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Black is the night : stories inspired by Cornell Woolrich / edited by Maxim Jakubowski.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Titan Books, 2022Edition: First editionDescription: 375 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781789099997
  • 1789099994
Contained works:
  • Gaiman, Neil. Why Cornell Woolrich matters
  • Lane, Joel, 1963-2013. Black window
  • Lansdale, Joe R., 1951- Missing sister
  • Khan, Vaseem, 1973- Thin slice of heaven
  • Barrows, Brandon, 1981- Two wrongs
  • Moss, Tara. Husband machine
  • Newman, Kim. Black window
  • Mamatas, Nick. Man in the sailor suit
  • Cross, Mason. People you may know
  • Edwards, Martin, 1955- woman who never was
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Introduction / Maxim Jakubowski -- Why Cornell Woolrich matters / Neil Gaiman -- The black window / Joel Lane -- Missing sister / Joe R. Lansdale -- A thin slice of heaven / Vaseem Khan -- Two wrongs / Brandon Barrows -- The husband machine / Tara Moss -- The man in the sailor suit / Nick Mamatas -- People you may know / Mason Cross -- The woman who never was / Martin Edwards -- First you dream, then you die / Donna Moore -- Eyes without a face / James Grady -- The case of baby x / Lavie Tidhar -- The phantom gentleman / Barry M. Malzberg -- Parkview / James Sallis -- The lake, the moon, and the murder / A. K. Benedict -- The jacket / Warren Moore -- The woman at the late show / Max Decharne -- The bride hated champagne / Paul di Filippo -- Institutional memory / M. W. Craven -- Sleep! sleep! beauty bright / Charles Ardai -- The invitation / Susi Holliday -- The long road down / Bill Pronzini -- Our opera singer / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- What happens after the end / Maxim Jakubowski -- A shade darker than gray / Joseph S. Walker -- Trophy wife / Samantha Lee Howe -- Blue moon over burgundy / O'Neil de Noux -- Red / David Quantick -- Looking for you through the gray rain / Ana Teresa Pereira -- New York blues redux / William Boyle -- About the editor -- About the contributors.
Summary: "An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
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Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A gritty and thrilling anthology of 30 new short stories in tribute to pulp noir master, Cornell Woolrich, author of 'Rear Window' that inspired Alfred Hitchock's classic film.

Featuring Neil Gaiman, Kim Newman, James Sallis, A.K. Benedict, USA Today-bestseller Samantha Lee Howe, Joe R. Lansdale and many more.

An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich. Woolrich, also published as William Irish and George Hopley, stands with Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner and Dashiell Hammett as a legend in the genre.

He is a hugely influential figure for crime writers, and is also remembered through the 50+ films made from his novels and stories, including Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window , The Bride Wore Black , I Married a Dead Man , Phantom Lady , Truffaut's La Sirène du Mississippi , and Black Alibi .

Collected and edited by one of the most experienced editors in the field, Maxim Jakubowski, features original work from:
Neil Gaiman
Joel Lane
Joe R. Lansdale
Vaseem Khan
Brandon Barrows
Tara Moss
Kim Newman
Nick Mamatas
Mason Cross
Martin Edwards
Donna Moore
James Grady
Lavie Tidhar
Barry N. Malzberg
James Sallis
A.K. Benedict
Warren Moore
Max Décharné
Paul Di Filippo
M.W. Craven
Charles Ardai
Susi Holliday
Bill Pronzini
Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Maxim Jakubowski
Joseph S. Walker
Samantha Lee Howe
O'Neil De Noux
David Quantick
Ana Teresa Pereira
William Boyle.

Introduction / Maxim Jakubowski -- Why Cornell Woolrich matters / Neil Gaiman -- The black window / Joel Lane -- Missing sister / Joe R. Lansdale -- A thin slice of heaven / Vaseem Khan -- Two wrongs / Brandon Barrows -- The husband machine / Tara Moss -- The man in the sailor suit / Nick Mamatas -- People you may know / Mason Cross -- The woman who never was / Martin Edwards -- First you dream, then you die / Donna Moore -- Eyes without a face / James Grady -- The case of baby x / Lavie Tidhar -- The phantom gentleman / Barry M. Malzberg -- Parkview / James Sallis -- The lake, the moon, and the murder / A. K. Benedict -- The jacket / Warren Moore -- The woman at the late show / Max Decharne -- The bride hated champagne / Paul di Filippo -- Institutional memory / M. W. Craven -- Sleep! sleep! beauty bright / Charles Ardai -- The invitation / Susi Holliday -- The long road down / Bill Pronzini -- Our opera singer / Kristine Kathryn Rusch -- What happens after the end / Maxim Jakubowski -- A shade darker than gray / Joseph S. Walker -- Trophy wife / Samantha Lee Howe -- Blue moon over burgundy / O'Neil de Noux -- Red / David Quantick -- Looking for you through the gray rain / Ana Teresa Pereira -- New York blues redux / William Boyle -- About the editor -- About the contributors.

"An anthology of exclusive new short stories in tribute to the master of pulp era crime writing, Cornell Woolrich"-- Provided by publisher.

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