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His first published short story was a sci-fi work called Welcome, Martians!, published under his real name, S.A. Lombino in 1951. He published numerous crime, science fiction, and young adult fiction novels, under various pen names.
The gun on the table was a Smith & Wesson .38 Police Special. It rested exactly in the center of the table, its sawed-off, two-inch barrel abruptly terminating the otherwise lethal grace of the weapon. There was a checked walnut stock on the gun, and the gun was finished in a flat blue.
Read short stories by Evan Hunter on Short Stories. Acclaimed author of "The Blackboard Jungle," creator of "87th Precinct" crime series, and scriptwriter for Hitchcock's "The…
Lombino served in the United States Navy during World War II and wrote several short stories while serving aboard a destroyer in the Pacific. However, none of these stories was published until after he had established himself as an author in the 1950s.
The Last Spin is an English Crime Fiction, Mystery short story by American writer Evan Hunter. It was first published in 1956. The Last Spin was published in the magazine, Manhunt in September, 1956, earning an Edgar Award for best short story.
On the Sidewalk Bleeding is a short story by an American author Ed McBain, also known as Evan Hunter. The story was first published in Manhunt magazine in 1956. [1] Its protagonist, a sixteen-year-old boy named Andy, bleeds to death on the sidewalk after being stabbed below the ribs by a member of a rival gang.
There was only the bubbling of blood from between his lips whenever he opened his mouth to speak. He lay in his pain, waiting, waiting for someone to find him. He could hear the sound of automobile tires hushed on the rain swept streets, far away at the other end of the long alley.