Tiki Zombies & Beach Bunnies: Valentine's Weekend '10

Written By Will Viharo

Donna Loren and husband Jered, Balboa Theater, 2/14/10
Valentine's Day with Donna Loren

Sunset near The Cliff House
Will and Donna LorenDonna with Thrill Seekers Craig and Kerrigan, who met at Thrillville's Valentine's Show 2008 and announced their engagement at Thrillville Valentine's Show 2009


It was a crazy early Halloween-Valentine's Day mash-up this past weekend, beginning with the First Annual Alameda Zombie Crawl, a bloody success story which kicked off at Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, with "zombification" makeup sessions, $6 zombie cocktails and a "zombie theater," and then ending with Thrillville's Valentine's Beach Party, at the Balboa Theater in San Francisco, with a screening of Beach Blanket Bingo, a live pre-movie performance by local legend Kitten on the Keys and a special guest celebrity appearance by singing star Donna Loren, who performed a special medley after the flick (in which she sings "It Only Hurts When I Cry"). It was an honor to meet Donna who is real sweetheart - she looks and sounds beautiful as well. The crowd ate her up and she was mobbed in the lobby after the movie. Before the show, Monica and I had cocktails at the nearby Cliff House, at sunset. All in all, a gory, ginchy, glamorous way to spend the holiday. I'll let the photos do the rest of the talking. Cheers!
With Zombie Crawl organizers Alie and IreneWith Lord Blood-Rah, Forbidden Island
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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