‘Maybe Tomorrow’ and it’s sister volume ‘Another Time, Another Place’ were compiled and edited by Mythica Publishing’s Mystery/Thriller Consultant Editor, Brian L Porter, author of the much acclaimed Preditors & Editors ‘Best Thriller of 2008 Award Winner, ‘A Study in Red – The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper’. ‘A Study in Red, and it’s recently released sequel ‘Legacy of The Ripper’ (Double Dragon Publishing) are both under contract to Thunderball Films of Los Angeles for movie adaptation and ‘A Study in Red’ is currently in the development stage, in collaboration with Masterplan Films (UK). Porter’s short story collection ‘The Voice of Anton Bouchard’ was released in 2009 by Mythica Publishing, and the same publisher will soon be releasing his vampire Thriller ‘Kiss of Life’. Brian’s novel ‘Glastonbury’ will also soon be released by 4RV Publishing.
Brian L Porter’s works are the recipients of a number of awards both for their literary content and their wonderful cover designs and the trailer for ‘A Study in Red’ also received a ‘Best Trailer’ Award from The New Covey Cover Awards.
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A Study in Red
A Study in Red
A Study in Red – The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper by Brian L Porter tells the story of Robert Cavendish, a modern day psychiatrist who is bequeathed a strange set of papers which purport to be the journal of the long-dead infamous Whitechapel Murderer whose crimes gripped the hearts and minds and instilled terror on the streets of Victorian London. As he begins to read the journal, Robert becomes convinced of it’s authenticity and finds that the words of the Ripper have a strange and compelling effect on him. Unable to cast the pages aside he finds himself being drawn into the dark and sinister world of the killer until he is unable to distinguish what is fact and what is fantasy. In short, Robert Cavendish begins to feel as though he is being taken over in some way by the soul of the long-dead Ripper. What happens as he progresses through the journal will disturb and shock the reader as the close dividing line between sanity and madness is explored to the full.
A Study in Red can be found at Amazon in the USA and the UK.
Legacy of the Ripper
Legacy of The Ripper
Jack Thomas Reid, nephew of Robert Cavendish who first appeared in A Study in Red – The Secret Journal of Jack the Ripper languishes in the secure Ravenswood Psychiatric Hospital, sentenced to confinement ‘at Her Majesty’s Pleasure’ for a series of apparent ‘Jack the Ripper’ copycat killings in the picturesque English coastal resort of Brighton. Jack’s defence at his trial, that he is a descendant of Jack the Ripper and that the crimes were conducted by an unknown ‘mystery man’ and that Jack was drugged and made to appear as the killer was regarded as so preposterous and unbelievable that his sentence was never in doubt. When one of the policemen who conducted the original investigation into the murders begins to doubt the truth of the case against Reid, Sergeant Carl Wright and Ripperologist Alice Nickels begin an investigation into his story. What they find is told through the voice of Doctor Ruth Truman, Jack’s psychiatrist at Ravenswood, and through a series of events that take place as far afield as the beautiful island of Malta and in Warsaw, Poland. Slowly but surely and with the help of Wright’s boss Inspector Mike Holland, the link between the events that shocked and terrorised Whitechapel over a century ago, and their link with the case of Jack Thomas Reid and the ‘Legacy of Jack the Ripper’ is revealed.
Legacy of the Ripper is available from Amazon in the USA and the UK.
The Voice of Anton Bouchard
The Voice of Anton Bouchard
As the city of Paris swelters in the grip of a summer heat wave, a serial killer dubbed “The Butcher Beast” stalks the dark streets of the great metropolis, dispatching his victims with increasing brutality and savagery. Author Brian L. Porter goes deep into the mind of multiple murderer Anton Bouchard, revealing the thoughts and the events that have shaped the life of that most heinous of society’s misfits, the serial killer! This definitive collection of tales from the pen of the author includes a second tale of multiple murder in “Breathing to Death,” and also takes the reader beneath the ocean, beyond the stars, and deep into the cellars of an English country mansion. Finally, we are treated to a four chapter preview of Porter’s latest novel Under Mexican Skies. A truly remarkable journey through the mind of an extremely talented author!
‘The Voice of Anton Bouchard’ is available from Amazon.com.
Kiss of Life
Kiss of Life
Investigative journalist Alan Dexter is beset by a recurring nightmare, in which the woman he met and fell in love with a year previously in Romania, appears to him as a vampire, calling to him in the depths of night. Convinced that the dream is a plea for help from the beautiful Christina Radaluc, Dexter tries to contact her through her employer at the Romanian News Agency, only to hear that she has been missing for two months. He enlists the help of his long-time friend and fellow journalist Karen Bailey, and the two intrepid journalists board a flight to Bucharest, and begin a dramatic and at times terrifying search for the woman of his dreams. As they journey into the mountains of remote and legendary Transylvania Dexter and Karen must face not only the perils of a Romanian winter, but the terrifying and brutal reality that slowly unravels as they learn the truth surrounding the sudden disappearance of Christina.
Details of all of Brian L Porter’s works can be found at www.freewebs.com/brianlp
