Prudence
Title: Prudence Publisher: ECG Press Publication Date: 14 February 2023 Category: Psychosexual Noir Paperback: (198.4 x 128.5 mm, 422 pages) ISBN Print: 978-0-6454853-4-9 Ebook: 978-0-6454853-5-6 A prestigious nightclub. An aging hostess battling to retain her marquee. A beautiful and enigmatic woman with unparalleled ambition. A noble widower searching for love. Two irreverent barflies who may not be what they seem. Three couples whose relationships will be tested until they question everything they know. A jaded stripper trying to find her self-respect. A modest twenty-something man gambling on a shortcut to fortune. And a mysterious old man who will reach into their hearts and twist and pervert everything they hold…
The Other Side of Paradise
Earlier in the year, I unwittingly became involved in a short film project. The project was intended as an action showreel for my friend Tony Nicholas, an actor and fight choreographer. He showed me initial footage, which was great. But, searching for a story (as I always do), I started asking a lot of why questions. If you were being shot at, why did you tend to your friend instead of shoot back? Why does the bad guy shoot you, then decide to fight you? If he wanted to fight you hand-to-hand, why didn’t he just call you out immediately? Etc. To be fair, at this stage there was no…
