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Moonlight City Drive
by Brian Paone
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GENRE: Crime/Thriller Romantic Paranormal
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BLURB:
11:18
p.m. Subject is checking into the Desert Palms Motel, accompanied by an unknown
female.
Snapshot
in the parking lot. Man and woman embrace. Betrayal, I see it every day, like
my own reflection in the mirror staring back at me. Another case, another
bottle of booze, life is no longer a mystery to me …
…
Because I’m the private eye, hot on your trail; the top gun for hire. You’ll
find me lurking in the shadows, always searching for a clue. I’m the
bulletproof detective. I got my eye on you …
What’s
a little sin under the covers, what’s a little blood between lovers? What’s a
little death to be discovered, cold stiff body under the covers?
I’m
digging you a desert grave, underneath the burning sun. You won’t be found by
anyone. Vultures circle in the sky, and you, my dear, are the reason why.
… I
was always easily influenced.
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EXCERPT TWO:
Smith
spit out another peanut shell onto his Chevy’s floorboard as his gaze stayed
trained on the Desert Palms Motel’s front entrance. His fingers instinctively
found the opened bag in the complete darkness and pinched another nut. He
squeezed his eyes closed to ward off the simmering residual headache from the
most recent blackout. The sound of the rain pelting the windshield was
soothing.
“Come
on. Where are you? You took the last two nights off. I can’t imagine you being
on vacation.”
Headlights
turning into the parking lot diverted his attention from the motel’s front
door. He squinted to decipher the make and model of the vehicle through the
downpour. A Bentley. He sighed and returned his focus to the motel as he
fingered the brim of his newly purchased replacement fedora and then tossed it
next to him in frustration.
Smith
removed his revolver from his shoulder holster and checked that all six
chambers were loaded for the umpteenth time. He secured the weapon and grabbed
the small notebook from underneath his discarded fedora, lying on the passenger
seat, where Wynn should be sitting. But she had maintained radio silence
throughout the past two days since storming from Hank’s office. He shook his
head in disgust for letting Wynn’s drama distract him from the job at hand.
He
swiped the Chevy’s dashboard with his palm to clean off the thick layer of dust
that had collected from months of neglect. He wiped his hands on his pants,
leaving a graying smear across the fabric covering his thighs. He reached into
his trench coat’s inner pocket and removed a silver flask. He opened the top
and looked at the engraved insignia on the front. His index finger traced the
shining eyeball hanging freely in the cut-out middle of a pyramid. Taking a
swig from the decorated flask, he grimaced as the brown liquid hit the back of
his throat.
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GUEST POST:
What Kind of Writer am I?
I
write primarily in a genre called rock fiction, where a single song, an entire
album, or the span of a band/artist’s complete work is novelized, using the
literal lyrics to directly create the plotline and story arc, and usually the
title of the book/story is taken directly from the song/album that the work is
an adaptation of. But what makes it special, is being able to write a story or
novel where the reader doesn’t even need to have ever heard the songs/album to
understand and enjoy the work. These novels and stories, although adaptations
of albums or songs, are also stand-alone books. Just like you don’t have to
have read a book to enjoy or understand the movie adaptation, you don’t need to
have heard the album (or even need to have ever heard OF the band before) to
understand or love a rock-fiction novel. Rock-fiction novels are unique in the
sense that they already have two built-in audiences right out of the gate: the
fan base of whatever band’s album is being adapted, and the fan base of the
genre the book is written in. It’s not a prerequisite to know the album to read
a rock-fiction novel. In fact, I bet most people read a rock-fiction novel
purely based on its blurb and have no idea it is an album adaptation. That’s
the beauty of rock fiction. So, because
it’s not traditionally genre based (horror, romance, thriller etc), I can write
in any genre while staying within the confines of rock fiction. Bands that I
have adapted into published works (novels and short stories): Electric Light
Orchestra, Dog Fashion Disco, Moby, Jethro Tull, Porcupine Tree, and Tom Petty
& The Heartbreakers. I have Digital Underground and Pink Floyd on the
horizon over the next few years.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Brian Paone was
born and raised in the Salem, Massachusetts area. Brian has, thus far,
published four novels: a memoir about being friends with a drug-addicted rock
star, Dreams are Unfinished Thoughts; a macabre cerebral-horror novel, Welcome
to Parkview; a time-travel romance novel, Yours Truly, 2095, (which was
nominated for a Hugo Award, though it did not make the finalists); and a
supernatural, crime-noir detective novel, Moonlight City Drive. Along with his
four novels, Brian has published three short stories: “Outside of Heaven,”
which is featured in the anthology, A Matter of Words; “The Whaler’s Dues,”
which is featured in the anthology, A Journey of Words; and “Anesthetize (or A
Dream Played in Reverse on Piano Keys),” which is featured in the anthology, A
Haunting of Words. Brian is also a vocalist and has released seven albums with
his four bands: Yellow #1, Drop Kick Jesus, The Grave Machine, and Transpose.
He is married to a US Naval Officer, and they have four children. Brian is also
a police officer and has been working in law enforcement since 2002. He is a
self-proclaimed roller coaster junkie, a New England Patriots fanatic, and his
favorite color is burnt orange. For more information on all his books and
music, visit www.BrianPaone.com.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
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a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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I enjoyed getting to know your book; congrats on the tour, I hope it is a fun one for you, and thanks for the chance to win :)
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Forgot to do the Rafflecopter the other day...
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