BEAT to a PULP: Hardboiled is a compilation of uncompromising, gritty tales following in the footsteps of the tough and violent fiction popularized by the legendary Black Mask magazine in its early days. This collection includes thirteen lean and mean stories from the fingertips of Garnett Elliott, Glenn Gray, John Hornor Jacobs, Patricia Abbott, Thomas Pluck, Brad Green, Ron Earl Phillips, Kent Gowran, Amy Grech, Benoit Lelievre, Kieran Shea, David Cranmer, and Wayne D. Dundee and a boiled down look at hardboiled fiction in an introduction by Ron Scheer. Edited by David Cranmer and Scott D. Parker.Introduction: Hard Times Ron Scheer The Tachibana Hustle Garnett Elliott A Small Thing at the Devil's Punchbowl Kent Gowran Obstruction Glenn Gray The Death Fantastique John Hornor Jacobs Ric with No K Patricia Abbott Black-Eyed Susan Thomas Pluck The Blooming of Lester Brad Green The Janitor Ron Earl Phillips Vengeance on the 18th David Cranmer Second Round Dive Benoît Lelièvre The Second Coming of Hashbrown Kieran Shea .38 Special Amy Grech Bull's-Eye View Wayne D. Dundee

BEAT to a PULP: Hardboiled 2 follows the blood-soaked trail left behind by the 2011 award-winning collection, edited by David Cranmer and Scott D. Parker, and pumps out another thirteen knuckle-breaking, crime tales. With writers from the 1930s and 40s golden era of pulp (Paul S. Powers and Charles Boeckman) and modern hardboiled masters (Robert J. Randisi and Wayne D. Dundee), this wild bunch is set to blaze a rat-a-tat sweep across the pulp fiction landscape. Keeping the body count high are top-shelf stories from Jedidiah Ayres, Eric Beetner, Jen Conley, Matthew C. Funk, Edward A. Grainger, BV Lawson, Tom Roberts, Kieran Shea, and Jay Stringer.The Takedown HeartKieran Shea The Loveliest TailWayne D. Dundee The Killing on Sutter StreetPaul S. Powers Down, Down, Down, Burns, Burns, BurnsJedidiah Ayres Split the TakeEric Beetner Vicious DayMatthew C. Funk Hard TimeTom Roberts The WickedEdward A. Grainger Double Your PleasureBV Lawson Ghost StoryJay Stringer It's ComingJen Conley Tough CopCharles Boeckman Shut Up and Kill MeRobert J. Randisi