The New Black Mask #5 — Richard Layman

Featuring the best from the modern masters of detective, intrigue, suspense, and mystery fiction: "William Haggard: An Interview"; "Timeo Danaos" & "Commentary on Timeo Danaos" by William Haggard; "After the Thin Man: Part 1" by Dashiell Hammett; "Action at Vicksburg" by Irvin Faust; "Shopping Cart Howard" by James Lee Snyder; "Rain in Pinton County" by Robert Sampson; "Family Butcher" by George Sims; "High Darktown" by James Ellroy; and "Some Jobs Are Simple" by Chet Williamson.