When I moved from Texas to New York to take my chances as a yarnspinner for the
pulps, I knew I was entering into a whole new world. As the author of the
LINCOLN LANDRY, SPACE RANGER tales for the science fiction pulps, I know a thing
or two about new worlds.
But what I wanted most of all was to get a story in BLACK MASK magazine, the same pulp that launched the careers of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett, to name a few.
In order to do that, I pulled in a few favors. Who knew the chief of police was a Lincoln Landry fan? Once I found out, though, I had him hook me up with his best homicide detective: Jim McLane, a tough no-nonsense cop that Hammett and Chandler might have admired.
Together, McLane and I sort through murders in the Big Apple in 1935. I didn't know I was going to learn so much, or that the price would be so high. But between McLane and me, we generally get to the bottom of murder, blackmail, and kidnappings.
2 comments:
A pulp magazine writer solving mysteries in 1935? Heck, I didn't wait for it to be free. Bought it after reading the first page. My kind of book.
You're my kind of reader, Charles. I hope to do some more of these soon.
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