Thanks for all the postings complimenting Crippen &
Landru's short story collections. You are all being very
kind.
C&L's belief has always been the the short story is the
purest form of the mystery/detection/crime tale and for ten
years we have been preserving such tales in book
form--ranging rrom the cozy to the hardest-boiled noir. In
the latter category, we have published early tales by
Lawrence Block, and pul stories by Craig Rice, William
Campbell, Raoul Whitfield, and Hugh Cave
-- who at 93 1/2 is still an active writer (our 2 Cave
volumes -- one of his Black Mask stories, the other of his
work for Detective Fiction Weekly
-- are of great pride to us--and we're already beginning
plans for a volume celebrating Hugh's 95th birthday.)
To comment on some authors/titles mentioned on this
list:
Clark Howard: A superb writer. We were very pleaseed to
publish a collection of the stories that he chose as his
best, CHALLENGE THE WIDOW-MAKER, but the Five Star
collection, CROWDED LIVES, is also filled with great
writing.
(Incidentally, Five Star is going out of the short-story
collection businesss . . .; unfortunately, for they published
some great material.)
Charles B. Child--His THE SLEUTH OF BAGHDAD is the 3d in our
"Lost Classics" series and a book I long wanted to do. Timely
now, of course, but above all wonderful detection and
evocation of time and place.
Gerald Kersh-- His KARMESIN is a collection of the most
imaginative (and extravagant) crook stories ever written, and
a book that some publisher should have issued years
ago.
Liza Cody -- the purest "female noir" we have published.
LUCKY DIP is an absolutely stunning collection fo stories,
though "I says it as shouldn't." See especially, "Woke Up
This Morning," written for this volume.
Soooo. . . post nice comments on Amazon.com about our books;
have your public or unviersity libraries buy copies; help our
cashflow.
But whatever you do, thanks for all the nice words. We don't
make money with C&L and pleasing fans is our main
reward.
Our website is www.crippenlandru.com
Doug
Douglas G. Greene Professor of History Old Dominion
University Norfolk, VA 23529-0091 Phone 757 683-3949
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