Tag Archives: “It”

Hammett: Almost Complete, If Spread Thin, Man. . .

Posted on June 10, 2016 by Don

Image above: one cover from the new set of eBooks collecting the Op short stories. My morning inbox featured Michael S. Chong sending along a link to an interview about the series. I’ve known for a few months that some … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, News | Tagged "Death and Company", "It", Otto Penzler, Terry Zobeck |

Hammett: More “Corkscrew”

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Don

Add Evan Lewis to the list of people — alongside me, Terry Zobeck, Lillian Hellman —who dig the Hammett western satire “Corkscrew.” He just put up a post talking about it and the other contents of the Dell Mapback Nightmare … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, News | Tagged "Corkscrew", "Death and Company", "It", Evan Lewis, Frederic Dannay, Lillian Hellman, pure texts, Terry Zobeck |

Hammett: The Complete Op

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Don

Say what you will about Frederic Dannay — and we’ve said so much about him on this site that his name is threatening to take over the Tag Cloud — but at least in his ten collections of Hammett’s shorter fiction … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit, Tour | Tagged "Corkscrew", "Death and Company", "It", "One Hour", "This King Business", "Three Dimes", "Who Killed Bob Teal?", Crime Stories, Dell Mapbacks, Frederic Dannay, Including Murder, Library of America, pure texts, Terry Zobeck |

Hammett: More Tad’s Blind Man

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Don

Once he’s on the trail, Terry Zobeck sticks like a bloodhound — and the Tad’s blind man bit from the Op story “It” has caught his attention. He put out a general inquiry on the Fiction Mags list, and credits fellow FictionMagateer … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Frisco, Lit | Tagged "It", Steve Rowe, Tad Dorgan, Tad's blind man, Terry Zobeck |

Hammett: “The Black Hat That Wasn’t There”

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Don

And Terry Zobeck is back, with more info on the Op yarn “It” — here’s Terry: Frederic Dannay reprinted “It” — which first appeared in the November 1, 1923 issue of Black Mask — in his 1951 collection Woman in the Dark.Among … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged "It", "The Black Hat That Wasn't There", Baron Charles Bowen, Black Mask, Charles Darwin, Frederic Dannay, Tad's blind man, Terry Zobeck, The Dain Curse, Zobeck Series One |

Hammett: “It”

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Don

Terry Zobeck springs back into action with a new posting, detailing the changes made to yet another Op adventure. Take it, Terry: This time around we look into the edits made to the obscure Continental Op story “It.” Obscure because it … Continue reading →

Posted in Dash, Lit | Tagged "Death and Company", "It", "The Black Hat That Wasn't There", Black Mask, Frederic Dannay, Terry Zobeck, Zobeck Series One |

Hammett: “Albert Pastor at Home” and “His Brother’s Keeper”

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Don

Our frequent Guest Blogger Tenderloin Terry Zobeck returns — finishing off his examination of the first set of pure text Hammett stories he had in his files, to see what sort of blue pencil Frederic Dannay put them to as he assembled ten paperback … Continue reading →