NewzHammer pulp-noir graphic magazine cover by Jack Hammer, featuring a trench-coat clad detective in a rainy alley with a femme fatale in a doorway.

I’m Jack Hammer, and this is my story

The neon signs of the city flicker outside my window, a constant companion to the rhythm of my typewriter keys. I used to chase ghosts and shadows down these streets, a private eye with a nose for trouble and a ledger full of broken promises. But the past is a dark alley I don’t walk down anymore. Now, the ghosts I hunt are in the headlines, and my weapon is a pen, not a pistol.

At NewzHammer, I’m the ace reporter and editor-in-chief, trading dusty case files for the raw, unvarnished truth of the world. I’m putting my memoirs down on paper, one short noir story at a time, each one a testament to the shadows I’ve seen. But I don’t just write for yesterday. I’m also digging into the news of today, peeling back the layers of the official story to find the rot beneath.

Keep your eyes open, gumshoe. This isn’t just a website; it’s a life within a main-frame. Somewhere in this digital city, buried within my stories and reports, is a hidden secret file cabinet and clues, waiting to be found. And trust me, the truth is always worth the hunt. Here’s a Tip: ‘Sometimes they’re on the menu, double, with cheese.

HAMMER’S DESK

A gritty, black and white image of Jack Hammer, a private eye in a fedora and trench coat, sitting at his cluttered desk with a open wooden box in front of him.

These are the cases that kept me up at night. The ones I’ve finally put to rest and recorded as my memoirs. You can find them scattered throughout these pages if you’ve got the wits for it. But the biggest secrets aren’t always in the finished work. The trail goes deeper, and a new memoir is always unfolding. Find the clues and you’ll get a crack at the next one before anyone else. Stop by my desk, I’ll fill you in on the details..

THE WIRE

A noir-style image of a journalist in a vintage newsroom typing furiously under an urgent, illuminated "NEWS FLASH" sign.

The city’s got a new case every day, and most of the time, the headlines are full of static. This is where I cut through the noise and file my reports, peeling back the layers to get to the hard facts behind today’s real news headlines. The official story is always full of holes, and every day, a man’s gotta ask questions. These are my hard hitting looks into the shadows, and behind the curtain. Here’s my takes on the newz of the day.

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HAMMER PUBLISHING

Jack Hammer of newzhammer publishing in a busy printing plant printing his memoirs

Newzhammer Publishing: Jack Hammer’s Memoir Noir Collection: The official home of Jack Hammer’s collected short stories in text form. Explore the complete, unfiltered anthology of memoir pulp-noir, where every tale is ripped from the pages of real-life experience. Read Jack’s Pulp-Noir stories here.

W-HAM-ER RADIO

Welcome to W-HAM-ER Radio, the only station that listens. This is where I go on the air to tell my side of the story. Leave your eyes at the door; these are the audio versions of my memoirs, straight from the archives and into your speakers. Every case file, every gritty detail, is now available for you to hear, in Smooth Jazz enhanced audio books.

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GrindHouse Theater

Grindhouse Theater pulp noir detective poster in black and white, showing a man with a fedora and trench coat in a rainy city alley.

Step right up to the fleabag cinema on the wrong side of the tracks. The air is thick with stale popcorn and cigarette smoke, and the screen is filled with the city’s darkest secrets. We’ve dusted off the reels from the vaults of Archive.org to give a raw, unedited glimpse into the golden age of film noir. This isn’t polished cinema—this is the real deal, a double-feature of mayhem and despair. Get your tickets for the Grindhouse Theater here,

The Newz Stand

A grayscale film noir image of a gruff man smoking behind a cluttered newsstand selling newspapers, pulp magazines, and cigars on a rain-slicked city street.

Welcome to The News Stand. We’ve got the essentials and the secrets. The day’s headlines in the newspapers, tomorrow’s fiction in the magazines, and all the vices you can handle. A box of cigars, a fresh pack of cigarettes, and a few well-placed girly mags. Grab some candy or gum for the trip. Our graphic flip books tell the hard-boiled truth, one page at a time. Get it all at The Newz Stand.

THE HAMMER FILES

A grayscale illustration in a film noir style for "The Hammer Files: The Case of December's Debt." The cover art depicts a close-up of a grim-faced detective in a fedora, a mysterious woman in dark glasses holding a red purse, and a shadowy figure walking down a rain-slicked street. In the background, a map of the city is overlaid with a bloody playing card and the text "Remember December.

My office hasn’t just been hit—the System ran a cleaner through the archive. As you can see, the files are a random mess because the Controller scrambled the Index and shuffled the ledger. We’ve got a lot of sifting to do if we’re going to recover the case reports and re-sequence my stolen manuscripts. This pile is the wreckage of a system failure. This is where we start. one-page puzzles that are more twisted than the crime.

ABOUT NEWZHAMMER

A graphic novel style, high-contrast, black-and-white image of a noir private eye seen at his desk sitting with his feet up on the desk as he stares at the twinkling city lights outside of his window.

Every case needs a file. You’ve seen the headlines and the memoirs, but a private eye’s business is more than just stories. This is where you get the rundown on the whole operation. A look into the file on me and this outfit, and a peek at the tools of the trade—where the ink hits the paper, the calls get made, and the next case takes shape. Here’s a Tip: The best way to know the man is to see the desk where he does his work.

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