Wednesday, November 26, 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 movie history - Film Noir (2022):


Film Noir

3-part documentary miniseries.

Episode titles and release dates:

Film Noir Origins of Noir (1922–1940)
November 26, 2022.

Film Noir Classic Noir (1944–1958)
December 3, 2022.

Film Noir Styles of Noir (1944–1958 Continued)
December 10, 2022.

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


Pushing Daisies

Season 2. Episode 7.
Episode entitled: Robbing Hood.
Released November 26, 2008.
Directed by Paul Shapiro.
Written by Jim Danger Gray.
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, Shelley Berman, Danny Comden, Jennifer Elise Cox, Ethan Phillips, Jamison Yang, Stephen Root, Nicholas Khayyat, Ethan Kogan, Jesse Heiman.

On this day in music history - Inside I'm Singing, by Secret Garden (2007):


Inside I’m Singing

Album by Secret Garden,
released November 26, 2007.

Track list:

Nocturne (2007 Version) (feat. Anne Takle); Thank You (feat. Peter Jöback); The Things You Are To Me (feat. Elaine Paige); If Came The Hour (feat. Tommy Körberg); Theme From The Mermaid Chair; Sometimes A Prayer Will Do (feat. Tracey Campbell); Song For A Stormy Night (feat. Steinar Albrigtsen); Did I Not Love You (feat. Peter Corry); Simply You (feat. Niamh Kavanagh); My Land (feat. Espen Grjotheim); Sortie; You Raise Me Up (feat. Brian Kennedy).

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


Fallen Angels

Season 2. Episode 9.
Episode entitled: Red Wind.
Released November 26, 1995.
Directed by Agnieszka Holland.
Written by Alan Trustman.
Created by William Horberg.
Based on the story by Raymond Chandler.
Theme music by Peter Bernstein.


Cast:

Danny Glover, Kelly Lynch, Dan Hedaya, Ron Rifkin, Miguel Sandoval, Nicholas Sadler, Ralph Ahn, Bennet Guillory, Tyrin Turner, Valeria Golino, Miguel Ferrer.

On this day in movie history - Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986):


Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home

directed by Leonard Nimoy,
written by Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer and Harve Bennett,
based on a story by Harve Bennett and Leonard Nimoy,
was released in the United States on November 26, 1986.
Music by Leonard Rosenman.


Cast:

William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Catherine Hicks, Majel Barrett, Mark Lenard, Jane Wyatt, Robin Curtis, Alex Henteloff, Madge Sinclair, Jane Wiedlin, Vijay Amritraj, John Schuck, Robert Ellenstein, Michael Berryman, Brock Peters, Grace Lee Whitney.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home / novel (1986)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - The Official Movie Magazine (1986)
Star Trek: Voyager (1997)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)
Star Trek: Discovery (2020)


Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Directed by Leonard Nimoy.
Written by Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer and Harve Bennett.
Based on a story by Harve Bennett and Leonard Nimoy.
Released in the United States on November 26, 1986.
Music by Leonard Rosenman.
Cast: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Catherine Hicks, Majel Barrett, Mark Lenard, Jane Wyatt, Robin Curtis, Alex Henteloff, Madge Sinclair, Jane Wiedlin, Vijay Amritraj, John Schuck, Robert Ellenstein, Michael Berryman, Brock Peters, Grace Lee Whitney.


Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
By Vonda N. McIntyre, Leonard Nimoy, Harve Bennett.
Published by Pocket Books.
Published 1986.
ISBN-10: 0671702831
ISBN-13: 978-0671702830
Description:
Admiral James T. Kirk is charged by the Klingon Empire for the comandeering of a Klingon starship. The Federation honors the Klingon demands for extradition, and Kirk and the crew of the Starship Enterprise are drawn back to Earth. But their trip is interrupted by the appearance of a mysterious, all-powerful alien space probe. Suddenly, Kirk, Spock, McCoy and the rest of the crew must journey back through time to twentieth-century Earth to solve the mystery of the probe.


Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home - The Official Movie Magazine
Published by O'Quinn Studios, Inc.
Published 1986.
ASIN: B001UCF520


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 4. Episode 11.
Episode entitled: Concerning Flight.
Released November 26, 1997.
Directed by Jesús Salvador Treviño.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Joe Menosky, Jimmy Diggs, 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, John Vargas, Don Pugsley, John Rhys-Davies, Doug Spearman, Majel Barrett, Bobby Aldridge, John Austin, Margaret Blanchard, Steve Carnahan, Heather Rattray, Guy Richardson, Michael Satterfield, Ellery White.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 4. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Awakening.
Released November 26, 2004.
Directed by Roxann Dawson.
Written by André Bormanis.
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, Robert Foxworth, Gary Graham, John Rubinstein, Bruce Gray, Kara Zediker, Joanna Cassidy, Alexandrea Ortiz, Bill Blair, Mark Correy, Nikki Flux, Tamara Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Dieter Horneman, John Jurgens, Jim Moorhouse, Louis Ortiz, Ator Tamras.


Star Trek: Discovery
Season 3. Episode 7.
Episode entitled: Unification III.
Released November 26, 2020.
Directed by Jon Dudkowski.
Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran, Anthony Maranville, Chris Silvestri, Brandon Schultz.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, David Ajala, Oded Fehr, Sonja Sohn, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Julianne Grossman, Oliver Becker, Stephanie Belding, Emmanuel Kabongo, Tara Rosling, Avaah Blackwell, Nicole Dickinson, Taylor Martin.