Articles

Chester Himes: Exile & 125th Street
by Michael A. Gonzales

Lost City: the Las Vegas of John O'Brien and Hunter S Thompson
by Jay Jeff Jones

Jim Thompson's Psychopathic Narrators
by Nate Flexer

Gash’s Lovejoy Series as a Re-evaluation of Noir, with Pearlhanger as a Case in Point
by Harry J. Lerner, Ph.D.

Surf Noir: The Fiction Of Kem Nunn
by Raymond Embrack

200 Noirs
by Allan Guthrie

Femme Fatale: Women, Sex And Guilt In Noir Fiction
by Damien Seaman

Dark Thoughts
by Uriel E. Gribetz

The Process of Elimination: A Crime Writer's Guide To Contract Killing
by Gary Carson

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

Tom Ripley: A Spectre Profile
by Pearce Hansen

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

Lost In Obscurity: Paul Cain's Fast One and Seven Slayers
by Brian Cain

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

This Town Needs An Enema
by Patrick J. Lambe

A One-Two Punch: The Author Duo Of Wade Miller
by Ed Lynskey

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

A Letter To James McKimmey
by John D. MacDonald

A Guide To The Crime Novels Of James McKimmey
by Allan Guthrie

The Minute You're Dead: Symbolism And Mythology in Boston Teran's God Is A Bullet
by Michael Robison

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

'A beautiful thing to think about': Telemarketing and murder In Jason Starr's Cold Caller
by Lee Horsley

Falling Into The "Sin Pit"
by Gary Lovisi

Gothic Noir
by C. S. Thompson

'The Innocent Victim': Alienation And Existentialism In The Noir Crime Novels Of David Goodis And Chester Himes
by Reuben Welsh

BMF: A Cat Named Shaft, A Man Called Tidyman
by Raymond Embrack

Titus Andronicus: Revenge Tragedy As Shakespearian Noir
by David Gow

'Money Grubbers And Social Climbers': The Upwardly Mobile Killer Protagonist
by Lee Horsley

The Hardboiled Thirties
by Michael Robison

Paperback Originals
by Bill Crider

James McKimmey: The Man Who Alarmed John D MacDonald (updated)
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

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

Still A Lost Classic? Texas Wind
by James Reasoner

Quiet At The Back: Barry Gifford Is Wild At Heart
by Andrew Jamieson

Ralph Dennis's Hardboiled Atlanta
by Richard A. Moore