In the Pulp Fiction Trenches: My Tumultuous Literary Career: A Memoir

Join renowned author Len Levinson as he journeys to the past and offers a vivid window into the mind of a writer. In these pages, Levinson offers a rare look into the origins of his literary career. He writes about his influences, his struggles, and his formation as both a reader and a writer. While other kids were writing about fishing excursions and sports' games, Levinson was writing science fiction epics about imaginary trips to Pluto. He describes the first time he put pen to paper as an out-of-body hallucination spurred on by the pure joy of self-expression. This candid memoir, written by an accomplished author, embraces the all-consuming adventures in literature while also describing the ins and outs of a writer's unbridled life-both in agony and ecstasy.

Biographies & Memoirs

Levinson, Len

Arts & Literature

Rough Edges Press

Someone is murdering prominent Wall Street financiers in New York City during the first year of the Civil War. Is the culprit a disgruntled investor? Marxist revolutionaries? A Confederate conspiracy to destabilize the Union banking system?To make matters worse, a crime wave has been engulfing New York City since the War Between the States began, as if that conflict has loosened the darkest passions in the hearts of men and women. Amidst this turmoil, the Detective Precinct is under political pressure to figure out who is killing financiers. Unfortunately, the best detectives have enlisted in the New York regiments.Out of desperation, Deputy Chief of Detectives Timothy Flanagan hires a former army officer wounded at the Battle of Bull Run, and a former Southern Belle stranded in the Empire City. Flanagan calls her his secretary because women can’t be detectives, but she carries a revolver and does actual detective work.Their investigation takes them from Fifth Avenue mansions to the dangerous slum called Five Points, from Gramercy Park to Battery Park, from fashionable men’s clubs to elegant and not so elegant whorehouses, gambling dens, the glittering Broadway theater district, and the Peyster Street docks where a man’s life isn’t worth a dead fish.Will the Detective Precinct solve the case? They dare not fail. The future of the war and fate of the nation is at stake!

Grip of Death

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Independently published

Bayonets in No-Man's Land: An Epic Novel of World War One

Literature & Fiction

SCOFIELD, JONATHAN

Genre Fiction

Sapere Books

Tracking The Wolf Pack: A deadly WWII battle rages under the water...

Jones, J. Farragut

Forty Fathoms Down: An action-packed pre-WWII submarine adventure

On the surface, show business is a beautiful world, filled with beautiful people. One of these people is Mike Brown, press agent extraordinaire. Charming, talented, and utterly unscrupulous, Mike leads a wild and hectic life. Whether he’s in Times Square, pulling a publicity stunt with scantily-clad women, or hustling his way across the city, picking up clients and going to meetings, Mike is always on go — and always on the job. Larry Walters, Mike’s ruthless genius of a boss, knows he can count on Mike to seal the deal, no matter what it takes. Sometimes, that just means handling difficult clients. Other times, it means dealing with sex-crazed directors, drug dealers, social climbers, aspiring actresses, socialites, neurotic celebrities…but no matter what comes his way, Mike wouldn’t change a thing. After all, there’s no business like show business! Hype! is an intense, exciting novel — a lurid glimpse behind the curtain, beneath the glitz and glam, into the sordid underbelly of the entertainment industry. From cult favorite Len Levinson (called a “trash genius” in the pages of Paperback Fanatic magazine), this new edition features an all-new afterword from the author!

Hype! (The Len Levinson Collection)

Jordan, Leonard

Humor & Satire

Destroyer Books

Sam Taggart is a cynical, hard-drinking vet living in the tropical island of Makura, surrounded by beautiful beaches…and even more beautiful women. He’s a shark hunter: armed with a spear gun and nerves of steel, he puts his life on the line every day, tracking down the deadly creatures for resort chefs, whose hungry guests are willing to pay top dollar for shark meat. Everything changes for Taggart when he meets Bob Jones, who offers him a cool two million bucks for fighting two sharks. The only catch? Taggart has to fight them in a swimming pool, on live TV. For a pro like Taggart, that’s no problem…until the island’s corrupt dictator and police chief get involved. After some last-minute changes to the schedule stack the deck against him, Taggart the predator is now the prey — and if he doesn’t watch out, he’s going to be fish food! This new edition of the weird, wild, and thrilling cult classic from underground favorite Len Levinson — called a “trash genius” in Paperback Fanatic magazine — features an all-new afterword from the author. Back in print after 40 years, Shark Fighter lives again!

Shark Fighter (The Len Levinson Collection)

Brady, Nicholas

Action & Adventure

Welcome to the life and times of Alexander Frapkin, world-renowned author and ladies’ man — in his own mind, at least. In reality, Frapkin’s life is a rapidly-unraveling mess: his publishers won’t pay him, he’s forced to marry someone who detests him, and his books are so raunchy that Mafia thugs decide to teach him a lesson he’ll never forget. This comic masterpiece chronicles the hapless Frapkin’s zany misadventures in 1970s New York, where anything is possible...except for a dull moment! This new edition of the acclaimed underground cult classic from Len Levinson (heralded as a “trash genius” by Paperback Fanatic magazine) features an all-new afterword from the author!

The Last Buffoon (The Len Levinson Collection)

Career CIA agent David Brockman is sentenced to eight brutal years in prison after an assignment goes awry. Now free at last, he is obsessed with discovering who set him up, why the agency never sprang him, why his beautiful Cuban wife — also a CIA spy — abandoned him, and why his own government, even now, is doing everything it can to prevent him from remembering what really happened. From acclaimed, cult-classic author Len Levinson, this brand-new edition of Operation Perfidia features a shocking new ending, a new afterword by the author, and more twists and turns than you ever thought possible. "Slick and dextrous and full of enough sleight of hand to keep the reader looking for the pigeon." — Publishers Weekly

Operation Perfidia (The Len Levinson Collection)

Thrillers & Suspense

Four down-on-their-luck cops cook up a plan to rip off the NYPD Property room, bulging with millions in recovered cash, drugs, jewels, furs, and other valuables. But can New York's Finest pull off the perfect crime? Or will the Brothers in Blue be caught red-handed? From cult favorite Len Levinson — called a "trash genius" by Paperback Fanatic magazine — comes a taut, high-tension adventure that grabs you from the first page and doesn't let go. With all-new afterword from the author!

Inside Job (The Len Levinson Collection)

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