Promotional Information

This omnibus features the complete short fiction—many stories brought to trade paperback form for the first time—written by Paul Cain for Black Mask and other pulps.

About the Author

Paul Cain was the pen name of George Caryl Sims (19021966), a pulp fiction author and screenwriter. His sole novel,Fast One(1932), is considered a landmark of the hard-boiled style.

Reviews

“Some kind of high point in the ultra hard-boiled manner.” —Raymond Chandler on Fast One
“Cain’s stories move quickly with never a wasted word.” —Keith Alan Deutsch