Tag: Los Angeles

Science Fiction and Paranormal Fantasy with a Noir Twist

Enjoy the End of the World–For Free!

This week I’m celebrating the second anniversary of my foray into indie publishing. I hit the “publish” button on my first novel, Take Back Tomorrow, on January 24, 2012. While the venture hasn’t been a whirlwind success, it’s been extremely rewarding. I’ve followed that first book with two other full-length novels and two novellas, and…
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January 20, 2014 0

Mob City–A New Take on Old LA

I recently finished watching Frank Darabont’s Mob City miniseries on TNT and am pleased to say I enjoyed it quite a bit. I should add, of course, that I’m a sucker for pretty much any story set in 1930s or 40s Los Angeles, but just because a film or novel involves my favorite setting doesn’t…
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December 21, 2013 0

Destroying Los Angeles, Again and Again

I recently re-watched George Pal’s 1953 version of War of the Worlds with Gene Barry and was struck by the scenes toward the end as Barry’s character runs through the abandoned streets of Los Angeles, dodging angry mobs and Martian spacecraft. Not having seen the movie for several years, I was surprised at how compelling those…
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August 28, 2013 0

Future Los Angeles: A Strictly Analog Guided Tour

I thought it might be interesting for readers of Strictly Analog to get a sense of some of the locales that show up in the novel. Since I haven’t figured out how to travel into the future yet, all I can offer are current and past visions of Los Angeles and a bit of commentary…
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May 1, 2013 3

Free Kindle Day

All three of my books are available as free downloads today at Amazon.com. If you’ve read one, here’s your chance to grab the other two. Take Back Tomorrow: A time travel novel set in 1940s Los Angeles where a hack writer gets himself in a plot far more bizarre than anything he’s dreamed up in…
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December 26, 2012 0