In answer to a recent posting, yes Paul Cain's SEVEN SLAYERS
will be reprinted, with twice as many stories, under the
logically-derived title, FOURTEEN SLAYERS, to include all his
independent stories in BLACK MASK
(that is, not the material collected as the novel FAST ONE).
Max Allan Collins has organized a number of modern
private-eye and hardboiled writers to contibute a preface to
each story, and the book will be published jointly later this
year by Crippen & Landru (www.crippenlandru.com) and
Black Mask Press. Keith Deutsch, who owns BLACK MASK rights,
has book publication rights to Cain's MASK stories. We are
delighted to work with him.
In proof right now is Raoul Whitfield's JO GAR'S CASEBOOK,
also a joint pub with Black Mask Press. In the future, we
plan BLACK MASK books by Frederick Nebel, and Norbert Davis(
for which Keith owns the rights) and John D. MacDonald and
Horace McCoy (for neither of which does Keith own rights, so
we'll have to negotiate with the authors's heirs).
Early in February, C&L will publish Wendy Hornsby's NINE
SONS, almost all of whose stories are noir, especially "Ghost
Caper."
We are not only publishing classic private-eye stories in
association with Black Mask Press, but we also have scheduled
for May Hugh B. Cave's COME INTO MY PARLOR: TALES FROM
DETECTIVE FICTION WEEKLY. As many of you know, Hugh is the
last survivor of the pulp-private-eye authors (the genuine
pulps, not the digests with which they are sometimes
confused). He is almost 92, and still writing. And one of the
nicest guys in the business.
As long as I am promoting, I should mention that we have
started a new series called "Crippen & Landru Lost
Classics," to publish works by no longer living writers--some
of whom may have been (nearly) forgotten. Books of interest
to this list will include Craig Rice's MURDER, MYSTERY AND
MALONE, and William Campbell Gault's MARKSMAN AND OTHER
STORIES, edited by Bill Pronzini.
We welcome suggestions for future publications, either in the
BLACK MASK series or the "Lost Classics"--keeping in mind of
course that rights are not always easy to secure.
Doug Greene Crippen & Landru Publishers, Inc. A Murderous
Name in Mysteries www.crippenlandru.com
CrippenL@Pilot.Infi.Net
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