From Jim Marquez, the acclaimed author of such whiskey-fueled contemporary classics as "Beastly Bus Tales," "Watching the Skies & Other Beastly Tales," and Jim's schizophrenic-murder-mystery "Pieces of L.A.," comes his long-awaited 15th self-published bo

"Beastly Bus Tales" is Jim Marquez's 13th self-published book in 7 years The premise to this one is simple: 'Jack Morales', our stumbling writer of extreme minor celebrity from Jim's novel "Pieces of L.A.," has just one lousy wish: to get home after a raucous night of the white man's whiskey. For this Jack takes the bus. And, there, kids, is the rub For after the witching hour in the City of Angels many beasts go bump in the night, and we discover that Jack is not alone. Here then are Jack's BEASTLY TALES; boots on the ground, pushing his way through the walls of madness and indignation, the...

"Watching The Skies & Other Beastly Tales" is Jim Marquez's 14th self-published book in 8 years A departure of sorts for Jim as he leaves the grimy confines of Downtown Los Angeles and takes us on a surreal journey across the alien landscape of a forbidden Nevada desert (through the eyes of a 'young Jack Morales'), tumbles alongside the inebriated canals of Amsterdam, looks for love in all the wrong places in Scotland, and has to run for his life in London This collection of 'Beastly' tales of life on the rocks then returns to the warped sensibility of L.A. for a wicked homage to Nathaniel...