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On March 20, 1983, legendary western actress Jillian Adams appeared as a guest on KBRD-FM’s Sunday night program Hollywood Harbinger hosted by Britt Foster. During this hour-long show, Foster interviewed Adams, discussing the actress’s iconic career on television and in motion pictures, her personal background, highlights and tragedies, current projects, the future, and certain key controversies which had marked her path in recent years. It was the last interview Jillian Adams ever gave. Less than three weeks later, on April 9, she died in surgery as the result of injuries sustained ...

On July 1st, 1934, the PCA began rigorously enforcing the Hays Code, and a period of moralistic governance and censorship in the motion picture industry commenced. It was the Great Depression, also a period of economic hardship. America wouldn’t enter World War II until the end of 1941. The people wanted entertainment… a distraction from the realities of life. And despite having to wear a code-adorned straitjacket, Hollywood delivered… producing some of the most epic, memorable, cherished, and enduring films ever made. Take a journey with former Sentinel Ridge Pictures producer and ...

"No one has ever finished reading this before... will you be the first?" Ariel Archer, the author who brought you previously-released gems such as Beneath the Surface, The Horsewoman of Hollywood's Backlot, The Madison-McKinley Files, and Fading Ink, enters the realm of adult fiction with this sizzling debut... four spooky and spicy stories to tantalize, tempt... and of course "twist" a bit in Archer-style as well. Warning! The material in this book is for mature audiences only and contains graphic content. It is intended only for those aged 18 and older.

The Summer of '69. A summer when it all came together... and when a lot of things came apart. A summer of small steps and giant leaps... or beginnings and endings... of change. For Theresa McKinley, Julia Bancroft, Jillian Adams, Alan Madison, Abby Waterstone, Reggie Moore, and other characters from the Fate, Chance, and Choices trilogy and related works, it was a summer in which a lot happened, in which they connected to each other and what was going on in the world around them. It was a summer that brought transformation, reflection, action, and reaction. It was a summer like no other. ...

Hollywood, the late 1940's. Actress and stuntwoman Alivia Chambers is brought in to the police for questioning on account of a witness observing something humanly impossible on the set while filming a rather unusual motion picture. As things begin to unfold, Los Angeles police detective Alan Madison becomes privy (for a time at least) to certain details of a story which has its origins long ago... once upon a realm... a story of two extraordinary women... a story you likely wouldn't believe. Ariel Archer and C.J. Pearson bring you a Kindle Vella original with connections to both the Once ...

She made her debut as captain of the space vessel Valkyrie in 1951’s low-budget double feature Ultimatum from Planet Omega and The Sinister Return of Dr. Abyzmos, produced by Astrys Pictures. A strong female protagonist and action heroine in a time when such was a novelty in Hollywood. Now, six years later, she’s back for a new adventure and a second chance on the big screen, played by a new actress (Jillian Adams) but with all the fun, thrills, chills, ray guns, robots, and rocket ships as before! Prepare yourself for another dose of pulp sci-fi from the 1950’s, coupled with moments ...

Dr. Richard Arden is a man of science, a renowned and respected forensic anthropologist who at the age of 80 and now afflicted with an incurable disease has seen a few things, had some unusual experiences, and done some “connecting of the dots” to formulate a rather unorthodox and a bit “unscientific-sounding” hypothesis: that we are not, in fact, alone on this planet.

Six short stories. Worlds of possibilities. The future, both near and distant. Alternate and plausible realities. Messages of hope and of doom. Fate, chance, and definitely choices.

Alan Madison: A middle-aged World War Two veteran discharged with an injury and former LAPD cop who lost his badge and marriage due to the bottle, then went into business as a P.I. in Santa Monica. Theresa McKinley: A young and savvy but rather unconventional recent graduate with a license to carry...and Alan's new partner in the firm. Together, as Madison-McKinley Private Investigators, they redefined detective drama for Southern California in the 1960s! You'll delight in listening to Ariel Archer's tales of this duo in The Madison-McKinley Files.

Southern California, 1968. Eight-year-old Valerie Waterstone is a girl with big dreams, media-inspired adventures, and a world of optimism in front of her, largely fueled by the innocence of her upbringing and stories about Hollywood stuntwoman Alivia Chambers told to her by her “groovy” and somewhat larger-than-life neighbor, Theresa McKinley. But 1968 is a year of radical change, both for Valerie’s family and the world around her, with newfound financial struggles for her parents, an older sister who brings home a female “friend” from college, and the harsh reality of social ...

"Warm in the Bird-basin today with temperatures expected to reach 80 inland. Currently 74 in Owl-hambra, 70 at the beaches, 76 in Orange County, San Bird-nardino checkin' in at 79, and here at our studios in beautiful downtown Bird-bank, it’s a rockin' 77 degrees.” A familiar cadence to those who were listening to the radio in Southern California during the late 1960's and early 1970's. Julia Bancroft (aka the Rockin' Raven) held down the morning slot on Los Angeles's KBRD 1130 AM for a solid eight years... a pioneer and oftentimes controversial Top 40 woman DJ at a time when such was ...

1951. The Day the Earth Stood Still had just taken the world by surprise with Michael Rennie's portrayal of Klaatu. Motion pictures had seen a surge of female protagonists and heroines defying the norms of the time with films such as The Sword of Monte Cristo and Anne of the Indies. 20th Century Fox's subsidiary label, Astrys Pictures, embarks on something new, a Flash Gordon-type duo of movies...except with a female spaceship captain and action heroine.

She was just a farm girl raised in California’s Tulare County during the Great Depression, of poor and humble upbringing and a broken family. But a night at Visalia’s Fox Theater and a golden opportunity to appear in a western serial as a child actress alongside Alivia Chambers changed her life forever… and transformed Hollywood for years to follow. From appearances alongside Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels in The Lone Ranger to multiple western series of her own (the iconic Calamity Jane and the beleaguered revival of Lady Lawgiver that came to be titled Marshal Blaine), plus a ...

She was a stuntwoman in Hollywood during the Golden Age of Motion Pictures, a time when stuntwomen were few and far between. She doubled for some of the industry’s most famous leading ladies, appeared in some of the most popular films, and broke ground for women in entertainment. She supported causes, made a difference, and left her mark in arenas other than just show business.

Julia Bancroft, a pioneer in Los Angeles top 40 radio as a woman DJ on KBRD (K-Bird) in the 1960s and early 70s. At a time when pop radio was still a "man's world," Bancroft (aka The Rockin' Raven) challenged the status quo and launched a legacy of women in radio.

Ariel Archer's debut into the world of serial story-telling (originally appearing on Kindle Vella), featuring iconic fictional Hollywood stuntwoman Alivia Chambers as Marshal Tessa Blaine in Sentinel Ridge Pictures Presents "Lady Lawgiver," a western serial adventure set in 1880's Colorado,

She had the fiery feminism of Mae West, the blonde sex appeal of Jean Harlow, and the athletics of men like Yakima Canutt and Eddie Parker combined. Known as "The Horsewoman of Hollywood's Backlot", she was Alivia Chambers, a pioneer stuntwoman during the Golden Age of Motion Pictures. Introduced in previously published works, this fictional icon of Hollywood's classic era comes alive once again in these new sensational stories of her moments in the film industry from the 1930s, '40s, and early '50s.

Codrin Voinescu, a retired soldier, a man approaching 50, haunted by past choices, grief, loss, and a present that seems without hope and purpose. A return trip to his home village in Transylvania that ends in one last unexpected conflict. A hasty retreat into the nearby Hoia Baciu Forest, a woodland with an equally haunted reputation, offers Codrin an encounter with a strange Faerie (well, half-Faerie, technically) guide who has a rather interesting story of her own. Their sojourn in the woods and what happens over a two-week period will change everything.

Julia Bancroft was a state park and forest ranger in Southern California who just happened to be at the wrong place...at the right time. The result was the launching of an eight-year career on the airwaves that would change the sound and scene of Los Angeles radio forever. Ariel Archer presents the tale of the "Rockin' Raven", a pioneer in the world of Top 40 women DJs and a fictional pop culture icon on the fictional radio station KBRD.

"...And here at the studios in beautiful downtown Bird-bank it's a rockin' 70 degrees! Now, back to the music with your Rockin' Raven on KBRD 1130 Los Angeles". Familiar words to those listening to Top 40 Radio in Southern California during the late 1960's and early 1970's. Explored through narrative in Your Rockin' Raven on K-Bird 1130, Ariel Archer now returns...With Love from Beautiful Downtown Bird-Bank, more about the controversial, charismatic, and iconic woman DJ Julia Bancroft...a.k.a. The Rockin' Raven...