Obsessed with genre fiction book covers. Occasional author interviews and bursts of short fiction. Though not a bookseller, I draw inspiration from this quote: "The book salesman should be honored because he brings to our attention, as a rule, the very books we need most and neglect most."
Beginning to think I really like distressed font thingies in book cover design. Great story here with many more images at the link.
Gumbo Weather
My Jay Desmarteaux story “Gumbo Weather” is in Needle: A Magazine of Noir’s new double issue with a…
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“The male brain is drawn to the flesh because we desire it so much.”
Okay—an analysis of book covers published by Hard Case Crime.
KILLER IN THE RAIN is an interesting collection of Raymond Chandler stories.
Chandler used to “cannibalize” his old stories for plots and narrative for later novels. KILLER includes all the stories that later got picked apart for his more famous books.
The collection includes: The Killer in the Rain; The Man Who Liked Dogs; Try the Girl; Mandarin’s Jade; Bay City Blues; The Lady in the Lake; No Crime in the Mountains.
Ballantine, 1972.
TROUBLE IS MY BUSINESS contained four Raymond Chandler shorts stories: Trouble is My Business; Finger Man; Goldfish; Red Wind.
Ballantine, 1972.
This collection contains four Raymond Chandler short stories: Pickup on Noon Street; Smart-Aleck Hill; Guns at Cyrano’s; Nevada Gas.
Ballantine, 1972.
Ballantine edition, 1977.
Look! Once you could buy a paperback for $2.95.
THE SIMPLE ART OF MURDER contained four Chandler short stories: Spanish Blood; I’ll Be Waiting, The King in Yellow; and Pearls Are a Nuisance.
But this collection of shorts is probably best known for Chandler’s essay in which he discusses all he knows about detective fiction. It’s the essay in which Chandler wrote those famous words:
“But down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid.”
The last three grafs of the essay are required reading for anyone who loves hard-boiled mysteries.
Ballantine edition, 1972.
