Eddie Muller

Jerry Thompson

Featuring brand-new stories by: Nick Petrulakis, Kim Addonizio, Keenan Norris, Keri Miki-Lani Schroeder, Katie Gilmartin, Dorothy Lazard, Harry Louis Williams II, Carolyn Alexander, Phil Canalin, Judy Juanita, Jamie DeWolf, Nayomi Munaweera, Mahmud Rahman, Tom McElravey, Joe Loya, and Eddie Muller. Jerry Thompson is an accomplished violinist, playwright, and poet. He is the coauthor of Black Artists in Oakland and owned Black Spring Books, an independent bookstore. Eddie Muller, also known as the "Czar of Noir," has been nominated for several Edgar and Anthony awards, and his novel The Distance won a Shamus Award. He produces the San Francisco Noir City Film Festival, the largest annual film noir retrospective in the world, and is a frequent host on Turner Classic Movies.

Oakland Noir

Donald Bain

Veronica Lake

The autobiography of actress Veronica Lake, first published in 1969.

Veronica: The Autobiography of Veronica Lake

Examines the movies and artists of film noir, describing the social climate and artistic skills that contributed to the genre

The Lost World of Film Noir

Dark City

GUN CRAZY: THE ORIGIN OF AMERICAN OUTLAW CINEMA examines the history of the extraordinary 1950 film, from its genesis as a Saturday Evening Post short story through its tumultuous production history to its eventual enshrinement as one of the most influential cult films of all time.

The Origin of American Outlaw Cinema

Gun Crazy

Film noir is all about style, even more than it is about crime. The poster art from the noir era has a bold look and an iconography all its own, a sizzling marriage of of sex and violence, the sinuous figures of femme fatales appearing alongside the granite features of the era's tough guy stars. During noir's golden age, poverty-row studios commissioned these arresting illustrations for even the lowliest B' thriller. The more than 250 dazzling posters, lobby cards, and other promotional material range from familiar classics to rare archive films.'

The Posters and Graphics from the Classic Era of Film Noir

The Art of Noir

Woody Haut

Heartbreak and Vine tells the story of the close links between crime fiction and films. Most of the great names of crime fiction, from the early greats like Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, W.R. Burnett and James M. Cain to Elmore Leonard and James Ellroy have spent time in Hollywood. Haut recounts their experiences and interviews contemporary crime novelists like Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane and George Pelecanos about their Hollywood experiences. A must read for anyone interested in either American crime fiction or film noir.

The Fate of Hardboiled Writers in Hollywood

Heartbreak and Vine

The author of Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir introduces readers to the genre's sizzling femme fatales, from Jane Greer and Claire Trevor to Ann Savage and Evelyn Keyes. Reprint.

The Wicked Women of Film Noir

Dark City Dames

Daniel Faris

Chronicles decades of low-budget films featuring sex and sensation originally screened in low-rent venues known as "grindhouses"

The Forbidden World of "adults Only" Cinema

Grindhouse

A Crime Novel Introducing Billy Nichols

The Distance

It's 1948, an era when newspapermen were stars -- and San Francisco sportswriter Billy Nichols is no exception. Known as Mr. Boxing throughout the city, he is the West Coast's answer to Damon Runyon -- an insider's insider who plucks and polishes his pearllike stories from the nonstop hustle of the city's nightclubs, gambling dens, and ringside seats. Billy Nichols is right where he wants to be, until he stumbles onto a shocking crime scene. Heavyweight boxer Hack Escalante has killed his manager, and for reasons Billy doesn't fully understand, he makes a spur-of-the-moment decision to protect the prizefighter. Soon Billy's in too deep, caught in a conspiracy of desire, deceit, and betrayal, and he sets off a chain of events whose consequences may cost him his beloved career -- and his life. As Billy himself struggles to escape suspicion, he must square off against relentless police detective Francis O'Connor, carry on business as usual with his colorful cronies in the boxing world, and resist his overwhelming passion for a woman he dare not love. Billy soon discovers that he's not the only yarn spinner in this nefarious netherworld: many of the characters inhabiting his well-honed newspaper columns have crafted their own alternative life stories, hiding scores of secrets. Whose story will emerge as truth? As richly ambient as James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential, this debut novel brilliantly brings to life another time -- when pride and professionalism are sometimes more important than life itself.

Eddie Muller

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