Here’s “Chapter 5 – Pajama Chat” of the podcast of Runoff. In it, Riordan and Lenora Lee have a chat.

Here’s “Chapter 4 – Black Penny” of the podcast of Runoff. In it, Riordan gets hauled down to the police station to talk to his old pal Lieutenant Kittredge.

My photo Communion with a Seal was selected for the Photographic Center Northwest 23rd Juried Photography Exhibition, Distinction. The juror for the exhibition was photographer Kris Graves.

My photo Factory Blower was selected for the A Smith Gallery “structure” Exhibition. The juror for the exhibition was photographer Bill Schwab.

My photos Au Courant and Slice O’ Waikiki were accepted in the LA Artcore 4th Annual Juried Photography Exhibit. The jurors for the exhibition were photographer Terry Sutherland and Penny Wolin, and curator Michele Cairella-Fillmore.

My photo Mausoleum Chair was selected for the Axis Gallery “Portraits without People” Exhibition. The juror for the exhibition was writer and curator Roula Seikaly.

My photo With Pigeons and three others were accepted in the Council on Aging’s Aging as Art photography exhibition. The jurors for the exhibition were Michele Cardon, Director of Photography, Orange County Register, Jacques Garnier, Artist President of The Legacy Project, Laurel Hungerford, Photographer, Laurie Mirman, Founder/President, Site Services, and Barbara White, Photographer.

With Pigeons also won an honorable mention.

James Ellroy

James Ellroy

James Ellroy

James Ellroy

James Ellroy

James Ellroy

Mark Coggins & James Ellroy

New Black Mask Anthology with stories by Mark Coggins & James Ellroy

Signed copy of James Ellroy's THE STORM with inscription to Mark Coggins reading, "You rule Black Mask!!"

To quote Mr. James Ellroy, hello to all you “peepers, prowlers, pederasts, panty-sniffers, punks, and pimps.” I attended an event at Book Passage for the release of Ellroy’s This Storm, part two of his in-progress Second L.A. Quartet (following his first quartet of The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential and White Jazz). This Storm is set in Los Angeles and Mexico in the immediate aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

After the reading, I asked Ellroy to sign my copy of Storm, as well as the 5th volume of The New Black Mask where he had a story. I mentioned to him that I had had my first August Riordan story published in the 4th volume, prompting him to write, “You now rule Black Mask!!” as the inscription.

I certainly never thought I’d live to see the day when Ellroy would tell me that!

My photo Communion with a Seal was selected for the Colorado Photographic Arts Center Members’ Show. The juror for the exhibition was Kat Kiernan, Editor-in-Chief of Don’t Take Pictures.

My photo Osaka Jellyfish was selected for the Marin Society of Artists’ IMAGES 2019 photography exhibition. The juror for the exhibition was photographer and teacher Jack Fulton.