TAEM- The Arts and Entertainment Magazine is happy to announce former ‘James Bond’ novelist Raymond Benson’s new book series, The Black Stiletto, to our thousands of readers.
We first interviewed Raymond in our March 1, 2010 issue (click on to see article). Since then he has been quite busy and the following year released the first book of his new series. The new series has quite an appeal to women. Raymond, please tell us about The Black Stiletto and the theme behind it.
RB- Thank you and it’s nice to be back. The project started in early 2009 when I was sitting with my literary manager, Peter Miller, and we were discussing what I should do for my next big thing. He said, “You really need to come up with something that women will like, because book-buyers are mostly women.” Facetiously, I said, “How about a female superhero?” We had a good laugh, and then Peter got serious and said, “You know, that’s not a bad idea.” Coincidentally, I already had in my head a different premise for a story about a grown man who is taking care of his elderly mother in a nursing home—she has Alzheimer’s—and he discovers some dark secret about her past. I didn’t know what that secret was. I’d had some experience with Alzheimer’s… my mother-in-law had it and was dying at that time…she passed away in the fall of 2009. So, in short, I combined the two ideas. The grown son discovers that his dying mother was the legendary Black Stiletto, a masked vigilante who was active between 1958 and 1962, became famous, and mysteriously vanished. It became two parallel stories—one in the past, which is the Stiletto’s story told in first-person, in diary form; and one in the present, told in first person by the son. (more…)
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TAEM- The Arts and Entertainment Magazine & THE EERIE DIGEST have a long history of interviews with excellent writers who represent every genre our readers enjoy. We are also members of Facebook where many of these authors appear. One such author that we chanced upon is Alistair Cross who dabbles in horror.
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“When you enter the Sultan’s presence, remember not to speak unless spoken to, do not look him directly in the eyes, and never, ever mention his father,” the chamberlain says to me as I’m rushed from the carriage, through the palace halls, pushing onwards to the throne room.
TAEM- The Arts and Entertainment Magazine has decided to do something a little different to whet the appetite (no pun intended) of our readers. Simply put, we are going to do something out of the ordinary. With the holidays close at hand we are going to introduce all of you to a new type of author.
Our J&J Movie Review has recently taken us to view Thor: The Dark World at our local cinema. We decided to go to Centreville Virginia’s Rave Theater on the opening day. It was mid-afternoon when we attended the event, and being a Friday there were very few people in the theater at that time. This gave us time to relax and enjoy the film and its content.
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