After
thirty years as a professional musician (piano), Mike Dennis left Key West and moved to Las Vegas to become a professional
poker player. In November 2010, his noir novel, The Take, was released by L&L Dreamspell. It's a story of human
desperation, set in Houston and New Orleans.
The
Take is now available in both print and ebook on Amazon, Barnes & Noble online, Fictionwise, and All
Romance.In addition, Mike has had short stories published in A Twist Of Noir, Mysterical e, Slow
Trains, and the 2009 Wizards Of Words Anthology.A collection of three short stories from the dark side, Bloodstains On
The Wall, is now available on Amazon Kindle.Next up will be a trilogy of Key West noir novels. The first one, The
Ghosts Of Havana, will be coming soon.In December 2010, Mike moved back to Key West.
In the world of small-time bookie Eddie Ryan, only the cop cars and the TVs are black and white. Everything
else swirls in a kind of gray soup. Overcome by greed, lust, and the survival instinct, Eddie takes part in a high-stakes
heist, stepping into a morally treacherous world where no one can be trusted, and where life expectancy is short. Set in the
dim half-light of the Houston and New Orleans demimondes, The Take
is a fast-paced, nerve-jangling ride.
BLOODSTAINS ON THE WALLThree Stories From The Dark Sideby Mike Dennis
1. FULLY LOADEDIt's 1984 and Biloxi, Mississippi has seen better days. Sherry Lamar, used car saleswoman extraordinaire,
is feeling the pinch. Then one day, a stranger walks onto her small car lot and ushers her into a world of steamy sex and
murder.2. THE DEVIL DRIVES A BIG MERCEDESA seven-year-old
boy is playing with his two younger sisters when a minor accident occurs. One of the sisters is to blame, but she blames the
boy and their mother believes her, punishing the boy. This starts him on a downward spiral into self-doubt and later, depravity,
that will last his entire life.3. BLOCKA famous crime
fiction novelist thinks the current book she's working on will revive her sagging fortunes. Halfway through it, however, she
develops writer's block and is unable to continue her story, until a mysterious early-morning phone caller claims to have
the answers.
Trinidad
Joe Allen
I was born in Trinidad, West Indies.Over
the past 50 years I've lived all over America. I retired from teaching and worked as a Key West Citizen newspaper columnist,
"On The Go With Trinidad Joe". My book, Santa's Key West Vacation started as a bedtime story for my daughter
Monique and my son Kyle. Santa, Mrs. Claus and seven elves come to Key West for a vacation.
The tagline is "If you ever believed in Santa, you will again!" It's has been adapted
into 2 plays - one for the very young and another for older audiences. A unique movie project is in the works. The
Monroe County High Schools film clubs will each make a chapter. It was published in October, 2007 by SeaStory Press and is available from me
at tjkeywest@hotmail.com or on Amazon.com and seastorypress.com. I'm also a short story contest
winner, a storytelling and Poetry Slam champion. All three poems in the book were recently selected
as new holiday classics by Keysweekly newspaper. I'm a Dramatic Storyteller and Performance Poet. I've performed
on four continents - North and South America, Europe and Africa. One reviewer said, "Trinidad Joe is a joy to hear
or read and a pleasure to watch!"
Starfish,
SeastoryPress 2003, is a romantic, character-driven novel set in the Florida Keys, the Palm Beaches and primarily,
Key West. It is the story of star-crossed Jenny, a sex crime investigator from Palm Beach Shores, and Curt, a builder
from Dallas, who after finally getting their act together and beginning their happy serene life, endure tragedies
that tear that happy existance to shreds as though it had never been, in this moving story of enduring love, family,
friendship and redemption. In Starfish, the reader also will learn the history of the Keys and Key West, will meet
some true local characters and visit some true favorite locales within its pages. $14.95 www.Amazon.com and www.peggregory.com.Peg Gregory (registered pseudonym of Peggy
Butler), born in southern Ohio, is a retired RN of 47 years, as well as former counselor to survivors of sexual assault.
Before she began her novel writing, she was published in short stories and professional articles as well as in
poetry anthologies in the '80s and '90s. After retiring from hospice nursing in 2002, Gregory moved to No Name Key and completed
Starfish before settling in Key West where she was a community and political activist, wrote several novels, and covered the
City Commission in her columns. Gregory also was published in the Guild's anthology, Voices of Key
West in 2009. Her non-fiction book is to be released in 2011 by Seastory Press: And Then There Was One: A Nurse's Memories
of A. G. Holley State TB Hospital, a memoir by Peggy Butler. It is a true history of the last free-standing tuberculosis
hospital in the United States, in Lantana, Florida. Peggy may be contacted at kaleah37@aol.com Website is www.peggregory.com.
