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WANTED: Information on Pettersen Marzoni Dale M. Kellogg is currently looking for information on journalist and magazine writer Pettersen Marzoni, whose work appeared in The Birmingham (Alabama) Age-Herald, Black Mask, Weird Tales, Metropolitan and Liberty through the mid 20's to the early 30's. It turns out that Marzoni was Dale's grandfather. If you have any information to share, or would like to know more about Marzoni, we urge to read Dale's original query to this site, or to contact Dale directly.
Publisher: Insomniac Press Fans of the darker and often nastier side of pulp fiction could definitely do far worse than to check out this handsome new addition to the noir canon. According to the hyped-up blurb, "If you're looking for foggy, dimly lit alleys echoing with the click-clack of a dame' s high-heeled shoes, where a mook stiffs you for a drink, and where a glance can kill, look no further. Iced is the best in contemporary Canadian noir fiction. Sixteen stories from both award-winning veteran crime writers and a new generation of gritty urban authors, Iced boldy defies the notion that Canadians are nicer than everyone else. Isolation, anxiety, and survival-staple themes of CanLit-are the foundations of noir. These powerful narratives feature street-savvy protagonists and corrupt characters struggling to find order, meaning, or maybe even redemption in a world of corruption, lust, mystery, and revenge. A world that's been Iced." Contributors include William Bankier, Mike Bames, our own Kevin Burton Smith, Matthew Firth, Barbara Fradkin, Matt Hughes, Crad Kilodney, Mary Jane Maffini, Eliza Moorhouse, James Powell, Stan Rogal, Peter Sellers, Brad Smith, Vem Smith, John Swan and Eric Wright. For further information, please
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Detective Web Site ad. CLASSIC REPRINT! Publication Date: September 1, 2001 Critics have hailed this tale of a dog and a private eye down in Mexico during WWII as one of the funniest detective novels of all time. There have been a lot of dogs in mystery fiction, from Baynard Kendrick's guide dog to Virginia Lanier's bloodhounds, but there's never been one quite like Carstairs. Doan, a short, chubby Los Angeles private eye, won Carstairs in a crap game, but there never was any question as to who the boss was in this relationship. Carstairs isn't just any Great Dane. He is so big that Doan figures he really ought to be considered another species. He scorns baby talk and belly rubs-unless administered by a pretty girl-and growls whenever Doan has a drink. His full name is Dougal's Laird Carstairs and as a sleuth he rarely barks up the wrong tree. He's down in Mexico with Doan, ostensibly to convince a missing fugitive that he would do well to stay put. The case is complicated by three murders, assorted villains, and a horrific earthquake that cuts the mountainous little village of Los Altos off from the rest of Mexico. Doan and Carstairs aren't the only unusual visitors to Los Altos. There's Patricia Van Osdel, a ravishing blonde whose father made millions from flypaper, and Captain Emile Perona, a Mexican policeman whose long-ago Spanish ancestor helped establish Los Altos. It's that ancestor who brings teacher Janet Martin to Mexico along with a stolen book that may contain the key to a secret hidden for hundreds of years in the village church. Written in the snappy hardboiled style of the day, The Mouse in the Mountain was first published in 1943 and followed by two other Doan and Carstairs novels. "Each of these is fast-paced, occasionally
lyrical in a hard-edged way, and often quite funny. Davis, in
fact, was one of the few writers to successfully blend the so-called
hardboiled story with farcical humor." The Rue Morgue Press WANTED: Jo Gar Stories by Ramon DeColta/Raoul Whitfield Black Mask Press plans to kicks off their
much-anticipated book series, TALES FROM THE BLACK MASK MORGUE,
with the First Ever Anthology of Jo Gar Stories!!! WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING COPIES OF THE JO GAR STORIES AS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN BLACK MASK, WITH ALL INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THIS GREAT PROJECT. OUTLAW SCHOLARS, FANS AND COLLECTORS ARE REQUESTED TO CONTACT KEITH ALAN DEUTSCH WITH LISTS OF STORIES THEY POSSESS IN THE ORIGINAL FORMAT FOR INCLUSION IN THE NEW BOOK. EXTRAORDINARY REWARDS ARE AVAILABLE FOR THESE JO GAR STORY COPIES. CONTACT: keith@blackmaskmagazine.com WANTED: Advertisers Your friends at BLACKMASKMAGAZINE.COM intend to build this web site into the premiere center for the enjoyment and study of all forms of mass market popular American entertainment, with liberty for all interests and freedom to explore any genre from the most esoteric pulp sideshow to the most mainstream diversions in all media of amusement--including those technologies yet to be invented. Free advertisement is currently available to all individuals, groups, enterprises and academies who share our broad interests. At no time will paid advertisements be permitted on this site for anything outside the scope of popular entertainment culture. Book, magazine, movie, music, radio, theater, art, fandom, convention, collector, technology (3D people we want you!), cable, satellite--advertisers all--we welcome you! CONTACT: keith@blackmaskmagazine.com NEWS: Black Mask Press Deal Inked March 3, 2001-Black Mask and Crippen & Landru have just signed a co-publishing contract to produce a series of Black Mask Press books in limited run hardback, an in oversized soft cover. The series is presently named Tales from the Black Mask Morgue. The new publishing imprint, Black Mask Press, is represented for mass market projects by the literary agent Henry Morrison. He is currently working on a Black Mask Press collection of new stories written in the hard boiled style by best-selling authors. NEWS: Black Mask Press Deal Inked November 2000 - Of course, you should all know about the recently published collection of all of Hugh Cave's Black Mask stories (1934-1942!) titled LONG LIVE THE DEAD. This book, published by Crippen & Landru in limited-run hardback and paperback editions, is a tribute to Hugh Cave on his 90th birthday. The collection includes an introduction and substantial interview with Mr. Cave by Keith Deutsch. The book has received excellent notices from Booklist and Kirkus, among other reviewers. Ording info.
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