From Thrillville to Chillville to Quillville

Written By Will Viharo
 With Mel of Meshugga Beach Party, Ferenc of Pollo del Mar, and Monica, Tiki Goddess: my new "team" at my new home base, Forbidden Island (SF Chronicle photo)

It's official: Peter Hartlaub's interview with me in the San Francisco Chronicle printed on the cover of today's Datebook section confirms that I've moved on from being "the Parkway guy" to my own unique entity, a published pulp fiction author with a new home base, Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, where I host my new film series, Forbidden Thrills. Other recent articles like Angela Woodall's piece for the Oakland Tribune and Bay Area Newsgroup, and Cheryl Eddy's blog for the San Francisco Bay Guardian provide further evidence of this successful, if sometimes arduous and awkward, transition.

It's been a long road to get where I am right now. I'm happy to be here.

My new film series "Forbidden Thrills" - Cult Movies & Cocktails - happens one Monday a month at Forbidden Island, no cover, free popcorn - complete schedule here

  

You can - and should! - order a copy of my latest novel, "A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge," and its companion CD, an original "book score" by Actual Rafiq, "Music for a Drowning Mermaid," here.
Both will be available via mainstream retail outlets in a month or so, but don't wait!
Cheers and thanks for the support, Will













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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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