THE SAVAGE KICK 9: CONVICTIONS

SaFranko, Mark

Literature & Fiction

lulu.com

Hoboken: an amorphous, violent city, transformed into a chic high-rent neighbourhood full of disposable incomes and high aspiration. Police detective Brian Vincenti is charged with investigating the case of a young woman's self-destruction - or murder - after she falls from an eleventh floor window in one of the town's up-and-coming districts. Equally as haunted by his past as he is tortured by his present, Vincenti's journey takes us beyond the damp, stained streets of Hoboken's nightlife, and into his own chaotic world: that of transsexual former colleague Ellen Smith, his turbulent family life, and unshakeable demons. Mark SaFranko's work has been compared to Charles Bukowski, John Fante and Dan Fante. Subverting the conventional notion of the detective novel, and at all times original and unique, The Suicide invites comparisons to the psychological fiction of such classic crime writers as Georges Simenon, Patricia Highsmith and Ross MacDonald.

The Suicide

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Honest Publishing

Richard Marzten is bored. He&#8217;s been married a long time to his considerably older wife, and if he wants to get a little action on the side, he&#8217;d better do it now, before he&#8217;s too old. But there&#8217;s a small complication &#8211;- well, more than a just small complication. While Richard is just a &#8220;nobody from nowhere,&#8221; his wife is rich. Very, very rich, and she&#8217;s made it possible for her husband to enjoy the finer things beyond his wildest imagination. There&#8217;s no way he&#8217;d ever want to lose Monica. 
 But like lots of men before him, Richard has it all figured out, and he&#8217;s not going to get caught stepping over the matrimonial line. Richard&#8217;s plan works to perfection. A personals ad for a discreet affair brings on an avalanche of responses, including one lady who stands out above all the rest &#8211;- the stunning Gretchen Trecker. Gretchen is the young wife of a wealthy &#8211;- and much older &#8211;- Long Island attorney. In other words, she&#8217;s Richard&#8217;s counterpart. She&#8217;s bored too, and soon the pair plunge headlong into an affair with &#8220;no strings attached&#8221; -- exactly what Richard Marzten desired. 
But something goes wrong. Soon after ratcheting up the pressure on Richard to see her more often, Gretchen disappears. One day he gets a phone call from a private detective demanding that they meet &#8211;- he knows exactly what&#8217;s become of Gretchen Trecker. 
 Richard Marzten will have learned that having your cake and eating it too comes with a heavy price tag indeed. 
	An intriguing page-turner, NO STRINGS is a crime novel solidly in the tradition of Jim Thompson, James M. Cain and Jason Starr.

No Strings: A Novel

Black Coffee Press, LLC

"A beautiful looking object that is literally packed with great writing. You will want to own this, and return to it again and again." (Tony O'Neill, '3am Magazine')" A very unusual literary magazine for a number of reasons... [especially in] that all the short stories in it are worth reading." (Nick Mamatas, 'The Smart Set') 'The Savage Kick: The Early Years' collects the first four years of the influential - and controversial - literary magazine. Among the extensive 351 page book is an early 2005 interview with Doug Stanhope, a previously unavailable Joe R. Lansdale story, full page sections from 'The Cartoon Diary of Joe Matt', and an extensive and exclusive 2006 interview with Jim Goad. The style is adult, with brutally confessional stories and somehow-even-darker-than-noir tales. Suicide attempts, drugs, alcohol and murder feature heavily in stories that descend into tailspins of self destruction. But it's not all morose despair... with many tales having a strong undercurrent of pitch black humour.The stories are accompanied by beautiful black-and-white art from Richard Watts and Steve Hussy.Full contents:--- 'Renewal' by Dan Fante --- Savage Kick's Exclusive Interview with Dan Fante --- 'Role of a Lifetime' by Mark SaFranko --- 'Tara' by Steve Hussy --- 'The Parks' by Thomas Salter --- 'Deviation' by Anna Caffrey --- 'Red' by Ricardo Daire --- Savage Kick's Exclusive Interview with Joe R. Lansdale --- 'Drive-In Date' by Joe R. Lansdale --- 'Balls' by Tony O'Neill --- 'Toothpick Whore' by Peter Wollman --- Exclusive Interview with Doug Stanhope --- 'Dance of the Seven Dwarfs' by Zsolt Alapi --- Savage Kick's article on great authors --- Savage Kick's Exclusive Interview with Mark SaFranko --- 'Haunting Refrain' by Mark SaFranko --- '2 Days - 2 Nights' by Frank Baron --- Savage Kick's article on comic-book writers --- 'Peepshow' by Joe Matt --- Exclusive Interview with Jim Goad --- 'Overture: Drowning In Shit' by Jim Goad --- 'Wilson' by Steve Hussy --- Savage Kick's Exclusive Interview with Joe Matt --- 'Peepshow: Sexaholics Anonymous' by Joe Matt --- 'Marooned' by Tony O'Neill --- 'Walk on Gilded Splinters' by Megan Hall --- 'Thought Crime' by Steve Ely --- Exclusive Interview with Tommy Trantino --- 'Captain Delicious and the Kid' by Tommy Trantino --- Savage Kick's battle with an online poet --- '3 New Poems' by Dan Fante

The Savage Kick Literary Magazine - The Early Years: Issue #1, #2, #3, #4 (Murder Slim Press XXX)

LANSDALE, Joe R.

Goad, Jim

O'Neill, Tony

Matt,Joe

Fante, Dan

Stanhope, Doug

Hussy, Steve

Trantino, Tommy

Literary

Independently published

Richard Marzten thinks he’s getting away with the perfect affair—his wife will never suspect, and he’ll continue his luxurious lifestyle with the addition of afternoon trysts.But cheaters never prosper, and, in Richard’s case, they may not even live. His lies begin to unravel, and his fling with Gretchen turns from a dream to a nightmare. The man who had it all soon realizes that his foolish foray could cost him everything, and a desperate man is a dangerous man.Lust, murder, panic, anger…Where will it end?Revised edition: This edition of No Strings includes editorial revisions.

No Strings

United States

Thomas & Mercer

Richard Marzten thinks he’s getting away with the perfect affair—his wife will never suspect, and he’ll continue his luxurious lifestyle with the addition of afternoon trysts.But cheaters never prosper, and, in Richard’s case, they may not even live. His lies begin to unravel, and his fling with Gretchen turns from a dream to a nightmare. The man who had it all soon realizes that his foolish foray could cost him everything, and a desperate man is a dangerous man.Lust, murder, panic, anger… Where will it end?

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Nowhere Near Hollywood is the fifth major instalment of the ‘Max Zajack’ series.
Familiar to readers across the world from the earlier novels, this time around Max, after years of struggle to get his writing recognized, decides impulsively -- and unwisely -- to try his hand at acting in order to get his career off the ground. If anything can bring him attention, he tries to convince his skeptical and long-suffering girlfriend, Gayle, it’s recognition as a performer. After all, the most powerful man in the world -- the President of the United States -- is himself a flopped “B” actor. Shot through with Max’s characteristic black humor, Nowhere Near Hollywood traces his long, wacky journey through the fringes of the film and theater industries in New York City, from playing a Native American pitching hot dogs, to being asked to drop his trousers at a movie audition, to his heartbreaking near-misses as a playwright and screenwriter.

Nowhere Near Hollywood (Max Zajack)

Humor & Satire

One False Step

Genre Fiction

Soyos Books

What Happened?

Poetry

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