Weirdest. Week. EVER.

Written By Will Viharo

 
 On the set of Creepy KOFY with Balrok, No-Name and the Deadlies
Performing the "Cinema Insomnia" Oath with Lobo and Dixie at Forbidden Island
Scene of the Crime: The Frank Sinatra Celebrity Showroom at the Cal-Neva, Tahoe,
site of our 5/21/01 wedding reception


Silver Legacy Resort, Reno:
It began, sadly, on Monday, September 13, the day we had to send our beloved cat Bubba over the rainbow. The same day  Lulu.com notified me that my novel Chumpy Walnut had been published, a lifelong dream fulfilled, but I was so steeped in grief, I barely noticed this milestone (more on Chumpy later.) Later that same day, I got a box of Bachelor Pad Magazine #13 in the mail, featuring my regular movie column plus the first two chapters of my novel,  A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge. Again, I was far too depressed to care about something that would normally thrill me. Still in deep mourning, we adopted our new baby boy, Googie, on Wednesday, September 15. On Saturday, September 18, we shot our second guest appearance on Creepy KOFY Movie Time, this time plugging A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge (the episode is scheduled to air Saturday, October 2, 11PM, on Bay Area Comcast TV20/Cable 13 featuring the freaky flick Frankenstein's Castle of Freaks.) Right after the shoot, we drove straight to Reno  for a preplanned trip (and a deferred b-day gift for me from Monica) to see one of the last of the legendary lounge singers, Engelbert Humperdinck, live at the Silver Legacy. (He was fantastic - 70 years old and still smooth as ever.) On the way home, on Sunday, September 19, we stopped by the site of our epic 5/21/01 "Rat Pack"-mariachi wedding, the Cal-Neva Resort in North Lake Tahoe. The casino is gone, temporarily replaced with a lounge, though that's due to change when new owners reinstall slot machines soon, operated separately from the hotel and restaurant, which, thankfully, is still fully functioning as  a legacy to former owner Frank Sinatra. Finally, on Monday, September 20, I hosted my fourth Forbidden Thrills movie nite at Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge, this time with special guests Mr. Lobo and Dixie Dellamorto, co-hosting an ultra-psychotronic double bill of The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies and Spider Baby. It was an incredibly strange week, all right - incredibly tragic, incredibly inspiring,  incredibly beautiful, incredibly memorable. I'm emotionally exhausted. Glad it's all behind me. Onward. 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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