Deal Me In Story #2: Angelfish by Lester Dent
Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, The Continental Op, these are the hardboiled detectives. Tough and no-nonsense, they fought crime in the pages of pulp magazines like Black Mask, Dime Detective and Detective Fiction Weekly. Some of their stories are collected in The Hardboiled Dicks, edited by Ron Goulart, where this week’s Deal Me In story comes from. Card Drawn: Q♥ Anthology: The Hardboiled Dicks edited by Ron Goulart Story: “Angelfish” by Lester Dent, 1936 When I was choosing and organizing my short stories for this year’s Deal Me In Challenge, I was excited...
