Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Crime
Commentary 11
"The Hunter" (unpublished) 13
"The Sign of the Potent Pills" (unpublished) 21
"The Diamond Wager" (1929, uncollected) 36
"Action and the Quiz Kid" (unpublished) 57
Men
Commentary 65
"Fragments of Justice" (unpublished) 68
"A Throne for the Worm" (unpublished) 72
"Magic" (unpublished) 76
"Faith" (2007) 89
"An Inch and a Half of Glory" (unpublished) 100
"Nelson Redline" (unpublished) 113
"Monk and Johnny Fox" (unpublished) 121
"The Cure" (2011, uncollected) 125
Men and Women
Commentary 139
"Seven Pages" (2005) 142
"The Breech-Born" (unpublished) 146
"The Lovely Strangers" (unpublished) 148
"Week-End" (unpublished) 166
"On the Way" (1932, uncollected) 173
Screen Stories
Commentary 187
"The Kiss-Off" (unpublished, story for City Streets, Paramount 1931) 190
"Devil's Playground" (unpublished and unproduced) 201
"On the Make" (unpublished, story for Mr. Dynamite, Universal 1935) 208
Appendix: The Lost Spade
Commentary 279
"A Knife Will Cut for Anybody" (unpublished) 281
Afterword 287