Thanks, everyone, for the good wishes and the suggestions.
Charles Williams is a favorite of mine, too, and we are
definitely hoping to include one of his books in the line (I
contacted his agent on Thursday, shortly before the blackout
hit). Gil Brewer is one of those authors I keep wanting to
like more than I do, but he's certainly got something, and if
I can find one of his books that stands out as especially
good, I'll go for it.
As for Elliott Chaze, BLACK WINGS is legendary, of course,
and I'd be up for reprinting it, but so far have had no luck
tracking down his estate. Another one I'd be excited about is
Steve Fisher, but no one in the business seems to know what
happened to his estate either. Amusingly enough, what's
called for is some old fashioned detective work. Maybe I'll
use that as the hook for my next novel: Hardboiled detective
hired to track down estate of deceased pulp writer on behalf
of a reprint line finds himself in hot water when said
writer's demise turns out to have been less innocent than it
appeared... (Joking aside, if any of you have leads on either
the Chaze or the Fisher estate, please let me know.)
Thanks, Charles
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