Suicide Blonde

Jesse is a twenty-nine-year-old adrift in San Francisco's demi-monde of sexually ambiguous, drug-taking outsiders, desperately trying to sustain a connection with her bisexual boyfriend. She becomes caretaker and confidante to Madame Pig, a grotesque, besotted recluse. Jesse also meets Madison - Pig's daughter or lover or both - who uses others' desires for her own purposes, and who leads Jesse into a world beyond all boundaries.As startling, original and vital as it was when first published, Suicide Blonde is an intensely erotic story of one young woman's sexual and psychological odyssey, and a modern cult classic.

Starring in such films as Crossfire and The Bad and the Beautiful, Gloria was a legend on screen as well as off. Here is her biography, a story of a self-destructive woman on a collision course with the stars and a vastly underrated classic actress who will never be forgotten. 30 black-and-white photos.

The series that inspired the SYFY original television series, starring Alan Tudyk! An alien explorer stranded in the Pacific Northwest yearns for his home world, but he's enamored with ours--especially when it comes to solving murder mysteries! Undercover alien Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle seeks to clear the name of a friend who's blamed for a college girl's death, so he leaves the safety of small town Patience, USA, to hunt for clues in Seattle. And those federal agents obsessed with Harry's crashed starship? They're only getting closer to nabbing Harry! Acclaimed creators Peter Hogan (2000 AD, Tom Strong) and Steve Parkhouse (Milkman Murders, Doctor Who) deliver a truly unique science-fiction/murder-mystery mashup!

Three Stories. Three Eras. Three Crimes. A 1960s mob fixer is drawn into a Vegas fix that might just put the fix on him. Dead Chinese immigrants wash up on the beaches of 1889 Seattle and one government official refuses to look the other way. An Italian ex-galley slave, sometime thief, and full-time rogue masterminds a one-of-its kind jail break in 1581 Constantinople. Praise for SUICIDE BLONDE: “Brian Thornton’s trio of historical novellas—Suicide Blonde—affirms his status as a star of the genre. A true wordsmith, Thornton paints rich, evocative portraits of early 1960s Las Vegas mobsters, nineteenth-century Pacific Northwest racial strife, and sixteenth-century Venetian maritime adventures. These novellas brim with characters full of life and personality, and the storytelling transports the reader to fascinating—and dangerous—times. Top-drawer stuff.” —James W. Ziskin, Anthony and Macavity Award-winning author of the Ellie Stone mysteries “Evoking Dashiell Hammett and Phillip Kerr, Suicide Blonde conjures a world of pulp adventure and hardboiled grit. From the Vegas Strip to the Mediterranean, this trio of historical crime tales surges with period precision and Black Mask-worthy thrills. Thornton delivers.” —Sam Wiebe, award-winning author of Invisible Dead and Last of the Independents “A trio of tales that span the globe and the centuries, each one told with a historian’s eye for detail and a storyteller’s gift for pacing. Suicide Blonde is not to be missed.” —Renee Patrick, Anthony and Macavity Award-nominated author of Design For Dying and Script For Scandal

Axis Stone, a tough Aussie private investigator, takes on a high-stakes case in Manila, the crime capital of the Philippines. Hired to find a kidnapped lounge singer, he dives into a dangerous world of corruption, drug lords, and treacherous alliances. As Axis treads the shadowy paths of Manila's underbelly, he must confront his own weaknesses and navigate a city where life is cheap and danger lurks at every turn. In this gripping thriller, Axis races against time to rescue the captive and expose a criminal empire, but he may be in over his head. Brace yourself for a pulse-pounding adventure in "Suicide Blonde."

Dr. Harry is a friendly, small-town doctor who's really a stranded alien hiding among us. Trying to help one of his only human friends beat a murder rap, Harry and Nurse Asta spend time in Seattle gathering informationpossibly putting Harry right in the crosshairs of the federal agents on his trail! * From the writer of _Tom Strong_ and the artist of the classic _Bojeffries Saga_! "For an 'alien hiding on Earth' story, it feels just original and intriguing enough that it stands out and needs to be read."Comic Book Resources "If you haven't been reading _Resident Alien_, start. This is a great finale to the first volume of the series that I hope to see more of very soon."Comicosity

Stranded on Earth, the alien living undercover as Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle continues his practice in the small town of Patience, USA! Assisted by Native American nurse Astathe only person who suspects that he's from another planetHarry finds himself enmeshed in another murder mystery. Also: the feds are on to Harry! * From the writer of _Tom Strong_ and the artist of the classic _Bojeffries Saga_! A pitch-perfect narrative from two of my favourite creators.�Alan Moore

A straightforward suicide . . . or a murder? At first, undercover alien Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle thinks the local police have this death solved, and then things get personal when one of his only human friends becomes a suspect. Also: The feds figure out that Harry's hiding in the Pacific Northwest! * Another strange, standalone murder mystery from a critically acclaimed comics team! * From the writer of _Tom Strong_ and the artist of the classic _Bojeffries Saga_!