From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine
Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett
and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in
Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in
Black Mask helped to shape American
culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by ��he seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine��(
Booklist).
Otto Penzler selected and wrote introductions to the best of the best, the darkest of these dark, vintage stories for the collection
The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories. Now
that collection is available for the first time on audio.
Includes:
- ��he Color of Honor��by Richard Connell; read by Bart Tinapp
- ��iddleman for Murder��by Bruno Fischer; read by Scott Brick
- ��he Man Who Chose the Devil��by Richard Deming; read by Eric Conger
- ��eer-Bottle Polka��by C. M. Kornbluth; read by Johnny Heller
- ��orrowed Crime��by Cornell Woolrich; read by Johnny Heller
