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The best of Manhunt : a collection of the best stories from Manhunt magazine / foreword by Lawrence Block ; afterword by Barry N. Malzberg ; edited and introduction by Jeff Vorzimmer.
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9781944520687 (paperback)
Title
The best of Manhunt : a collection of the best stories from Manhunt magazine / foreword by Lawrence Block ; afterword by Barry N. Malzberg ; edited and introduction by Jeff Vorzimmer.
Edition
First Stark House Press edition.
Published
Eureka California : Stark House Press, 2019.
©2019
Description
384 pages ; 22 cm
Contents
Foreword / Larence Block -- The story selection ; An introduction to the tortured history of Manhunt / Jeff Vorzimmer -- Introduction from The best from Manhunt / Scott & Sidney Meredith -- On the sidewalk, bleeding / Evan Hunter -- Mugger murder / Richard Deming -- Decision / Helen Nielsen -- The collector comes after payday / Fletcher Flora -- Try it my way / Jack Ritchie -- Movie night / Robert Turner -- In memory of Judith Courtright / Erskine Caldwell -- Day's work / Jonathan Lord -- The scrapbook / Jonathan Craig -- Quiet day in the county jail / Craig Rice -- The set-up / Sam Cobb -- The double take / Richard S. Prather -- The man who found the money / James E. Cronin -- Self-defense / Harold Q. Masur -- Bad word / David Alexander -- Return engagement / Frank Kane -- Graveyard shift / Steve Frazee -- The little lamb / Fredric Brown -- The girl behind the hedge / Mickey Spillane -- Professional man / David Goodis -- The quiet room / Jonathan Craig -- Pistol / Hal Ellson -- Hit and run / Richard Deming -- The killer / John D. MacDonald -- The day it began again / Fletcher Flora -- Moonshine / Gil Brewer -- Rat hater / Harlan Ellison -- The last spin / Evan Hunter -- Night of crisis / Harry Whittington -- Pigeon in an iron lung / Talmage Powell -- Cop for a day / Henry Slesar -- Somebody's going to die / Talmage Powell -- Stranger in the house / Theodore Pratt -- Enough rope for two / Clark Howard -- Body on a white carpet / Al James -- A piece of ground / Helen Nielsen -- Say a prayer for the guy / Nelson Algren -- An empty threat / Donald E. Westlake -- Frozen stiff / Lawrence Block -- Afterword: The graveyard rats / Barry N. Malzberg.
Summary
First appearing on newsstands in late 1952, Manhunt was the acknowledged successor to Black Mask, which had ceased publication the year before, as the venue for high-quality crime fiction. The Best of Manhunt includes 39 of the original stories, a foreword by Lawrence Block and Afterword by Barry N. Malzberg, as well as an introduction to the tortured history of the magazine by editor, Jeff Vorzimmer.
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Detective and mystery stories -- Literary collections
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Detective and mystery fiction
Short stories
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Block, Lawrence
writer of foreword.
Malzberg, Barry N.
writer of afterword.
Vorzimmer, Jeff
editor, writer of introduction.
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Manhunt (New York, N.Y.)
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Detective and mystery fiction
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Detective and mystery stories -- Literary collections
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Short stories
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Adventure stories
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Ghost stories
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Horror tales
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Fiction
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Block, Lawrence
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Malzberg, Barry N.
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Vorzimmer, Jeff
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