by Admin | Jul 20, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Non-Series Novels
DEADLY HONEYMOON It wasn’t my idea. The premise of Deadly Honeymoon, that is. It was Don Westlake’s idea, and I remember the evening he recounted it to me. My then–wife and I were at an upper flat in Brooklyn’s remote Canarsie section, where Don and his...
by Admin | Jul 19, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Midcentury Erotica
Two months ago, I shared a stage at the Belmont CA library with Robert Silverberg, the legendary science-fiction Grand Master. While Bob and I found success in different genres, we shared a past in the overwrought field of Midcentury Erotica, and that’s what we...
by Admin | Jul 16, 2011 | LB's Afterthoughts, Non-Series Novels
A little more than a month after I posted the following KILLING CASTRO afterthought, I found this remarkable review on the website pornokitsch.com. KILLING CASTRO In February or March of 1961, my then–wife and I were living in a spacious apartment in a luxury...