1990 Paramount picture

The city's different at night. The air smells better. It's harder to see that the oil rigs outnumber the palm trees and it's almost like the good old days. At least the way I'd
like to remember them. Stay in this business long enough and every street leads to a place you'd like to forget. Every case brings back memories of what might have been, and every skirt reminds you of another woman.

Or, if you've got it bad enough, the same woman.

1990 Paramount picture

better image than previously posted

sequel to Chinatown, written by Robert Towne, directed by Jack Nicholson

poster illustration by Rodriquez

Seven Slayers x 5

1946 Chartered digest paperback original

better image than previously posted

1950 Avon paperback original, 1st printing, seven stories originally published in Black Mask Magazine

Black” (May 1932)

Red 71” (December 1932)

Parlor Trick” (July 1932)

One, Two, Three” (May 1933)

Murder in Blue” (June 1933) – “Murder Done in Blue” in the original magazine

Pigeon Blood” (November 1933)

Pineapple” (March 1936)

1987 Black Lizard reissue

cover art by Kirwin

1987 Blood & Guts hardcover reissue

cover art by Joe Servello

February 2012 Centipede hardcover

cover art by Ron Lesser

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