Jack Kost

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

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 - Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time. Vol. 1: Midnight Madness (2020):

Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time
Vol. 1: Midnight Madness

documentary directed by Danny Wolf,

was released in the United States on April 21, 2020.

Cast:

Peter Bogdanovich, Barry Bostwick, Jeff Bridges, Gary Busey, Joe Dante, Illeana Douglas, Fran Drescher, Jeff Goldblum, Pam Grier, Michael McKean, Kevin Pollak, Rob Reiner, Penelope Spheeris, Anthony Timpone, John Turturro, John Waters.

On this day in music history:

Ten Days in November by Sue Foley (1998)

Couldn’t Have Said It Better by Meat Loaf (2003)
Live Texas Trio by Carolyn Wonderland (2015)
The Undercurrent by Sherry Finzer (2023)

Ten Days in November
Album by Sue Foley,
released April 21, 1998.
Track list: Highwayside; Baltimore Skyline; Long Way to Go; The Waiting Game; Give My Love to You; She Don't Belong to You; Through the Night; Winds of Change; The Forest; Promised Land; New Roads.

Couldn’t Have Said It Better
Album by Meat Loaf,
released April 21, 2003.
Track list: I Couldn't Have Said It Better Myself; Did I Say That; Why Isn't That Enough; Love You Out Loud; Man of Steel; Testify; Tear Me Down; You're Right, I Was Wrong; Because of You; Do It; Forever Young.

Live Texas Trio
Album by Carolyn Wonderland,
released April 21, 2015.
Track list: Palace of the King (Live); At the Crossroads (Live); Come Together (Live); Only God Knows When (Live); Samson and Delilah (Live); Money in the Game (Live); Nobody's Fault But Mine (Live); Walk on (Live); Heart (Live); Cumbia Raza (Live); When I Go Away (Live); Let's Go Get Stoned (Live).

The Undercurrent
Album by Sherry Finzer,
released April 21, 2023.
Track list: Introspective; Hidden Emotions; Undercurrent; A Whole New World.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1990)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)
Star Trek: Picard (2022)

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 3. Episode 20.
Episode entitled: Tin Man.
Released April 21, 1990.
Directed by Robert Scheerer.
Written by Dennis Bailey, David Bischoff, Ronald D. Moore.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Michael Cavanaugh, Peter Vogt, Colm Meaney, Harry Groener, Rachen Assapiomonwait, Majel Barrett, James G. Becker, Debbie David, Mark Lentry, Tim McCormack, Joseph Michael Roth, Richard Sarstedt.

Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 3. Episode 19.
Episode entitled: Damage.
Released April 21, 2004.
Directed by James L. Conway.
Written by Phyllis Strong, 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 Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Casey Biggs, Randy Oglesby, Scott MacDonald, Tucker Smallwood, Rick Worthy, Josette Di Carlo, Alexandrea Ortiz, Geneviere Anderson, Solomon Burke Jr., Zane Cassidy, Mark Chadwick, Mark Correy, Daphney Damaraux, Kevin Derr, Duncan K. Fraser, Peter Godoy, Glen Hambly, Tamara Hambly, Scott Sterling Hill, Josh Holt, Amina Julianna, Andrew Macbeth, Dorenda Moore, Eric Norris, Paul Sklar, Jeff Smolek, Pablo Soriano, Ator Tamras, Scott L. Treger.

Star Trek: Picard
Season 2. Episode 8.
Episode entitled: Mercy.
Released April 21, 2022.
Directed by Joe Menendez.
Created by Akiva Goldsman, Michael Chabon, Kirsten Beyer, Alex Kurtzman.
Written by Cindy Appel, Kirsten Beyer, Matt Okumura, Juliana James, Chris Derrick, Kiley Rossetter.
Based on Star Trek: The Next Generation, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jeff Russo.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jeri Ryan, Alison Pill, Annie Wersching, Michelle Hurd, Santiago Cabrera, Evan Evagora, Isa Briones, Brent Spiner, John de Lancie, Sol Rodriguez, Ito Aghayere, Jay Karnes, Kay Bess, Jackson Garner, Steve Gutierrez, Nanrisa Lee, Charles Maceo, Eduardo Roman, Chuti Tiu, Oscar Torre, Cyrus Zoghi, Vanessa Cater, Jeff Wolfe.