My inner-noir tough guy when I spoke with crime writer Paul D. Brazill. As part of the rollout of my FIGHT CARD novella 'Front Page...

It's finally here's folks... It's been a looooong time coming and the primary reason that I haven't kept this godforsaken ...

Happy birthday to novelist and poet of skid row - Charles Bukowski - who was born on this day in 1920 ... To celebrate,once again, let...

I learned many things about the book writing process, namely it should have taken me less time. I just submitted my completed manuscrip...

Noir grandfather Raymond Chandler would have been 125 years old. Raymond Chandler, one of of noir's most influential and prolific wr...

Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Olga Kurylenko as Ike and Vera Evans in 'Magic City.' I was a tad disappointed last April when I gave my ...

I don't bowl, yet anyone that knows me will quickly admit that I love bowling shirts (a weakness). I'm not in a league and...

“I’m a writer. I think, I type, I drink. Lather, rinse, repeat. Far as I’m concerned, art’s just a guy from Brooklyn.” – Hank Moody I mu...

Willis from Brad Heaton on Vimeo . If you don't know bourbon-soaked scribe Willis Gordon, it's about time you did. I've ha...

I've been tardy this year with my 'Boardwalk Empire' recaps re-posted here on Monday mornings. While they all live at NJ.com (m...

Greetings one and all. As you may have noticed, I haven't updated Bukowski's Basement for quite some time. Between being harrie...

Press play for some mood music It was about two years ago when I found it buried within the walls of the attic as if it had been ...

'I got a gun ... HE got a gun ... He got a gun ... EVER'BODY GOT GUNS! 'BOARDWALK EMPIRE' RECAP SEASON THREE, EPISODE ...

Character actor Bobby Cannavale explodes on the screen as gangster Gyp Moretti. BOARDWALK EMPIRE RECAP SEASON THREE, EPISODE ONE 'R...