Best Black Mask Stories - May 2024

The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)

An unstoppable anthology of crime stories culled from Black Mask magazine the legendary publication that turned a pulp phenomenon into literary mainstream.   Black Mask was the apotheosis of noir.  It was the magazine where the first hardboiled detective story, which was written by Carroll John Daly appeared.  It was the slum in which such American literary titans like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler got their start, and it was the home of stories with titles like “Murder Is Bad Luck,” “Ten Carets of Lead,” and “Drop Dead Twice.” Collected here is best of the best, the ha... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307455432
• ASIN: 0307455432
• ISBN: 0307455432
• Brand: Vintage Books USA
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

The Hate U Give Collector's Edition

This collector’s edition of the acclaimed, award-winning novel contains a letter from the author, the meanings behind the names in the book, a map of Garden Heights, fan art, the full, original story that inspired the book, and an excerpt from On the Come Up.8 starred reviews ∙ Goodreads Choice Awards Best of the Best  ∙  William C. Morris Award Winner ∙ National Book Award Longlist ∙ Printz Honor Book ∙ Coretta Scott King Honor Book ∙ #1 New York Times Bestseller!"Absolutely riveting!" —Jason Reynolds"Stunning." —John Green"This story is necessary. This story is important... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0062872346
• UPC: 046594020994
• ASIN: 0062872346
• ISBN: 0062872346
• Manufacturer: Balzer + Bray

Pretty Broken Girl: An Unconventional Love Story

"You'll never look at a closed office door the same again." --Kirkus Reviewer A divorced couple battles for control in the boardroom but things heat up when their competition reaches the bedroom.Ten years ago, Dakota divorced the love of her life for all the wrong reasons. She has no idea he’ll walk through her office door ten years later as her new boss, more handsome than ever, determined to make her pay for her sins. Her knees go weak every time she looks at him. Too bad he hates her. He’s determined to make her life hell. The only thing she knows for sure? They can still heat up the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B014UDQ72W
• ASIN: B014UDQ72W
• Manufacturer: Ishkadiddle Publishing

Mister Black: A Billionaire SEAL Story (In the Shadows, Book 1)

New York Times and USA Today best selling series"My name or me? Your choice."A masquerade party-crasher with secrets.A billionaire host determined to uncover them.What happens when one night together changes everything?We all have someone who crossed our path and fundamentally changed us. That one person who blew through our lives, their presence forever stamped on our psyche. They linger in our thoughts, in our hearts, and in the decisions we make. A soul crusher or a dream maker, depending on the perspective.My person is Mister Black.I didn't know him by that name when I first met him.I didn... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00L0N6NAW
• ASIN: B00L0N6NAW

Black Mask 3: The Maltese Falcon: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine (Black Mask Stories)

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” (Booklist).Otto Penzler selected and wrote introductions to the best of the best, the darkest ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1611744644
• ASIN: 1611744644
• ISBN: 1611744644
• Brand: Brand: HighBridge Company
• Manufacturer: HighBridge Audio

Miles Morales: Spider-Man (Novel)

"Everyone gets mad at hustlers, especially if you're on the victim side of the hustle. And Miles knew hustling was in his veins." Miles Morales is just your average teenager. Dinner every Sunday with his parents, chilling out playing old-school video games with his best friend, Ganke, crushing on brainy, beautiful poet Alicia. He's even got a scholarship spot at the prestigious Brooklyn Visions Academy. Oh yeah, and he's Spider Man. But lately, Miles's spidey-sense has been on the fritz. When a misunderstanding leads to his suspension from school, Miles begins to question his abilities. After ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B071723XCR
• ASIN: B071723XCR
• Manufacturer: Marvel Press

How to Dance an Undead Waltz (The Beginner's Guide to Necromancy Book 4)

The Beginner's Guide to Necromancy, Book 4Grier is nursing a broken heart after Boaz announced his engagement to another woman, but life goes on. Or it would if vampire assassins would stop taking pot shots at her every time she leaves Woolworth House. Seriously, who sends archers to deliver murdergrams these days? To protect herself, Grier must pull out all the stops, even if it means revealing her darkest secret. All eyes are on her, and—for the first time—she begins to understand why Linus wears so many masks. But the target isn’t Grier, and when the archers single him out, it feels l... [Read More]

• ASIN: B07DL2FJMF
• ASIN: B07DL2FJMF
• Manufacturer: Black Dog Books, LLC

Black Mask 11: Middleman for Murder: and Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine (Black Mask Stories)

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” (Booklist).Otto Penzler selected and wrote introductions to the best of the best, the darkest ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1611748119
• ASIN: 1611748119
• ISBN: 1611748119
• Brand: Brand: HighBridge Company
• Manufacturer: HighBridge Audio

The Wretched of the Earth

A distinguished psychiatrist from Martinique who took part in the Algerian Nationalist Movement, Frantz Fanon was one of the most important theorists of revolutionary struggle, colonialism, and racial difference in history. Fanon’s masterwork is a classic alongside Edward Said’s Orientalism or The Autobiography of Malcolm X, and it is now available in a new translation that updates its language for a new generation of readers. The Wretched of the Earth is a brilliant analysis of the psychology of the colonized and their path to liberation. Bearing singular insight into the rage and frustra... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0802141323
• ASIN: 0802141323
• ISBN: 0802141323
• Brand: Frantz Fanon
• Manufacturer: Grove Press

The Billionaire's Obsession ~ Simon: A Billionaire's Obsession Novel (The Billionaire's Obsession series Book 1)

*****A NY TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER****Down on her luck, nursing student and full-time waitress Kara Foster gets a massive blow to her already desperate financial situation that will surely find her living on the streets. Needing nothing less than a miracle to save her, Kara gets rescue from an unknown, unlikely and overwhelming source. Billionaire Simon Hudson makes her an offer that is impossible to refuse, but terrifying to accept from a man that she's never met. Will the handsome, alpha billionaire really be a solution to her problems, or will he end up being a major complication and ... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00BMHUDP2
• ASIN: B00BMHUDP2
• Manufacturer: Golden Unicorn Enterprises, Inc

Black Mask 1: Doors in the Dark: And Other Crime Fiction from the Legendary Magazine (Black Mask Stories)

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and John D. MacDonald got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by “the seminal and venerated mystery pulp magazine” (Booklist).Otto Penzler selected and wrote introductions to the best of the best, the darkest ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 161174458X
• ASIN: 161174458X
• ISBN: 161174458X
• Manufacturer: HighBridge Audio

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps

The biggest, the boldest, the most comprehensive collection of Pulp writing ever assembled. Weighing in at over a thousand pages, containing over forty-seven stories and two novels, this book is big baby, bigger and more powerful than a freight train—a bullet couldn’t pass through it. Here are the best stories and every major writer who ever appeared in celebrated Pulps like Black Mask, Dime Detective, Detective Fiction Weekly, and more. These are the classic tales that created the genre and gave birth to hard-hitting detectives who smoke criminals like packs of cigarettes; sultry dames w... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0307280489
• UPC: 884968993617
• ASIN: 0307280489
• ISBN: 9780307280480
• Brand: Penzler, Otto (EDT)
• Manufacturer: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice: A Guide to Success for Black Americans

• ASIN: B0054KLWOE
• ASIN: B0054KLWOE
• Manufacturer: Fawcett

Unexpected Hero (Skyline Trilogy Book 1)

From USA Today Bestselling author, Willow Summers, comes an action packed romance you won't want to put down."Peppered with Summers' brand of humor, the Skyline Trilogy makes for an exquisite read." MarKat ★★★★★"I love that Jenna is such a strong heroine and Josh is the strong and deadly silent type." Stephanie ★★★★★All Jenna wants is to grace the NYC skyline with a building of her design. But to do it, she must tear down a neighborhood riddled with dangerous criminals who will stop at nothing to claim vengeance. Sent away from the threat for a week long tour in the wilds o... [Read More]

• ASIN: B01M7XDHN6
• ASIN: B01M7XDHN6
• Manufacturer: Hazy Dawn Press, Inc.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Vol. 1 (TMNT Ultimate Collection)

A thorough look back at the TMNT comic book roots with the original stories plus insightful annotations from co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird.Rediscover the underground roots of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with this special collection of Mirage Studios' issues #1–7 along with the Raphael one-shot by creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird! With over 300 pages of mutated-martial arts action along with annotations following each issue, this volume is perfect for fans to relive the glorious days of the Turtles' origins as well as an excellent place for new readers to see where the TMN... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1631409905
• ASIN: 1631409905
• ISBN: 1631409905
• Brand: IDW
• Manufacturer: IDW Publishing

The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories

Here are 45 of the best stories and the major writers who ever appeared in celebrated pulps like "Black Mask, Dime Detective," and "Detective Fiction Weekly." These are the classic tales that created the genre

• UPC: 13725760

Black Mask Pulp Story Reader #10 : Stories from the February 1946 Issue of New Detective

Six smashing crime stories from the February 1946 issue of NEW DETECTIVE magazine! Presented by Black Magazine [www.blackMaskMagazine.com] and iPulpFiction [www.iPulpFiction.com] LADY IN FLIGHT by Rick Daniels It was a strange world for Mary Abbot-where

• UPC: 53354205

Black American Short Stories : A Century of the Best

Features pieces by Charles W. Chestnut, Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, Richard Wright, Frank Yerby, James Baldwin, Amiri Baraka, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and

• UPC: 465452
• Rating: 5.0

Children of the Night : The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to Present

In 1969, Little, Brown and Company published The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, edited by Langston Hughes - the classic compendium of African-American short fiction from 1897 to 1967. Now, a quarter of a

• UPC: 53328607

Some of My Best Friends Are Black : The Strange Story of Integration in America

An irreverent, yet powerful exploration of race relations by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Chris Farley ShowFrank, funny, and incisive, Some of My Best Friends Are Black offers a profoundly honest portrait of

• UPC: 22387723
• Rating: 4.0

Service Tails : More Stories of Man's Best Hero

Heart-tugging true stories of the courage, faith, and loyalty of remarkable service

• UPC: 51981364
• Color: Black
• Rating: 4.5

Man's Best Hero : True Stories of Great American Dogs

True stories of remarkable canine heroes that teach us about courage, faith, and

• UPC: 35986735
• Color: Black
• Rating: 4.8

The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps : The Best Crime Stories from the Pulps During Their Golden Age--The '20s, '30s & '40s

Here are 45 of the best stories and the major writers who ever appeared in celebrated pulps like "Black Mask, Dime Detective," and "Detective Fiction Weekly." These are the classic tales that created the genre

• UPC: 5620628
• Rating: 3.5

THE COMPLETE RAFFLES SERIES – 45+ Short Stories & A Novel in One Volume: The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask, A Thief in the Night, Mr. Justice Raffles, Mrs. Raffles, R. Holmes & Co. - eBook

This carefully crafted ebook: "THE COMPLETE RAFFLES SERIES – 45+ Short Stories & A Novel in One Volume: The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask, A Thief in the Night, Mr. Justice Raffles, Mrs. Raffles, R.

• UPC: 113823600

THE COMPLETE RAFFLES SERIES - A Novel & 45+ Short Stories: The Amateur Cracksman, The Black Mask, A Thief in the Night, Mr. Justice Raffles, Mrs. Raffles, R. Holmes & Co. - eBook

This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. THE ORIGINAL SERIES by E. W. HORNUNG The Amateur Cracksman The Ides of March

• UPC: 981177901