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How 4 pulp fiction masters approached their stories

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James M. Cain's 'problematic' novel The Postman Always Rings Twice

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Its Promotion of Pulp Crime Fiction

The mid-century American crime TV series you should still watch today

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5 ‘Serious Authors’ Who Could Have Been Crime Fiction Icons

Forget Pulitzers, who wins the Paperbacks?

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3 Pulp Fiction Masters to Rediscover

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Size Queens Ruined Fiction

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