Joe Gores

Joe Gores
Born	Joseph Nicholas Gores (1931-12-25)December 25, 1931 Rochester, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	January 10, 2011(2011-01-10) (aged 79) Greenbrae, California, U.S.
Occupation	Writer

Joseph Nicholas Gores (December 25, 1931 - January 10, 2011) was an American

Westlake and Joe Gores wrote the same encounter between two of their characters from different perspectives in two different novels. In Chapter 18 of Gores' 1972 novel Dead Skip, San Francisco detective Dan Kearney meets Westlake's amoral thief Parker while looking for one of Parker's associates. The sequence is described from Parker's viewpoint in the 1972 book Plunder Squad, which Westlake wrote under the pseudonym Richard Stark. Gores hints further at the connection between the two books by referring to Parker's associates as "the plunder squad." Additionally, earlier in the novel, the book's protagonist Larry Ballard is described as being a reader only of Richard Stark novels.^[8]

Gores and Westlake also wrote a shared chapter in Westlake's Drowned Hopes and Gores' 32 Cadillacs, having the characters in those books influenced by the same event.^[9][10]

Background

Gores lived in the

• Dead Skip (DKA; 1972)
• Final Notice (DKA; 1973)
• Gone, No Forwarding (DKA; 1978)
• 32 Cadillacs (DKA; Edgar Award nominee, Best Novel; 1992)
• Contract Null & Void (DKA; 1996)
• Stakeout on Page Street and Other DKA Files (DKA Short Stories; Crippen & Landru, 2000)
• Cons, Scams & Grifts (DKA; 2001)

Short Story Collections:

• Mostly Murder (Short Stories; 1992)
• Speak of the Devil: 14 Tales of Crimes and Their Punishments (Short Stories; 1999)

Editorial Works:

• Honolulu: Port of Call (Editor; 1974)
• Tricks and Treats (Editor with Bill Pronzini; 1976)
• Marine Salvage: The Unforgiving Business of No Cure, No Pay (1971)

Non-Fiction:

• Marine Salvage: The Unforgiving Business of No Cure, No Pay (1971)
• Joe Gores Interview (Audio Book; 1987)

Selected short stories

Joe Gores had written more than 100 short stories by 1993.^[15] This is a selection:

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• "Inscrutable" (2001, The Mysterious Press Anniversary Anthology)
• "Summer Fog" (2001, Flesh and Blood)
• "Ishmael" (1993, New Mystery)
• "Sleep the Big Sleep" (April 1991, EQMM; Danny Durant)
• "Dance of the Dead" (Spring 1991, The Armchair Detective; Neal Fargo)
• "File #12: Do Not Go Gentle" (March 1989, EQMM; DKA)
• "Detectivitis, Anyone?" (January 1988, EQMM; aka "Plot It Yourself")
• "Smart Guys Don't Snore" (1987, A Matter of Crime #2; Bonecrack Krajewski)
• "File #11: Jump Her Lively, Boys!" (July 1984, EQMM; DKA)
• "File # 9: Full Moon Madness" (February 1984, EQMM; DKA)
• "Rope Enough" (1976, Tricks and Treats)
• "Kirinyga" (March 1975, EQMM)
• "File #8: The O'Bannon Blarney File" (1973, Men and Malice; DKA)
• "Raptor" (October 1983, EQMM)
• "File #10: The Maimed and the Halt" (January 1976, EQMM; DKA)
• "Watch for It" (1973, Mirror, Mirror, Fatal Mirror)
• "The War Club" (May 1972, Argosy)
• "File #7: O Black and Unknown Bard" (April 1972, EQMM; DKA)
• "File #6: Beyond the Shadow" (January 1972, EQMM; DKA)
• "You're Putting Me On—Aren't You?" (1971, Adam's Reader, 1971)
• "Trouble at 81 Fathoms" (June 1971, Argosy)
• "Force 12" (January 1971, Argosy)
• "The Andrech Samples" (September 1970, Swank)
• "The Bear's Paw" (April 1970, Argosy)
• "The Criminal" (1970, Adam 14, No. 12)
• "Goodbye, Pops" (December 1969, EQMM; winner of 1970 Edgar Award for Best Short Story)
• "Quit Screaming" (November 1969, Adam's Reader 41)
• "Gunman in Town" (October 1969, Zane Grey's Western Magazine)
• "File #5: The Maria Navarro Case" (June 1969, EQMM; aka "Be Nice To Me;" DKA)
• "South of the Moon" (January 1969, Argosy)
• "File #4: Lincoln Sedan Deadline" (September 1968, EQMM; DKA)
• "File #3: The Pedretti Case" (July 1968, EQMM; aka "The Three Halves;" DKA)
• "The Golden Tiki" (June 1968, Argosy)
• "Olmurani" (February 1968, Argosy)
• "File #2: Stakeout on Page Street" (January 1968, EQMM; DKA)
• "File # 1: The Mayfield Case" (December 1967, EQMM; aka "Find the Girl;" DKA)
• "Odendahl" (December 1967, Argosy)
• "The Second Coming" (August 1966, Adam's Best Fiction)
• "Kanaka" (1966, Adam 10, No. 11)
• "The Seeker of Ultimates" (November 1965, EQMM)
• "A Sad and Bloody Hour" (April 1965, EQMM) reprinted in Mike Ashley, ed., Historical Whodunits, Barnes & Noble, Inc. 1997, p.243
• "My Buddy" (1965)
• "Sweet Vengeance" (July 1964, Manhunt)
• "The Price of Lust" (April 1963, Manhunt)
• "Darl I Luv U" (February 1963, EQMM)
• "Trouble in Papeete" (April 1962, Rake)
• "The Main Chance" (April 1962, Gent)
• "Muscle Beach" (March 1962, Rogue)
• "The Mob" (December 1961, Negro Digest)
• "Night Out" (October 1961, Manhunt)
• "Sailor's Girl" (August 1961, Manhunt)
• "You Aren't Yellow" (January 1960, Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine)
• "Down and Out" (June 1959, Manhunt)
• "Killer Man" (June 1958, Manhunt; aka "Pro")
• "Chain Gang" (December 1957, Manhunt)

Selected Screenplays

• B.L. Stryker: "Blind Chess" (Airdate: Mar. 27, 1989)
• T.J. Hooker: "Death Trip" (Airdate: May 14, 1986)
• Magnum, P.I.: "A Pretty Good Dancing Chicken" (Airdate Apr. 4, 1985)
• Remington Steele: "Let's Steele a Plot" (Airdate Dec. 18, 1984)
• Kate Loves a Mystery (aka Mrs. Columbo): "Love, on Instant Replay" (Airdate: Oct. 18 1979)
• Kojak: "Case without a File" (Airdate: Dec. 17 1977)
• Kojak: "Bad Dude" (Airdate: Jan. 25, 1976)
• Kojak: "No Immunity for Murder" (Airdate: Nov. 23, 1975; Edgar Award winner, Best Episode in a TV Series)

Audio drama

German Audio-Drama-Producer "Ohrenkneifer" releases "South of Market" on CD, a full-cast Audio Dramaversion of the Shortstory (in German language). August 2014.^{[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39]}

Further reading

• Joe Gores at The Thrilling Detective
• Kara Platoni, Stanford Magazine, "Sleuth or Dare: How Joe Gores recreated Sam Spade"
• "Why I Write Mysteries" by Joe Gores

References