"You can't end a story with the cops getting the killer. I don't think the law is a very interesting nemesis." James M. Cain
Bruno Fischer: Everyman Crime Fiction Writer by Ed Lynskey
The Bullet-Riddled Bullet: Blind Man With A Pistol by Chester Himes reviewed by Raymond Embrack
Loren D. Estleman's Whiskey River reviewed by Stephen Hawley
Dark Thoughts by Uriel E. Gribetz
The Real Action: James Ellroy's American Tabloid by Patrick Quinlan
Mystery Man: Dan J. Marlowe by Charles Kelly
INTERVIEWS
Hard Case Crime's Charles Ardai interviewed by David White
Duane Swierczynski interviewed by Allan Guthrie
Talking Manglish: Charlie Williams interviewed by Ray Banks
Jason Starr interviewed by James R Winter
ARTICLES
Eddie Muller's The Distance
reviewed by Ray Banks
The
Process of Elimination: A Crime Writer's Guide To Contract Killing
by Gary Carson
Hank Janson's Accused
reviewed by Joseph M Faria
Shakespeare Never Even Tried This: The Poetry Noir Of Charles Bukowski
by Stephen D. Haff
Blue Candy: Notes Of An Andrew Vachss Fan
by Raymond Embrack
The
Liberal World Of The Versatile Bart Spicer
by Ed Lynskey
James Lee Burke's Crusader's Cross
reviewed
by Harry Shannon
Tom
Ripley: A Spectre Profile
by Pearce Hansen
And this issue's new writers
Lizard Flicks by Gary Carson
Where Dead Angels Sing by Joseph M. Faria
Day Of The Dudes by Raymond Embrack
Eye Of The Burning Man by Harry Shannon
When One Man Dies by David White
The Storm Giants by Pearce Hansen
INTERVIEWS
Richard Marinick interviewed by Charlie Stella
Vicki Hendricks interviewed by Charlie Stella
Rob Kantner interviewed by James R. Winter
ARTICLES
David
Goodis's Hardboiled Philadelphia: Street Of The Lost and The Moon In
The Gutter
by Jay A. Gertzman
A
Thing Out Of Season: Honor In The Noir Universe
by C. S. Thompson
Classic Noir Fiction Into Film: The Celebration Of Rot
by Terry White
Color Me Noir: The Noir Influence In Comic Books
by Bryon Quertermous
Fallen Angels And Other Converts To Noir Fiction
by William Starr Moake
Hugh Pentecost's John Jericho Series:
Flawed But Still Fun
by Ed Lynskey
Robert Stone's Bay Of Souls: The Reinvention Of Classical Noir
by Jonathan L. Woods
The
Burden Of Being Stark: An Essay
by Mel Cartagena
And this issue's new writers
Strawberry Girls by Terry White
Lunchbox Hero by Bryon Querermous
And Then The Night by C. S. Thompson
Harry, Harry, Quite Contrary by Jonathan L. Woods
Kona Winds by William Starr Moake
INTERVIEWS
Books and Beatings
Ken Bruen in
conversation with Ray Banks
From Horror To Hollywood
Terrill Lee Lankford interviewed by Allan Guthrie
This Time, It's Personal: Nolan Returns
Max Allan Collins interviewed by Duane
Swierczynski
ARTICLES
Who is Rilke? And who am I? Ken Bruen's Rilke
On Black
reviewed by Charlie Williams
Michael Collins' Lost Souls
reviewed
by James M McGowan
Lost In Obscurity: Paul Cain's Fast One and Seven
Slayers
by Brian Cain
Ken Bruen's London Boulevard
reviewed
by David Gow
Eric Ambler's Judgment On Deltchev
reviewed by Pearce Hansen
Not Everyone Gets To Live In The Glowing
Metropolis: William Gibson's Noir
by Lancer Kind
White
Lines: Ken Bruen's First Three "Brant" Novels As Life-Altering
Substances
by Duane Swierczynski
Tom de Haven's Jersey Luck
reviewed
by Patrick J. Lambe
Ken Bruen's The Dramatist and Vixen
reviewed by Donna Moore
Bill Pronzini's Blue Lonesome
reviewed
by Harry Shannon
This Town Needs An Enema
by Patrick J. Lambe
Ken Bruen's The Guards
reviewed by Charlie Stella
A One-Two Punch: The Author Duo Of Wade Miller
by Ed Lynskey
Robert Skinner's Skin Deep, Blood Red
reviewed by Tony Griff
Richard Aleas's Little
Girl Lost
reviewed by Brian Cain
Ken Bruen's Blitz
reviewed by Allan Guthrie
Don't forget to check out issue #5's New Writers
Pearce Hansen Street Raised
James M McGowan Shots Fired
James R. Winter Northcoast Shakedown
Tony Griff Later, Alligator
Introduction by Allan Guthrie
INTERVIEWS
ARTICLES
John Ridley's Love Is A Racket reviewed by Richard Cross
A Hardboiled Glossary by John Knoerle
Down These Mean Dirt Roads or Phillip Marlowe Had A Cat by Fred deVecca
Oedipus Wrecks: Jim Thompson's A Swell-Looking Babe dissected by Ray Banks
Iceberg Slim: The Transcendence Of Hate Over Repression by John Swan
So You Want To Write Noir by Robert D. Bennett
The High Seas Of Charles Williams by Ed Lynskey
The Genesis Of Velda by Ron Miller
Goodbye, Mr. Hammett: On Leaving The Great Man's Digs by Bruce Dettman
Let's Book 'Em: A Sure-fire Survey Of Bank Robbery Novels by Duane Swierczynski
Graham Greene's Noir by Patrick J. Lambe
Charlie Williams's Deadfolk famously reviewed by the highly quotable Ray Banks
Don't forget to check out issue #4's New Writers
Charlie Williams Deadfolk
Mark T. Conard Dark as Night
Lancer Kind Splice
Harry Shannon Memorial Day
Brian Cain Mine To Avenge
Introduction by Allan Guthrie
In His Own Words: James McKimmey's bio
Noir Originals Interview Part 1
James McKimmey's Squeeze Play: An American Classic by Jason Starr
James McKimmey's Squeeze Play reviewed by Lee Horsley
A dark extract from Squeeze Play
James McKimmey's The Long Ride reviewed by David Gow
Once Upon A Time In America: James McKimmey's The Perfect Victim and Cornered! by Bill Crider
The Perfect Victim sample chapter
The Night Was Bright: an original short story by James and Starr McKimmey
Take Two: James McKimmey's Winner Take All and Cornered! by Michael Robison
Winner Take All sample chapter
James McKimmey's 24 Hours To Kill reviewed by Andrew Jamieson
24 Hours To Kill opening extract
James McKimmey: The Man Who Alarmed John D MacDonald (updated) by Allan Guthrie
A Letter From John D. MacDonald
A Guide To The Crime Novels Of James McKimmey by Allan Guthrie
A dark extract from The Hot Fire
Noir Originals Interview Part 2
Don't forget to check out issue #3's new writers. These guys are one hell of a talented bunch. Their non-fiction contributions will appear in issue #4.
Richard Cross Eighty
Thousand Eyes
In issue #4:
Richard reviews John Ridley's Love Is A Racket
John Knoerle Two
Jacks
In issue #4: John supplies his
very own hardboiled glossary
Fred DeVecca Act
Of Contrition
In issue #4: Fred takes us Down
These Mean Dirt Roads on a hardboiled journey and explains the
significance of Phillip Marlowe's cat
Ray Banks The
Big Blind
In issue #4: In Oedipus Wrecks
Ray dissects Jim Thompson's A Swell-Looking Babe
John Swan Sap
In issue #4: Iceberg Slim gets
the John Swan treatment
Robert D.
Bennett The New Roman Empire
In issue #4: Robert takes up the
gauntlet of the Noir Original's So You Want To Write Noir spot and
explains How Robert B. Parker Taught Me To Appreciate Being An Outcast
Ron Miller Velda
In issue #4: Ron has desires on
Mike Hammer's secretary in The Genesis Of Velda
Duane
Swierczynski Smell The Roses
In issue #4: a double helping
from Duane. Dan Marlowe, plus a survey of bank robbery novels
Patrick J. Lambe
Carlisle's Marker
In issue #4: Patrick looks at the
darker side of Graham Greene
Introduction by Allan Guthrie
Noir Originals Interview with JASON STARR
'A
beautiful thing to think about': Telemarketing
and murder In Jason Starr's Cold Caller
by Lee Horsley
Cold
Caller sample
chapters
Jason Starr's Nothing
Personal reviewed by Andrew Jamieson
Nothing Personal
sample chapters
Jason
Starr's Fake I.D. reviewed by Charlie Williams
Fake I.D. sample chapters
Jason
Starr's Hard Feelings reviewed by Dave Zeltserman
Hard Feelings sample chapters
Jason
Starr's Tough Luck reviewed by Allan Guthrie
Tough Luck sample chapters
The Minute You're Dead: Symbolism And Mythology in Boston Teran's God Is A Bullet by Michael Robison
William R. Cox's Hell To Pay reviewed by Brian Thornton
Carny Noir: Bearded Ladies And A Man Eating Chicken by Michael S. Chong
So You Want To Write Noir by Cornelius Lehane
Charles Williams: More Than A Slight Return by Ed Lynskey
Falling Into The "Sin Pit" by Gary Lovisi
Gothic Noir by C. S. Thompson
Cornelius Lehane's Beware The Solitary Drinker reviewed by Allan Guthrie
'The Innocent Victim': Alienation And Existentialism In The Noir Crime Novels Of David Goodis And Chester Himes by Reuben Welsh
S. J. Rozan's Winter And Night reviewed by Jochem Vandersteen
BMF: A Cat Named Shaft, A Man Called Tidyman by Raymond Embrack
Titus Andronicus: Revenge Tragedy As Shakespearian Noir by David Gow
Jim Thompson's Hell Of A Woman reviewed by Katrina Munro
'Money Grubbers And Social Climbers': The Upwardly Mobile Killer Protagonist by Lee Horsley
Introduction by Allan Guthrie
Short Noir: Nobody Gets Outta Here Alive by Miles Archer
Interview with Scott Phillips by James Lincoln Warren
Jason Starr's Tough Luck reviewed by Charlie Williams
The Hardboiled Thirties by Michael Robison
Lee Horsley's The Noir Thriller reviewed by Allan Guthrie
Paperback Originals by Bill Crider
Michael Connelly's Lost Light reviewed by Donna Buchan
James McKimmey: The Man Who Alarmed John D MacDonald by Allan Guthrie
Chicano Noir: The Fiction Of Manuel Ramos by J. Michael Blue
'Vengeance Is Mine': The Revenge-Seeker In The Post-World War Two Noir Thriller by Lee Horsley
Dennis Lehane's Mystic River reviewed by Tim Wohlforth
On The Edge: McCarthy's Blood Meridian and Conrad's Heart Of Darkness by David Gow
So You Want To Write Noir? by Russell James
Andrew Vachss' The Getaway Man reviewed by Dave Zeltserman
Still A Lost Classic? Texas Wind by James Reasoner
Richard Stark's The Hunter reviewed by Brian Thornton
Ralph Dennis's Hardboiled Atlanta by Richard A. Moore
Quiet At The Back: Barry Gifford Is Wild At Heart by Andrew Jamieson
A preview of No One Gets Hurt by Russell James
Charles Williams' The Sailcloth Shroud reviewed by Ed Lynskey
Little Red Riding Hood: A Two-Part Parody by Allan Guthrie