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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

A Political Chase: A Hardboiled Take on the Texas Standoff

I’ve seen my share of rigged games. A case where the evidence has been twisted, a witness whose memory has…

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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Jackie Angel

A high-contrast, black-and-white image from shows a gravestone engraved with "Jackie Angel Bennett" to the left. To the right, the backs of three figures—two elderly women and a man in a trench coat—are huddled together, looking toward the stone under gray sky, conveying a somber and gritty tone.
  • Chapter 2: An Inheritance of Grief
  • THE HAMMER UNDERGROUND

THE HAMMER FILES: A Final Goodbye

Jack Hammer5 months ago4 months ago03 mins mins

Case point: The Coroner After concluding with the tired Officer at the Oakmont police station, I was directed to the…

Read More
An open, tarnished silver locket with a sneering man's photo on the left and a smiling girl's photo on the right, in a gritty, black-and-white graphic novel style.
  • Chapter 2: An Inheritance of Grief
  • THE HAMMER UNDERGROUND

THE HAMMER FILES: Ashes to Ashes

Jack Hammer5 months ago4 months ago03 mins mins

Case Point: The Unclaimed The Oakmont coroner’s office was a small, quiet room with the scent of old paper and…

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A high-contrast, black-and-white, noir-style drawn image from inside a car. The view focuses on the rearview mirror, which reflects a gritty, fading city skyline. The rest of the windshield shows a long, empty rural road
  • Chapter 2: An Inheritance of Grief
  • THE HAMMER UNDERGROUND

THE HAMMER FILES: The Cold Trail to Oakmont

Jack Hammer5 months ago4 months ago02 mins mins

Case Point: A New Perspective The old city was a ghost in the rearview mirror. I watched it fade, the…

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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.
  • Chapter 2: An Inheritance of Grief
  • THE HAMMER UNDERGROUND

THE HAMMER FILES: The Oakmont Lead

Jack Hammer5 months ago4 months ago03 mins mins

A Trail of Letters The wooden box sat on my desk, a time capsule of a life I’d only half-lived….

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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 closed wooden box in front of him.
  • Chapter 2: An Inheritance of Grief
  • THE HAMMER UNDERGROUND

THE HAMMER FILES: Jack Misses the Mark

Jack Hammer5 months ago4 months ago02 mins mins

The Unseen Signs The cold night air followed me back to my office. The familiar smell of dust and old…

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Grayscale, gritty pulp-noir image of detective Jack Hammer standing in a dimly lit living room, speaking with an older, authoritative man seated in an armchair, surrounded by subtle hints of a powerful "family" and their shared past.
  • Chapter 2: An Inheritance of Grief
  • THE HAMMER UNDERGROUND

THE HAMMER FILES: The Daughter I Never Knew

Jack Hammer5 months ago4 months ago03 mins mins

The Family Credit The front door was unlocked, as always. The bell chimed a lonely echo in the silence of…

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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

FLASH: Martial Law and Authoritarianism—Trump Deploys Federal Troops to U.S. Cities & Indicts Comey

Black and white pulp art: Jack Hammer in a city street facing deployed federal troops and vehicles amidst the Trump-Comey scandal.

The Jackboot Waltz Begins: Troops on the Asphalt and Justice Under the Table The air in this town always carried…

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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