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 television history - Justified: City Primeval (2023):

Justified: City Primeval

Season 1. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Kokomo.

Released August 1, 2023.

Directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton.

Written by Taylor Elmore, Dave Andron, Michael Dinner, Cole Quirk.

Based on City Primeval and Fire in the Hole by Elmore Leonard.

Music by Mark Isham.

Cast:

Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Adelaide Clemens, Marin Ireland, Victor Williams, Norbert Leo Butz, Boyd Holbrook, Terry Kinney, Ravi Patel, Jessika Van, Jalen Gilbert, Yosef Kasnetzkov, Alexander Pobutsky, Nick Druzbanski, Eddie Martinez, Erin Minervini, Evan Mulrooney, Andre Bellos.

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1993):

Fallen Angels

Season 1. Episode 1.

Episode entitled: Dead-End for Delia.

Released August 1, 1993.

Directed by Phil Joanou.

Written by William Campbell Gault, Scott Frank.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the story by William Campbell Gault.

Opening theme by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

Gary Oldman, Meg Tilly, Gabrielle Anwar, Paul Guilfoyle, Vondie Curtis Hall, Dan Hedaya, Wayne Knight, Patrick Masset, John Putch, Thomas Kopache, Frank Patton III/Frank Taglia, Alpheus Merchant, Scott Weintraub, Lynette Walden.

On this day in movie history - Young Guns II (1990):

Young Guns II

directed by Geoff Murphy,

written by John Fusco,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1990.
Music by Alan Silvestri and Jon Bon Jovi.

Cast:

Emilio Estevez, Kiefer Sutherland, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christian Slater, William Petersen, Alan Ruck, R.D. Call, James Coburn, Balthazar Getty, Jack Kehoe, Robert Knepper, Tom Kurlander, Viggo Mortensen, Leon Rippy, Tracey Walter, Bradley Whitford, Scott Wilson, Jenny Wright, John Hammil, William J. Fisher, Carlotta Garcia, Joy Bouton, Albert Trujillo, Alina Arenal, John Alderson, Lee de Broux, Sixto Joost, Rudy Sena, Adam Taylor, Redmond Gleeson, David Paul Needles, Jerry Gardner, Domingo Ambriz, Sonny Skyhawk, Richard Schiff, Stephan Kraus, Nick Gomez, Mark Bustamante, Airen Balen, Don Simpson, Holt Parker, Tony Frank, Frank Fierro Jr., Rene L. Moreno, Chief Buddy Redbow, Danielle Blanchard, Joey Hamlin, Alexis Alexander, Ginger Lynn, Iris Pappas, Ed Adams, Mark Silverstein, Boots Southerland, Bud Stout, Howard Young, John Fusco, Walter Feldbusch, Bo Greigh, Thomas Byrd, Donald Guideau, Robert Harvey, Ted Kairys, William Upchurch, Michael Eiland, Jon Bon Jovi, Don 'Tex' Clark, Rusty Lee, Kerry Wallum.

On this day in movie history - American Graffiti (1973):

American Graffiti

directed by George Lucas,

written by George Lucas, Gloria Katz and Willard Huyck,

was released in the United States on August 1, 1973.
Music by Kim Fowley, Karin Green and George Lucas.

Cast:

Richard Dreyfuss, Ron Howard, Paul Le Mat, Charles Martin Smith, Cindy Williams, Candy Clark, Mackenzie Phillips, Wolfman Jack, Bo Hopkins, Manuel Padilla Jr., Beau Gentry, Harrison Ford, Jim Bohan, Jana Bellan, Deby Celiz, Lynne Marie Stewart, Terence McGovern, Kathleen Quinlan, Ty Crowley, Scott Beach, John Brent, Gordon Analla, John Bracci, Jody Carlson, Del Close, Chuck Dorsett, Stephen Knox, Joe Miksak, George Meyer, James Cranna, Johnny Weissmuller Jr., William Niven, Al Nalbandian, Bob Pasaak, Christopher Pray, Susan Richardson, Fred Ross, Jan Dunn, Charlie Murphy, Ed Greenberg, Lisa Herman, Mark Anger, Kay Lenz, Caprice Schmidt, Joe Spano, Debralee Scott, Ron Vincent, Donna Wehr, Cam Whitman, Jan Wilson, Suzanne Somers, Flash Cadillac, Linda Christensen, Jeannette Dilger, Dennis Falt, Warren Knight, Paul Lambert, Ken Martinez, Rick May, Sam McFadin, Kris Moe, Linn Phillips III, George Robinson.

On this day in music history:

I’m John Lee Hooker by John Lee Hooker (1959)

Ashes To Ashes by David Bowie (1980)

Mystical America by Laura Sullivan (2004)

Blue Dream by Fiona Joy Hawkins (2008)

August by Amy Lauren (2010)

Moments from the Life Stories of Strangers Part One by The Luminous World Orchestra (2013)

Transformation by Sherry Finzer & Darin Mahoney (2013)

The Flowers Suite by Barbara Hills (2018)

I’m John Lee Hooker

Album by John Lee Hooker,

released August 1959.

Exact release date unknown.

Track list: Dimples; Hobo Blues; I’m So Excited; I Love You Honey; Boogie Children; Little Wheel; I’m In The Mood; Maudie; Crawlin’ King Snake; Every Night; Time Is Marching; Baby Lee.

Ashes To Ashes

Song by David Bowie,

released August 1, 1980.

Mystical America

Album by Laura Sullivan,

released August 1, 2004.

Track list: America’s Stonehenge; Chaco Canyon; Coral Castle; The Bighorn Medicine Wheel; Tongass Islands; The Serpent Mound; Red Rock Ridge; Pictograph Cave; The Heavener Runestone; Sedona; Hawaiian Islands; Mt. Shasta (Arrangement of the Moonlight Sonata).

Blue Dream

Album by Fiona Joy Hawkins,

released August 1, 2008.

Track list: Contemplating; Sunrise At Ularu; Samite’s Interlude (Fiona Joy Hawkins & Samite Mulondo); Song Phonique; Indigo Interlude; The Void; Turquoise Interlude (Fiona Joy Hawkins & Philip Aaberg); Voice of Angels; Cobalt Interlude; Prelude to a Painting; The Midnight Interlude; Moving On; Azure Interlude; Somewhere.

August

Album by Amy Lauren,

released August 1, 2010.

Track list: I’ll Follow You; Travel This River; Fireflies; The Distance; Fly Away; Road to Allay; The Rain Came Down; Sunset Serene; August; Keeper of Light; Resolution; Summer’s End.

Moments from the Life Stories of Strangers Part One

Album by The Luminous World Orchestra,

conducted by Steven Chesne,

released August 1, 2013.

Track list: Invocation; For When the Love Will Rain Down Upon You; Yorkietown; Flicker of the Glistening; Glory Story #2; Coaxed to Grow; Morning Hocket; Change, Your Oldest Friend; Lumiere Du Soleil.

Transformation

Album by Sherry Finzer & Darin Mahoney,

released August 1, 2013.

Track list: Alger St; Confused; Reflection; Early Spring; Joplin; White Sky In November; Jane’S Song; The Door.

The Flowers Suite

Album by Barbara Hills,

released August 1, 2018.

Track list: Love-In-A-Mist; Among Lilies; Through Iris Halls; The First Snowdrop; When Cherry Blossoms Fall; On Hawkweed Bank; Sweet William; Forget-Me-Nots; Creeping Buttercup; Where Heather Grows; Hedgerow Walk; Canyons of the Black Tulip.