During the Great Depression, many authors wrote stories at a penny a word to make ends meet. Some of these authors wrote up to a million words a year, usually in the form of detective stories, mysteries and thrillers. A lot of these stories, featuring smart, cynical but brave detectives, were first printed in [...]
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Book Review: The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps, Edited by Otto Penzler
July 22nd, 2008 Comments Off
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