estleman)
• April In Peril (William Campbell Gault)
• The Parker Shotgun (Sue Grafton)
• Busted Blossoms (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• Fly Away Home (Rob Kantner)
• The Thunder Of Guilt (John Lutz)
• Missing In Miami (Arthur Lyons)
• At The Old Swimming Hole (Sara Paretsky)
• Ace In The Hole (Bill Pronzini)
• Wrongful Death (Dick Stodghill)

A Cent a Story: The Best from Ten Detective Aces

Editor: Garyn G. Roberts

1986

"This book reproduces ten of the best stories that appeared in Ten Detective Aces. The detectives that appeared during the height of Ten Detective Aces, that period from 1932 to 1936, were Hard-Boiled, Avengers or a mixture of the two."

• Introduction: Of Dragnets And Detective Aces: Early Beginnings For The Hero Pulps (Garyn G. Roberts)
• The Corpse Laughs (Harry Widmer)
• Fangs Of The Cobra (Paul Chadwick)
• Satan's Hoof (Norvell Page)
• The Wax Witness (Carl McK. Saunders)
• The Task Of Terror (Lester Dent)
• Mark Of The Moon Man (Frederick C. Davis)
• The House Of Kaa (Richard B. Sale)
• The Whisperer Prowles (Alexis Rossoff)
• The Death Master (G.T. Fleming-Roberts)
• Killers' Club Car (Emile C. Tepperman)

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories

Editor: Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg

1988

The contents are:

• Wrong Pigeon (Raymond Chandler)
• Not My Corpse (Carroll John Daly)
• Diamonds Of Death (Robert Leslie Bellem)
• Before She Kills (Fredric Brown)
• So Dark For April (Howard Browne)
• Stolen Star (William Campbell Gault)
• Guilt-Edged Blonde (Ross Macdonald)
• Suicide Is Scandalous (Henry Kane)
• Dead Giveaway (Richard S. Prather)
• Surf (Joseph Hansen)
• Reason To Die (Michael Collins)
• Death Fight (Ed Mcbain)
• Wanted-Dead And Alive (Stephen Marlowe)
• Other Eye (Edward D. Hoch)
• Busted Blossoms (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• Out Of The Window (Lawrence Block)
• Riding The Lightning)
• She Didn't Come Home (Sue Grafton)
• Reason Why (Edward Gorman)
• Iris (Stephen Greenleaf)
• Skeleton Rattle Your Mouldy Leg (Bill Pronzini)
• Broken Men (Marcia Muller)
• Trouble In Paradise (Arthur Lyons)
• Strawberry Teardrop (Max Allan Collins)
• Nickel Derby (Robert J. Randisi)
• Greektown (Loren D. Estleman)

An Eye For Justice: The Third Private Eye Writers Of America Anthology

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

1988

The contents are:

• Introduction (Richard S. Prather)
• Candala (George C. Chesbro)
• Marble Mildred (Max Allan Collins)
• Black In The Snow (Michael Collins)
• The Judas Target (Wayne D. Dundee)
• State Of Grace (Loren D. Estleman)
• Non Sung Smoke (Sue Grafton)
• Left For Dead (Rob Kantner)
• Dds 10752 Libra (John Lutz And Josh Pachter)
• Dead Copy (Arthur Lyons)
• Incident In A Neighborhood Tavern (Bill Pronzini)
• The Vanishing Virgin (Robert J. Randisi)
• The Safest Place In The World (James M. Reasoner)
• Hollywood Guns (L.J. Washburn)

Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe: A Centennial Celebration

Editor: Byron Preiss

1988

"Authorized by the estate of the late Raymond Chandler, this volume reveals the missing life history and detective adventures of Philip Marlowe, one of the 20th century's most enduring and beloved characters. Marlowe is the quintessential American detective: cynical yet idealistic; romantic yet full of despair; a gentleman capable of rough violence. The stories are written by some of the detective-mystery genre's leading lights. The final story in the volume is Raymond Chandler's last Marlowe adventure: The Pencil. The stories run chronologically through the career of Marlowe, from 1935 through 1960. These are classic Marlowe tales of betrayal, mistrust, and double-dealing on the seamy side of Los Angeles."

• Foreword (Byron Preiss)
• Introduction (Frank MacShane)
• The Perfect Crime (Max Allan Collins)
• The Black-Eyed Blonde (Benjamin M. Schutz)
• Gun Music (Loren D. Estleman)
• Saving Grace (Joyce Harrington)
• Malibu Tag Team (Jonathan Valin)
• Sad-Eyed Blonde (Dick Lochte)
• The Empty Sleeve (W. R. Philbrick)
• Dealer's Choice (Sara Paretsky)
• Red Rock (Julie Smith)
• The Deepest South (Paco Ignacio Taibo)
• Consultation in the Dark (Francis M. Nevins)
• In the Jungle of Cities (Roger L. Simon)
• Star Bright (John Lutz)
• Stardust Kill (Simon Brett)
• Locker 246 (Robert J. Randisi)
• Bitter Lemons (Stuart M. Kamisky)
• The Man Who Knew Dick Bong (Robert Crais)
• Essence D'Orient (Edward D. Hoch)
• In the Line of Duty (Jeremiah Healy)
• The Alibi (Ed Gorman)
• The Devil's Playground (James Grady)
• Asia (Eric Van Lustbader)
• Mice (Robert Campbell)
• The Pencil (Raymond Chandler)

The Giant Book Of Private Eye Stories

Editors: Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg

1988

Uncertain of original publication date. This is possibly the same content as the Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories (see above).

Justice For Hire: The Fourth Private Eye Writers Of America Anthology

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

1990

The contents are:

• Bookie's Daughter (Michael Allegretto)
• Batman's Helpers (Lawrence Block)
• Private Consultation (Max Allan Collins)
• Chair (Michael Collins)
• Naughty Naughty (Wayne D. Dundee)
• Torch Number (James Ellroy)
• Death Of A Fatcat (Paul Engleman)
• Cigarette Stop (Loren D. Estleman)
• Someone To Turn Out The Lights (Jeremiah Healy)
• Someone Else (John Lutz)
• Final Resting Place (Marcia Muller)
• Bad To The Bone (W.R. Philbrick)
• Stakeout (Bill Pronzini)
• Montezuma's Other Revenge (Julie Smith)
• Bypass For Murder (Dick Stodghill)

P.I. Files

Editor: Loren D. Estleman and Martin H. Greenberg

1990

The contents are:

• Fedoras and Flourishes: The State of the Private-Eye Art (Loren D. Estleman)
• By the Dawn Early Light (Lawrence Block)
• On the Prod (L.J. Washburn)
• Death of an Iron Maiden (Wayne D. Dundee)
• Skin Deep (Sara Paretsky)
• Sherlock (Al Sarrantonio)
• The Crooked Way (Loren D. Estleman)
• She Didn't Come Home (Sue Grafton)
• Turn Away (Edward Gorman)
• A Shot in the Arm (Richard Deming)
• Eighty Million Dead (Michael Collins)
• The Heat is Killing Me! (Fletcher Flora)
• Ride the Lightning (John Lutz)
• Down This Mean Street (Robert Twohy)
• The Forever Trip (Rob Kantner)

Hard-Boiled Detectives: 23 Great Stories from Dime Detective Magazine

Editor: Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg

1992

"Twenty-three tales from Dime Detective Magazine originally published between 1931 and 1953, including works by Erle Stanley Gardner, Max Brand, and John D. MacDonald."

• Hell's Pay Check (Frederick Nebel)
• The Crime Machine (Carroll John Daly)
• The Hand Of Horror (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• Nine Parts Devil (Max Brand)
• A Burial Is Arranged (John Lawrence)
• A Man's Last Hours (William E. Barrett)
• Somthing For The Sweeper (Norbert Davis)
• Footprints On A Brain (D.L. Champion)
• The Lady In The Lake (Raymond Chandler)
• Strangler's Kill (Merle Constiner)
• Ding Dong Belle (Hugh B. Cave)
• You Slay Me, Baby (Frederick C. Davis)
• Sleep No More My Lovely (G.T. Fleming-Roberts)
• I'll Slay You In My Dreams (Bruno Fischer)
• No Minimum For Murder (Julius Long)
• A Ghoul And His Money (C.M. Kornbluth)
• Cold Storage (Robert Turner)
• Death Comes Gift-Wrapped (William P. Mcgivern)
• A Dish Of Homicide (Hank Searles)
• Safe As Any Sap (William Tenn)
• None But The Lethal Heart (William C. Gault)
• The Man From Limbo (John D. MacDonald)
• Murderer's Encore (Murray Leinster)

Deadly Allies: Private Eye Writers of America/Sisters in Crime Collaborative Anthology

Editor: Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace

1992

"An anthology of mystery works by the two most influential mystery writers' organizations includes stories by Sue Grafton, Loren Estleman, Susan Dunlap, Sara Paretsky, Ben Schutz, Max Allan Collins, Jeremiah Healy, and others."

• Easy Go (Lia Matera)
• Summary Judgment (Jeremiah Healy)
• A Little Missionary Work (Sue Grafton)
• A Good Judge of Character (Susan Dunlap)
• Sex and Violence (Nancy Pickard)
• Mary, Mary, Shut the Door (Benjamin M. Schutz)
• Role Model (Michael Collins)
• Invitation (Sarah Andrews)
• Nothing Ventured (Carolyn G. Hart)
• Whatever Has to Be Done (Jan Grape)
• Louise (Max Allan Collins)
• Strung Out (Sara Paretsky)
• Like Father, Like Daughter (Sandra Scoppettone)
• Turnabout (Robert J. Randisi)
• Before You Leap (John Lutz)
• Hangnail (Margaret B. Maron)
• Silk Strands (Julie Smith)
• Safe House (Loren D. Estleman)
• Unfinished Business (Rob Kantner)
• Reunion (Marilyn Wallace)

Tough Guys and Dangerous Dames

Editor: Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg and Martin H. Greenberg

1993

"A celebration of the hard-boiled detective, a true American folk hero who stands with one foot firmly planted in the imagination of writers & the other in the reality of 20th-century urban America."

• Sail (Lester Dent)
• The Magician Murder (Raoul Whitfield)
• Black (Paul Cain)
• The King In Yellow (Raymond Chandler)
• Chains Of Darkness (Frederick Nebel)
• The Arm Of Mother Manzoli (Merle Constiner)
• Murder In The Red (Norbert Davis)
• Brand Of Kane (Hugh B. Cave)
• Two Biers For Buster (William Campbell Gault)
• Blond Cargo (Fred Macisaac)
• Mr. Sinister (Carroll John Daly)
• The Kid Clips A Coupon (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• Tarantula Bait (Paul Chadwick)
• The Sinister Sphere (Fred C. Davis)
• The Lady Is A Corpse! (John D. Macdonald)
• The Lunatic Plague (Donald Wandrei)
• Slack Wires (Arthur J. Burks)
• Homicide Hunch (Robert Leslie Bellem)
• Power Of The Puppets (Fritz Leiber)
• Death Is A Vampire (Robert Bloch)
• Death At The Main (Frank Gruber)
• I Feel Bad Killing You (Leigh Brackett)
• The Case Of The Frozen Corpses (Ray Cummings)
• Names In The Black Book (Robert E. Howard)

Fallen Angels

Deadly Allies II: Private Eye Writers of America/Sisters in Crime Collaborative Anthology

Editor: Robert J. Randisi & Marilyn Wallace

1994

"Two leading writers' organizations in suspense fiction collaborate once again on an exciting anthology that powerfully demonstrates why the tradition of the private eye in American fiction has flourished so long . . . and is alive and well today."

• The Pig Man (Les Roberts)
• If You've Got The Money, Honey, I've Got The Crime (Barbara D'Amato)
• Bad News (Maxine O'Callaghan)
• The Lost Coast (Marcia Muller)
• Yellow Snow (Jeremiah Healy)
• The Eighth Wonder Of The World; Or, Golden Opinions (P.M. Carlson)
• What Did You Expect? (Sarah Shankman)
• The Romantics (John Lutz)
• Inconvenience Store (Max Allan Collins)
• Holy Water (Faye Kellerman)
• Film At Eleven (S.J. Rozan)
• Slipstream (Loren D. Estleman)
• Scarlett Fever (Jan Grape)
• Uncommon Law (Cathy Pickens)
• Desdemona's Handkerchief (Marilyn Wallace)
• What Goes Around (Benjamin Schutz)
• Gentle Insanities (Christine Matthews)
• An Almost Perfect Murder (Carolyn G. Hart)
• Paper Trail (Joan Hess)
• Angel Eyes (Michael Collins)
• Laying Down To Die (Robert J. Randisi)
• Bad Review (Susan Dunlap)

Hard-Boiled: An Anthology of American Crime Stories

Editor: Bill Pronzini & Jack Adrian

1995

The contents are:

• The Scorched Face (Dashiell Hammett)
• Round Trip (W. R. Burnett)
• Mistral (Raoul Whitfield)
• Backwash (Frederick Nebel)
• Trouble-Chaser (Paul Cain)
• Fruit Tramp (Daniel Mainwaring)
• Brush Fire (James M. Cain)
• Human Interest Stuff (Brett Halliday)
• Waiting For Rusty (William Cole)
• I'll Be Waiting (Raymond Chandler)
• Marijuana And A Pistol (Chester Himes)
• Who Said I Was Dead (Norbert Davis)
• Nor Iron Bars (John D. Macdonald)
• Dock Walloper (Benjamin Appel)
• Three-Ten To Yuma (Elmore Leonard)
• The Bobby-Soxer (Jonathan Craig)
• Black Pudding (David Goodis)
• Guilt-Edged Blonde (Ross Macdonald)
• Mama's Boy (David Alexander)
• The Screen Test Of Mike Hammer (Mickey Spillane)
• Home (Gil Brewer)
• So Pale, So Cold, So Fair (Leigh Brackett)
• A Piece Of Ground (Helen Nielsen)
• The Merry, Merry Christmas (Evan Hunter)
• Forever After (Jim Thompson)
• The Old Pro (H. A. Derosso)
• The Saturday Night Deaths (Michael Kerr)
• Graveyard Shift (James M. Reasoner)
• Deadhead Coming Down (Margaret Maron)
• To Florida (Robert Sampson)
• It's A Hard World (Andrew Vachss)
• Junior Jackson's Parable (James Hannah)
• Bonding (Faye Kellerman)
• Gravy Train (James Ellroy)
• Batman's Helpers (Lawrence Block)
• The Long Silence After (Ed Gorman)

Spooks, Spies, and Private Eyes: Black Mystery, Crime, and Suspense Fiction

Editor: Paula A. Woods

1995

"Brings together African American detective fiction from a wide variety of authors, from the earliest mystery story written by an African American, to stories from the Harlem Renaissance, to contemporary authors like Walter Mosley."

• Talma Gordon (Pauline E. Hopkins)
• From The Conjure-Man Dies (Rudolph Fisher)
• The Shoemaker Murder (William Stockton)
• Summer Session (Alice Dunbar-Nelson)
• His Last Day (Chester Himes)
• On Saturday The Siren Sounds At Noon (Ann Petry)
• Corollary (Hughes Allison)
• The Man Who Killed A Shadow (Richard Wright)
• From The Man Who Cried I Am (John A Williams)
• From The Spook Who Sat By The Door (Sam Greenlee)
• Fearless (Walter Mosley)
• And Pray Nobody Sees You (Gar Anthony Haywood)
• Personal Woman (Mike Phillips)
• The Thirtieth Amendment (Hugh Holton)
• Dead Man's Shadow (Gary Phillips)
• Death And The Point Spread (Percy Spurlark Parker)
• From Coffin & Co. (Njami Simon)
• The Man Who Said I'm Not (Eleanor Taylor Bland)
• Spilled Salt (Barbaraneely)
• Killing Color (Charlotte Watson Sherman)
• Tell Me Moore (Aya De Leon)
• From Night Songs (Penny Mickelbury)

Pulp Fiction

Editor: Peter Haining

1996

The contents are:

• Torch Number (James Ellroy)
• Egyptian Lure (Carroll John Daly)
• Arson Plus (Dashiell Hammett)
• Man Who Liked Dogs (Raymond Chandler)
• Dead Man's Head (Robert Leslie Bellem)
• Singing Pigeon (Ross Macdonald)
• Hunting Of Hemingway (Mackinlay Kantor)
• Dead On Her Feet (Cornell Woolrich)
• Nice Work (Peter Cheyney)
• Lady Says Die (Mickey Spillane)
• Accident Report (Ed Mcbain)
• Freaky Deaky (Elmore Leonard)
• Travelling Light (W.R. Burnett)
• Pastorale (James M. Cain)
• Deadly Circle (Samuel Fuller)
• Get A Load Of This (James Hadley Chase)
• It's A Wise Cadaver (David Goodis)
• Frightening Frammis (Jim Thompson)
• Fifth Quarter (Stephen King)
• Watch (Quentin Tarantino)

Pulp Frictions: Hardboiled Stories

Editor: Peter Haining

1996

An anthology of 20 hard boiled detective stories.

"This page-turning collection, brought together by a true aficionado of the hardboiled story, includes, of course, Chandler and Hammett, but also Mickey Spillane, Ross MacDonald, Ed McBain and James Hadley Chase from the vintage years and from the current generation James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino, to name just a few of the twenty great writers featured here."

• Torch number (James Ellroy)
• Egyptian lure (Carroll John Daly)
• Arson plus (Dashiell Hammett)
• Man who liked dogs (Raymond Chandler)
• Dead man's head (Robert Leslie Bellem)
• Singing pigeon (Ross Macdonald)
• Hunting of Hemingway (MacKinlay Kantor)
• Dead on her feet (Cornell Woolrich)
• Nice work (Peter Cheyney)
• Lady says die (Mickey Spillane)
• Accident report (Ed McBain)
• Freaky deaky (Elmore Leonard)
• Travelling light (W.R. Burnett)
• Pastorale (James M. Cain)
• Deadly circle (Samuel Fuller)
• Get a load of this (James Hadley Chase)
• It's a wise cadaver (David Goodis)
• Frightening Frammis (Jim Thompson)
• Fifth quarter (Stephen King)
• Watch (Quentin Tarantino)

The Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction

Editor: Maxim Jakubowski

1996

"This collection contains 70 years' worth of pulp fiction and popular writing, featuring shady characters, voluptuous molls, ruthless bigshots and corrupt and good cops. The authors contributing include Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, James M. Cain, Ed McBain and James Ellroy."

• Too Many Have Lived (Dashiel Hammett)
• Flight To Nowhere (Charles Williams)
• Black (Paul Cain)
• Finders Killers! (W.T. Ballard)
• Murder's Mandate (John D. Macdonald)
• Cigarette Girl (James M. Cain)
• The Getaway (Gil Brewer)
• Preview Of Murder (Robert Leslie Bellem)
• Forever After (Jim Thompson)
• The Bloody Tide (Day Keene)
• Death Comes Gift-Wrapped (William P. Mcgivern)
• The Girl Behind The Hedge (Mickey Spillane)
• Enter Scarface (Armitage Trail)
• A Candle For The Bag Lady (Lawrence Block)
• Black Pudding (David Goodis)
• A Matter Of Principal (Max Allan Collins)
• Citizen's Arrest (Charles Willeford)
• Sleeping Dog (Ross Macdonald)
• The Wench Is Dead (Fredric Brown)
• So Dark For April (Howard Browne)
• We Are All Dead (Bruno Fischer)
• Divide And Conquer (Jack Ritchie)
• A Real Nice Guy (William F. Nolan)
• Stacked Deck (Bill Pronzini)
• So Young, So Fair, So Dead (John Lutz)
• Effective Medicine (B. Traven)
• Killing Bernstein (Harlan Ellison)
• The Second Coming (Joe Gores)
• Hibiscus And Homicide (William Campbell Gault)
• Hell On Wheels (Thomas S. Roche)
• Ordo (Donald E. Westlake)

The Eyes Still Have It: The Shamus Award-Winning Stories

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

1996

"An anthology of twelve stories awarded the Shamus Award by the Private Eye Writers of America features the work of the most talented practitioners of contemporary detective fiction, including Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, and Nancy Pickard."

• What You Don't Know Can't Hurt You (John Lutz)
• Cat's Paw (Bill Pronzini)
• By The Dawn's Early Light (Lawrence Block)
• Eight Mile And Dequindre (Loren D. Estleman)
• Fly Away Home (Rob Kantner)
• Turn Away (Ed Gorman)
• The Crooked Way (Loren D. Estleman)
• The Killing Man (Mickey Spillane)
• Final Resting Place (Marcia Muller)
• Dust Devil (Nancy Pickard)
• Mary, Mary, Shut The Door (Benjamin M. Schutz)
• The Merciful Angel Of Death (Lawrence Block)

First Cases: First Appearances of Classic Private Eyes

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

1996

"In this stellar collection, Robert J. Randisi has compiled the first short story - and in many cases, first-ever appearances by some of the best-loved private eyes in detective fiction. Here is that rare glimpse into history, a tour down memory lane for many of today's most famous shamuses. From Amos Walker to V. I. Warshawski, here is the A-to-Z guide to the best in detective fiction."

• No One Likes To Be Played For A Sucker (Michael Collins)
• It's A Lousy World (Bill Pronzini)
• File #1: The Mayfield Case (Joe Gores)
• Out The Window (Lawrence Block)
• Where Is Harry Beal? (John Lutz)
• Merrill-Go-Round (Marcia Muller)
• The Steinway Collection (Robert J. Randisi)
• Robbers' Roost (Loren D. Estleman)
• The Takamoku Joseki (Sara Paretsky)
• Long Gone (Sue Grafton)
• C Is For Cookie (Rob Kantner)
• The Strawberry Teardrop (Max Allan Collins)
• Till Tuesday (Jeremiah Healy)
• Lucky Penny (Linda Barnes)
• Mary, Mary Shut The Door (Benjamin M. Schutz)

Lethal Ladies

Editor: Robert J. Randisi & Barbara Collins

1996

"From the Private Eye Writers of America comes this exciting new anthology featuring today's hottest mystery authors. Ten of the 16 stories are never-before-published."

• Identity Crisis (Margaret Lucke)
• Mission To St. Bride's (D.C. Brod)
• Love Nest (Barbara Collins)
• Little Red Corvette (Janet Dawson)
• The Kid And The Man From Pinkertons (Marele Day)
• Death And Diamonds (Susan Dunlap)
• A One-Day Job (Jan Grape)
• Last Rites (Linda Grant)
• Check Up (Wendi Lee)
• Promises Made And Broken (Christine Matthews)
• Somewhere In The City (Marcia Muller)
• The Bedford Street Legacy (Annette Meyers)
• Heels (Donna Huston Murray)
• Once Burned (S.J. Rozan)
• At The Old Swimming Hole (Sara Paretsky)
• Lynching In Mixville (L.J. Washburn)

American Pulp

Editor: Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg

1997

"Collects the best American crime stories ever published, culled from the pulp magazines of the thirties, forties, and fifties."

• Introduction (Ed Gorman, Bill Pronzini, And Martin H. Greenberg)
• Easy Money (Evan Hunter)
• The Pickpocket (Mickey Spillane)
• In A Small Motel (John D. Macdonald)
• Sudden, Sudden Death (Talmage Powell)
• An Empty Threat (Donald E. Westlake)
• Package Deal (Lawrence Block)
• All The Lonely People (Marcia Muller)
• Doing Colfax (Ed Bryant)
• That Stranger, My Son (C.B. Gilford)
• Terrorists (Stephen Marlowe)
• Hot Snow (Vin Packer)
• I'm A Dirty Girl (Marthayn Pelegrimas)
• The Plunge (David Goodis)
• The Black And White Blues (Dorothy B. Hughes)
• High Stakes (John Lutz)
• Cop Without A Shield (Robert J. Randisi)
• Lynching In Mixville (L.J. Washburn)
• Murder In Two Parts (Norbert Davis)
• Down In The Valley (James Reasoner)
• The Badger Game (Jay Flynn)
• Don't Twist My Arm (Jack Ritchie)
• The Guilty Party (Richard S. Prather)
• We Were Picked As The Odd Ones (Wade Miller)
• Nothing To Worry About (Day Keene)
• Cry Silence (Fredric Brown)
• Tick, Tock (Donald Wandrei)
• Conspiracy (William Campbell Gault)
• Say It With Flowers (Craig Rice)
• Guilt (John Jakes)
• Bothered (Gil Brewer)
• Game (Herbert D. Kastle)
• I Feel Bad Killing You (Leigh Brackett)
• Decision (Helen Nielsen)
• Horn Man (Clark Howard)
• The Frigid Flame (Richard Matheson)

Lethal Ladies II

Editor: Chistine Matthews & Robert J. Randisi

1998

A Private Eye Writers of America collection.

"A thrilling new collection of stories - most of which are published for the first time in this volume - by the best women writers of detective fiction."

• Me, Louis, And The Skinhead (Shelley Singer)
• Publicity Stunts (Sara Paretsky)
• Dead Cat Bounce (Deborah Whittaker)
• Dreaming Of Dragons (Margaret Lucke)
• Where She Went (Phyllis Knight)
• Prosperity Restaurant (S.J. Rozan)
• Billy The Goat (Catherine Dain)
• The Private Life Of A Private Eye (Nancy Pickard)
• Christmas Rain (Donna Huston Murray)
• A Matter Of Taste (Ruthe Furie)
• Eddie Haskell In A Short Skirt (Barbara Collins)
• Diamonds Are For Never (Maxine O'Callaghan)
• Freight (Deborah Morgan)
• Funny How Deceiving Looks Can Be (Jan Grape)
• If You Can't Take The Heat (Marcia Muller)

Private Eyes: Stories with a New Spin on a Hard-Boiled Tradition

Editor: Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins

1998

"A collection of sixteen original stories by such acclaimed authors as Stuart Kaminsky, Jeremiah Healy, Robert J. Randisi, and many others, offers a treasury of private eye whodunits no amateur gumshoe will want to miss."

• The Night I Died: A Mike Hammer Story (Mickey Spillane)
• Home Is The Place Where: A "Nameless Detective" Story (Bill Pronzini)
• Snow Birds (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• Diver (James L. Traylor)
• An Eye For Scandal (Edward D. Hoch)
• See No Evil (Barb D'Amato)
• Killed In Good Company (William L. Deandrea)
• Nicole: A Matthew Gereghty Story (Ted Fitzgerald)
• Sideways (Rex Miller)
• Can Shoot (Michael Collins)
• Easy As Pie (Arthur Winfield Knight)
• Family Values (Matthew Clemens)
• The Girl, The Body, And The Kitchen Sink (Martin Meyers)
• Lessons (Jeremiah Healy)
• A Favor For Sam: A Nick Delvecchio Story (Robert J. Randisi)
• Kaddish For The Kid: A Nathan Heller Story (Max Allan Collins)

Pure Pulp

Editor: Ed Gorman & Bill Pronzini

1999

"Celebrates American pulp fiction in this volume which anthologizes 1920s and 1930s innovators such as John Jakes and Robert Bloch alongside later masters of the form, including Mickey Spillane, Ed McBain, and Donald Westlake."

• Obit for Obie (Fredric Brown)
• The Scarlet King (Evan Hunter)
• The Devil's Printer (Donald E. Westlake)
• Interference (Glenn Canary)
• Pay-Off Girl (James M. Cain)
• The Losing Percentage (Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
• Design For Dying (Leigh Brackett)
• Man In The Dark (Howard Browne)
• Everybody Has To Die (William P. McGivern)
• Guys And Dolls (Margaret Maron)
• Winter Run (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Innocent Victims (John D. MacDonald)
• Tourist (Joe L. Hensley)
• Viking Blood (Dennis Lynds)
• She Asked For It (Fletcher Flora)
• It's A Wise Cadaver (David Goodis)
• The Master Of The Hounds (Algis Budrys)
• Homecoming (Dorothy B. Hughes)
• Bleed For Me (John Jakes)
• Fast Burn (Loren D. Estleman)
• A Fire At Night (Lawrence Block)
• Walk Across My Grave (Norbert Davis)
• Death Scene (Helen Neilsett)
• The Steinway Collection (Robert J. Randisi)
• The Box (Peter Rabe)

The Shamus Game: 14 New Stories of Detective Fiction

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

2000

"The Private Eye Writers of America present a new anthology of stories by Shamus Award-winning mystery writers, including works by Jeremiah Healy, Loren D. Estleman, Max Allan Collins, Gary Phillips, Les Roberts, S. J. Rozan, and many others."

• Marking The Boat (S.J. Rozan)
• Necessary Evil (Loren D. Estleman)
• Screwball (Max Allan Collins)
• Reluctant Witness (Jerry Kennealy)
• Nobody's Ring (Terence Faherty)
• The Litigants (John Lutz)
• The Missing Heir (Parnell Hall)
• The Big Blue (Bill Pronzini)
• What's In A Name (Jeremiah Healy)
• It Could Get Worse (Edward D. Hoch)
• The Sleeping Detective (Gary Phillips)
• Ticket To Midland (Rick Riordan)
• The Gathering Of The Klan (Les Roberts)
• Character Flaw (Christine Matthews)

Orange Pulp: Stories of Mayhem, Murder and Mystery

Editor: Maurice J. O'Sullivan and Steve Glassman

2000

"This is an anthology of crime, celebrating the murder mystery. The contributors, including John D. MacDonald and Charles Willeford, helped Florida become a serious contender for the title of crime fiction capital of America."

• Introduction: From The City Of Angels To The Magic Kingdom
• Excerpt From The Hidden Hand (Carroll John Daly)
• A Trip To Czardis (Edwin Granberry)
• Excerpt From The Dead Don't Care (Jonathan Latimer)
• Excerpt From Dividend On Death (Brett Halliday)
• Murder And The South Wind (Mary Roberts Rinehart)
• Excerpt From A Flash Of Green (John D. MacDonald)
• Excerpt From The Night, The Woman (Stephen Ransome)
• The First Five In Line (Charles Willeford)
• The Hated One (Don Tracy)

Pulp Masters

Editor: Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg

2001

"Celebrates American pulp fiction, compiling five novellas and one complete novel from the first half of the twentieth century, including crime authors John D. MacDonald, Lawrence Block, and James M. Cain."

• The Embezzler (James M. Cain)
• Ordo (Donald E. Westlake)
• Stag Party Girl (Lawrence Block)
• College-Cut Kill (John D. MacDonald)
• Everybody's Watching Me (Mickey Spillane)
• So Dead My Love (Harry Whittington)

The Mammoth Book of Pulp Action

Editor: Maxim Jakubowski

2001

"We now live in enlightened times that reassure us that, far from being a lower form of literature, pulp fiction is the term for what the best storytelling provides - pyrotechnic thrills, shocks galore and excitement by the bucketload! Including gangsters, drifters, common crooks, shady attorneys to molls with a heart of gold, enjoy a rollercoaster ride through popular literature's best pulp writers."

• Kid Clips A Coupon (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• Goodbye Hannah (Steve Fisher)
• Sinners' Paradise (Raoul Whitfield)
• Motel (Evan Hunter Aka Ed Mcbain)
• Smile, Corpse, Smile! (Bruno Fischer)
• Pulp Connection (Bill Pronzini)
• Brush Babe's Poison Pallet (Bruce Cassiday)
• Gangsta Wore Red (Michael Guinzburg)
• Caravan To Tarim (David Goodis)
• Lady Who Left Her Coffin (Hugh B. Cave)
• Death At The Main (Frank Gruber)
• Red Goose (Norbert Davis)
• First Five In Line (Charles Willeford)
• Where There's A Will, There's A Slay (Frederick C. Davis)
• Ride A White Horse (Lawrence Block)
• Best Man (Thomas Walsh)
• Dog Life (Mark Timlin)
• Don't Look Behind You (Fredric Brown)
• College-Cut Kill (John D. Macdonald)
• Lost Coast (Marcia Muller)
• Pit (Joe R. Lansdale)
• Clean Sweep (Roger Torrey)
• Eye Of The Beholder (Ed Gorman)

Mystery Street: The Private Eye Writers of America Presents

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

2001

"In honor of the twentieth anniversary of The Private Eye Writers of America, this entertaining anthology of whodunits presents fourteen original stories by Max Allan Collins, Loren D. Estelman, Warren Murphy, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, S. J. Rozan, and other popular mystery writers."

• House Party (Robert Crais)
• New Guy On The Block (Jack Bludis)
• Shoot-Out On Sunset (Max Allan Collins)
• Woodward Plan (Loren D. Estleman)
• Washington Avenue (Carolina Garcia-Aguilera)
• Carole On Lombard (Jerry Kennealy)
• Just Missed Blonde (Patricia Mcfall)
• Peculiar Events On Riverside Drive (Maan Meyers)
• Beaubien (Deborah Morgan)
• Highly Irregular On Baker Street (Warren Murphy)
• Murder Boulevard (Percy Spurlark Parker)
• Eyes On The Road (Marcus Pelegrimas)
• Double-Crossing Delancey (S.J. Rozan)
• North West 33rd Court (Dan A. Sproul)
• Last Kiss (Tom Sweeney)

Fedora: Private Eyes and Tough Guys

Editor: Michael Bracken

2001

"Fourteen hardboiled tales of love and hate, sex and power, fear and retribution - tales that grab you by the throat, slam you against the wall, then drag you back for more, tales of men and women who catch everything life throws at them."

• Introduction (Michael Bracken)
• Last Call (Ernest B. Brown)
• Sins Of The Father (Tom Sweeney)
• Teed Off (Mark Troy)
• Cuts Like A Knife (Michael Bracken)
• The Man With The Golden Voice (Robert D. Hughes)
• The Kitty Cat Murders (Percy Spurlock Parker)
• Body By Fisher (Shelley Singer)
• The Thrill Of The Kill (Fredrick Obermeyer)
• Reunion (Dan A. Sproul)
• The Rent-Whore (Ruthe Furie)
• Hazard Pay (Nick Andreychuk)
• The Ranters (Tim Wohlforth)
• The Horrible, Senseless Murders Of Two Elderly Women (Michael Collins)
• Gun Shot Wound (Michael Hemmingson)

Down These Wicked Streets

Editor: D.L. Browne and Kevin Burton Smith

2001

"In honor of the twentieth anniversary of The Private Eye Writers of America, this entertaining anthology of whodunits presents fourteen original stories by Max Allan Collins, Loren D. Estelman, Warren Murphy, Carolina Garcia-Aguilera, S. J. Rozan, and other popular mystery writers."

• Secret Smile (Tribe)
• Night Bird (Katie De Koster)
• Nothing To It (Chris Mckenzie)
• El Fraudito Chinito (Barry Evetts)
• The Art Of War (Miles Archer)
• The Face Of Iniquity (Sharon Potthoff)
• Just One Of Those Things (D.L. Browne)

A Century of Noir : Thirty-two Classic Crime Stories

Editor: Mickey Spillane & Max Allan Collins

2002

"Thirty-two of the most notable crime stories of the twentieth century come together in an entertaining anthology featuring contributions by Lawrence Block, James M. Cain, Fredric Brown, Chester Himes, John Jakes, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Ross Macdonald, John D. MacDonald, Mickey Spillane, Bill Pronzini, and Donald E. Westlake, among others."

• Introduction (Max Allan Collins)
• Meanest Cop In The World (Chester Himes)
• Just Another Stiff (Carroll John Daly)
• Something For The Sweeper (Norbert Davis)
• I Feel Bad Killing You (Leigh Brackett)
• Don't Look Behind You (Fredric Brown)
• Death Comes Gift-Wrapped (William P. Mcgivern)
• Murder For Money (John D. Macdonald)
• Cigarette Girl (James M. Cain)
• Guilt-Edged Blonde (Ross Macdonald)
• Gesture (Gil Brewer)
• Plunge (David Goodis)
• Tomorrow I Die (Mickey Spillane)
• Never Shake A Family Tree (Donald E. Westlake)
• Somebody Cares (Talmage Powell)
• Granny Woman (Dorothy B. Hughes)
• Wanted: Dead And Alive (Stephen Marlowe)
• Double Take (Richard S. Prather)
• Real Shape Of The Coast (John Lutz)
• Dead Men Don't Dream (Evan Hunter)
• Used (Loren D. Estleman)
• Busted Blossoms (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• Kerman Kill (William Campbell Gault)
• Deceptions (Marcia Muller)
• Nickel Derby (Robert J. Randisi)
• Reason Why (Ed Gorman)
• No Comment (John Jakes)
• How Would You Like It? (Lawrence Block)
• Grace Notes (Sara Paretsky)
• One Night At Dolores Park (Bill Pronzini)
• Dead Drunk (Lia Matera)
• Kaddish For The Kid (Max Allan Collins)
• Lost And Found (Benjamin M. Schutz)

Measures of Poison

Editor: Dennis McMillan

2002

"This hefty noir anthology, from legendary small-press publisher McMillan, offers 23 original stories by many of the best writers in the field today ..... Mostly set in the '30s, the stories largely involve lowlifes adrift in their shadowy worlds. The mood is dark, but not all of the characters are losers. Some win, turning the tables on their adversaries. "

Most Wanted: A Lineup of Favorite Crime Stories

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

2002

"Each author is a mystery fan favorite and a past president of the Private Eye Writers of America. And each crime fiction selection is the writer's personal favorite."

• Wrong Place, Wrong Time (Bill Prozini)
• The Merciful Angel Of Death (Lawrence Block)
• Eighty Million Dead (Michael Collins)
• Deadly Beloved (William Campbell Gault)
• Second Story Sunlight (John Lutz)
• A Poison That Leaves No Trace (Sue Grafton)
• Aftermath (Jeremiah Healy)
• Pig Man (Les Roberts)
• Faking It (Parnell Hall)
• Laying Down To Die (Raobert J. Randisi)
• The Maltese Cat (Sara Paretsky)
• Natural Death (Max Allen Collins)

Fedora II: More Private Eyes and Tough Guys

Editor: Michael Bracken

2003

"Whether they crawl up from the gutters or stroll down from the mansions, the private eyes and tough guys in these stories make the mean streets meaner and the dark alleys darker. While some stories punch you full in the face, others sneak up from behind and place the cold steel barrel of a .38 against the back of your skull. Either way, you won't be able to defend yourself against the raw, gritty power between these covers."

• Introduction (Michael Bracken)
• The Watcher On Sin Street (Dan Sontup)
• Expect Consequences (O'Neil De Noux)
• Your Weekly Beating (Anthony Neil Smith)
• The Sweetness At The Crummy End Of Town (Ann Aptaker)
• No More Running (Percy Spurlark Parker)
• Down Highway 61 (Gary R. Bush)
• Hauser Rules (Dan A. Sproul)
• Reunion (Justin Gustainis)
• Web Of Vengeance (Brian Evankovich)
• The Butcher (Robert D. Hughes)
• Good Father (Tom Sweeney)
• Crestfallen Getaway (Simon Wood)
• Tight Squeeze (Michael Bracken)
• Souls (James Stevens-Arce)

Hardbroiled

Editor: Michael Bracken

2003

"Fourteen delicious private eye tales guaranteed to whet your appetite for detection. Wining, dining, and death. Fast living and fine dining combine to present today's private eyes with culinary crimes suitable for even the most refined palate. The private eyes in these stories face delicious dangers, savory sins, and tasty temptations . . . and the bad guys always get their just desserts."

• Cheating Heart (Stephen D. Rogers)
• Ramadan (Tom Sweeney)
• One Lousy Piece Of Toast (Dan Sontup)
• Tough Guy (Stephen D. Rogers)
• Munchies (Jack Bludis)
• Gourmet Takeout (Art Montague)
• Mimosa (Carol Kilgore)
• Bone Appetit (Andrew Mcaleer)
• Who Put The Armadillo In The Avocado Dip? (Linda Summers Posey)
• There's Something About Julie (Dorothy Rellas)
• Raiding The Pantry (Kenneth Thornton Samuels)
• Holiday Bonus (Nick Andreychuk)
• Crow's Avenue (Robert Lopresti)
• Lobster Bisque (Tim Wohlforth)
• The Ice Princess (D. Jeanette McSherry)

Fedora III: Even More Private Eyes and Tough Guys

Editor: Michael Bracken

2004

"Like a sucker punch with a fistful of quarters, these stories will knock you off your feet. From cold freezers to hot fires, the private eyes and tough guys between these covers travel through the blackness of men's souls. Working skip traces, investigating abusive spouses, and collecting bad debts brings them face-to-face with their worst fears. They fight back the only way they know how, using every trick they've learned while working the mean streets."

• Monkey See Monkey Do (Tom Sweeney)
• Bumsickle (Lee Goldberg)
• Ordained Sin (Carol Kilgore)
• Coronas N Crawfish (George Wilhite)
• One Hit Wonder (J.L. Abramo)
• Freddie Swings In (David Terrenoire)
• Captiva (David Bart)
• Kane's Mutiny (Bev Vincent)
• The Right Man (James S. Dorr)
• Killer Legs (Chelle Martin)
• A Flat, Dismal Whiteness (Dorothy Rellas)
• Her Game (Ann Aptaker)
• Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (Nick Andreychuk)
• Hollywood To Hollywood (Michael Hemmingson)
• Empty Houses (Graham Powell)
• Dangerous Curves (Michael Bracken)
• So Pretty (Kevin Egan)

Plots With Guns : A Noir Anthology

Editor: Anthony Neil Smith

2005

The contents are:

• Introduction (Anthony Neil Smith)
• Speedy's Big Moving Day (Pierce Hanson)
• Wanda Wilcox Is Trapped (Eddie Muller)
• Crip And Henrietta (Tim Wohlforth)
• The Babysitter's Code (Laura Lippman)
• Union Card (Patrick J. Lambe)
• A Shovel With My Name On It (Steve Hamilton)
• Young Tommy Burns (Charlie Stella)
• Bull Dyke (Paul A. Toth)
• Johnny Holes (Darren Speegle)
• Kaddish (Reed Farrel Coleman)
• X's For Eyes (Victor Gischler)
• Spanish Luck (Robert Skinner)
• Blood Money (Trevor Maviano)
• Eternal Vigilance: Black Coffee (Beverley Brackett)
• Worth (Sean Dolittle)
• Ralphie, The Goods And The Construction Worker (Mark T. Conard)
• Twenty-Five Variations On "Folsum Prison Blues" (Tribe)
• One Way Out (Jason Starr)
• Angle Of Investigation (Michael Connelly)
• Chatter (Gary Phillips)
• Brian's Story (Jim Nisbet)
• Stealing Klatzman's Diary (Kevin James Miller)
• Chow Killers (Scott Phillips)
• Elvis Hitler (Kent Anderson)

Hard Boiled Brooklyn

Editor: Reed Farrel Coleman

2006

The contents are:

• Bullie's Pulpit : Dead Man (Joseph Wallace)
• The Last Pick (Jason Starr)
• House Envy (Naomi Rand)
• Poetry, Existentialism, And Bocce: Waiting For Gallo (Charlie Stella)
• Stones (Ken Bruen)
• The Bocce Ball King Of Farragut Road (Robert Randisi)
• Just Off The Boat: Sunset (S.J. Rozan)
• Hit And Run (Glenville Lovell)
• Killing O'Malley (Tony Spinosa)
• Good Cops, Bad Cops: Brenda, My Star (Jim Fusilli)
• Right Is Right (Gabriel Cohen)
• The Last Honest Man In Brooklyn (Michelle Martinez)
• Justice Brooklyn Style: Location, Location, Location (Peter Spiegelman)
• All Bleeding Stops ... Eventually (Tim Sheard)
• Boneshaker (Maggie Estep)
• No Justice In Brooklyn, Ever : Step Up (Ralph Pezzullo)
• Going, Going, Gone (Peter Blauner)

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps: The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age: The '20s, '30s & '40s

Editor: Otto Penzler

2007

"Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train--a bullet couldn't pass through it. Here are the best stories and every major writer who ever appeared in celebrated Pulps like Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes; sultry dames whose looks are as lethal as a dagger to the chest; and gin-soaked hideouts where conversations are just preludes to murder. This is crime fiction at its gritty best."

• One, Two, Three (Paul Cain)
• The Creeping Siamese (Dashiell Hammett)
• Honest Money (Erie Stanley Gardner)
• Frost Rides Alone (Horace Mccoy)
• Double Check (Thomas Walsh)
• Stag Party (Charles G. Booth)
• The City Of Hell! (Leslie T. White)
• Red Wind (Raymond Chandler)
• Wise Guy (Frederick Nebel)
• Murder Picture (George Harmon Coxe)
• The Price Of A Dime (Norbert Davis)
• Chicago Confetti (William Rollins, Jr.)
• The Third Murderer (Carroll John Daly)
• The Cat-Woman (Erie Stanley Gardner)
• The Dilemma Of The Dead Lady (Cornell Woolrich)
• The House Of Kaa (Richard Sale)
• The Invisible Millionaire (Leslie Charteris)
• You'll Always Remember Me (Steve Fisher)
• Faith (Dashiell Hammett)
• Pastorale (James M. Cain)
• The Sad Serbian (Frank Gruber)
• Finger Man (Raymond Chandler)
• The Monkey Murder (Erie Stanley Gardner)
• About Kid Deth (Raoul Whitfield)
• The Sinister Sphere (Frederick C. Davis)
• Pigeon Blood (Paul Cain)
• The Perfect Crime (C.S. Montanye)
• You'll Die Laughing (Norbert Davis)
• The Crimes Of Richmond City: Raw Law)
• Bog Eat Dog / The Law Laughs Last / Law Without Law / Graft (Frederick Nebel)
• Introduction (Harlan Ellison)
• The Cat Woman (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• The Dilemma Of The Dead Lady (Cornell Woolrich)
• The House Of Kaa (Richard B. Sale)
• The Invisible Millionaire (Leslie Charteris)
• You'll Always Remember Me (Steve Fisher)
• Pastorale (James M. Cain)
• The Sad Serbian (Frank Gruber)
• Faith (Dashiell Hammett)
• Finger Man (Raymond Chandler)
• The Monkey Murder (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• About Kid Deth (Raoul Whitfield)
• The Sinister Sphere (Frederick C. Davis)
• Pigeon Blood (Paul Cain)
• The Perfect Crime (C.S. Montanye)
• You'll Die Laughing (Norbert Davis)
• The Crimes Of Richmond City (Frederick Nebel)
• Angel Face (Cornell Woolrich)
• Chosen To Die (Leslie T. White)
• A Pinch Of Snuff (Eric Taylor)
• Killer In The Rain (Raymond Chandler)
• Sally The Sleuth (Adolphe Barreaux)
• A Shock For The Countess (C.S. Montanye)
• Snowbound (C.B. Yorke)
• The Firl Who Knew Too Much (Randolph Barr)
• The Corpse In The Crystal (D.B. Mccandless)
• He Got What He Asked For (D.B. Mccandless)
• Gangster's Brand (P.T. Luman)
• Dance Macabre (Robert Reeves)
• The Girl With The Silver Eyes (Dashiell Hammett)
• The Jane From Hell's Kitchen (Perry Paul)
• The Duchess Pulls A Fast One (Whitman Chambers)
• Mansion Of Death (Roger Torrey)
• Concealed Weapon (Roger Torrey)
• The Devil's Bookkeeper (Carlos Martinez)
• Black Legion (Lars Anderson)
• Three Wise Men Of Babylon (Richard Sale)
• The Adventure Of The Voodoo Moon (Eugene Thomas)
• Brother Murder (T.T. Flynn)
• Kindly Omit Flowers (Stewart Sterling)

Hell Of A Woman: An Anthology Of Female Noir

Editor: Megan Abbott

2007

The contents are:

• It's Too Late, Baby (Annette Myers)
• High Yellow (Libby Fischer Hellmann)
• The Kiss Of Death (Rebecca Pawel)
• Blue Vandas (Lynne Barrett)
• Served Cold (Zoe Sharp)
• The Chirashi Covenant (Naomi Hirahara)
• The Token Booth Clerk (Sara Gran)
• The Big O (Vicki Hendricks)
• School Girl (Lisa Respers France)
• Nora B. (Ken Bruen)
• Bumping Uglies (Donna Moore)
• Call Me, I'm Dying (Allan Guthrie)
• Everybody Loves Somebody (Sandra Scoppettone)
• Hungry Enough (Cornelia Read)
• Sunny Second Street (Charlotte Carter)
• Interrogation B (Charlie Huston)
• The End Of Indian Summer (Stona Fitch)
• Blooming (Sarah Weinman)
• Round Heels (Vin Packer)
• Cherish (Alison Gaylin)
• Cutman (Christa Faust)
• The Grand Inquisitor (Eddie Muller)
• Uncle (Daniel Woodrell)
• Undocumented (SJ Rozan)
• Appendix: Women In The Dark

Hardcore Hardboiled: The Best Of Neo-Noir Fiction

Editor: Todd Robinson

2008

"It's meaner than a puppy juggler. It's sharper than the knife that hot babe is aiming at your back. It's got you so hard 'n bothered you don't see bad news coming. It's the best of contemporary neo-noir suspense fiction, raw and uncut from the net's most hardcore, award-winning site."

• Introduction (Otto Penzler)
• A Message From Big Daddy Thug (Todd Robinson)
• Ten Dimes (Mike Toomey)
• Brant Bites Back (Ken Bruen)
• The Long Count (Sam Edwards)
• Johnny Cash Is Dead (Jordan Hunter)
• Juanita (Tim Wolhforth)
• Jack Jaw And The Arab's Ape (Ryan Oakley)
• A Sleep Not Unlike Death (Sean Chercover)
• Burning Ring Of Fire (Hana K. Lee)
• Mchenry's Gift (Mike Maclean)
• Capacity To Kill (Donovan Arch Montierth)
• False Alarm (J.D. Smith)
• Rescuing Isaac (Frank Zafiro)
• Kill Posse (Victor Gischler)
• Sweet Benny And The Sanchez Penitentiary Band (B.H. Shepherd)
• Trim (Vinnie Penn)
• The Neighbors (Bill Fitzhugh)
• The All-Night Dentist (Vincent Kovar)
• The Replacement (Duane Swierczynski)
• Eight Guns Over A Dead Girl (Patty Templeton)
• If There's A Hell Below, We're All Gonna Go (Stephen Allen)
• Counterfeit Love (Jeffrey Bangkok)
• Murder Boy (Bryon Quertermous)
• Eden's Bodyguard (David Bareford)
• The Milfinators (Charlie Stella)

Sex, Lies And Private Eyes

Editor: Joe Gentile & Richard Dean Starr

2009

"Written by some of today's top crime writers, Sex, Lies and Private Eyes features a stunning cast of legendary characters from the best mysteries of the past and present."

• The Private Wife Of Sherlock Holmes (Carole Nelson Douglas)
• Between Heaven And Hoboken (Kevin Vanhook And Jamie Sapp)
• Murder Gone Wylde (Mike W. Barr)
• The Mind Of The Dead (C.J. Henderson)
• The Pretty Corpse Matter (Eric Fein)
• Recreational Vehicle (John Lutz)
• Eulogy In Blood (Steven Grant)
• Denbow (Stuart M. Kaminsky)
• Making Mischief (Adisakdi Tantimedh)
• Love Nest (Barbara And Max Allan Collins)
• Cutting Corners (Christine Matthews)
• The Doxy Next Door (K.G. Mcabe)
• The Most Vulgar Of Insanities (C.J. Henderson)
• The Thrill Is Gone (Gary Phillips)
• Laying Hands (Fred Van Lente)
• Ashes In The Wind (Robert J. Randisi)
• Unreasonable Doubt (Max Allan Collins)

The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask STories: The Greatest Crime Fiction From The Legendary Magazine

Editor: Otto Penzler

2010

"Collected here is best of the best, the hardest of the hardboiled, and the darkest of the dark of America's finest crime fiction. This masterpiece collection represents a high watermark of America's underbelly. Crime writing gets no better than this."

• Come And Get It (Erle Stanley Gardner)
• Cry Silence (Fredric Brown)
• Arson Plus (Peter Collinson)
• Fall Guy (George Harmon Coxe)
• Doors In The Dark (Frederick Nebel)
• Luck (Lester Dent)
• The Maltese Falcon (Dashiell Hammett)
• Ten Carats Of Lead (Stewart Sterling)
• Murder Is Bad Luck (Wyatt Blassingame)
• Her Dagger Before Me (Talmadge Powell)
• One Shot (Charles G. Booth)
• Dance Rats (Richard Sale)
• Bracelets (Katherine Brocklebank)
• Diamonds Mean Death (Thomas Walsh)
• Murder In The Ring (Raoul Whitfield)
• The Parrot That Wouldn't Talk (Walter C. Brown)
• Let The Dead Alone (Merle Constiner)
• Knights Of The Open Palm (Carroll John Daly)
• Waiting For Rusty (William Cole)
• Rainbow Diamonds (Ramon Decolta)
• The Ring On The Hand Of Death (William Rollins, Jr.)
• Body Snatcher (Theodore A. Tinsley)
• Murder On The Gayway (Dwight V. Babcock)
• The Key (Cleve F. Adams)
• The Bloody Bokhara (William Campbell Gault)
• A Taste For Cognac (Brett Halliday)
• Sauce For The Gander (Day Keene)
• A Little Different (W. T. Ballard)
• G The Shrieking Skeleton (Charles M. Green)
• Drop Dead Twice (Hank Searles)
• The Sound Of The Shot (Dale Clark)
• Flaming Angel (Federick C. Davis)
• Odds On Death (Don M. Mankiewicz)
• Those Catrini (Norvell Page)
• Smoke In Your Eyes (Hugh B. Cave)
• Blood, Sweat And Biers (Robert Reeves)
• The Black Bottle (Whitman Chambers)
• The Corpse Didn't Kick (Milton K. Ozaki)
• Try The Girl (Raymond Chandler)
• Don't Cry For Me (Norbert Davis)
• T. Mcguirk Steals A Diamond)
• Wait For Me (Steve Fisher)
• Ask Me Another (Frank Gruber)
• Dirty Work (Horace Mccoy)
• Merely Murder (Julius Long)
• Murder In One Syllable (John D. Macdonald)
• The Apes From The East (H.H. Stinson)
• The Color Of Honor (Richard Connell)
• Middleman For Murder (Bruno Fischer)
• The Man Who Chose The Devil (Richard Deming)
• Beer-Bottle Polka (C.M. Kornbluth)
• Borrowed Crime (Cornell Woolrich)

Best American Noir of the Century

Editor: James Ellroy and Otto Penzler

2010

"In his intoduction James Ellroy writes, 'noir is the most scrutinised offshoot of the hard-boiled school of fiction. It's the long drop off the short pier and the wrong man and the wrong woman in perfect misalliance. It's the nightmare of flawed souls with big dreams and the precise how and why of the all-time sure thing that goes bad.' Offering the best examples of literary sure things gone bad, this collection ensures that nowhere else can readers find a darker, more thorough distillation of American noir fiction."

• Spurs (Tod Robbins)
• Pastorale (James M. Cain)
• You'll Always Remember Me (Steve Fisher)
• Gun Crazy (Mackinlay Kantor)
• Nothing To Worry About (Day Keene)
• The Homecoming (Dorothy B. Hughes)
• Man In The Dark (Howard Browne)
• The Lady Says Die! (Mickey Spillane)
• Professional Man (David Goodis)
• The Hunger (Charles Beaumont)
• The Gesture (Gil Brewer)
• The Last Spin (Evan Hunter)
• Forever After (Jim Thompson)
• For The Rest Of Her Life (Cornell Woolrich)
• The Dripping (David Morrell)
• Slowly, Slowly In The Wind (Patricia Highsmith)
• Iris (Stephen Greenleaf)
• A Ticket Out (Brendan Dubois)
• Since I Don't Have You (James Ellroy)
• Texas City (James Lee Burke)
• Mefisto In Onyx (Harlan Ellison)
• Out There In The Darkness (Ed Gorman)
• Hot Spings (James Crumley)
• The Weekender (Jeffery Deaver)
• Faithless (Joyce Carol Oates)
• Poachers (Tom Franklin)
• Like A Bone In The Throat (Lawrence Block)
• Crack (James W. Hall)
• Running Out Of Dog (Dennis Lehane)
• The Paperhanger (William Gay)
• Midnight Emissions (F.X. Toole)
• When The Women Come Out To Dance (Elmore Leonard)
• Controlled Burn (Scott Wolven)
• All Through The House (Christopher Coake)
• What She Offered (Thomas H. Cook)
• Her Lord And Master (Andrew Klavan)
• Stab (Chris Adrian)
• The Hoarder (Bradford Morrow)
• Missing The Morning Bus (Lorenzo Carcaterra)

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The Shamus Winners: America's Best Private Eye Stories: Volume I 1982-1995

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

2010

"Fast-paced gumshoe tales that have won the coveted Shamus award from the Private Eye Writers of America."

• What You Don't Know Can Hurt You (John Lutz)
• Cat's-Paw (Bill Pronzini)
• By The Dawn's Early Light (Lawrence Block)
• Eight Mile And Dequindre (Loren D. Estleman)
• Turn Away (Ed Gorman)
• The Crooked Way (Loren D. Estleman)
• The Killing Man (Mickey Spillane)
• Final Resting Place (Marcia Muller)
• Dust Devil (Nancy Pickard)
• Mary, Mary, Shut The Door (Benjamin M. Schutz)
• The Merciful Angel Of Death (Lawrence Block)
• The Necessary Brother (Brendan Dubois)
• Lucky Penny (Linda Barnes)
• Dying In The Post-War World (Max Allan Collins)
• A Little Missionary Work (Sue Grafton)

The Shamus Winners: America's Best Private Eye Stories: Volume II 1996-2009

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

2010

"Sixteen topflight mysteries by authors judged by their peers as best in the business. This volume includes Shamus-winning short stories from 1996 through 2009. Well-known private eyes Amos Walker, Aaron Gunner, Scott Elliott and Alo Nudger tackle their toughest cases, joined by newer talent that proves crime-fighting is a fresh 21st century game."

• And Pray Nobody Sees You (Gar Anthony Haywood)
• Dead Drunk (Lia Matera)
• Love Me For My Yellow Hair Alone (Carolyn Wheat)
• Another Day, Another Dollar (Warren Murphy)
• Akitada's First Case (I.J. Parker)
• Road's End (Brendan Dubois)
• Rough Justice (Ceri Jordan)
• Second Coming (Terence Faherty)
• Lady On Ice (Loren D. Estleman)
• Hasidic Noir (Pearl Abraham)
• Death In Ueno (Michael Wiecek)
• Heart Has Reasons (O'Neil De Noux)
• Hungry Enough (Cornelia Read)
• Family Values (Mitch Alderman)
• Second Story Sunlight (John Lutz)
• Aftermath (Jeremiah Healy)

Pulp Ink

Editor: Nigel Bird and Chris Rhatigan

2013

Only published electronically.

"PULP INK is the bizarre, chaotic side of crime fiction. From an ass-kicking surfer on acid to an idiot savant hitboy, these tales are dark, funny, action-packed and told with all the gleeful insanity of a Tarantino flick. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll roll into the fetal position and beg for mercy. So sit back. Pour yourself a cup of joe, crack a beer, tie off – whatever you need to get comfortable – and get ready for a dose after dose of pulp action."

• Editor's Note (Nigel Bird)
• Requiem For A Spider (Reed Farrel Coleman)
• Jack Rabbit Slim's Cellar (Jodi MacArthur)
• The $5 Mil Hak (Jodi MacArthur)
• Padre (AJ Hayes)
• The Creation Of Ice (Sandra Seamans)
• Zed's Dead Baby (Eric Beetner)
• Your Mother Should Know (Allan Guthrie)
• You Never Can Tell (Matthew C. Funk)
• A Whole Lot Of Rosie (Nigel Bird)
• The Lady & The Gimp (Paul D. Brazill)
• A Peter Ord Investigation (Paul D. Brazill)
• A Night At The Royale (Chris F. Holm)
• Clouds In A Bunker (David Cranmer)
• The Wife Of Gregory Bell (Patti Abbott)
• If Love Is A Red Dress - Hang Me In Rags (Michael J. Solender)
• A Corpse By Any Other Name (Naomi Johnson)
• Surf Rider (Ian Ayris)
• The Slicers' Serenade Of Steel (Gary Phillips)
• The October 17 Economic Development Committee Meeting (Chris Rhatigan)
• Threshold Woman (Richard Godwin)
• Redlining (Jim Harrington)
• Jungle Boogie (Kate Horsley)
• This Little Piggie (Hilary Davidson)
• Comanche (Jason Duke)
• Misirlou (Jimmy Callaway)
• The Only One Who Could Ever Reach Me (Matt Lavin)

Hard Labour

Editor: Cameron Ashley, Andrew Nette, Liam Jose

2012

"An all-Australian anthology of noir, hardboiled and pulp. .... From the Land Down Under comes seventeen dark criminal tales, including Garry Disher’s first ever Wyatt story, unpublished for over a decade, and new fiction by Peter Corris, Leigh Redhead, David Whish-Wilson, Adrian McKinty, Angela Savage, Helen Fitzgerald and more."

Atomic Noir: Four Dark Original Stories Inspired by Post-World War II Crime Fiction

Editor: Lou Boxer and Duane Swierczynski

2012

"In a world made cynical by the experience of World War II, brooding private dicks and fiery femme fatals no longer cut it. A new style of crime fiction emerged, with more realistic themes and characters, and more world-wise attitudes. That new style can only be called Atomic Noir. In this volume four of today's most promising crime fiction talents pay tribute to the often underrated writers who addressed the secret fears and desires of Americans in the postwar period."

• A Brave New World (Terrence P. McCauley)
• The Neon Come-On (Eric Beetner)
• The 107 (Tim P. Walker)
• Fireflies (Richard Godwin)

The Shamus Sampler

Editor: Jochem Vandersteen

2013

Only published electronically.

"An anthology full of exciting PI fiction and an essay written by popular names like Reed Farrel Coleman, Bill Crider, James Winter, Fred Zackel, J.L. Abramo, Keith Dixon, Jochem Vandersteen, Sean Dexter and some newer names like Kit Rohrbacher, Peter DiChellis and others. This is the perfect anthology to pick up if you want to get introduced to all the great PI writers out there."

• Introduction: The Landscape (Reed Farrel Coleman)
• Mysterious Private Investigations (Peter DiChellis)
• One Hit Wonder: A Jake Diamond Short Story (J. L. Abramo)
• The Case of the Derby Diamond (Jeffery Marks)
• Gypsy's Kiss (Jim Winter)
• The Smell Of Perfume (Graham Smith)
• Rage: A Jim Wolf Mystery (Tim Wohlforth)
• The Patriot (Sean Benjamin Dexter)
• Drumstick Murder (Michael Haskins)
• A Matter Of Heart (Bill Crider)
• Christmas Morning (Stephen D. Rogers)
• The Same Old Story (Keith Dixon)
• The Dutch Connection (Kit Rohrbach)
• Mario and Cheryse (Fred Zackel)
• Hired From The Grave: A Noah Milano Short Story (Jochem Vandersteen)

The New Mammoth Book of Pulp Fiction

Editor: Maxim Jakubowski

2014

"These stories exemplify the best of crime and mystery pulp fiction – its zest, speed, rhythm, verve and commitment to straightforward storytelling – spanning seven decades of popular writing."

• The Diamond Wager (Samuel Dashiell)
• Flight To Nowhere (Charles Williams)
• The Tasting Machine (Paul Cain)
• Finders Killers! (John D. Macdonald)
• The Murdering Kind (Robert Turner)
• Cigarette Girl (James M. Cain)
• The Getaway (Gil Brewer)
• Preview Of Murder (Robert Leslie Bellem)
• Forever After (Jim Thompson)
• The Bloody Tide (Day Keene)
• Death Comes Gift-Wrapped (William P. Mcgivern)
• The Girl Behind The Hedge (Mickey Spillane)
• One Escort: Missing Or Dead (Roger Torrey)
• Don't Burn Your Corpses Behind You (William Rough)
• A Candle For The Bag Lady (Lawrence Block)
• Black Pudding (David Goodis)
• A Matter Of Principal (Max Allan Collins)
• Citizen's Arrest (Charles Willeford)
• Sleeping Dog (Ross Macdonald)
• The Wench Is Dead (Fredric Brown)
• So Dark For April (Howard Browne)
• We Are All Dead (Bruno Fischer)
• Death Is A Vampire (Robert Bloch)
• The Blue Steel Squirrel (Frank R. Read)
• A Real Nice Guy (William F. Nolan)
• Stacked Deck (Bill Pronzini)
• So Young, So Fair, So Dead (John Lutz)
• Effective Medicine (B. Traven)
• Nicely Framed, Ready To Hang (Dan Gordon)
• -The Second Coming (Joe Gores)
• Pale Hands I Loath (William Campbell Gault)
• The Dark Goddess (Schuyler G. Edsall)
• Ordo (Donald E. Westlake)

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1930s and 40s

2014

"Evolving out of the terse and violent hardboiled style of the pulp magazines, noir fiction expanded over the decades into a varied and innovative body of writing. Tapping deep roots in the American literary imagination, the novels in this volume explore themes of crime, guilt, deception, obsessive passion, murder, and the disintegrating psyche. With visionary and often subversive force they create a dark and violent mythology out of the most commonplace elements of modern life. The raw power of their vernacular style has profoundly influenced contemporary American culture and writing. Far from formulaic, they are ambitious works which bend the rules of genre fiction to their often experimental purposes."

• The Postman Always Rings Twice (James M. Cain)
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (Horace Mccoy)
• Thieves Like Us (Edward Anderson)
• The Big Clock (Kenneth Fearing)
• Nightmare Alley (William Lindsay Gresham)
• I Married A Dead Man (Cornell Woolrich)

The Shamus Sampler II

Editor: Jochem Vandersteen

2014

Only published electronically.

"An anthology full of exciting PI fiction and an essay written by popular names like Reed Farrel Coleman, Bill Crider, James Winter, Fred Zackel, J.L. Abramo, Keith Dixon, Jochem Vandersteen, Sean Dexter and some newer names like Kit Rohrbacher, Peter DiChellis and others. This is the perfect anthology to pick up if you want to get introduced to all the great PI writers out there."

• Bobby's Bar (Graham Smith)
• Brain Mistrust- A Vic Valentine Vignette (Will Viharo)
• With Cunning Wickedness (Peter DiChellis)
• Exceptions to the Rule (Phillip Thompson)
• IFHC (Mark Troy)
• Jimmy Jazz (A Joe Geraghty story) (Nick Quantrill)
• The Season OF Brotherly Love (Michael Koenig)
• Burned Down to the Heart (Gareth Spark)
• The Hard Boiled Detective No 3: Simon Von Ruck (Ben Solomon)
• The First Time He Smelled Fresh Death (Michael W. Clark)
• Voices (Nick Andreychuk)
• Zero Tolerance (Dana King)
• Girl Gone Wild (Jochem Vandersteen)

Crime Novels: American Noir of the 1950s

2014

The contents are:

• Killer Inside Me (Jim Thompson)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (Patricia Highsmith)
• Pick-up (Charles Willeford)
• Down There (David Goodis)
• The Real Cool Killers (Chester Himes)

Noir Riot

Editor: Cullen Gallagher

2014

"NoirCon and Out of the Gutter bring you 23 thrilling, unrestrained stories and poems of 21st century desperation and destitution. These tales are sure to shake you out of your complacency, warp your mind and remind you that you, too, are doomed. No one is safe from the Noir Riot! Sometimes funny, sometimes terrifying, Noir Riot is the companion to, and official publication of, Noir Con, the premier East Coast crime fiction conference."

• Introduction (Cullen Gallagher)
• Trophy Hunt (Ken Bruen)
• Workman’s Comp (James Campbell)
• A Visit to the One-Eyed Man (Bill Crider)
• Dark Harvest (Thomas A Crowell, Esq)
• Homicide Duty Ain’t For The Lonely (Thomas A Crowell, Esq)
• Frankford Avenue (Melanie Dante)
• Rothko’s Daughter (Richard Godwin)
• The Other Man’s Wife (Richard Godwin)
• Let’s Do Lunch (Joseph Goodrich)
• Echo Park, 1949 (Joseph Goodrich)
• The Curfew Affair (for Ross MacDonald) (Joseph Goodrich)
• Casual Encounter (Jake Hinkson)
• One-Step’s Last Meal (Paul Krueger)
• Hidden Dance (BV Lawson)
• Waiting (BV Lawson)
• Sometimes the Devil (Daniel Moses Luft)
• Bad Fun (Suzanne Lummis)
• Wonder Woman, Private Eye (Suzanne Lummis)
• Kept In the Dark (Charles Rammelkamp)
• The Silent Scream (Charles Rammelkamp)
• My Dolls Hate Chicken Nuggets (Stephen D. Rogers)
• On Furlough (John Ryan)
• A Definition of Noir (Gerald So)

Fifty Shades of Grey Fedora: The Private Eye Writers of America Presents

Editor: Robert J. Randisi

2015

"Heat has always sizzled between private investigators and the femme fatales who walk through their doors. But in this startling, original anthology, these 17 authors—many of them winners of the prestigious Shamus Award—from sizzle to steamy, illustrating that sex and crime not only go hand in hand, but reaches far deeper into the stirrings of the heart."

• Quarreyville (Michael Bracken)
• Natural Death (Max Allan Collins)
• I Wish I Had Your Job (Ted Fitzgerald)
• The Policy (Carolina Garcia-Aguilera)
• The Naked and the Dead (Parnell Hall)
• Emily’s Tears (David Housewright)
• Love for Bail (Jerry Keannealy)
• The Fedora (Terrill Lee Lankford)
• On The Job (Dick Lochte)
• Professor Oryfys and the Case for Climax Change (John Lutz)
• Just Tell Me What You Want (Christine Matthews)
• Digger Redux (Warren Murphy)
• A Concrete Garterbelt (M. Ruth Myers)
• Family Affair (Sara Paretsky)
• Bulletville (Gary Phillips)
• Last Tango in Flatbush (Robert J. Randisi)
• Take Off You Clothes (Justin Scott)