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The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories

Otto Penzler

First published 2010
Series Big Book Series
Publisher Vintage Crime / Black Lizard / Vintage Books
Format Trade Paperback
Type Anthology
Cover art Rafael DeSoto
Pages xix+1116
Price $25.00
ISBN 9780307455437

  • Publication date from Amazon.com.
  • Contains fifty-two stories (including one short-story collection), and one novel (the original serialization of The Maltese Falcon from the pages of Black Mask magazine.
  • Only authors with a background in speculative fiction are listed, a complete listing of stories and authors can be found on Amazon.com.
  • Cover art is reprinted from the February 1942 issue of Black Mask, and is flipped.
  • The Lester Dent story is original to this volume.
  • All stories are printed in facsimile from their original pulp appearances, including the original illustrations.
  • Each story has a one or two page introduction by Otto Penzler that talks about the author and puts the story into the historical perspective of detective fiction and/or the magazine.
  • Almost all the stories have the original artwork, but none is credited and most is unsigned.

Page Title Author(s) Type
27 Cry Silence: Fredric Brown Otto Penzler Essay
28 Cry Silence Fredric Brown Short Story
85 Luck: Lester Dent Otto Penzler Essay
86 Luck Lester Dent Short Story
601 The Bloody Bokhara: William Campbell Gault Otto Penzler Essay
602 The Bloody Bokhara William Campbell Gault Short Story
717 Drop Dead Twice: Hank Searls Otto Penzler Essay
718 Drop Dead Twice Hank Searls Short Story
726 The Sound of the Shot: Dale Clark Otto Penzler Essay
727 The Sound of the Shot Dale Clark Short Story
770 Those Catrini: Norvell Page Otto Penzler Essay
771 Those Catrini Norvell Page Short Story
783 Smoke in Your Eyes: Hugh B. Cave Otto Penzler Essay
784 Smoke in Your Eyes Hugh B. Cave Short Story
907 T. McGuirk Steals a Diamond: Ray Cummings Otto Penzler Essay
908 T. McGuirk Steals a Diamond Ray Cummings Short Story
949 Merely Murder: Julius Long Otto Penzler Essay
950 Merely Murder Julius Long Short Story
967 Murder in One Syllable: John D. MacDonald Otto Penzler Essay
968 Murder in One Syllable John D. MacDonald Novelette
1043 Middleman for Murder: Bruno Fischer Otto Penzler Essay
1044 Middleman for Murder Bruno Fischer Short Story
1080 Beer-Bottle Polka: C. M. Kornbluth Otto Penzler Essay
1081 Beer-Bottle Polka C. M. Kornbluth Short Story
1093 Borrowed Crime: Cornell Woolrich Otto Penzler Essay
1094 Borrowed Crime Cornell Woolrich Short Story
ix Foreword (The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories) Otto Penzler Essay
xi Introduction (The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories) Keith Alan Deutsch Essay