The other day I was dusting my living room, which while highly out of character still happens on occasion. I was looking for a place to put a new gift, a copy of Love Songs Are Too Violent for Me, by Will “The Thrill” Viharo. Will is a hard-boiled noir guy who puts his own…
The thing that makes a writer is that they write. It isn’t rocket science. That’s the stuff that makes rocket scientists. Instead it’s the ability to DO the work that makes a writer. For a long time I was writing every day, consistently creating, and for over a year I put out content on a…
When you think of comic books, most people tend to think of spandex, domino masks, and underwear on the outside of your clothes. For over seventy years fans have gone crazy for the likes of Superman, Spiderman, and the big, bad Bat. While crime is the backbone of the superhero struggle, usually the crime is…
The Best of Prohibition Speakeasies When I sell liquor, it’s bootlegging. When my patrons serve it on a silver tray on Lakeshore Drive, it’s hospitality. – Al Capone When the Eighteenth Amendment rolled out of Washington D.C., it decimated such industries as grape farmers, breweries, and wineries. At the same time, however, a uniquely American underground…
The Notorious Ends to Lives of Crime If you live by the sword, to paraphrase the bible, then you die by the sword. For the men who run the rackets of organized crime, for the most part, they are born with swords in their hands. The worst of the worst come to expect a demise…
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