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Ace Reporter. Private Dick.

Good work. You found my secret file cabinet of personal dossiers.

THE CITY IS ON FIRE. We are under attack. The static is getting louder. I received a message about a safe house, but the location was encrypted.

Then a punk kid rode by on his bike, tossed a crumpled paper at my chest, and yelled:

"Hey Hammer! You're looking in the wrong place! The truth isn't on the front page... it's in the ten cent rag! Find the Pulp-Noir under a dime!"

And with that, he was gone into the smog. Follow the clue. Follow me.

The Broadcast

Jack Hammer’s Pulp Noir Audiobooks: W-HAM-ER

Radio W-HAM-ER, the official broadcast for Jack Hammer's pulp noir audiobooks.

W-HAM-ER Radio You’ve just tuned in to W-HAM-ER, the official frequency for Jack Hammer’s pulp noir audiobooks. Tired of the…

The Library

NewzHammer Publishing: Jack Hammer’s Memoir Noir Collection

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

Hammer Publishing: Jack Hammer’s Memoirs At Hammer Publishing, we believe a great story isn’t just told—it’s extracted from the source…


FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

🥃 THE TOP SHELF

  • THE NEWS STAND
    • Vintage pulps. 10-cent inspiration.
"They say laughter's the best medicine. I guess that's why my doctor told me to quit journalism and start a clown college. But then I realized, most of the clowns are already in politics. And their jokes? Not nearly as funny as the ones I dig up on the daily."

Yours Truly, Jack Hammer.
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The Case of the Missing First Lady

An Evening at the Local Playhouse

The Saga

Full Jack Hammer Saga: The Architecture of Awareness

Black and white noir themed image of two gangsters standing over a man who has been shot in the chest

Over 2 hours and growing: Build a complex maze, feed it enough data, and the shadow in the center just…

Hammer Op-Eds

The Iron Cage Nation: Jack Hammer on America’s Prison Problem

A grayscale cartoon illustration of a person behind prison bars, surrounded by abstract legal documents and gavels, symbolizing mass incarceration and systemic injustice.

They call us the land of the free. I call us the land of the locked up. Walk down any…

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

Folder THE PRIVATE STASH

  • GRINDHOUSE THEATER
    • Research. Old movies that tell the truth.
"I tried to write a story about honesty in Washington, but my typewriter jammed. Must’ve sensed the lie before I did. Around here, truth’s an endangered species—spotted once a decade, stuffed, mounted, and trotted out for campaign season."

Yours Truly,
Jack Hammer.
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    • THE DISTRICT
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Jack Hammer of newzhammer publishing in a busy printing plant printing his memoirs
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NewzHammer Publishing: Jack Hammer’s Memoir Noir Collection

Jack Hammer5 months ago2 months ago

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 The Written Record of an Existence.

These are the files the Controller didn’t re-write and the system can’t delete. This is the cold, hard history of my life—the real crimes, the phantoms of the past, and the black-and-white truth of a life lived outside the program. Every entry is memory-resident, stained with ink and blood, and deep behind my firewall. Dig deep, but don’t expect a happy ending.

Black and white double exposure of Jack Hammer's distressed face reflected in a broken, analog clock.
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Full Jack Hammer Saga Index: The Architecture of Awareness: Hard Copy

Jack Hammer2 months ago2 months ago01 mins mins

This is the official ledger. The hard-copy file. You’ve found the main case file, the unfiltered text pulled straight from…

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Gritty, black-and-white pulp noir illustration of a man with a smoking gun in a rainy alley and a woman looking over her shoulder.
  • An Evening at the Local Playhouse
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Hammer Side Bets: Hard Copy – Text Form

Jack Hammer2 months ago2 months ago01 mins mins

These Hammer Side Bets are cases I take up on my time off. They are cases of me just helping…

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A noir era father and daughter look out the window as a jet black raven perches on the window sill.
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Blood Loyalty and Paradise: Saturday Morning

Jack Hammer2 months ago2 months ago01 mins mins

Saturday Morning Sunrise The white-hot burn of the code faded, not with a “zip,” but like a bad dream at…

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A high-contrast, black-and-white shot of the typist hands hovering over a glowing, ethereal typewrite. Instead of keys, his fingers are dipping into a pool of liquid light/code.
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Blood Loyalty and Paradise: Braving the New World

Jack Hammer2 months ago2 months ago03 mins mins

Braving the New World White. A white-hot burn of terror in a white-hot expanse of infinity. I had no body,…

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Noir detective stands by the hospital deathbed of an old friend.
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Blood Loyalty and Paradise: Frank’s Peace

Jack Hammer2 months ago2 months ago02 mins mins

Frank’s Peace The memory of the airport blurred, the timeline pulling taut. The cheap paint of our office dissolved, the…

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Two noir detectives stand in a French flat with a young French female poet.
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Blood Loyalty and Paradise: The Poet of Paris

Jack Hammer2 months ago2 months ago03 mins mins

The Poet of Paris “Paris?” Frank Vance didn’t even take his cigar out of his mouth. He just stared at…

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THE EDITOR’S DESK

The Desk of Jack Hammer

Noir image of PI in office with scattered files

I’m Jack Hammer: This is My Story The name’s Hammer. Jack Hammer. I’ve been walking these mean streets long enough…

THE DOCKET

The Gilded Cage: Health Care Cuts & The President’s Golden Ballroom.

A grand, opulent ballroom with golden columns and chandeliers, starkly contrasted by an empty hospital bed in the center, medical bills spilling from an armchair, and scattered pill bottles, symbolizing the juxtaposition of presidential luxury with healthcare struggles.

The word on the street, whispered by folks who know where the money really goes, is chilling. They’re talking about…

CASE CLOSED

The Case of the Missing First Lady

A grayscale noir-style cartoon of a veiled showgirl whispering a secret to a detective in a trench coat and fedora in a foggy, European city.

The Case of the Missing First Lady The President walked into my office on a Monday morning, looking less like…

THE EDITOR’S OFFICE

NewzHammer Magazine: Pulp-Noir Fiction & News from Jack Hammer

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.

This is NewzHammer Magazine. Let’s be perfectly clear on that. There’s no staff. No ghostwriters. Just me, DW. And if…

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