James Ellroy-My Dark Places

My Dark Places-James Ellroy’s compelling memoir of the reinvestigation and search for his mother’s murderer forty some years after the crime is a must read.
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John Fante-A SAD FLOWER IN THE SAND

A SAD FLOWER IN THE SAND is the first major film documentary about a largely unsung writer of the twentieth century: John Fante, the renegade author whose highly autobiographical novels illustrate his deep-rooted love of Los Angeles and his struggles working through poverty and prejudice.
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Mind Controlled Sex Slaves And The CIA

by Tracy R. Twyman - With Additional Material by Commander X, and Nick Redfern, Tim R. Swartz, and Tim Beckley (Paperback - Jul 4, 2008)
A Very Scary Read
The admittedly beyond-controversial subjects of mind control and sexual slavery are dealt with surprisingly rationally in this new offering from Global Communications. It's been said that paranoia can be entertaining, but perhaps that is still inadequate to describe this particular tome, which pushes past some barriers in ways that the reader may have trouble dealing with.
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Bedtime Stories For Adults

Long before the rise of the modern gay movement, an unnoticed literary revolution was occurring between the covers of the cheaply produced lesbian pulp paperbacks of the post–World War II era. In 1950, publisher Fawcett Books founded its Gold Medal imprint, inaugurating the reign of lesbian pulp fiction. These were the books that small-town lesbians and prurient men bought by the millions — cheap, easy to find in drugstores, and immediately recognizable by their lurid covers: often a hard-looking brunette standing over a scantily clad blonde, or a man gazing in tormented lust at a lovely, unobtainable lesbian. For women leading straight lives, here was confirmation that they were not alone and that darkly glamorous, "gay" places like Greenwich Village existed. Some — especially those written by lesbians — offered sympathetic and realistic depictions of "life in the shadows," while others (no less fun to read now) were smutty, sensational tales of innocent girls led astray. In the overheated prose typical of the genre, this collection documents the emergence of a lesbian subculture in postwar America. Click Here To Order From Amazon.

Runyon & Broadway

Damon Runyon grew up in the West, moved to New York City, and became one of the leading voices of American popular culture. From sports writing to short fiction, this unique collection offers an eclectic sampling of his extraordinary talent. Here are newspaper pieces, stories— including the last one he ever composed—poetry, and, of course, the Broadway tales for which he is chiefly remembered: Guys and Dolls, Blood Pressure, The Bloodhounds of Broadway, and others. Featuring works that are impossible to find elsewhere, and Runyon’s signature eye for detail—particularly the sounds, smells, and tastes of New York—this book brings an American icon to a new generation of readers. Also features great cover art by Al Hirschfeld.

Nighttime Noir

My sister Judith has recently launched a new radio program out of KMUN, Astoria, Oregon. Nighttime Noir, is a weekly half-hour program with stories for adults, featuring classics from Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Christopher Isherwood and others. Her current reading, “I Am Not Ashamed” by scandalous 1940s-50’s actress Barbara Peyton, is presented in six installations. This book is a juicy tell-all, chronicling the fast rise and fall of one of Hollywood’s most beautiful actresses. Click Here & Listen!

What Makes Sammy Run?

I’m reading “What Makes Sammy Run" for the third time now, and for good reason. It’s the type of story that’s so gripping, you wish it would last longer. Budd Schulberg is a master at painting a picture in words, and it’s unfortunate that he didn’t write tons more books. I recommend Sammy as a must read. Five Stars!