Margie Harris was the first woman hardboiled crime fiction writer
in history. She wrote some of the toughest, roughest, most
remorseless stories to be found in '30s gangster pulps like
GANGLAND STORIES and MOBS. Her avid readers questioned whether she
could even be a woman. I'm "just another twist," she told them-a
woman of mystery then-a woman of mystery now. She palled around
with the death-row doomed and the Chicago underworld. She may have
been a newswoman; may have worked in the law. One point was not in
doubt. She slammed her typewriter like a machine gun, mowing down
good guys and bad guys alike; shooting them, knifing them, blowing
them up-lacing her prose with metaphysical commentary on the
destinations of their damned souls. In an age when gangsters were
royalty, Margie Harris was their queen. This first anthology of her
work collects eight explosive stories, and a bio of Margie Harris.
David Bischoff is a New York Times bestselling author, editor and
script writer whose credits include the classic fantasy series, THE
GAMING MAGI, and work on STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION. He teaches
in an MFA program at Seton Hill University.
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