Tag: James M. Cain

Science Fiction and Paranormal Fantasy with a Noir Twist

Into the Dark: The Science Fiction/Noir Connection

The running man darts past a streetlight, casting a long shadow across the wet pavement. He glances back and then ducks into an alley, pressing himself into the darkness as he catches his breath and listens. He thinks he’s safe, but from the other end of the alley a new shadow moves. There’s a moment’s…
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July 29, 2013 0

A Lost Angelino

I first came across a reference to Don Ryan when I was reading Kevin Starr’s Americans and the California Dream series, a remarkable history of California. Starr identified Don Ryan’s Angel’s Flight as one of the first novels about Los Angeles and Hollywood, and since that was the focus of my dissertation, I sought out…
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October 13, 2012 0