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Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 10, Summer 2023] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 196pp, digest, cover by Heather Garth)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · Foreword: FNG · Rob D. Smith · ed

5 · Variety Is the Spice of Life · Sonali Roy · pt

7 · Defense Exhibit 117 · Don LaPlant · ss

27 · Carousel Horses · Mike McHone · ss

39 · City Beyond the Wall of Sleep · S. A. Cosby · pt

41 · The Stillness at the Bottom · Meagan Lucas · ss

59 · Start the Process · Vincent Marshall · ss

64 · Fun w/ RHP: Connect the Dots · [uncredited] · pz

65 · North Jersey · Peter Rozovsky · pt

67 · I’ll Quit Tomorrow · Gabriel Hart · ss

85 · Emerald’s City · Nolan Knight · ss

89 · Rails and Roads · Ava Butkowski · pt

91 · How Many Crows in a Murder? · Barry Charman · ss

111 · On a Bed of Crime He Sleeps · Jerry Bloomfield · ss

123 · Castle of Branches · Sonali Roy · pt

125 · Comic Con · Heidi Hunter · ss

143 · Love Me Tender · Mary Thorson · ss

163 · The Truth Is, He Let Go First · Wailana Kalama · ss

169 · The King of Broadway · Michael A. Gonzales · ss

177 · Old City · Peter Rozovsky · pt

178 · Contributing Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 11, Summer 2024] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 210pp, digest, cover by Heather Garth)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Foreword: The Art of Failure · Paul J. Garth · ed

5 · The Spins · Joshua Murray · ss

23 · The Struggle · Jamie Gill · pt

25 · Ride Along · Colin Brightwell · ss

37 · Rescue Me · Stefen Styrsky · ss

57 · Casadastraphobia · Mary Thorson · ss

73 · The Doll House · Linda B. Adams · pt

75 · Rufus · Jay Bechtol · ss

83 · In the End · Jacqueline Freimor · ss

103 · Where to Go · Sonali Roy · pt

104 · Fun w/ RHP: The RHP Autoshopper · [uncredited] · hu

117 · Club Night · Jason Allison · ss

123 · You Shall Not Pass: Shadow’s Stair · Jamie Gill · pt

125 · The Modern Epimetheus · Christine Blackwicks · ss

139 · Boxed Doll’s Head · Roger Camp · pt

141 · Zen Garden · Jane Hertenstein · ss

153 · Warning Notice · Linda B. Adams · pt

155 · Twenty-Eleven Nissan Something · Anthony Neil Smith · ss

165 · This City Never Sleeps · John Weagly · ss

173 · Maxine’s · Jay Butkowski · pt

175 · The Harvest · Casey Woolfolk · ss

190 · Contributing Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 12, Fall 2024] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 197pp, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · Hard-Earned Hope · Roger Nokes · ed

3 · On Swift Wings · Jamie Gill · pt

5 · Grendel · Craig Francis Coates · ss

23 · Migingo Island · Dave Hangman · ss

33 · A Gut Feeling · Nils Gilbertson · ss

49 · One Year in the Life of Marilyn · Nick Kolakowski · ss

57 · Harry’s Keeper · Ivan Richardson · ss

65 · Abandoned · Linda B. Adams · pt

67 · The Face in My Window · M. Palmer · ss

82 · Fun w/ RHP: Spooky Costumes! · [uncredited] · hu

95 · Confessing · Bob Ellis · ss

105 · Deadworks · Jim Thomsen · pt

107 · Mama Always Says · S. A. Smith · ss

125 · First Star · Barbara DeMarco-Barrett · ss

143 · Oasis · Michael A. Gonzales · ss

155 · The Continental · Anita Dime · pt

157 · Pick of the Litter · Melissa Witcher · ss

163 · Room 20 · Mark Rogers · ss

176 · Contributor Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 13, Winter 2025] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 180pp, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · This Machine Kills Faschists · Jay Butkowski · fw

5 · The Water Tower · Jamie Gill · pt

7 · Vehicle · Jane Young · nv

29 · What Would Oprah Do? · Jim Valenti · ss

35 · Shot Three Times · Victor Kreuiter · ss

45 · Hothead and Flipwig · Gabriel Hart · ss

53 · The Tipper · Jamie Dibs · ss

73 · Sleepover · Keith Roysdon · ss

81 · No One Here Gets Out Alive · Jim Thomsen · pt

82 · Fun w/ RHP: HID_EN ME_SAGE · [uncredited] · pz

85 · Just a Beggar · Brian Silverman · ss

105 · Doubles · Raymond J. Brash · ss

113 · Cecile · Preston Lang · ss

133 · Crooks, Maybe · Eryk Pruitt · ss

143 · The Cottage · Gabriela Stiteler · ss

151 · The Lost Boy · Mia Altamuro · ss

159 · The Heat Was Hot · Jim Thomsen · pt

160 · Contributing Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 14, Summer 2025] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 205pp, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

2 · The Problem Is Empathy · Albert Tucher · fw

5 · Jellyfish Night · Libby Cudmore · ss

17 · Tits Up · Christine Blackwicks · ss

25 · The Question of Evil · Jacqueline Freimor · ar

29 · The Battery · Jamie Gill · pt

31 · First Job · Wil Medearis · ss

47 · The Maltese Ferry · Jim Thomsen · pt

49 · Solano County Lockup · A. D. Schweiss · ss

67 · Chained Liberty · Sonali Roy · pt

69 · Why I Write · Jason Allison · ar

75 · Make a Choice · Phil Robbins · ss

91 · Webs and Steel · Jamie Gill · pt

93 · Where Dreams Are Made · Andrea Goyan · ss

107 · By the Heaven That Bends Above Us · Mike McHone · ss

125 · Black Noir Like Me: An Essay on New York City · Michael A. Gonzales · ar

137 · Attempted Murder · Jay Butkowski · pt

139 · Escape · Christina Hoag · ss

155 · With the Miser, Time · Sonali Roy · pt

157 · The Way It Works · Michael Downing · ss

169 · Forever, Maybe Sooner if It Rains · Mark Kaijim · ss

186 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Rock and a Hard Place [Issue 15, Fall 2025] ed. Roger Nokes (Rock and a Hard Place Press, $12.99, 216pp, digest)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

1 · A Dystopian Present · Rob D. Smith · fw

5 · Lucky Duck · Brandon Barrows · ss

15 · [untitled photo] · ANverena · pt

17 · Hostages · Colin Brightwell · ss

23 · Bilheres Door · Susan B. Nolen · pt

25 · Stubborn Tide · Tim P. Walker · ss

41 · Cinders on the Wind · Emilee Prado · ss

49 · Fallen Angel · Rob D. Smith · pt

51 · Beyond Genre: Noir as Affliction, Religion, and Fate · Gabriel Hart · ar

57 · Recycling · Christina Boufis · ss

67 · Sassy · Autumn Harrison · pt

69 · My Best Friend · Richard Zaric · ss

77 · Black Ice · M. E. Proctor · ss

97 · You Know, Sir, It’s a Funny Thing: On Losers, Columbo, My Dad, and Everything but Writing · Joshua Murray · ar

105 · Undercroft · Susan B. Nolen · pt

107 · I Am Still Here · Colin Adams-Toomey · ss

123 · Prom Art · Sally Milliken · ss

131 · Who by Water · Zack Budryk · ss

137 · Unfilled · ANverena · pt

139 · Golden Child · Kirstyn Petras · nv

163 · Heist at the Picker’s Paradise · Travis Wade Beaty · ss

179 · Shucks · Philip Kimbrough · ss

191 · Standstill · Sonali Roy · pt

194 · Contributors’ Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Romantic Detective (about)
Despite the title, Romantic Detective presented stories that were more in the detective vein than romance. Each issue contained a full-length novel supported by a handful of short stories.

Publishers:

Trojan Publishing Corp.; 2242 Grove Street, Chicago, IL: Romantic Detective.

Romantic Detective [Vol. 1 No. 1, February 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, 128pp, pulp, cover by Parkhurst)
Details supplied by Steve Miller.

4 · Murderess · Robert A. Garron · nv

49 · Killer’s Key · H. V. Coleman · ss Spicy Detective Stories February 1936, as “The Clue of the Letter S” by Cary Moran

64 · The Mark of Tai Fang · Carl Pearson · ss Spicy Detective Stories April 1936, as by E. Hoffmann Price

78 · F.B.I. Spells T.N.T. · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

90 · Spy Train · Charles M. Lake · ss Spicy Detective Stories November 1936, as “The Woman in Yellow” by Alan Anderson

104 · The Third Bullet · Wyatt Blassingame · ss

Romantic Detective [v1 #2, April 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by H. J. Ward)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

4 · Dressed to Kill · Robert A. Garron · na

52 · Three Little Maids from School · Roger Torrey · nv

74 · Murder on the Rails · L. W. Watson · ss Spicy Detective Stories January 1936, as by Jerome Severs Perry

86 · Emerald Jam · Jerome Severs Perry · ss Spicy Detective Stories May 1936, as “Twenty Green Stones”

98 · Who’s Crazy? [Jarnegan] · Wallace Kayton · ss Spicy Detective Stories March 1936, as by Cary Moran

113 · Bottle of Death · Dale Boyd · ss Spicy Detective Stories December 1935, as by Cary Moran

Romantic Detective [Vol. 1 No. 3, June 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by Delos Palmer)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

· Murder Preferred · Luke Terry · na

· New in Town · Wyatt Blassingame · ss

· No Sale · Roger Torrey · ss

· Brand of the Black Angel · Dale Boyd · ss Spicy Detective Stories May 1936, as “The Angel Strikes” by Clint Morgan

· Return to Hatred · Grant Lane · nv

Romantic Detective [Vol. 1 No. 4, August 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp, cover by H. J. Ward)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Camera Kill · Robert A. Garron · na

54 · Album of Death · Jerome Severs Perry · ss

66 · Two Dead Men · John Ryan · nv

93 · The Locked Door · Eddie Sommers · nv

117 · The Scarab · Wallace Kayton · ss

Romantic Detective [v1 #5, October 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)
Details taken from Table of Contents.

6 · Family Affair · Roger Torrey · na

48 · The Cop Hates Murder · Dale Clark · nv

79 · Immodest Corpse · James H. S. Moynahan · nv

94 · Murder—Double or Nothing · Laurence Donovan · ss

110 · Double Kick-Back · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

Romantic Detective [v1 #6, December 1938] (Trojan Publishing Corp., 15¢, pulp)

· Corpse vs. Killer · Robert A. Garron · na

· The Finger Points · Wyatt Blassingame · na

· “The Gorilla Will Get You!” · Justin Case · ss

· No Story · James A. Lawson · ss

· House Party · Roger Torrey · ss

· Kill-Simple Gal [Ed Byrnes] · James H. S. Moynahan · nv

Romantic Detective [v2 #1, February 1939] (15¢, pulp)

· Beginning with Murder · Roger Torrey · na

· Death Walks in the Hills · E. Hoffmann Price · ss

· Corpse of Corinna · Dale Boyd · ss

· Kill That Headline · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss

· Ransom Pay-Off · John Phillips · ss

· Death Ride · Ken Cooper · ss

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