It was the kind of night...I love those old pulp thrillers.

[jameson]

Does anyone write hard-boiled detective genre fiction of the thirties and forties style. I mean with dames and mugs and greasy trigger-men?

 

[skyvue]

Check out Hard Case Crime -- they publish new works in the old style and reissue some classic titles as well.

http://www.hardcasecrime.com/

 

[Corky]

Read some prose by James Ellroy...

Checek out anything by James Ellroy.

 

[jameson]

Thank you, guys. That's a great website (hardcasecrime)
And Corky, I actually have a signed copy of LA Confidential
Great advice.

 

[Talbot]

Check out Hard Case Crime -- they publish new works in the old style and reissue some classic titles as well.

http://www.hardcasecrime.com/

Thanks for the link. What mood music do you listen to when reading these?

 

[jameson]

Also check out The Thrilling Detective's website. Kind of similar to Hard Case...
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/

Didn't think about the music, though - Henry Mancini is all I'm getting. You?

 

[Talbot]

I'm always looking for film noir themes and background music.

I haven't done so well to date, but I have two comps from later films called Crime Jazz, Murder in the First Degree, and (you guessed it) Murder in the Second Degree.

Mostly themes from later 50's films such as Touch of Evil etc. Very enjoyable, just not in the earlier gumshoe category.

This is good:

 

[skyvue]

There's lots of classic pulp and hard-boiled fiction for downloading for the Kindle and other formats, including HTML, at Munseys.com. Check out "Fast One" by Paul Cain.

 

[Benzadmiral]

One of the great opening paragraphs in hard-boiled crime fiction:

"There was a wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down out of the mountain passes and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge."

Author and story? (I expect anybody here can answer that one in his sleep.)

And to blow my own trumpet, you can find one of my stories, though it's set in 1962, on Thrilling Detective: http://www.thrillingdetective.com/fiction/07_12_03.html

 

[jameson]

Hey, that story was great. I have a link to one of mine on thrilling detective, but you have to pay for it. Where do we find more of your stuff?
And speaking of Chandler, how about this one:

"He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus.
I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor."

The man could write.

 

[ScionPI2005]

Also check out The Thrilling Detective's website. Kind of similar to Hard Case...
http://www.thrillingdetective.com/

Thanks for the recommendation. That website has some great sounding titles.

 

[Benzadmiral]

Hey, that story was great. I have a link to one of mine on thrilling detective, but you have to pay for it. Where do we find more of your stuff?
And speaking of Chandler, how about this one:

"He snorted and hit me in the solar plexus.
I bent over and took hold of the room with both hands and spun it. When I had it nicely spinning I gave it a full swing and hit myself on the back of the head with the floor."

The man could write.

He could indeed. Nearly everybody who's followed him in the crime field has had to deal with the fact he was there and staked out the territory already.

Here's another of mine in the same early '60s series: http://www.mystericale.com/index.php?issue=091&body=file&file=greater.htm

And I had a third out on the now-deceased e-zine "Crime and Suspense," a story that grew out of my question after watching "It's a Wonderful Life" for the umpteenth time, "What if George Bailey had secretly been a hit man?"

 

[jameson]

Wow, Mr. Benzadmiral, I like your style.
Not afraid to take on the tough topics are you? I'm afraid you have to tell us where we can read the third one.
Also, I can't resist linking to my new short story that just got e-published.
A pulp noir thriller:
http://www.bookstogonow.com/onemorenighttokill.html

 

[Kitty_Sheridan]

I found this one in my collection! I had a lot but sold many on ebay when I was a bit hard up!

 

[jameson]

Happy 2012

It's a new year and I've decided to write another Malone story this one. My contract on ONE MORE NIGHT TO KILL will be up in about six months and I'm going to need to start shopping it around again. My question:
Does anyone still buy hardboiled detective stories?
Or do people just read about vampires anymore?
I'm going to write it anyway. Just curious.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!http://www.amazon.com/One-More-Night-Kill-ebook/dp/B004U2FLA8