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Title Page
Bibliography: chronological
Bibliography: alphabetical
The Pulps: A Short History
Epigraph
1920s
THE HARDEST KIND OF HARD - Lewen Hewitt
THE FALSE BURTON COMBS - Carroll John Daly
IT’S GREAT TO BE GREAT - Thomas Thursday
THE ASSISTANT MURDERER - Dashiel Hammett
DRY ROT - James Hendryx
A SHRIEK IN THE NIGHT - Sewell Peaslee Wright
1930s
THE CORPSE ON THE GRATING - Hugh B. Cave
THE AVALANCHE MAKER - W. Ryerson Johnson
A TRIP TO CZARDIS - Edwin Granberry
MURDER ON THE LIMITED - Howard Finney
THE DEADLY ORCHID - T.T. Flynn
“TAKE ’IM ALIVE” - Walter C. Scott
DOUBLE CHECK - Thomas Walsh
THE DEATH CLUB - George Harmon Coxe
LIVE BAIT - E. Hoffmann Price
PAID IN BLOOD - Anthony Clemens
“SWEET SUE” - Bill Williams
1935
NIGHT SCENE - Jerome Severs Perry
GREEN DOOM - Carroll Mayers
THE WILL - Richard B. Sale
HEAT FROM TEXAS - W.W. McKenna
MAKE-UP FOR MURDER - Thomas King
BODY RANSOM - Arthur Wallace
1936
BOOMERANG BLADE - Norman A. Daniels
DICKS DIE HARD - Theodore Tinsley
THE ANGRY DEAD - Chandler H. Whipple
THE YELLOW CURSE - Lars Anderson
DEATH IN THE PATIO - W.T. Ballard
GOLDFISH - Raymond Chandler
THE DILEMNA OF THE DEAD LADY - Cornell Woolrich
HELL’S SIPHON - George Harmon Coxe
MURDERER’S BAIT - Jerome Severs Perry
1937
TRIGGER MEN - Eustace Cockrell
SHE WAITS IN HELL - Paul Ernst
UNDERCOVER CHECKMATE - Steve Fisher
LAST CHANCE ACRE - Maitland Scott
DOOM IN THE BAG - Dale Clark
THE HEAT OF THE MOMENT - Richard Wormser
KILLERS MUST ADVERTISE - H.H. Stinson
MURDER FOR NOTHING - Jeremy Lane
RACE WITH DEATH - Marian Gailor Squire
WANTED BY THE D.A. - Avin H. Johnston
HIGH-VOLTAGE HOMICIDE - Frankie Lewis
1938
MURDER MUDDLE - James Howard Leveque
FIVE CENTS A LIFE - Maitland Scott
FORTY GRAND FADEOUT - Benton Braden
PUPPET BOSS OF DESTINY - Ernest Bean
THE SUICIDE COTERIE - Emile C. Teppermen
YOU CAN’T MINCE HOMICIDE - Robert S. Fenton
THE MIRACLE MAN - Eric Howard
COP’S WIFE - John Jay Chichester
NEVER TRUST A COP - W.T. Ballard
THE SINISTER CURTAIN - Kenneth Keith
DEATH IN THE DARK - Theodore Tinsley
AUCTION OF THE DAMNED - Donald Bayne Hobart
MEMO FOR MURDER - Leo Stalnaker
1939
THE DEATH KISS - Lew McCoy
SATAN’S BONEYARD - Leon Dupont
I’LL BE WAITING - Raymond Chandler
DEVIL’S BILLET DOUX - Cliff Howe
1940
THE BLACK NARCISSUS - Neil Miller
DEATH LISTENS IN - Arthur Leo Zagat
ONLY HUMAN - H.G. Merz
THE SECONDHAND MURDERS - Ben Conlon
AGENT FOR MURDER - William Campbell Gault
CORPSE CURRENT - Wallace Umphrey
MURDER BREEDER - Mark Harper
MURDER ON BEAT - Joseph H. Hernandez
TWO FOR A CORPSE - Lawrence Treat
KILLER’S LUNCH HOUR - Lloyd Llewell
MOONLIGHT SAVING - E.O. Umsted
TOO TOUGH - John Graham
THE RED TIDES - Cornell Woolrich
FIVE-STAR FURY - Tom B. Stone
WELCOME FOR KILLERS - John P. Rees
A SUCKER FOR BULLETS - James A. Kirch
HOMICIDE DETOUR - Stephen McBarron
KILLER AT LARGE - Edward Ronns
TO HELL WITH DEATH - Cyril Plunkett
1941
DEATH FOR COPS - G.T. Fleming-Roberts
EYES OF THE MAGNATE - William L. Hopson
HELL-BENT FOR THE MORGUE - Don Larson
HOMICIDE DOMAIN - Harris Clivesey
SUICIDE SOUVENIR - Dennis Layton
THE PHANTOM WITNESS - Clark Frost
SLENDER CLUE - E.D. Gardner
CRIME BY CHART - Harl Vincent
MAN FROM THE WRONG TIME-TRACK - Denis Plimmer
ONE ESCORT—MISSING OR DEAD - Roger Torrey
THE SILENT WITNESS - H. Frederic Young
MISS DYNAMITE - Peter Dawson
SEASONED CRIME - Donald Bayne Hobart
SUICIDE HOOK-UP - Albert G. Robinson
BLONDE DEATH - Dale Clark
HOMICIDE WHOLESALE - Harold Q. Masur
DEAD END - William Beggarate
MURDER BY INSTALLMENT - Eric Preston
YOU BUILT A FRAME FOR ME - Leonard B. Rosborough
1942
CRIME’S CLIENT - Guy Fleming
OFF THE RECORD - Robert Wallace
ONE HUNDRED BUCKS PER STIFF - J. Lloyd Conrich
DEATH IS TOO EASY - Arthur J. Burks
KIDNAPPED EVIDENCE - Joseph J. Millard
ONE MORE MURDER - G.T. Fleming-Roberts
DEATH GOES DANCING - John K. Butler
TOO MANY ANGLES - Calvin L. Boswell
BLOOD IN THE RAIN - Edward Sullivan
COPS ARE SMART, TOO - George Armin Shaftel
SCARECROWS DON’T BLEED - Joe Archibald
THROUGH THE WALL - G.T. Fleming-Roberts
THE ROAD TO CARMICHAEL’S - Richard Wormser
DETOUR TO DEATH - John Lawrence
HOURS OF GRACE - Marion Mitchell Morrison
THE KILLER TYPE - William Decatur
DOUBLE DYNAMITE - Charles Smith
FREIGHT TROUBLE - L.K. Frank
FIFTY-GRAND FUNERAL - David X. Manners
MORTGAGE ON MURDER - Benton Braden
1943
THE DOUBLE-CROSSING CORPSE - Day Keene
MURDER ON SANTA CLAUS LANE - William G. Bogart
SHE’LL MAKE A GORGEOUS CORPSE - Eric Provost
THEN LIVE TO USE IT - Greta Bardet
GIVE THE GUY A CHANCE - Thomas Thursday
THE LADY IN THE CASE - Lee E. Wells
LITTLE PIECES - C.S. Montanye
THE MENTAL BLOODHOUND - Helmar Lewis
RED BLOOD AND GREEN SOAP - Dale Clark
MAIL ME MY TOMBSTONE - Charles Larson
EIGHT HOURS TO KILL - Lee E. Wells
HOUSE OF DEATH - Lew Merrill
THESE SHOES ARE KILLING ME - Leroy Yerxa
A KNIFE IN THE CHEST - Dale Clark
CLOSE TO A CORPSE - Donald Bayne Hobart
FRAGILE EVIDENCE - Lee Fredericks
WHITE HEAT - Arthur J. Burks
O’SHEEN’S PHOTO FINISH - Leroy Yerxa
HOT-SEAT FALL GUY - E.Z. Elberg
ROCK-A-BYE BOOBY - Richard Brister
THE KILLER CAME HOME - Robert C. Dennis
1944
LITTLE OLD LADY - Owen Fox Jerome
HANDMADE HERO - Lee Tilburne
ADOPTED FOR DEATH - Donald G. Cormack
A SLIP IN CRIME - Greta Bardet
ACTION AT HOME - Benjamin Pool
DEATH HAS A C-BOOK - Ha
l K. Wells
THE PIN-UP GIRL MURDERS - Laurence Donovon
CORPSES LEAVE ME COLD - David X. Manners
MURDER RIDES BEHIND THE SIREN - Prescott Chaplin
TEA PARTY FRAME-UP - Robert Martin
MURDER ON THE MENU - Michael O’Brien
MEMPHIS BLUES - Frank Johnson
A DRINK FOR AUNT LOUISA - Francis Fredricks
ATTAR OF HOMICIDE - Donald C. Cameron
HOW MANY CARDS FOR THE CORPSE? - Joe Kent
ONCE THERE WAS A WOLF— - Bert Collier
SAVE A GRAVE FOR ME! - Dane Gregory
VOICE OF THE DEAD - Ted Stratton
I DIDN’T DO IT! - Cliff Campbell
FRIENDLESS CORPSE - Arthur Mann
RX TO HOMICIDE - John A. Saxon
THE CORPSE THAT PLAYED DEAD - A. Boyd Correll
1945
DEATH ON THE METER - Edward Ronns
DEATH PAINTS A PICTURE - Russell Gray
TIME TO KILL - Leo Hoban
DIBBLE DABBLES IN DEATH - David Wright O’Brien
HOMECOMING IN HELL! - Ken Lewis
TWENTY GRAND LEG - Walter Wilson
I DIE DAILY - H. Wolff Salz
TRACKS IN THE SNOW - Samuel Mines
DARK HORIZONS - William G. Bogart
DEAD MAN’S NERVE - Jack Bradley
MURDER AFTER THE FACT - E.C. Marshall
SLAYER’S KEEPERS - T.W. Ford
THE BIG MONEY MAN - Wayland Rice
A SNITCH IN TIME - E.C. Marshall
HOMICIDE AT THE 5 AND 10 - Stewart Toland
MURDER IN SMALL PACKAGES - William Rough
MERRY CHRISTMAS, COOPER - Johnston McCulley
1946
DEAD MAN’S GIFT - Ben Frank
MURDER OFF THE RECORD - Bill Morgan
THEY GAVE HIM A BADGE! - John Corbett
COUNTRY CADAVER - Ken Lewis
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO DIE - Anthony Tompkins
DEATH IN THE GROOVE - Thorne Lee
HE HUNG TOO HIGH - Berna Morris
IT’S TIME TO GO HOME - William G. Bogart
OBJECTIVE-MURDER! - William R. Cox
BLACK OF THE MOON - Merle Constiner
DON’T MEDDLE WITH MURDER - C.S. Montayne
THE HIGH-POWERED CORPSE - E.C. Marshall
TOP IT OFF WITH DEATH - Basil Wells
PLEASE, I KILLED HIM - Wayland Rice
YOU’LL DIE LAUGHING - William Lawrence Hamling
THE BLUE STEEL SQUIRREL - Frank R. Read
BROTHER COP AND BROTHER RAT - Donald Bump
EASY KILL - William Hellman
MURDER RIDES HIGH - Leonard Finley Hilts
THE TRIANGULAR BLADE - Carter Sprague
MORGUE REUNION - Norman A. Daniels
WILL FOR A KILL - Emil Petaja
FINAL JUDGMENT - Ralph Oppenheim
SHOOT FAST, BUT SHOOT STRAIGHT! - Sam Carson
THE CAT CAME BACK - Ken Tillson
1947
A PHOTO AND A VOICE - David Goodis
MURDER TRAIL - Anthony Tompkins
BLUE COAT GAMBLE - Neil Moran
THE CASE OF THE SQUEALING DUCK - George B. Anderson
GIRL OF FEAR - Francis K. Allan
HIGH VOLTAGE HOMICIDE - Henry Norton
SWEET DREAMS, DARLING - Paul W. Fairman
THE COP ON THE CORNER - David Goodis
BABY, COME TO COPPER! - Gene Fraiser
HOMEMADE MURDER - Rodney Worth
WAKE UP AND DIE - Robert Turner
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS - Larry Holden
HOST TO HOMICIDE - Milton T. Lamb
FLATFOOT - Hal K. Wells
1948
LITTLE MAN, YOU’LL HAVE A BLOODY DAY - Russell Branch
A COLD NIGHT FOR MURDER - J. Lane Linklater
NO LEASE ON LIFE - Allan K. Echols
CLOSE COVER BEFORE STRIKING - Sam Merwin, Jr.
DEATH ENDS THE YEAR - Johnston McCulley
WRONG NUMBER - John L. Benton
42 KEYS TO MURDER - Edward Churchill
DON’T FOOL WITH MURDER - Robert Sidney Bowen
HAND OF GUILT - Sam Bayne
MURDER’S HANDYMAN - Woodrow Wilson Smith
$10,000 AN INCH - Tedd Thomey
BLIZZARD-BOUND CRYPT - Edward A. Herron
DEATH BRINGS DOWN THE HOUSE - Larry Holden
THE NIGHT BEFORE MURDER - Steve Fisher
BADGE OF VALOR - Robert Leslie Bellem
YOU NEVER CAN TELL - Jack Kofoed
A BREATH OF SUSPICION - Stewart Sterling
STILL OF THE NIGHT - Will Oursler
COWARD’S KILL - Arthur Leo Zagat
DON’T WAKE THE DEAD - Frank Morris
HOMICIDE’S THEIR HEADACHE - Carl G. Hodges
CLUE IN TRIPLICATE - Ray Cummings
POP GOES THE QUEEN - Bob Wade and Bill Miller
BIG TARGET - Roger Fuller
COMPLICATION MURDER! - Charles Molyneux Brown
DEATH COMES GIFT-WRAPPED - William P. McGivern
DOOM ON SUNDAY - B.J. Benson
THE KILLER’S SHOES - Robert C. Blackmon
1949
A SLAY RIDE FOR SANTA - Carl Memling
KNIFE IN THE DARK - Robert Leslie Bellem
DEAR COLD RUTH . . . - Henry Hasse
FERRY TO A FUNERAL - James Blish
ONE MAN’S POISON - Curt Hamlin
TRAP THE MAN DOWN - Harold Gluck
MAD ABOUT MURDER - Scott O’Hara
SUE AS IN SUICIDE - C.S. Montanye
TOO OLD TO DIE - Jack Gleoman
1950
THE CACKLE BLADDER - William Campbell Gault
MANUSCRIPT OF MURDER - Peter Warren
LADY IN RED - Alan Ritner Anderson
GEMS GLOW WITH BLOOD - Joseph Commings
ICE FROM A CORPSE - Ed Barcelo
MURDER COMES CALLING - Logan Legare
ODDS ARE ON DEATH - Ashley Calhoun
PARTING GIFT - Frank Ward
1951
KILL ONE, KILL TWO - B.J. Benson
MURDER COMES HOME - D.L. Champion
THE TOUCH OF DEATH - Norman A. Daniels
SHIELD FOR MURDER - William P. McGivern
A LITTLE PSYCHOLOGY - Arnold Grant
HEAR THAT MOURNFUL WIND - Dane Gregory
MURDER HUNCH - John Benton
YOU’LL KILL THE PEOPLE - Richard Brister
1952
NICELY FRAMED, READY TO HANG! - Daniel Gordon
MIRACLE ON 9TH STREET - Day Keene
THE LONG NIGHT - Philip Ketchum
A GRAVE IS WAITING - Bruno Fischer
A BIER FOR BABY - Dean Evans
STAND-IN FOR SLAUGHTER - Grover Brinkman
1953
AS I LIE DEAD - Fletcher Flora
CARRERA’S WOMAN - Richard Marsten
HOMICIDE HAUL - Robert Carlton
GRAVEYARD SHIFT - Steve Frazee
NICE BUNCH OF GUYS - Michael Fessier
THE TWO O’CLOCK BLONDE - James M. Cain
THE ICE MAN CAME - William Hopson
THE BODY IN MY BED - William F. Schwartz
DIE TOMORROW, PLEASE! - Buck Gilmore
FIRST AID FOR MURDER - Bramley Fox
ONE DUMB COP - Richard Brister
1954
POINTS SOUTH - Flora Fletcher
DOUBLE - Bruno Fischer
DIE LIKE A DOG - David Alexander
IDENTITY UNKNOWN - Jonathan Craig
I DON’T FOOL AROUND - Charles Jackson
NECKTIE PARTY - Robert Turner
STEP DOWN TO TERROR - John McPartland
THE PICKPOCKET - Mickey Spillane
THE PURPLE COLLAR - Jonathan Craig
1955
GREEN EYES - Hal Ellson
THE FLOATER - Jonathan Craig
THE KILLER - John D. MacDonald
STAKEOUT - Don De Boe
DOUBLE HOMICIDE - Robert Standish
1956
DEAD MEN DON’T MOVE - Thomas Thursday
DEATH OF A DEJECTED EDITOR - Dennis Wiegand
SQUEALER - John D. MacDonald
LUST SONG - Stuart Friedman
1957
COP FOR A DAY - Henry Slesar
ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON - Gil Brewer
SOMEBODY’S GOING TO DIE - Talmage Powell
STRANGER IN THE HOUSE - Theodore Pratt
MAY I COME IN? - Fletcher Flora
SWAMP SEARCH - Harry Whittington
1958
THE PLUNGE - David Goodis
THE SWINDLER’S WIFE - Robert Standish
1959
LOOK DEATH IN THE EYE - Lawrence Block
THE $5,000 GETAWAY - Jack Ritchie
1960s
FOURTH GEAR TO HELL - Richard E. Geis
THE DEADLY MRS. HAVERSHAM - Helen Nielsen
MURDER AND THE SOUTHWIND - Mary Roberts Rhinehart
Unknown
DEATH OF AN AGENT - Harold Stover
ENTER SCARFACE - Armitage Trail
HOME IS WHERE THE HEARSE IS - William Knowles
NIGHT OF THE THIRTEENTH - J.A. Allan
ONE HUNCH TO HELL - Richard A. Virgil
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CHRONOLOGICAL
1920
The Hardest Kind of Hard (Lewen Hewitt), Detective Story Magazine, August 3, 1920
1922
The False Burton Combs (Carroll John Daly), The Black Mask, December 1922
1925
It’s Great to Be Great! (Thomas Thursday), Top-Notch Magazine, July 15, 1925
1926
The Assistant Murderer (Dashiell Hammett), Black Mask, February 1926
1927
Dry Rot (James Hendryx), The Underworld, September 1927
1929
A Shriek in the Night (Sewell Peaslee Wright), Real Detective Tales and Mystery Stories, April/May 1929
1930
The Corpse on the Grating (Hugh B. Cave), Astounding, February 1930
1931
The Avalanche Maker (W. Ryerson Johnson), West, July 22, 1931
1932
A Trip to Czardis (Edwin Granberry), The Forum, April 1932
Murder on the Limited (Howard Finney), Detective-Dragnet Magazine, September 1932
1933
The Deadly Orchid (T.T. Flynn), Detective Fiction Weekly, April 15, 1933
“Take ’Im Alive” (Walter C. Scott), The Underworld Magazine, May 1933
Double Check (Thomas Walsh), Black Mask, July 1933
The Death Club (George Harmon Coxe), Complete Stories, December 15, 1933
1934
Live Bait (E. Hoffmann Price), Alibi, April 1934
Paid in Blood (Anthony Clemens), Secret Agent “X”, April 1934
“Sweet Sue” (Bill Williams), 10 Story Book, July 1934
1935
Night Scene (Jerome Severs Perry), Spicy Detective Stories, May 1935
Green Doom (Carroll Mayers), Secret Agent “X”, September 1935
The Will (Richard B. Sale), Popular Detective, September 1935
Heat From Texas (W.W. McKenna), Spicy Detective Stories, November 1935