Little is known about the life of writer George Carrol Sims, who used the pseudonyms Paul Cain for his pulp career, and Peter Ruric for his tasks as a screenwriter. Sims was that rarest of creatures--a successful novelist and Hollywood scribe. He also dated the actress Gertrude Michael, and the character of Granquist in Fast One was based on her. This collection, holding some of Cain's finest work ever to appear in Black Mask, was first published in 1950. It opens, fittingly, with Black, an account of a mysterious stranger ...
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Little is known about the life of writer George Carrol Sims, who used the pseudonyms Paul Cain for his pulp career, and Peter Ruric for his tasks as a screenwriter. Sims was that rarest of creatures--a successful novelist and Hollywood scribe. He also dated the actress Gertrude Michael, and the character of Granquist in Fast One was based on her. This collection, holding some of Cain's finest work ever to appear in Black Mask, was first published in 1950. It opens, fittingly, with Black, an account of a mysterious stranger who winds up playing both sides following his macabre discovery in a nameless time. Also in the book is Parlor Trick, about beautiful Bella's fast-talking following the discovery of a corpse in her kitchen.
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Seven Slayers by Paul Cain celebrates the Black Mask style of writing popular in the thirties and early forties. The stories feature a different "killer" in each, some on the side of the Law, some not. I tracked this book down through finding a sample of Cain's writing in "The Black Lizard Big Book of Pulps" which a compendium/anthology from England.
Cain's style is dark, tersely descriptive, and fast-paced, all requirements for the pulps in those days. I recommend this book as an excellent follow-up to any of Cain's short stories that the reader can find.
