> If you can correct something, or you know where to
find a story
> that seems to be uncollected, please let me
know.
[SNIP]
> These stories seem to be uncollected (perhaps with
good reason):
>
> "The Crusader" (1923)
> "Diamond Wager" (1929)
> "Ester Entertains" (1924)
> "First Aide to Murder" (?)
> "Immortality" (1922)
> "The Man Who Loved Ugly Women" (1925?)
> "On the Way" (1932)
> "The Parthian Shot" (1922)
> "The Road Home" (1922)
> "A Tale of Two Women" (Saturday Home Magazine,
?)
> "This Little Pig" (1934)
'The Parthian Shot' isn't really a story, it's more a pithy
anecdote, and runs to about 100 words. It was originally
published in Nathan and Mencken's _The Smart Set_, but
Hammett was directed to other titles for his work (eg The
Black Mask). It is reproduced in full on p. 17 of Julian
Symons, _Dashiell Hammett_ HBJ Album Biographies (Harcourt
Brace Jovanovich: NY, 1985).
Incidentally, a shot of the title, standfirst and head
illustration of 'This Little Pig' (Colliers, March 1934)
appears on page 113 of the above. Enough of the four columns
of type is shown to suggest that the story is in the
'thin man' vein (if it's difficult to imagine such a thing,
try 'smugly talky' instead). The standfirst describes the
story as 'a hard-boiled romance of Hollywood, where, it would
seem, they don't all love one another'.
"The Road Home" was first published in The Black Mask under
the pseudonym Peter Collinson. It is collected in Herbert
Ruhm, ed, _The Hard Boiled Detective: Stories from Black Mask
Magazine 1920-1951_ (Coronet: London, 1979). The Coronet
paperback is a reprint; the first edition is Random House
1977, which I note only because I have a vague notion that
one or two stories were cut from the paperback edition of
this collection.
The Crusader was credited to Mary Jane Hammett (The Smart
Set). Diamond Wager was credited to Samuel Dashiell
(Detective Fiction Weekly).
Several stories Bill cites as 'uncollected' are listed in
Layman's bibliography as undated stories. They are also
listed as 'unlocated' which means Layman wasn't able to find
a copy.
"The Man Who Loved Ugly Women" Experience, no date but prob.
pre May 1925.
"Another Perfect Crime" Experience, no date but prob. pre May
1925.
"A Tale of Two Women" Saturday Home Magazine, no date.
"First Aide to Murder" Saturday Home Magazine, no date.
OK, back to lurking ...
ED
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