Friday, May 1, 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 music history:

Trouble in Shangri-La by Stevie Nicks (2001)
Out of the Darkness by Michele McLaughlin (2010)


Trouble in Shangri-La
Album by Stevie Nicks,
released May 1, 2001.
Track list: Trouble In Shangri-La; Candlebright; Sorcerer; Planets Of The Universe; Every Day; Too Far From Texas; That Made Me Stronger; It's Only Love; Love Changes; I Miss You; Bombay Sapphires; Fall From Grace; Love Is.


Out of the Darkness
Album by Michele McLaughlin,
released May 1, 2010.
Track list: Forsake; The Descent; Indignation; Forbearance; Out of the Darkness; So Long Mr. Selfish; Transformation; Perseverance; Finding Solace in Friends; New Light; In the Stillness of Peace; Rejoice; So Long Mr. Selfish.

On this day in movie history - Black Dog (1998):


Black Dog

directed by Kevin Hooks,
written by William Mickelberry and Dan Vining,
was released in the United States on May 1, 1998.
Music by George S. Clinton.
Song: Drivin' My Life Away by Rhett Akins.


Cast:

Patrick Swayze, Meat Loaf, Randy Travis, Gabriel Casseus, Graham Beckel, Brenda Strong, Rusty De Wees, Cyril O'Reilly, Erin Broderick, Charles S. Dutton, Stephen Tobolowsky, Lorraine Toussaint, Hester Hargett, Stuart Greer, Whitt Brantley, Gene Hartline, Bo Keister, André B. Walker.

On this day in movie history - TwentyFourSeven (1997):


TwentyFourSeven

directed by Shane Meadows,
written by Paul Fraser and Shane Meadows,
was released in the United States on May 1, 1998.
Music by Boo Hewerdine and Neil MacColl.


Cast:

Bob Hoskins, Danny Nussbaum, Justin Brady, James Hooton, Darren O. Campbell, Karl Collins, Johann Myers, Jimmy Hynd, Mat Hand, James Corden, Frank Harper, Bruce Jones, Jo Bell, Toby, Annette Badland, Krishan Beresford, Anthony Clarke, Dominic Dillon, Ian Smith, Tanya Myers, Tony Nyland, Collin Higgins, Pamela Cundell, Gina Aris, Sammy Pasha, Paul Fraser, Ladene Hall, Dena Smiles, John Baxter, Maureen O'Grady, Shane Meadows, Ben Rothwell, Ron Bissel, Mick Bleakley, Derek Osborne, Derek Groombridge, Liam Walsh, Kevin Wallace, Dave Miller, Ginger Keane, Sun Hand, Sarah Thom.

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1993)
Star Trek: Voyager (1995)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2002)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 21.
Episode entitled: Frame of Mind.
Released May 1, 1993.
Directed by James L. Conway.
Written by Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, David Selburg, Andrew Prine, Gary Werntz, Susanna Thompson, Allan Dean Moore, Teda Bracci, Cameron, Debbie David, Inez Edwards, Holiday Freeman, Goldie Gareza, Gary Hunter, Arvo Katajisto, David B. Levinson, Dennis Madalone, Lorine Mendell, Keith Rayve, Richard Sarstedt, Oliver Theess.


Star Trek: Voyager
Season 1. Episode 12.
Episode entitled: Cathexis.
Released May 1, 1995.
Directed by Kim Friedman.
Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.
Written by Brannon Braga, Joe Menosky, Kenneth Biller.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Jennifer Lien, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Brian Markinson, Michael Cumpsty, Carolyn Seymour, Majel Barrett, Kimberly Auslander, Jasmin Bischoff, Christine Delgado, Tarik Ergin, Norman Alexander Gibbs, Ken Gruz, Susan Henley, Kerry Hoyt, Julie Jiang, Jordan Monheim, Louis Ortiz, Chad Patterson, Simon Stotler, Jeff Witzke.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 22.
Episode entitled: Vox Sola.
Released May 1, 2002.
Directed by Roxann Dawson.
Written by Fred Dekker, Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, 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 Paul Baillargeon.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Vaughn Armstrong, Joseph Will, Renée E. Goldsberry, Jef Ayres, Steve Blalock, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Evan English, Hilde Garcia, Lindley Gardner, Glen Hambly, Aldric A. Horton, John Jurgens, Mark Major, Louis Ortiz, Cynthia Uhrich, Mark Watson, Gary Weeks.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1977):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 22.
Episode entitled: Devil’s Planet.
Released May 1, 1977.
Directed by Tom Clegg.
Written by Michael Winder.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.
Cast: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Hildegard Neil, Roy Marsden, Dora Reisser, Cassandra Harris, Angus MacInnes, Arthur White, Michael Dickinson, John Hug, Alibe Parsons, Sam Dastor, Del Baker, Peter Brayham, Jenny Cresswell, Geoffrey Greenhill, Alan Harris, Rikki Howard, Beulah Hughes, Robert Reeves, Vida Taylor, Katya Wyeth, Felicity York.