Horace McCoy

Horace Stanley McCoy was an American writer whose mostly hard-boiled stories took place during the Great Depression.

American writer (1897–1955)

Born	14 April 1897
Died	15 December 1955

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They shoot horses, don't they?: a novel

by Horace McCoy First published in 1935 — 15 editions
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No Pockets in a Shroud

by Horace McCoy First published in 1937 — 12 editions

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Scalpel

by Horace McCoy First published in 1952 — 10 editions

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I Should Have Stayed at Home

by Horace McCoy First published in 1938 — 8 editions
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Kiss tomorrow goodbye.

by Horace McCoy First published in 1948 — 7 editions

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Corruption city

by Horace McCoy First published in 1959 — 5 editions

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Crime novels: American noir of the 1930s and 40s.

by Cornell Woolrich, Horace McCoy, James M. Cain, Kenneth Fearing, Edward Anderson, and William Lindsay Gresham First published in 1997 — 3 editions
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The lusty men (1952): shooting script

by Horace McCoy First published in 2007 — 1 edition

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The great Louisiana lottery: draft script, never produced

by Horace McCoy First published in 2007 — 1 edition

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Somewhere in Mexico: The Complete Black Mask Cases of Jerry Frost, Volume 1

by Horace McCoy, Jes Schlaikjer, John Wooley, and Arthur Rodman Bowker First published in 2022 — 1 edition

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הם יורים גם בסוסים

by Horace McCoy First published in 2006 — 1 edition

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Black Mask Stories And Other Crime Fiction From The Legendary Magazine

by Otto Penzler and Horace McCoy First published in 2012 — 1 edition

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They shoot horses, don't they? ; Kiss tomorrow goodbye ; No pockets in a shroud ; I should have stayed home

by Horace McCoy First published in 1983 — 1 edition
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American writer (1897–1955)

Born	14 April 1897
Died	15 December 1955

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OLID: OL458848A
ISNI: 0000000122820104
IMDb: nm0566752
Library of Congress Names: n86020899
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV032374
VIAF: 76319269
Wikidata: Q359226
Inventaire.io: wd:Q359226

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July 31, 2025	Edited by WikidataBot	[sync_author_identifiers_with_wikidata] add wikidata remote identifiers
December 5, 2022	Edited by Stew	Add bio, full dates.
November 25, 2022	Edited by dcapillae	remove wrong names
November 25, 2022	Edited by dcapillae	merge authors
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