The best of Manhunt : a collection of the best stories from Manhunt magazine / foreword by Lawrence Block ; afterword by Barry N. Malzberg ; edited and introduction by Jeff Vorzimmer.
Frozen stiff / Lawrence Block. Mugger murder / Richard Deming -- Decision / Helen Nielsen -- The collector comes after payday / Fletcher Flora -- Try it my way / Jack Ritchie -- Movie night / Robert Turner -- In memory of Judith Courtright / Erskine Caldwell -- Day's work / Jonathan Lord -- The scrapbook / Jonathan Craig -- Quiet day in the county jail / Craig Rice -- The set-up / Sam Cobb -- The double take / Richard S. Prather -- The man who found the money / James E. Cronin -- Self-defense / Harold Q. Masur -- Bad word / David Alexander -- Return engagement / Frank Kane -- Graveyard shift / Steve Frazee -- The little lamb / Fredric Brown -- The girl behind the hedge / Mickey Spillane -- Professional man / David Goodis -- The quiet room / Jonathan Craig -- Pistol / Hal Ellson -- Hit and run / Richard Deming -- The killer / John D. MacDonald -- The day it began again / Fletcher Flora -- Moonshine / Gil Brewer -- Rat hater / Harlan Ellison -- The last spin / Evan Hunter -- Night of crisis / Harry Whittington -- Pigeon in an iron lung / Talmage Powell -- Cop for a day / Henry Slesar -- Somebody's going to die / Talmage Powell -- Stranger in the house / Theodore Pratt -- Enough rope for two / Clark Howard -- Body on a white carpet / Al James -- A piece of ground / Helen Nielsen -- Say a prayer for the guy / Nelson Algren -- An empty threat / Donald E. Westlake -- Frozen stiff / Lawrence Block.
Summary:
First appearing on newsstands in late 1952, Manhunt was the acknowledgedsuccessor to Black Mask, which had ceased publication the year before, as the venue for high-quality crime fiction. By April of 1956 it was being billed as the |World|s Best-Selling Crime-Fiction Magazine.| On its pages, over its 14-year run, appeared a veritable Who|s Who of the world|s greatest mystery writers including: Ed McBain, Mickey Spillane, Richard Deming, Jonathan Craig, Hal Ellson, Robert Turner, Jack Ritchie, Frank Kane, Craig Rice, Fletcher Flora, Talmage Powell, Richard S. Prather, David Alexander, Harold Q. Masur, Gil Brewer, Helen Nielsen, Erskine Caldwell, Henry Slesar, David Goodis, Lawrence Block, John D. MacDonald, Clark Howard, Fredric Brown, Donald E. Westlake, Harlan Ellison, Harry Whittington and Steve Frazee.The Best of Manhunt includes 39 of the original stories, a Foreword by Lawrence Block and Afterword by Barry N. Malzberg, as well as an introduction to the tortured history of the magazine by editor, Jeff Vorzimmer.
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