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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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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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eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The best of Manhunt

Responsibility statement

foreword by Lawrence Block ; afterword by Barry N. Malzberg ; edited and introduction by Jeff Vorzimmer

Sub title

a collection of the best stories from Manhunt magazine

Summary

First appearing on newsstands in late 1952, Manhunt was the acknowledged sucessor 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

Table Of Contents

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

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