A curmudgeonly shut-in's life is turned inside-out when he becomes involved with a trash-talking femme fatale, a trio of psychotic gangsters, and a dog whose incessant barking has caused him years of sleepless nights. Spiked with ample doses of sex, violence, and campy humor, Dead Dog is a riotous road trip from an Arizona trailer park to hell.

Dead Dog

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Segretto, Mike

Mystery

Contemporary Press

Wizzer Whale has a problem. He’s madly in love with a headless corpse he found in the trash behind his junk shop; but that's not the problem. The problem is the corpse — named Elsa, after his dead wife — displays a distressing tendency to slaughter anyone in Wizzer’s path. A job in a freak show only fans the flames of Elsa’s murderous impulses, and soon the two are pursued by a raging mob, a pair of bumbling hoods, an unstoppable reporter, and a homicidally jealous puppet.

The Bride of Trash

Literature & Fiction

Humor & Satire

Get another dose of pulp — with more kink, more fury, and more twisted humor — in this follow-up to Danger City, a collection of edgy short tales. Penned by up-and-coming writers from across the United States, Danger City Two draws on everything from classic pulp to menacing modern satire. The stories are populated by a shady cast of dames, marks, lovers, and killers. Contemporary Press is dedicated to showcasing new, previously unpublished talent, as well as more established contributors.

Danger City Two: Urban Short Fiction

Dinsmore, Jeffrey

United States

Foreword by Dave Davies. Fifty years after Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, John Entwistle, and Keith Moon made their first ruckus together onstage, the world is still fascinated with its greatest rock-and-roll band. Whether their music is popping up in TV commercials and the various incarnations of CSI or the remaining members are performing at the Super Bowl, the Olympics, or multitudinous charity events, the Who have never faded away. Yet while such artists as the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Led Zeppelin have been pored over, flipped on their backs, and examined from every imaginable angle, the Who remain somewhat mysterious. Questions persist. Who were their most important influences, and which other bands were their most loyal followers? Did they really create the very first rock opera? What were their most important collaborations, gigs, solo projects, and phases? Where do they stand on politics, religion, and philanthropy? The answers to these questions don't amount to mere trivia but create a clearer portrait of the enigma that is the Who. Whether they were Mods or punk pioneers, rock Wagners, or a gang of guitar-smashing thugs, the Who are a band beyond categorization or comparison, a band that constantly poses new questions – and The Who FAQ digs deep to find the answers.

The Who FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Fifty Years of Maximum R&B

Humor & Entertainment

Backbeat

Whether you're a lifelong collector or have only just gotten hip to the vinyl revival, navigating the vast landscape of rock albums can be a daunting prospect. Enter Mike Segretto and his mammoth 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute, a history of the rock LP era told through a very personal selection of nearly 700 albums. Beginning with the birth of rock and roll in the 1950s, Segretto moves through the explosive innovations of the 1960s, the classic rock and punk albums of the 1970s, the new wave classics of the 1980s, and the alternative revolution of the 1990s, always with an eye to both the iconic and the ephemeral, the failed experiments and the brilliant trailblazers. It's all here: everything from the classics (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Purple Rain, Nevermind, and countless other usual suspects) to such oddities as albums by Johnny "Guitar" Watson, P. P. Arnold, The Dentists, and Holly Golightly. Throughout, Segretto reveals the perpetual evolution of a modern art form, tracing the rock album's journey from a vehicle for singles and filler sold to kids, through its maturation into a legitimate, self-contained medium of expression by 1967, and onward to its dominance in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. 
Whether you read it from cover to cover, seek out specific albums, or just dip in at random and let the needle fall where it may, 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute is a fun, informative, and unapologetically opinionated read.

33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute: A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999

Arts & Photography

Music

Sinister Century: A Critical Trip Through 100 Years of Horror Cinema: 1920 - 2019

Movies

Independently published

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