Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine
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 “the 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:
  • Introduction by Keith Alan Deutsch; read by Eric Conger
  • “Come and Get It” by Erle Stanley Gardner; read by Oliver Wyman
  • “Arson Plus” by Peter Collinson (Dashiell Hammett); read by Alan Sklar
  • “Fall Guy” by George Harmon Coxe; read by Pete Larkin
  • “Doors in the Dark” by Frederick Nebel; read by Pete Larkin
  • “Luck” by Lester Dent; read by Jeff Gurner
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    Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine
    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 “the 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:
  • Introduction by Keith Alan Deutsch; read by Eric Conger
  • “Come and Get It” by Erle Stanley Gardner; read by Oliver Wyman
  • “Arson Plus” by Peter Collinson (Dashiell Hammett); read by Alan Sklar
  • “Fall Guy” by George Harmon Coxe; read by Pete Larkin
  • “Doors in the Dark” by Frederick Nebel; read by Pete Larkin
  • “Luck” by Lester Dent; read by Jeff Gurner
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    Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

    Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

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    Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

    Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine

    Unabridged — 7 hours, 5 minutes

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    Overview

    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 “the 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:
  • Introduction by Keith Alan Deutsch; read by Eric Conger
  • “Come and Get It” by Erle Stanley Gardner; read by Oliver Wyman
  • “Arson Plus” by Peter Collinson (Dashiell Hammett); read by Alan Sklar
  • “Fall Guy” by George Harmon Coxe; read by Pete Larkin
  • “Doors in the Dark” by Frederick Nebel; read by Pete Larkin
  • “Luck” by Lester Dent; read by Jeff Gurner

  • Editorial Reviews

    From the Publisher

    Any fan of crime stories and radio shows will find these a compelling listen, spiced with a variety of accomplished narrators.”
    The Bookwatch

    Joseph Wambaugh

    There is gold in every set. . . . Hitting like a Tommy gun blast, these pulse-pounding collections will leave mystery hounds panting for the next installment.”
    Library Journal [starred review]

    The Bookwatch

    Any fan of crime stories and radio shows will find these a compelling listen, spiced with a variety of accomplished narrators.”
    The Bookwatch

    MARCH 2012 - AudioFile

    This first in a series of audiobooks features five stories from the great pulp magazine BLACK MASK, as well as a lengthy introduction by Keith Alan Deutsch. The introduction, read by Eric Conger, is informative, but at 38 minutes it goes on too long. The stories, on the whole, are worth the wait. The collection leads off with Erle Stanley Gardner’s “Come and Get It,” read with gruff humor by Oliver Wyman. “Arson Plus,” by Dashiell Hammett (under a pseudonym), is read by Alan Sklar. Jeff Gurner reads Lester Dent’s “Luck,” and Pete Larkin reads stories by two BLACK MASK mainstays, George Harmon Coxe and Frederick Nebel. S.E.S. 2012 Audies Finalist © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine

    Product Details

    BN ID: 2940170070220
    Publisher: HighBridge Company
    Publication date: 09/01/2011
    Series: Black Mask , #1
    Edition description: Unabridged
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