HISTORY OF
THE MYSTERY - 1920s
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| BLACK MASK - Mystery Reviews |
Hard-boiled fiction evolved in the 1920s in popular "pulp" magazines with tough talking detectives, who solved tough crimes. These detectives were hard-edged and lived by strict codes of honor.
The most famous pulp magazine was the Black Mask. It started out publishing adventure
stories, but eventually only published detective fiction. Its editor, Joseph
Thompson Shaw, wanted stories that reflected the reality of life in America in
the twenties. It came to symbolize the hard-boiled school of writing. Stories
about Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade and Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe made frequent
appearances.
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