{"id":3863,"date":"2026-05-11T22:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/?p=3863"},"modified":"2026-05-11T22:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T05:10:28","slug":"try-before-you-buy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2026\/05\/11\/try-before-you-buy-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Try Before You Buy! Excerpts from All of my Novels!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First one&#8217;s free! Excerpts from every single on of my currently published books, from my premiere novel Gutter Folklore to book six of my Skye Wright Rise and Fall series Needle Pictures!<\/p>\n<p>Check out these free samples and bag a book or two, or three, or a dozen! Click the pic or the link just right below it.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright and The Return of the Dynamite Chicks<\/h3>\n<p>The first two books in my Skye Wright Rise and Fall series, consisting of six books with book seven, Circus tent, coming out late in May 2026 and Revenge of the Broken Hearts coming out in Summer of 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The most popular excerpt from this series, Skye and here friends in a punk Biergarten!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2022\/06\/23\/the-mississippi-lounge\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/ebook_small.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"3oih3p7r3b\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2022\/06\/23\/the-mississippi-lounge\/\">The Mississippi Lounge &#8211; Novel Excerpt from The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Mississippi Lounge &#8211; Novel Excerpt from The Rise and Fall of Skye Wright&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2022\/06\/23\/the-mississippi-lounge\/embed\/#?secret=yte7XZ50Mo#?secret=3oih3p7r3b\" data-secret=\"3oih3p7r3b\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Finding the Apex Devil Girl<\/h3>\n<p>Book three shows Skye working with her burgeoning band while trying to find out about her long lost best friend Casey as they travel with alt music sensation Gail Burp across the US.<\/p>\n<p>A night time drive shows Skye still living the punk life as she has too many chance encounters in one night.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2023\/04\/25\/a-nighttime-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/jephmat_v2_scoai_smalll.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ZQM7eW9hAr\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2023\/04\/25\/a-nighttime-drive\/\">A Night Time Drive &#8211; Excerpt from my upcoming novel Finding the Apex Devil Girl<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;A Night Time Drive &#8211; Excerpt from my upcoming novel Finding the Apex Devil Girl&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2023\/04\/25\/a-nighttime-drive\/embed\/#?secret=m3m0bdguAt#?secret=ZQM7eW9hAr\" data-secret=\"ZQM7eW9hAr\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Nobody&#8217;s Hero<\/h3>\n<p>Skye and stage diving! And getting into the intrigues of the music industry, including the rumor mill. One of my longer excerpts!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2023\/12\/20\/stage-diving-into-nobodys-hero\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/kindle-cover-II-use-this-one-scaled.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lKTJ0dJx4m\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2023\/12\/20\/stage-diving-into-nobodys-hero\/\">Stage Diving into Nobody&#8217;s Hero &#8211; Excerpt from my newest novel!<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Stage Diving into Nobody&#8217;s Hero &#8211; Excerpt from my newest novel!&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2023\/12\/20\/stage-diving-into-nobodys-hero\/embed\/#?secret=ezNraTZ5cc#?secret=lKTJ0dJx4m\" data-secret=\"lKTJ0dJx4m\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Requiem Descent<\/h3>\n<p>Skye becomes lost in the face of enduring tragedy, just as her business and her band are taking off. Personal reflections and the haunting of hardcore loss threaten, not only Skye, but everything she&#8217;s built in the past couple of years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2026\/05\/08\/fwap\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/jephmat-reduced.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"cLug3t9BIe\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2026\/05\/08\/fwap\/\">Fwap! An Excerpt from my novel Reqiuem Descent, Book Five of the Skye Wright Series<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Fwap! An Excerpt from my novel Reqiuem Descent, Book Five of the Skye Wright Series&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2026\/05\/08\/fwap\/embed\/#?secret=W9F2C4N1AK#?secret=cLug3t9BIe\" data-secret=\"cLug3t9BIe\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Needle Pictures<\/h3>\n<p>Skye deals with the aftermath of her sudden road trip and strained friendships in the wake of loss and spite, a sudden turmoil that threatens to split apart her band and set her new business off course, as Skye tries to deal with her stormy rock and roll life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2026\/02\/17\/tattooed\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ebook-reduced.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"B4DMvKuaWR\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2026\/02\/17\/tattooed\/\">Tattooed &#8211; An excerpt from my upcoming novel Needle Pictures<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Tattooed &#8211; An excerpt from my upcoming novel Needle Pictures&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2026\/02\/17\/tattooed\/embed\/#?secret=GLhWRL9TuG#?secret=B4DMvKuaWR\" data-secret=\"B4DMvKuaWR\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Trieste<\/h3>\n<p>My one and only novella! About strange and sudden family relations in the punk scene!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2025\/02\/09\/du-nervst\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jephmat-ebook-1-scaled.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"s8W9XShQix\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2025\/02\/09\/du-nervst\/\">Du Nervst! &#8211; An excerpt from my upcoming novella Trieste<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Du Nervst! &#8211; An excerpt from my upcoming novella Trieste&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2025\/02\/09\/du-nervst\/embed\/#?secret=5FocltNBYH#?secret=s8W9XShQix\" data-secret=\"s8W9XShQix\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Short Songs<\/h3>\n<p>Tales from The Punk Side! A collection of short stories featuring the many characters from the Skyee Wright Universe, including members of her band, her best friend Preston, as well as other characters such as Gail Burp, the alt-star sensation and Lee, the twelve step Jedi formerly known as the hurricane disaster area Scather!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2024\/04\/16\/the-closet\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cover-reduced.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UR5DFDgLwF\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2024\/04\/16\/the-closet\/\">The Closet &#8211;  A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Closet &#8211;  A Short Story from my upcoming collection Short Songs&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2024\/04\/16\/the-closet\/embed\/#?secret=MM7CvAn4lA#?secret=UR5DFDgLwF\" data-secret=\"UR5DFDgLwF\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Blood, Skin, and Ink<\/h3>\n<p>Six feet tall, covered in tattoos and scars, a beautiful and imposing woman with a hundred yard stare. There is no way you could not notice her, and you will wonder who she is and what her story is. That&#8217;s what this book is about. A sex worker, a teenage runaway, a musician, an alcoholic and drug addict&#8230; few have lived the live of tumult and chaos that Miranda has known. A true woman of the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2022\/12\/01\/living-in-a-squat\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/social-media-version.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"b0kMMaWa1S\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2022\/12\/01\/living-in-a-squat\/\">Living in a Squat &#8211; An Excerpt from my new novel Blood, Skin, and Ink<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Living in a Squat &#8211; An Excerpt from my new novel Blood, Skin, and Ink&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2022\/12\/01\/living-in-a-squat\/embed\/#?secret=smi1bBu5rB#?secret=b0kMMaWa1S\" data-secret=\"b0kMMaWa1S\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">A Long Slow Aftermath<\/h3>\n<p>Another work about my main character Preston, the star of The Falling Circle. In this story, Preston is just out of rehab, trying to adjust to a world without the gauze of drugs and alcohol. He tries to make his way in a quickly gentrifying Oakland, California, caught between the working class and the upper crust techies pushing everyone out.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2021\/12\/23\/coffee-walk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/twitter-version.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"izz2zzd6XY\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2021\/12\/23\/coffee-walk\/\">Coffee Walk &#8211; An excerpt from my novel-in-progress A long Slow Aftermath<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Coffee Walk &#8211; An excerpt from my novel-in-progress A long Slow Aftermath&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2021\/12\/23\/coffee-walk\/embed\/#?secret=eP1vBXbmSF#?secret=izz2zzd6XY\" data-secret=\"izz2zzd6XY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Stella Maris<\/h3>\n<p>The sequel to What the Hell, even though it can be read as a stand alone book. Skye Wright, punk and party animal extraordinaire, faces the crossroads of her life as she turns the big three-oh. and an overheard song reminds her of a long-lost friend. Pagan weddings and fever-dream raves!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2021\/04\/18\/the-morning-after\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/jephmat-ebook-scaled.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2GBqI3iA6W\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2021\/04\/18\/the-morning-after\/\">The Morning After &#8211; An Excerpt from my Novel-in-Progress Stella Maris<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;The Morning After &#8211; An Excerpt from my Novel-in-Progress Stella Maris&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2021\/04\/18\/the-morning-after\/embed\/#?secret=T13OocHXdW#?secret=2GBqI3iA6W\" data-secret=\"2GBqI3iA6W\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko?<\/h3>\n<p>My punk road trip novel. This is Skye Wright&#8217;s first novel as an exclusive main character. A ride up and down the West coast as Skye searches for her long-lost boyfriend Yuri while traversing dives, underground clubs, squats, and sex worker parties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/12\/12\/a-visit-to-crustyland\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/cover_twitter_version_versiontwo-point-oh-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"GjxYmBY3Rz\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/12\/12\/a-visit-to-crustyland\/\">A visit to CrustyLand &#8211; The Soup Cafe&#8217; &#8211; An Excerpt from my Novel What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;A visit to CrustyLand &#8211; The Soup Cafe&#8217; &#8211; An Excerpt from my Novel What the Hell Ever Happened to Yuri Rozhenko?&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/12\/12\/a-visit-to-crustyland\/embed\/#?secret=sKdNBzWOdX#?secret=GjxYmBY3Rz\" data-secret=\"GjxYmBY3Rz\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Crash Shadow<\/h3>\n<p>My book about drug addiction, about two people: one trying to get clean and sober and another sinking deeper  and deeper into her addiction. Two characters who used to be a couple try to navigate their drug-centered lives in the concrete jungle.<\/p>\n<p>This is basically two books, as it follows the two stories.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2016\/03\/06\/sample-from-my-novel-crash-shadow-a-note\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/new_cover_twitter_version_promo.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"RMFoMLPE7V\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2016\/03\/06\/sample-from-my-novel-crash-shadow-a-note\/\">Sample from my novel Crash Shadow &#8211; A Note<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Sample from my novel Crash Shadow &#8211; A Note&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2016\/03\/06\/sample-from-my-novel-crash-shadow-a-note\/embed\/#?secret=juhlX3CTw2#?secret=RMFoMLPE7V\" data-secret=\"RMFoMLPE7V\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">The Clubber<\/h3>\n<p>My anti-hero novel set in the San Francisco clubbing world of the Eighties. A self-absorbed artist is forced to confront his true self as he tries to become a rising star in the alt-underground art world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/01\/07\/omigod-i-think-this-guy-is-straight-an-excerpt-from-my-novel-the-clubber\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/clubber_bri_one.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"YPga6syuFy\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/01\/07\/omigod-i-think-this-guy-is-straight-an-excerpt-from-my-novel-the-clubber\/\">&#8220;Omigod, I think this guy is straight!&#8221; &#8211; An Excerpt from my Novel The Clubber<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;&#8220;Omigod, I think this guy is straight!&#8221; &#8211; An Excerpt from my Novel The Clubber&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/01\/07\/omigod-i-think-this-guy-is-straight-an-excerpt-from-my-novel-the-clubber\/embed\/#?secret=lf7USApvew#?secret=YPga6syuFy\" data-secret=\"YPga6syuFy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">The Falling Circle<\/h3>\n<p>My second ever book, this one will tell you what it&#8217;s like to be a gutter punk. Not just about the hardships of being poor, but how weird it is to be poor! Cramped houses, crazy roommates, and living life on the urban edge.<\/p>\n<p>In this excerpt, my main character Preston has an interesting conversation with one of his roommates about talking genitals!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2019\/07\/10\/546\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/bookcover_twitter_version_two.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"iuw5IIuWnC\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2019\/07\/10\/546\/\">Talking to Gust  \u2013 An excerpt from my novel The Falling Circle<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Talking to Gust  \u2013 An excerpt from my novel The Falling Circle&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2019\/07\/10\/546\/embed\/#?secret=FWOW1QO37k#?secret=iuw5IIuWnC\" data-secret=\"iuw5IIuWnC\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">Gutter Folklore<\/h3>\n<p>My first ever novel. A collection of short stories in the city of San Francisco! Follow a gang of crazy punks and offset urban types who are forced to live in the same house because they cannot afford $5,000 a week in rent for a single studio. In this excerpt, a junky finds an old craving and acts on it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/08\/27\/yen-when-the-cheeseburger-calls\/\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/GutterFolklore_blog_version.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"ww1W1ozL1j\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/08\/27\/yen-when-the-cheeseburger-calls\/\">Yen &#8211; When the Cheeseburger Calls &#8211; An Excerpt from my novel Gutter Folklore<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Yen &#8211; When the Cheeseburger Calls &#8211; An Excerpt from my novel Gutter Folklore&#8221; &#8212; Terminal Berkeley Denizen\" src=\"https:\/\/needlepictures.com\/tbd\/2020\/08\/27\/yen-when-the-cheeseburger-calls\/embed\/#?secret=Qf7sgdVUyN#?secret=ww1W1ozL1j\" data-secret=\"ww1W1ozL1j\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"background-color:#D3E8F7;padding:8px;border-radius:8px;text-align:center;\">All of my Books<\/h3>\n<p>You can find all of my books on this page. 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