Pickup At Union Station

On a rainy night in Denver, cab driver Murph picks up a shady character at Union Station. His name is Zelner and he's worried that the police might be following him. When Murph reaches his passenger's destination, Zelner is dead. Now it's not just the police who are interested. Murph, who never wants to get involved in the lives-or deaths-of his fares, is about to be swept up in international intrigue. This is the seventh novel in The Asphalt Warrior series by the late Gary Reilly.

Pickup At Union Station (Literary Mystery)

By Gary Reilly

Running Meter Press www.runningmeterpress.com

ISBN #978-0990866619

Price $16.96

251 Pages

Rating 5-Stars

“A Taxi Ride Into Espionage”

Rocky Mountain cab driver, Brandon Murphy just wants to reach his quota and go home. He doesn’t drive a taxi to become rich, he leaves that to the best seller he’s going to write. Driving a cab in Denver is just to exist until the publishers discover him. Then on a rainy night, his world comes crashing down. Picking up a mysterious passenger at Union Station, he delivers him to his destination, only to discover he has a dead man in the back seat. He does everything right, and the police find out that the man simply had a heart attack, so Murph is in the clear. Then strangers come into his life, and Murph is thrown into international intrigue of spy versus counter spy, and a sinister plot is unraveled.

This was the 7^th novel in the Asphalt Warrior series about Denver cab driver, Brandon Murphy. It also shows that the author was capable of writing real men’s action novels, which he loved to read. This novel could easily have been written as a spy thriller from the 1960s. We have mysterious foreign spies after some deadly secret, plus the beautiful femme fatale, who might be on either side: a mysterious US Government agency, guns, and a hidden base where citizens can be secreted away for interrogation purposes, and manipulation. So fans of The Asphalt Warrior, or just the writing of Gary Reilly, you will enjoy PICKUP AT UNION STATION also as a taxi ride into espionage. Highly recommended.

Tom Johnson

Detective Mystery Story

Rock Garden

Rock Garden. When we moved to this new house in November 2007, we fixed a rock garden in front, and placed artificial flowers and an artificial ficus tree, instead of trying to grow real flowers. After this picture was taken I added animal skulls and turtle shells I picked up here and there. These were cleaned and shiny, and looked neat in the rock garden. Yesterday, I noticed a neighborhood dog outside the window in the rock garden and was wondering what it was doing. I quickly found out when it raced off with a shiny skull in its mouth (groan). I guess the poor thing has been stealing my skulls all along, and I just hadn’t noticed. Needless to say, since 2007 the weather has destroyed the artificial plants, and I’ve lost some rocks over the years, so my rock garden no longer looks as nice as it once did. I will buy more white rock, but I’m moving my skulls and stuff to the fenced-in backyard. LOL  

TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM & PULP ECHOES

TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM & PULP ECHOES

TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM #1, anthology of pulp short stories, originally published by MYSTIC TOAD PRESS, and edited by K.G. McAbee, who was also the head editor for NBI and edited the first three JUR novels. This edition is long out of print, but still available from Tom for $23.00 post paid (US), or I will consider swapping any of these for other author’s books. Retirement’s coming up, remember.

TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM #2 and TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM $3, anthologies of new pulp short stories, published by E-BookTime. Paperbacks available from Tom for $23.00 each, post paid (US). I will also swap for other author’s books.

TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM #3, an anthology of new pulp short stories, published by E-BookTime. Paperbacks available from Tom for $23.00 each, post paid (US).

 TALES OF MASKS & MAYHEM #4, and anthology of new pulp short stories, originally published by NTD, long out of print. Paperback available from Tom for $15.00 post paid (US).

PULP ECHOES, a short story collection by Tom Johnson, originally published by NTD. Long out of print. Paperback available from Tom for $14.00 post paid (US).

JUR NOVELS

“Jur: A Story of Pre-Dawn Earth by Tom Johnson & James Reasoner and “Savage Land of Jur” by Tom Johnson. The original publications of the first two Jur novels from NBI, long out of print, available from Tom at $14.00 each post paid (US). The cover artist is Linnea Sinclaire. I will also swap for other author’s books, if interested.

“Lost Land of Jur” & “Queen of Jur” by Tom Johnson. The original publications of these two novels. “Savage Land of Jur” was originally published by NBI with cover art by Linnea Sinclaire.

“Queen of Jur” was published by Tom with a cover by our own Kevin Duncan. These paperback editions are long out of print, but available from Tom for $14.00 each, post paid (US). I will also swap for other author’s books, if interested. Hey, I need to add to my bookshelf, and have more reading in my retirement.