by Cornell Woolrich “I haven’t an enemy in the world.” “No man can safely say that until after his death.” A young man meets the love of his life every day at 8 p.m. in front of the local drugstore. One days he’s running a couple of minutes late, and when he arrives she’s been... Continue Reading →
The Black Path of Fear
by Cornell Woolrich A bullet either stopped you or it didn’t; either way, what difference did it make? Scotty, a down-on-his-luck homeless man gets a job as a driver for a wealthy Miami man when he returns the rich man’s lost wallet, money intact. Scotty falls in love with the man’s wife and they escape... Continue Reading →
The Black Angel
by Cornell Woolrich Out of all the thousands and thousands of fine constructive women in this world, what evil star made him pick her out? What got him about her? Couldn’t he see, couldn’t he tell---? Told entirely from Alberta ‘Angel-Face’ French’s point of view, our female protagonist learns her husband is having an affair... Continue Reading →
Black Alibi
by Cornell Woolrich “When the laws of nature conflict with indisputable evidence like this, the laws of nature go into the discard. Who is to say what they are anyway—you? I?” Manning, a recently successful promoter, convinces Kiki, his recently successful starlet client at the top of her game, to brandish a jaguar on a... Continue Reading →
The Black Curtain
by Cornell Woolrich Whatever this whole thing was that had happened, he knew he was about to have it explained to him. In just a few minutes now. And that was no solace. A man wakes up to find people all around, an ambulance on the way, and no memory of the last three years... Continue Reading →
The Bride Wore Black
by Cornell Woolrich “The really clever woman is all things to all men.” Based on Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill movies (or is it the other way around?), The Bride Wore Black is a dark mystery novel of revenge with an atypical femme fatale. This time, instead of the monstrously attractive woman wrangling the wills of... Continue Reading →