Moving On...and Up

Written By Will Viharo
Right now my very first novel, CHUMPY WALNUT, initially written 30 years and recently revised for publication via Lulu, is at press, and I'm prepping another, DOWN A DARK ALLEY (cover by R. Black), first written in 1992 and also given an update, to follow soon thereafter. My most recently written novel, A MERMAID DROWNS IN THE MIDNIGHT LOUNGE, is not only currently available via Lulu, but now via Amazon and Barnes and Noble as well. Meantime, I'm continuing my Forbidden Thrills movie nites at Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge in Alameda, one Monday per month. Next up:, on Monday, September 20, 7:30 "Incredibly Strange & Strangely Incredible Films" featuring my late friend Ray Dennis Steckler's musical monsterpiece THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES (1963) with Jack Hill's gothic cult classic SPIDER BABY (1968), starring Sid Haig and Lon Chaney Jr. My special guests will be old friend and frequent Thrillville collaborator Mister Lobo and his paramour Dixie Dellamorto (who designed the poster at top.) I feel as if I'm successfully reinvented myself following the fall of Speakeasy Theaters, by returning to my literary roots. "Thrillville Press" is not a particularly lucrative venture so far, but it feels damn good. Follow That Dream. Cheers.


"Incredibly Strange" trailer

"Spider Baby" opening titles



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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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