Greenberg, Martin H. (ed.) - Tough Guys and Dangerous Dames / Гринберг, Мартин (ред.) - Крутые парни и опасные дамы [1993, epub, ENG]

SAIL by Lester Dent THE MAGICIAN MURDER by Raoul Whitfield BLACK by Paul Cain THE KING IN YELLOW / Король в жёлтом by Raymond Chandler CHAINS OF DARKNESS by Frederick Nebel THE ARM OF MOTHER MANZOLI by Merle Constiner MURDER IN THE RED by Norbert Davis BRAND OF KANE by Hugh B. Cave TWO BIERS FOR BUSTER by William Campbell Gault BLOND CARGO by Fred MacIsaac MR. SINISTER by Carroll John Daly THE KID CLIPS A COUPON by Erle Stanley Gardner TARANTULA BAIT by Paul Chadwick THE SINISTER SPHERE / Зловещее светило by Fred C. Davis THE LADY IS A CORPSE! by John D. MacDonald THE LUNATIC PLAGUE by Donald Wandrei SLACK WIRES by Arthur J. Burks HOMICIDE HUNCH by Robert Leslie Bellem POWER OF THE PUPPETS / Власть кукол by Fritz Leiber DEATH IS A VAMPIRE / Смерть это вампир by Robert Bloch DEATH AT THE MAIN by Frank Gruber I FEEL BAD KILLING YOU by Leigh Brackett THE CASE OF THE FROZEN CORPSES by Ray Cummings NAMES IN THE BLACK BOOK / Чёрная книга by Robert E. Howard

“Look at the ugly little thing for yourself then, and tell me if it’s an ordinary puppet!” said Delia, her voice rising. Curiously I examined the limp figure she had jerked out of her handbag and tossed on my desk. The blue-white dollface grinned at me, revealing yellowish fangs. A tiny wig of black horse hair hung down as far as the empty eyesockets. The cheeks were sunken. It was a gruesome piece of workmanship, with a strong flavor of the Middle Ages. The maker had evidently made a close study of stone gargoyles and strained-glass devils. Attached to the hollow papier-mache head was the black garment that gave the figure its appearance of limpness. Something after the fashion of a monk’s robe, it had a little cowl that could be tucked over the head, but now hung down in back. . . .