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NOTES FROM THE LOS ANGELES UNDERBELLY
You don’t need to flirt with the waitress because she is the actress you slept with two years ago.

In a town made up of transplants and implants, where devils never sleep and a drug score is like a trip to the ATM, one would assume that everyone has as story to tell. Well, within that thick layer of guilt that LA holds above her – call it smog, call it sin – something ain’t right and good or bad, real or fad, you’ll read about the rotting souls that live among the streets that are paved with gold.

Truth and fiction become a blur in this collection of 32 Los Angeles based authors – including an early 80s commentary by the late Charles Bukowski. All of these authors have placed their own spin onto the culture that is so uniquely LA. From sinfully delicious tales of murder to porn and drugs to love, you'll read everything you ever thought you never wanted to know about this town.

Put your plastic surgeon on hold, fire up the Range Rover and become a part of this capitalist, commercial, celebrity obsessed, self-indulgent community that we all call home.


Compiled & Edited by Ron Sievers
ABOUT THE BOOK
DRUGS, BOOZE, HOOKERS, TRAFFIC, RELATIONSHIPS, EATING, SCREWING, CHEATING, STEALING, LYING, ETC... These are but few of the topics tackled in our first book - coming soon. The book is completely edited and has been laid out, we are now just awaiting cover art.. The book will include stories from current LA authors/writers in the vein of Bukowski, Fante, Hammett, Capote, etc... The idea was to gather a collection of stories from new, up and coming writers based in Los Angeles. Should be a hot title...

We have been contacted by a few larger publishing houses to pick us up for distribution - we are waiting to see how that pans out and then you will be able to get your hands on this much anticipated collection...
TABLE OF CONTENTS / AUTHORS
Charles Bukowski //p. 9 ............................................

Brandon Christopher //p. 13 ....................................

Marc Shapiro //p. 19 .................................................

Gordon Basichis //p. 33 ............................................

Michael DiGregorio //p. 39 .......................................

Sari Domash //p. 45 ...................................................

Brian C. Weed //p. 55 ................................................

Melissa Rosen //p. 59 ...............................................

Darin Bennett //p. 67 .................................................

Matt Dukes Jordan //p. 73 .......................................

Drew Scott //p. 83 .....................................................

Josh Gloer //p. 85 ......................................................

John Dooley //p. 93 ..................................................

Kathleen Fisher //p. 97 .............................................

Dan Fante //p. 101 ....................................................

Chris Iovenko //p. 107 .............................................

Marna Bunger //p. 111 ............................................

Trevor Nathaniel Rager //p. 115 ............................

David Villanueva //p. 123 .......................................

Todd Eliassen //p. 139 ............................................

GN Harris //p. 149 ....................................................

Alexis Lockman //p. 153 .........................................

Mark Webster //p. 157 ...........................................

Ray Sikorski //p. 171 ...............................................

Gavin Hignight //p. 183 ..........................................

Carla Garcia //p. 195 ................................................

Mike Golden //p. 201 ..............................................

Thomas Fuchs //p. 215 ..........................................

Coury Turczyn //p. 229 ..........................................

Rob Neighbors //p. 243 .........................................

Deidre Woollard //p. 253 .......................................

Kevin Rogers //p. 265 ............................................

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The Mortuary Driver

Voiceover

Spook

Heat Stroke Bound

Jap in Jail

Leaving and Longing on a Bus from Montgomery

My Heart Will Go On

Kill William Baxter

Sunset Boulevard Escort Services

Meat Puppet

The Carpool

Broad Daylight

Moving Forward Fast

Caveat Emptor

Reunion

Talking Dirty

Holidays From Shenfield Travel

Them People

Schadenfreude

The Business Trip

Disgust

Workday #32

Something Worse If I'm Lucky

A Letter From Clyde Wilcox

The Strongest Poison

LA LA LA LA

Cash Out

Among the Gods

Hank, and Diane

Fender Bender

Closure