Review: Peridot by Parhelion
Steve is a jeweler who specializes in rare gems. He’s a rare gem himself for the 1950s, a bachelor with a certain reputation. Nate, his best friend and business partner, has never had that sort of...
View ArticleReview: Spurs & Saddles: Oil Well Ben and the Hollywood Rustlers by Lucius...
When Ben gets a chance to leave his New Mexico home to visit his childhood friend in Hollywood, he jumps at it. 1930s Beverly Hills is full of bait and switch tricks that Ben just isn’t used to,...
View ArticleReview: Silver-Silver Lining by Lucius Parhelion
In 1958 meteorologist Dr. Rob Lanard is in Las Vegas to observe the effects of the first nuclear test explosions on the weather. His boss on this job is Dr. Phillip Argent. The two men share more than...
View ArticleReview: A Faint Wash of Lavender by Lucius Parhelion
Post World War Two finds Laguna Beach in its heyday as an artists’ colony. Tony runs his uncles’ Grocery store in the town where a man of his bent can hide among the eccentrics who call the place home,...
View ArticleReview: Mergers and Acquisitions by Lucius Parhelion
Bob and Trip are best friends and business partners who are negotiating the sale of their company when Bob decides to come out of mourning for his dead wife, Melinda. Since Melinda was his cousin, Trip...
View ArticleReview: The Emperor by Lucius Parhelion (short story)
Eli is the personal assistant/bodyguard for the one of the most prosperous ranchers in New Mexico Territory at the turn of the Twentieth century. The Emperor, as Eli calls his boss, has a mysterious...
View ArticleReview: An Angel in Hollywood (Hurrah for Hollywood 1) by Parhelion
When confronted by a rampaging comic genius, what’s a studio publicity fella to do? Review by Erastes I believe this book was out once with Torquere, but lucky you lot, if you didn’t manage to get hold...
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