Youth (1870 - 1912)
| America & Oil (1912-1932)
| Pulp Fiction (1933-1938)
| Early Novels (1939-1944)
1933
December
"Blackmailers Don't Shoot" published in Black Mask
1934
July
"Smart-Aleck Kill" published in Black Mask
October
"Finger Man" published in Black Mask
1935
January
"Killer in the Rain" published in Black Mask
June
"Nevada Gas" published in Black Mask
October
Writes "Improvisation for Cissy" (poem)
November
November--"Spanish Blood" published in Black Mask
1936
January
"Guns at Cyrano's" published in Black Mask
January 11
Chandler attends Black Mask dinner, meets Dashiell Hammett
March
"The Man Who Liked Dogs" published in Black Mask
June
"Goldfish" published in Black Mask
September
The Curtain" published in Black Mask. Chandler Earns $1,500 from five stories
1937
January
"Try the Girl" published in Black Mask
June 15
Date of first known Chandler letter (to editor of Fortnightly Intruder)
November
"Mandarin's Jade" published in Dime Detective
1938
January
"Red Wind" published in Dime Detective
March
"The King in Yellow" published in Dime Detective
Spring
Chandler begins writing The Big Sleep. Earns $1,275 for 3 Dime Detective stories
