Do You Know the Way to THRILLVILLE?

Written By Will Viharo

That's a wrap: sadly, suddenly, Speakeasy theaters is history. But The Thrill ain't gone. Not by a long shot.





I have already moved my next gig, the originally scheduled "Tribute to Creature Features" with HORROR OF PARTY BEACH (1964), rare footage of Bob Wilkins, special guest Mr. Lobo, and surf band Aardvark. Same date, Thursday June 18, but new time and admission (7:30, $10) and a new venue, my South Bay debut: CAMERA 3 CINEMA, 288 S. Second St., San Jose, CA 95113, (408) 294-3334. The show goes on! I am also working behind the scenes to bring Thrillville to other Bay Area venues.

Thrill Seeker "Zombie Dog" sent me this photo of a billboard off 1-80 near Davis, CA. It's not an ad for my show, or the George Lucas video game (which co-opted by moniker years after I began using it commercially) - it's for Johnsonville Sausage! The cosmic meaning is open to interpretation. Am I dead meat? "Juicy and well-seasoned" as my wife puts it? A total prick? Or is this the beginning of a subversive campaign to make Thrillville a household name? Postive things are in the works. Let's all keep hope alive. Cheers!
Will Viharo

WILL "THE THRILL" VIHARO is a freelance writer and the author of several "gonzo pulp" novels including "A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge," "Freaks That Carry Your Luggage up to the Room," "Chumpy Walnut," "Lavender Blonde," "Down a Dark Alley," and the “Vic Valentine, Private Eye” series, the first of which, "Love Stories Are Too Violent For Me," has been optioned for a film by Christian Slater, reissued in 2013 by Gutter Books, which also published the new Vic Valentine novel "Hard-boiled Heart" in December, 2015.

Two science fiction novels, "It Came from Hangar 18" and "The Space Needler's Intergalactic Bar Guide," were written in collaboration with Scott Fulks, who added real science to Will's pulp.

Will's own imprint, Thrillville Press, has issued a three volume anthology series featuring all of his standalone novels called "The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection," along with another omnibus called "The Vic Valentine Classic Case Files," which include four novels from the 1990s, "Fate Is My Pimp," "Romance Takes a Rain Check," "I Lost My Heart in Hollywood," and "Diary of a Dick," plus a recent short story, "Brain Mistrust."

More recently published books include the Vic Valentine "Mental Case Files" trilogy comprised of "Vic Valentine: International Man of Misery," "Vic Valentine: Lounge Lizard For Hire," and "Vic Valentine: Space Cadet"; the original story collection "Vic Valentine, Private Eye: 14 Vignettes"; the erotic horror noir novella "Things I Do When I'm Awake"; and a collection of erotic horror noir stories, "VIHORROR! Cocktales of Sex and Death."

Additionally Will has had stories included in a variety of anthologies including "Fast Women and Neon Lights: Eighties-Inspired Neon Noir"; "Mixed Up!"; "Long Distance Drunks: A Tribute to Charles Bukowski"; "Deadlines: A Tribute to William Wallace"; "Dark Yonder: Tales and Tabs"; "Knucklehead Noir" and "Weird Winter Wonderland" (both Coffin Hop Press); and "Pop the Clutch: Thrilling Tales of Rockabilly, Monsters, and Hot Rod Horror."

Viharo's unique brand of "gonzo pulp fiction" combines elements of eroticism, noir, fantasy, and horror. For many years he has also been a professional film programmer/impresario and live music booker. He now lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and cats

https://www.thrillville.net
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