The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collecton Volume One

The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection is a series of "double features" reprinting the best work of underground literary legend Will Viharo in definitive editions. Volume Two: Lavender Blonde (a novel in dialogue) and the satirical crime thriller Down a Dark Alley present a dual dose of extremely graphic, uniquely compelling noir, loaded with more sordid sex and vicious violence than any fifty exploitation films, but also equipped with a stylistic complexity, emotional resonance and psychological depth absent from routine pulp fare. "No human being has absorbed more pulp culture and its seamy sexploitation underbelly than Will Viharo. Thankfully, his warped synapses and calloused, compulsive fingertips are able to repurpose it all and blow it back onto the page-desperate, demented, delirious, D-cupped ... and many other D words as well." -Eddie Muller, Czar of Noir, author of Dark City Dames, Grindhouse: the Forbidden World of "Adults Only" Cinema, and Gun Crazy: The Origin of the American Outlaw "Besides the great style, plot, and characters, what I love so much about Will Viharo's work is his willingness to really go there in his depictions of sex and violence. The dude's not shy. At all." -Mike Monson, author of Tussinland, What Happens in Reno, and The Scent of New Death

The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection is a series of "double features" reprinting the best work of underground literary legend Will Viharo in definitive editions. Volume One: A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge and Freaks That Carry Your Luggage Up to the Room is the literary equivalent of a classic "grindhouse" bill: twin erotic fever dreams exploding with malevolent monsters, sexy sirens, gruesome gangsters, zeitgeist zombies, dreamy decadence, hipster hedonism, voluptuous violence, nightmarish nihilism, sensuous surrealism, pop culture potpourri, and much, much more. They are like nothing you've ever experienced. Praise for A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge: "...turning into a lizard, zombies taking over the world, pornographic movie making and twists aplenty and the result is one highly intriguing, complex novel..." - Keith Nixon, Big Al's Books and Pals "In a cookie-cutter literary world chock-full of imitation and repetition, Will Viharo carves out a thoroughly original ride...Think David Lynch and Raymond Chandler catching a matinee together as the world falls apart. Sexy, smart, surreal. Can't recommend enough." - Joe Clifford, author of Lamentation and Junkie Love Praise for Freaks That Carry Your Luggage Up to the Room: "'Freaks That Carry Your Luggage Up to the Room' starts fast and hard and absolutely does not let up until the end. It's not for everyone; this is a not a book that will ever end up on Oprah's recommended reading list, but for those folks who like their fiction twisted, brutal, darkly humorous, and covered in a wide variety of bodily fluids, it's a fantastic read." - Karl Middlebrooks, Listless Ennui

The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection is a series of "double features" reprinting the best work of underground literary legend Will Viharo in definitive editions. Volume Three: Chumpy Walnut and Selected Short Stories provides a revealing, entertaining look at the author's seminal works while creatively chronicling his artistic evolution, his very first novel being a unique, charming, nostalgic fable suitable for all ages, the remaining assortment of tales wildly ranging in tone and content from bleak to bizarre, from whimsical to wanton, but always stubbornly original. Will "the Thrill" Viharo is a novelist, freelance writer, and former host/producer/programmer of the long-running cult movie cabaret, "Thrillville." He currently lives in Seattle, WA with his beautiful, brilliant wife Monica and two cool cats, Tiki and Googie. Check out more at www.thrillville.net.

The Thrillville Pulp Fiction Collection is a series of "double features" reprinting the best work of underground literary legend Will Viharo in definitive editions. Volume One: A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge and Freaks That Carry Your Luggage Up to the Room is the literary equivalent of a classic "grindhouse" bill: twin erotic fever dreams exploding with malevolent monsters, sexy sirens, gruesome gangsters, zeitgeist zombies, dreamy decadence, hipster hedonism, voluptuous violence, nightmarish nihilism, sensuous surrealism, pop culture potpourri, and much, much more. They are like nothing you've ever experienced. ..".turning into a lizard, zombies taking over the world, pornographic movie making and twists aplenty and the result is one highly intriguing, complex novel..." -review of A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge by Keith Nixon, Big Al's Books and Pals "In a cookie-cutter literary world chock-full of imitation and repetition, Will Viharo carves out a thoroughly original ride...Think David Lynch and Raymond Chandler catching a matinee together as the world falls apart. Sexy, smart, surreal. Can't recommend enough." -Joe Clifford, author of Lamentation and Junkie Love, on A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge "'Freaks That Carry Your Luggage Up to the Room' starts fast and hard and absolutely does not let up until the end. It's not for everyone; this is a not a book that will ever end up on Oprah's recommended reading list, but for those folks who like their fiction twisted, brutal, darkly humorous, and covered in a wide variety of bodily fluids, it's a fantastic read." -Karl Middlebrooks, Listless Ennui

This flash fiction can be sipped or slammed, just like the booze it represents! A cocktail is like an excellent story—bitter and sweet and over too quickly, but the memory of it stays with you. From the Pimm’s Cup to Smoking Bishop, the Manhattan to the Moscow Mule, Mixed Up features not only more than two dozen classic recipes and hot tips on ingredients and preparations, but new cocktail-themed short stories from some of today’s most popular and acclaimed writers. Contributors include: • Maurice Broaddus • Nick Mamatas • Selena Chambers • Jim Nisbet • Jarret Kobek • Benjamin Percy • Libby Cudmore • Dominica Phetteplace • Gina Marie Guadignino • Tim Pratt • Elizabeth Hand • Robert Swartwood • Cara Hoffman • Jeff VanderMeer • Carrie Laben • Will Viharo • Carmen Machado

SEX AND DEATH. The visceral impact of these simple words never fails to elicit a strong response in all peoples across every society and culture. Together these inevitable experiences constitute the core of the human condition, the essence of our shared existence, and yet they create conflict, chaos and confusion amongst us. The inherent fear and ignorance of our own corporeal realities results in religious oppression, tribalistic warfare, political scandal, corporate exploitation, and artistic censorship. Not here.These titillating tales of erotic, existential terror are cinematic fever dreams in literary form, individually and collectively conveying the delirious desire that overwhelms our senses and the deep dread that undermines our spirits when confronted with the seemingly contradictory but essentially complementary twin fates of mating and mortality. There is only one entrance and one exit in this brief, beautiful, horrific cycle of precious, ephemeral Flesh. Welcome to the uniquely stylized, conceptually uncompromising world of VIHORROR.