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Mike Baron
Welcome to A Post-Literate Society
The Bad Road Rising Scribe Sounds Off on a Culture in Decline
Remember Borders and B. Dalton’s? They were chain bookstores that are no longer with us. Barnes & Noble struggles to survive, slashing book inventory, turning more and more floor space over to toys, collectibles, DVDs, and games.
It’s Time to Begin Your BAD ROAD RISING Binge!
Behold the first two action-packed adventures in Mike Baron’s exhilarating series!
Pick up Biker and Sons of Privilege on Amazon. More provocative tales of Josh Pratt are coming soon…
Baby Sitter: Fiction from the World of Baron’s ‘Bad Road Rising’
Kraushaar Ford occupied a half block on Michigan Blvd. in Waukesha. It was 11:00 am on a bright Thursday morning in September when Josh kicked out his Harley on the wide concrete apron outside the showroom. Kraushaar Ford was a long, low, gleaming white building with a hint of art deco, a glimpse of the future from a Fifties-era Mechanix Illustrated.
Josh entered the chill interior. It smelled pleasantly of coffee and lemons. A Shelby Mustang sat on the spotless black and white tile floor, presenting its shark-like grin to the public. A young salesman, dapper in a gray suit, headed Josh’s way with a smile plastered across his chin, not unlike the Mustang. At a trim five eleven, wearing a tank top that revealed fully tatted arms and shoulders, Josh looked like a biker.
The Biker: ‘Being proved right was like his first snort of good coke.’
With Mike Baron driving you’re in for a wild ride!
Discover the Bad Road Rising series: a born-again Biker-turned private detective hot on the trail of a stolen child.
Mike Baron on the Secrets of Plot and Voice
A prolific writer contemplates the author’s art
Huck comes alive through his words, which are fresh and immediate. We feel we know Huck. Same thing with Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe. It’s that world-weary, cynical with a heart-of-gold voice whispering in your ear. “He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.”
The Corner Pocket
An autobiographical and artistic reflection
These comics, Master of Kung Fu, Richard Dragon, Iron Fist, purportedly about martial arts, had very little. Only Denny O’Neil, who created Richard Dragon, understood something of the fighting arts. I wanted to show martial arts in a comic like a Jackie Chan film. I wanted to see the techniques unfold so that we understand how Shang-Chi ends up on his back. Comics are no competition to film.
Support Q Ball #1: A New Martial Arts Thriller Comic by Baron & McClain
Mike Baron, author of the Bad Road Rising series of thriller novels published by Liberty Island, prepares to debut a new comic project that corrects a longstanding mistake hidden in most of today’s superhero comics….
