Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Work in progress:


My next books are Triangulation and Stinger.

Books 4 and 5 in The Breaker series.


Set in the year 2001, the story continues from Mall Maze.



Themes:


Crime, detective, hardboiled, heist, murder, narcissism, narcissistic abuse, neo-noir, psychopath, sociopath, thriller, vigilante.

 

A percentage from book sales is donated to Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research.


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The Breaker is an on-going series.


I’m outlining other stand-alone thriller novels.

Several coffee table books on my photography and my wife’s artwork.

A humorous book, based on the antics of our crazy pet Ragdoll cat, entitled: It’s That F****** Cat Again!



Here’s a GIF I made of our cat, settling down for another of his daily naps:

On this day in music history: Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene, by Renée Fleming & Yannick Nézet-Séguin (2021):


Voice of Nature: The Anthropocene

Album by Renée Fleming & Yannick Nézet-Séguin,
released October 8, 2021.

Track list:

Evening; No. 1, Prison; No.9, Les Etoile; No.5, L’heure Exquise; No.2, en Sourdine; Reve D’amour, Op. 5 No.2; S’il Est Un Charmant Garson; Endless Space; No.1, Les Berceaux; No.1, Au Bord de L’eau; L’enamouree; Ober Allen Gipfein Ist Ruh, S. 306; No.3, Lauf Der Welt; No.5, Zur Rosenzeit; No.6, Ein Traum; Aurora Borealis.

On this day in music history: Tempting Fate, by Carolyn Wonderland (2021):


Tempting Fate

Album by Carolyn Wonderland,
released October 8, 2021.

Track list:

Fragile Peace and Certain War; Texas Girl and Her Boots; Broken Hearted Blues; Fortunate Few; Crack in the Wall; The Laws Must Change; Honey Bee; On My Feet Again; It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry; Loser.

On this day in television history - Pushing Daisies (2008):


Pushing Daisies

Season 2. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: Circus, Circus.
Released October 8, 2008.
Directed by Lawrence Trilling.
Written by Peter Ocko.
Series created by Bryan Fuller.
Music by Jim Dooley.
Narrated by Jim Dale.


Cast:

Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Kristin Chenoweth, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Field Cate, Rachael Harris, Lee Arenberg, Diana Scarwid, Googy Gress, Theodore Zoumpoulidis, Sy Richardson, Michael Christian Alexander, Artie O’Daly, Nicole Greenwood, Loren Lazerine, Hayley McFarland, Mark Povinelli, Casey Weiant, Jerald Garner, Jackie Harris Greenberg, Ron Riekki.

On this day in music history - Bounce, by Bon Jovi (2002):


Bounce

Album by Bon Jovi,
released October 8, 2002.

Track list:

Undivided; Everyday; The Distance; Joey; Misunderstood; All About Lovin’ You; Hook Me Up; Right Side of Wrong; Love Me Back To Life; You Had Me From Hello; Bounce; Open All Night.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2003 & 2004)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017)


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 6.
Episode entitled: The Raven.
Released October 8, 1997.
Directed by LeVar Burton.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Bryan Fuller, Harry 'Doc' Kloor, Bryan Fuller, Lisa Klink.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Richard Zobel, Mickey Cottrell, David Anthony Marshall, Nikki Tyler-Flynn, Erica Lynn Duncan, Majel Barrett, John Austin, Patrick Barnitt, Cameron, John Copage, Tarik Ergin, Ken Gruz, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Louis Ortiz, Richard Sarstedt, Pablo Soriano, John Alex Tampoya.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 5.
Episode entitled: Impulse.
Released October 8, 2003.
Directed by David Livingston.
Written by Jonathan Fernandez, Terry Matalas, André Bormanis, Jonathan Fernandez.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Sean McGowan, Alexandrea Ortiz, Carol Abney, Geneviere Anderson, Jef Ayres, Steve Blalock, Daphney Damaraux, Ian Eyre, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Roy Joaquin, Amina Julianna, Mark Major, Tom Morga, Aric Rogokos, Ator Tamras.

Season 4. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: Storm Front.
Released October 8, 2004.
Directed by Allan Kroeker.
Written by Manny Coto.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Golden Brooks, Jack Gwaltney, John Fleck, Joe Maruzzo, Tom Wright, Matt Winston, Christopher Neame, Steve Schirripa, J. Paul Boehmer, John Harnagel, Sonny Surowiec, Alexandrea Ortiz, Mark Chadwick, Evan English, Henry Farnam, Duncan K. Fraser, Tanner Gill, Dieter Horneman, Mischa Pfister, Scott Sahadi, Ator Tamras.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 1. Episode 4.
Episode entitled: The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not for the Lamb’s Cry.
Released October 8, 2017.
Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Jesse Alexander, Aron Eli Coleite, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran, Kemp Powers.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif/Javid Iqbal, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook, Mary Chieffo, Wilson Cruz, Kenneth Mitchell, Rekha Sharma, Dennis Andres, Emily Coutts, Jordana Blake, Julianne Grossman, Sara Mitich, Oyin Oladejo, Christopher Russell, Tasia Valenza, Avaah Blackwell.

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1995):


Fallen Angels

Season 2. Episode 1.
Episode entitled: Love and Blood.
Released October 8, 1995.
Directed by Kiefer Sutherland.
Written by Evan Hunter, Frank Pugliese.
Created by William Horberg.
Based on the story by James Ellroy.
Theme music by Peter Bernstein.


Cast:

Mädchen Amick, Edward Bunker, Maurice Dunster, Bernard Hocke, Barbara Howard, Michael O'Dwyer, Johnathon Schaech, Kiefer Sutherland, Walter Terry, Danny Trejo, D. Danny Warhol.