On this July 4th, remember the words of Dashiell Hammett, who was jailed by HUAC for not naming names.
"I don’t let cops or judges tell me what I think democracy is."
—Dashiell Hammett
"I don’t let cops or judges tell me what I think democracy is."
—Dashiell Hammett
July 4, 2026 at 3:51 PM
On this July 4th, remember the words of Dashiell Hammett, who was jailed by HUAC for not naming names.
"I don’t let cops or judges tell me what I think democracy is."
—Dashiell Hammett
"I don’t let cops or judges tell me what I think democracy is."
—Dashiell Hammett
May 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
May 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
January 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
It’s like if the band members of Korn had to write a Dashiell Hammett story
January 9, 2026 at 8:47 PM
It’s like if the band members of Korn had to write a Dashiell Hammett story
HBD, the master himself, Dashiell Hammett ...
May 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
HBD, the master himself, Dashiell Hammett ...
Happy Continental Op Is Public Domain Day!
January 1, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Happy Continental Op Is Public Domain Day!
Imagine being so dapper you put yourself on the cover of the book you wrote 😁
Dashiell Hammett’s THE THIN MAN
Original 1934 Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover Edition
(From my Noir & HardBoiled collection)
Dashiell Hammett’s THE THIN MAN
Original 1934 Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover Edition
(From my Noir & HardBoiled collection)
August 14, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Imagine being so dapper you put yourself on the cover of the book you wrote 😁
Dashiell Hammett’s THE THIN MAN
Original 1934 Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover Edition
(From my Noir & HardBoiled collection)
Dashiell Hammett’s THE THIN MAN
Original 1934 Grosset & Dunlap Hardcover Edition
(From my Noir & HardBoiled collection)
... on January 1st, 2025, both of Dashiell Hammett's THE MALTESE FALCON and RED HARVEST will enter the public domain.
*fingersteeple*
(things that should be space opera?)
*fingersteeple*
(things that should be space opera?)
December 28, 2024 at 10:59 PM
... on January 1st, 2025, both of Dashiell Hammett's THE MALTESE FALCON and RED HARVEST will enter the public domain.
*fingersteeple*
(things that should be space opera?)
*fingersteeple*
(things that should be space opera?)
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter."
—Dashiell Hammett, "The Maltese Falcon"
—Dashiell Hammett, "The Maltese Falcon"
August 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
"The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter."
—Dashiell Hammett, "The Maltese Falcon"
—Dashiell Hammett, "The Maltese Falcon"
🌁 San Francisco gets tangled in murder, deception, and a missing statuette in this LibriVox recording of Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 public domain classic, THE MALTESE FALCON. 🕵️♂️
Follow the trail to the full audiobook 👇
archive.org/details/libr...
🧵
Follow the trail to the full audiobook 👇
archive.org/details/libr...
🧵
September 26, 2026 at 2:01 AM
🌁 San Francisco gets tangled in murder, deception, and a missing statuette in this LibriVox recording of Dashiell Hammett’s 1930 public domain classic, THE MALTESE FALCON. 🕵️♂️
Follow the trail to the full audiobook 👇
archive.org/details/libr...
🧵
Follow the trail to the full audiobook 👇
archive.org/details/libr...
🧵
October 20, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Dashiell Hammett for crime fiction. The demarcation line was pretty clear!
Apropos of a largely unrelated discussion…you know how there’s always someone saying they’re gonna reinvent a genre?
Can anybody think of an example of a genre *actually* being reinvented?
I’ve got Tolkien, Star Wars, and, if I’m being super generous, Lovecraft.
Can anybody think of an example of a genre *actually* being reinvented?
I’ve got Tolkien, Star Wars, and, if I’m being super generous, Lovecraft.
March 29, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Dashiell Hammett for crime fiction. The demarcation line was pretty clear!
September 9, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Black Cat Belly Rubs! Hanging out on the back deck with Mr. Dashiell.
August 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Black Cat Belly Rubs! Hanging out on the back deck with Mr. Dashiell.
Dashiell Hammett wishes he could have written something this hard-boiled.
Bob Haney writes the Dark Knight as if he were… Bob Haney.
Detail from Brave and the Bold 149, and the Jim Aparo’s DC Classics Artist’s Edition.
Detail from Brave and the Bold 149, and the Jim Aparo’s DC Classics Artist’s Edition.
July 9, 2026 at 2:44 AM
Dashiell Hammett wishes he could have written something this hard-boiled.
March 6, 2026 at 4:29 PM
It’s Dashiell Hammett’s birthday,
Nora: "How do you feel?"
Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.
- The Thin Man
Nora: "How do you feel?"
Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.
- The Thin Man
May 27, 2025 at 8:31 PM
It’s Dashiell Hammett’s birthday,
Nora: "How do you feel?"
Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.
- The Thin Man
Nora: "How do you feel?"
Nick: "Terrible. I must've gone to bed sober.
- The Thin Man
“I don’t mind a reasonable amount of trouble” — Dashiell Hammett
(One of the chapter openers for my THE SPIRIT: THE CORPSE-MAKERS Graphic Novel)
(One of the chapter openers for my THE SPIRIT: THE CORPSE-MAKERS Graphic Novel)
August 14, 2026 at 6:51 PM
“I don’t mind a reasonable amount of trouble” — Dashiell Hammett
(One of the chapter openers for my THE SPIRIT: THE CORPSE-MAKERS Graphic Novel)
(One of the chapter openers for my THE SPIRIT: THE CORPSE-MAKERS Graphic Novel)
Happy Birthday to two of my writing heroes: Dashiell Hammett and Harlan Ellison.
May 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy Birthday to two of my writing heroes: Dashiell Hammett and Harlan Ellison.
Welcome to the public domain, RED HARVEST (1929) by one of the pioneers of hard-boiled detective fiction, Dashiell Hammett, whose gritty stories redefined crime writing. 🕵️♂️📖
🔎 Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#PublicDomain #InternetArchive
🔎 Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#PublicDomain #InternetArchive
January 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Welcome to the public domain, RED HARVEST (1929) by one of the pioneers of hard-boiled detective fiction, Dashiell Hammett, whose gritty stories redefined crime writing. 🕵️♂️📖
🔎 Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#PublicDomain #InternetArchive
🔎 Learn more. ➡️ https://blog.archive.org/2025/01/01/welcome-to-the-public-domain-in-2025
#PublicDomain #InternetArchive
#WordsmithsWardrobes Dashiell Helmet
January 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#WordsmithsWardrobes Dashiell Helmet
Dashiell Hammett in Hollywood, 1935
March 27, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Dashiell Hammett in Hollywood, 1935
Author Dashiell Hammett arriving in Hollywood circa 1935 to write the sequel to the hit, THE THIN MAN.
December 31, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Author Dashiell Hammett arriving in Hollywood circa 1935 to write the sequel to the hit, THE THIN MAN.
March 21, 2024 at 3:35 PM