Fiction and Comics

Just a couple of installments to go ...

Serial Mystery: The
Homeless Ventriloquist

by Jim Washburn

Private eye Lloyd Sippie navigates the mean streets of ’60s Los Angeles in search of the eponymous puppet master. But who’s the dummy?

Read the Latest Installment (September 3)

Start at the Beginning

Webcomic:
Brand and Reese

by Tony Chavira
and Manoel Magalhães

Two middle-aged beat cops become entangled in a struggle between a sinister property developer, pandering politicians, and a growing homeless community. Set in the Bicycle Cop Dave universe.

Read The Latest Pages (August 21)

Start at the Beginning

Webcomic:
Bicycle Cop Dave

by Gary Phillips
and Manoel Magalhães

In a downtown Los Angeles where gentrification displaces the working poor, where loft dwellers walk their little dogs past dark alleyways, police officer David Richter patrols upon his trusty bike.

Read The Final Five Pages (March 27)

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Read the first chapter of

Violent Spring

by Gary Phillips

The novel introduced private eye Ivan Monk, hired to find the killer of a Korean merchant in the politically and racially sensitive climate after Los Angeles’ 1992 civil unrest.

Special occasions can be killer ...

“A Bitter Taste in the Mouth”
by Jervey Tervalon (New Years)

“Doctor Breedlove’s Valentine”
by Gary Phillips (Valentines Day)

“Hurrah for the Pumpkin Pie”
by Kate Flora (Thanksgiving)

“Revenge”
by Jim Nisbet (Thanksgiving)

“The Kwanzaa Initiative”
by Gary Phillips (Kwanzaa)

“Home for the Holidays”
by Mike Bullock (Christmas)

“Third Santa on the Left”
by Gar Anthony Haywood (Christmas)

Read an Excerpt From Gary Phillips'
“The Performer”