Essays

Essays on Hammett, Chandler, and The New Black Mask with a little bit of travel writing thrown in.

The tour of Dashiell Hammett's apartment and the Raymond Chandler essay "Writing the Long Goodbye" in this section are two of the most read items on the website.

Read more of Mark's nonfiction musings in his collection of humorous essays, Prom Night and Other Man-made Disasters.