NO W.W.M. (WESTERN WHITE MALES) RELEASES TODAY!

The autumn 2023 issue of THRILL RIDE – THE MAGAZINE brings you twelve tales not led by Western white males, including my contribution, “Spooked.”

 

THRILL RIDE - THE MAGAZINE "NO W.W.M. (Western White Males)"

I couldn’t resist writing a thriller story set in El Salvador during the early 1980s. The majority of US personnel in the country at that time were males, many of them active-duty military or working for the CIA. All believable protagonists in an international thriller.

But they’re only background for my story, told by a Western white woman who isn’t looking for thriller action when she volunteers to serve at the San Salvador embassy.

Twenty-four-year-old Casey Collins wants to see for herself what’s happening in the war-torn country.

She gets her chance to investigate when another woman invites her on a plane ride to the eastern edge of El Salvador. Where Casey hears enough to get herself in real trouble.

In these twelves stories, you’ll meet Vietnamese magicians, female undercover operatives, Chinese assassins, and women like you never imagined.

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THRILL RIDE MAGAZINE’s first year begins March 21st!

Our Kickstarter funded. Many thanks to all who backed the campaign!

We’re well on the way to hitting our first stretch goal. And when we do, everyone who pledges $40 or more will get for FREE a Kickstarter Exclusive collection of 10 thriller short stories (eBook) from some of our top authors. Prize winners, year’s best, and just plain awesome.

Join secret military operations, witness acts of heroism by young girls, grown women, and an ex-business-partner’s daughter. Survive a plane crash, outsmart Chinese secret agents, and survive the Serengeti. We’ve got it all!

But the stretch reward isn’t the only goodie offered exclusively to campaign backers.

First, whether you purchase one or four issues in any format through this Kickstarter, you will receive yours two weeks before fans who buy individual issues from bookstores. Early delivery is an exclusive reward for Kickstarter supporters!

Second, you’ll be credited for your support in the backs of every issue you buy.

Third, you can choose to have a villain named for you. You can choose to be a villain in a single issue or in all four issues in print and ebook.

Fourth, you can order the four hardback limited-edition issues which are sold exclusively through the Kickstarter.

Fifth, is a double whammy: You can order the four hardback limited issues AND be named as a villain in every one!

Join the fun before the Kickstarter ends on February 21 at about 8:00 PM EST. Check out all your options by clicking on the cover below.

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This new magazine will take you on a roller-coaster ride of thrills, chills, and knife-edge tension. The pages are filled with betrayals, assassinations, and unlikely partners across time, borders, and history.

The Thrill Ride Magazine Kickstarter is filled with exclusive offers for backers.

Writer/Editor/Publisher Matt Buchman collected more than fifty original stories from thirty authors across five countries, and gathered them together in four themed volumes.

The contributions came from Derringer Award winners and finalists, submarine officers, NYT-, USA-Today-, and Wall-Street-Journal-bestsellers, and just plain old every day great authors.

We travel from ancient Israel to the edge of tomorrow, from Asia to the streets of Victorian London, into the sky and under the water.

All of us involved in this project invite you to join in the fun.

Click on the image above or follow this link to the Kickstarter page to see what you can get in return for your pledge in addition to all this great reading.

I’m delighted to have three short stories appearing during the year ahead in Thrill Ride Magazine.

“Under the Influence of Elmore Leonard” is in Unlikely Partners. Casey Collins, heroine of my international thriller series, is pulled off her job at the Warsaw embassy to assist with an international conference in Berlin during the summer of 1985. The junior diplomat discovers that being an unknowing eyewitness to Cold War intrigue while also under the spell of a master storyteller, can lead a woman into thriller territory.

“Spooked” is in No W.W.M. (Western White Males). I couldn’t resist writing a thriller story set in El Salvador in the fall of 1985. Twenty-four-year-old Casey volunteers for the danger posting as her first overseas assignment because she wants to see for herself what’s happening in the war-torn country.

She gets her chance to investigate when another woman invites her on a plane ride to the eastern edge of El Salvador. Where Casey hears enough to get herself in real trouble.

“Rotten Apple” is in Betrayal. My young heroine sets out on foot along some scary streets north of West 120th in Manhattan during the darkest hours of a December night in 1971. What  could possibly go wrong?

These three stories have been in my head for years. I’m feel that I finally found the right home for them and the right timing. And I’m thrilled to be sharing the tables of contents in these issues with so many great writers.