The other day I was listening to NPR while driving, something only about half the people in my audience approve of, and I caught an interview with world famous author and full-time curmudgeon John Irving. Irving is the author of The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules, A Son of the Circus and…
As the hometown of Sam Spade, San Francisco is a major player in the geography of American Noir, and rightfully so. But it is really modern-day pulp writer and film expert Eddie Muller who puts the city front-and-center as the Noir Capital of the World! This week kicks off Noir City, the 11th Annual San…
This year the holiday season rushed in like a blitzing linebacker, catching me flat-footed and completely unaware. Today we finished our Christmas shopping, wrapped everything up, and started the holiday baking. Our cards went out last week, but we still weren’t done. Kringle Noir follows our No-Name Detective as he hunts a gang preying on…
The Curse – A New Short Story! One of the great things about living in the Sierra Foothills is that you can tell the difference in the seasons. That isn’t always the case in California, but up here, when summer turns to fall, you can see it, and even feel it. There’s a shift in…
I’m hooked on Person of Interest. I’m not the most faithful of television viewers. There’s been the occasional “Northern Exposure,” and I was a pretty big “X-Files” nerd. There was also “Spenser for Hire” (thus dating me back to the Stone Age, or the 80’s), but it’s been a while since I fell in love…
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