South Wind (4 page)

Authors: Theodore A. Tinsley

BOOK: South Wind

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Black Mask
was a pulp magazine launched in April 1920 by H. L. Mencken and George Jean Nathan. Though it originally published stories in a wide range of genres, it flourished as a hard-boiled crime fiction magazine and went on to publish work from such authors as Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Erle Stanley Gardner.

The magazine reached its peak in the 1930s with a national circulation of more than 100,000 copies per issue. And in 1936, under Fanny Ellsworth, and thanks to the work of writers like Steve Fisher and Cornell Woolrich,
Black Mask
led another revolution toward the noir thriller.

Though World War II paper shortages and new competition from mass-market paperbacks eventually drove the pulp magazines out of business,
Black Mask
remains an institution in the crime fiction community.

Now,
Black Mask
is back.
Individual stories and collections will be republished as ebooks—with select collections to be released as paperbacks—through a partnership between Black Mask Magazine and MysteriousPress.com/Open Road Integrated Media.

FIND OUT MORE AT

WWW.BLACKMASKMAGAZINE.COM

Facebook.com/BlackMaskMagazine

Otto Penzler, owner of the Mysterious Bookshop in Manhattan, founded the Mysterious Press in 1975. Penzler quickly became known for his outstanding selection of mystery, crime, and suspense books, both from his imprint and in his store. The imprint was devoted to printing the best books in these genres, using fine paper and top dust-jacket artists, as well as offering many limited, signed editions.

Now the Mysterious Press has gone digital, publishing ebooks through
MysteriousPress.com
.

MysteriousPress.com
offers readers essential noir and suspense fiction, hard-boiled crime novels, and the latest thrillers from both debut authors and mystery masters. Discover classics and new voices, all from one legendary source.

FIND OUT MORE AT

WWW.MYSTERIOUSPRESS.COM

@emysteries
and
Facebook.com/MysteriousPressCom

MysteriousPress.com is one of a select group of publishing partners of Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

Open Road Integrated Media
is a digital publisher and multimedia content company. Open Road creates connections between authors and their audiences by marketing its ebooks through a new proprietary online platform, which uses premium video content and social media.

Videos, Archival Documents,
and
New Releases

www.openroadmedia.com/newsletters

FIND OUT MORE AT

WWW.OPENROADMEDIA.COM

FOLLOW US:

@openroadmedia
and

Facebook.com/OpenRoadMedia