THE STUFF DREAMS ARE MADE OF
WHO hasn’t heard of “The Maltese Falcon” with Humphrey Bogart (if you haven’t then you should have)? There’s only one. Except there isn’t. The movie and Malta are real, and indeed it is one of the all-time great movies, which some claim established the book and film “noir” genre, including frequent betrayal and double-dealings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8_hG...
The book, written in 1929 by Dashiell Hammett, follows the life of private detective Sam Spade who appears in four Hammett novels and countless others. While originally a symbol of loyalty, the black falcon statue becomes a symbol of a corruption, futility, and greed that makes people betray their loyalties. It also represents the eternal, serpentine search for truth. But for me, it symbolizes a friendship developed over the years with multi-award-winning author William Maltese.
According to Amazon Author Central Page at https://www.amazon.com/William-Maltes...), “I’ve been in the business of writing books for a very long time, and I derive particular enjoyment from visiting different places and then trying to relay the ‘essence’ of those places to my readers. Likewise, I’m very adventuresome as regards trying new things, whether it be exotic and strange foods and/or other more personal ‘things’.”
With over 120 books to his credit, William is the quintessential author’s author, and a true gentleman as well. I’ve greatly enjoyed our correspondence, William opening new vistas for me as a co-author, author and friend. Knowing him from our times together at MLR Press, and having written TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) together — which I’ve been sorely tempted to retitle “Total Madness” — I can say with authority, there’s not a man I respect and value a friendship with more. William’s two newest, totally delightful, supernatural, semi-noir works WILLIAM MALTESE’S FLICKER: #1 BOOK OF ANSWERS (Savant 2010) and WILLIAM MALTESE’S FLICKER: #2 BOOK OF ASCENDANCY (Savant 2020) as well as his ARDENNIAN BOY (MLR Press 2007) with Wayne Gunn, 2008 Lambda Finalist in the GLBT Erotica category, claim special places on my personal bookshelf.
Total Meltdown: A Tripler and Clarke Adventure
William Maltese's Flicker: #1 Book of Answers
William Maltese's Flicker: #2 Book of Ascendancy
Ardennian Boy
My newest work, a Sci-Fu (science-based future) novel entitled THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) continues our naughty saga, taking up where TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) by Raymond Gaynor and William Maltese left off, where NewAmerica, a shadow of its former United States of America, provides a challenging and dangerous future place for three young firebrands to live.
The Edge of Madness
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8_hG...
The book, written in 1929 by Dashiell Hammett, follows the life of private detective Sam Spade who appears in four Hammett novels and countless others. While originally a symbol of loyalty, the black falcon statue becomes a symbol of a corruption, futility, and greed that makes people betray their loyalties. It also represents the eternal, serpentine search for truth. But for me, it symbolizes a friendship developed over the years with multi-award-winning author William Maltese.
According to Amazon Author Central Page at https://www.amazon.com/William-Maltes...), “I’ve been in the business of writing books for a very long time, and I derive particular enjoyment from visiting different places and then trying to relay the ‘essence’ of those places to my readers. Likewise, I’m very adventuresome as regards trying new things, whether it be exotic and strange foods and/or other more personal ‘things’.”
With over 120 books to his credit, William is the quintessential author’s author, and a true gentleman as well. I’ve greatly enjoyed our correspondence, William opening new vistas for me as a co-author, author and friend. Knowing him from our times together at MLR Press, and having written TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) together — which I’ve been sorely tempted to retitle “Total Madness” — I can say with authority, there’s not a man I respect and value a friendship with more. William’s two newest, totally delightful, supernatural, semi-noir works WILLIAM MALTESE’S FLICKER: #1 BOOK OF ANSWERS (Savant 2010) and WILLIAM MALTESE’S FLICKER: #2 BOOK OF ASCENDANCY (Savant 2020) as well as his ARDENNIAN BOY (MLR Press 2007) with Wayne Gunn, 2008 Lambda Finalist in the GLBT Erotica category, claim special places on my personal bookshelf.
Total Meltdown: A Tripler and Clarke Adventure
William Maltese's Flicker: #1 Book of Answers
William Maltese's Flicker: #2 Book of Ascendancy
Ardennian Boy
My newest work, a Sci-Fu (science-based future) novel entitled THE EDGE OF MADNESS (Aignos 2020) continues our naughty saga, taking up where TOTAL MELTDOWN (Borgo/Wildside 2009) by Raymond Gaynor and William Maltese left off, where NewAmerica, a shadow of its former United States of America, provides a challenging and dangerous future place for three young firebrands to live.
The Edge of Madness
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0999693859
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