As some of you have said, Clark Howard is one of the best
mystery short story writers at present, hardboiled or no
hardboiled. He has been influenced by several "hardboiled"
writers, including W. R. Burnett, John Lutz, and Bill
Pronzini.
I edited the world's first collection of his short stories in
1998, HORN MAN AND OTHER STORIES, before Doug Greene
published his collection, CHALLENGE THE WIDOW-MAKER, in 2000.
The hardcover limited edition has a special extra panphlet
with an original story in it, which the regular trade
softcover edition does not have. Five Star Mystery has
another collection, CROWDED LIVES in 2000.
Howard himself is a "hardboiled" guy. His grandfather was a
cousin of Ma Barker and his father was a partner of
Machine-Gun Kelly. He grew up in a lot of foster homes. His
"latest" novel is CITY BLOOD (Penzler Books, 1994), a gritty
police procedural. He writes moving stories with a lot of
pathos about men in trouble. These days, he usually
contributes novellas to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. If
you don't know Clark Howard, read one of his stories in EQMM
and you will be hooked.
Jiro Kimura
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Kanazawa, JAPAN e-mail:
jkimura@nsknet.or.jp The Gumshoe Site (http://www.nsknet.or.jp/~jkimura/)
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