(Click the brackets in the lower right corner of the frame to watch the video fullscreen.) The long-awaited video trailer for Martin Bannon’s comedic novel, Senseless Confidential, shot by director Andrew Michael Bray on location in the Oregon Cascades, was premiered on Sunday, June 2, 2013, at Portland’s Post 5 Theatre. Starring Brian Allard (who … Continue reading
Only gradually did he recognize that he was not lying on the cold, hard stone of a lightless dungeon. And his hands were not tied behind his back. He’d only dreamt that. But the numbness in his right arm was not a dream. He’d been using it for a pillow and it had gone to … Continue reading
Heads up, Portland Metro local friends: My interview on the Author’s Forum is being aired in the Portland Metro area through December 6 at the times indicated below. Check it out if you get a chance! (Note that Tuesdays and Saturday are the only Primetime airings.) Tuesday, 11/27 (tonight) and 12/4, 9:30 PM Wednesday, 11/28 … Continue reading
Four years ago our panicked next-door neighbors let themselves into our house and, finding no one at home, began ransacking the place, looking for clues to a murder, suicide, or possibly both. They looked for signs of a struggle, signs of a quick departure, and any other clue they could find that would explain the … Continue reading
Reading leads to writing. Not in all cases, of course, but I daresay there isn’t a successful author who wasn’t first an avid reader. As a kid, I loved reading. It was a form of escape from a life that, while not tragic, was at times unfair, at others unfulfilling. I read all the books … Continue reading
This year’s NaNoWriMo project is an intended serial comedy entitled “City State,” to be published under the Martin Bannon byline. Here I present the first installment for your reading enjoyment. Your comments are heartily welcomed! Episode 1: It’s Miss Patrol 2, I’ve got a 12-29 at city hall. Do you copy? “That’s a 12-56—I’m on … Continue reading
