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Will "the Thrill" Viharo is a freelance writer, pulp fiction author, B movie impresario and lounge lizard at large. His novels
A Mermaid Drowns in the Midnight Lounge,
Chumpy Walnut,
Lavender Blonde,
Down a Dark Alley,
Freaks That Carry Your Luggage Up to the Room,
It Came From Hangar 18 (with Scott Fulks), and the entire
Vic Valentine, Private Eye series (including
Love Stories Are Too Violent For Me,
Fate Is My Pimp,
Romance Takes a Rain Check,
I Lost My Heart in Hollywood, and
Diary of a Dick) are now available. Actor Christian Slater is currently developing a film version of
Love Stories Are Too Violent For Me. The original "Vic Valentine" cocktail is now being served exclusively at Forbidden Island Tiki Lounge in Alameda, CA.
When people ask what do you do, you tell them... ?
I'm a writer.
What's your biggest struggle -- work or otherwise?
Turning my passion for pulp into a lucrative career. Basically: making money. I have no talent for generating wealth. I'll settle for a steady income.