Books
I, An Actress: The Autobiography of Karen Jamey
Dark, slapstick comedy rules in the hilarious I, An Actress. As a teen, Karen Hitler dreams of escaping her surname and her small town roots to become a real Hollywood starlet. When Karen’s mother runs off to become a hobo, she and her father change their names and drive to Los Angeles. The young actress gets her start in a traveling minstrel show where she has an affair with the washed-up Fletcher Bisque and acquires a taste for sordid love. From there it’s on to mobster Tony Tarantella, but when he catches Karen with another man, she gets shipped off Guatemalan revolutionary Juan Banana. Karen eventually returns to the United States and becomes a star long enough for Senator Joe McCarthy to haul her up before the House Un-American Activities Committee for Communist sympathies. After her fall, Karen bounces from one drug habit to the next until an improbable transformation makes her the star she always knew she was. Relentlessly doling out morbid humor and mercilessly skewering Hollywood clichés, I, An Actress is a rabid romp through the dark side of Hollywood fame.
Read an excerpt from I, An Actress right here!
Click here to buy it from Amazon. The Kindle version contains three bonus short stories and an opinion piece by Ms. Jamey herself. Free download for Amazon Prime members!
Johnny Astronaut by Rory Carmichael
In the future, disco is king. Johnny Astronaut is the story of a hard-boiled, hard-drinking P.I. who stumbles upon a mysterious book that changes his life forever. Caught between a vindictive ex-wife, a powerful crime boss, and a sinister race of lizard people, Johnny becomes embroiled in a warp-speed, hilarious adventure that stretches across space and time.
Read an excerpt from Johnny Astronaut right here!
My first novel, I published it under the pseudonym Rory Carmichael for reasons that make sense once you’ve read the book. Click here to buy it from Amazon. The Kindle version contains over 70 pages of bonus material from Rory Carmichael. Free download for Amazon Prime members!