JAMES A. LANDRY

A PUBLICATION BY LETTRA PRESS

JAMES A. LANDRY www.jamesalandry.com

FOOL STAR

PRONATOR

EAVES DROP

ON ME || ON MUSIC

ABOVE BEYOD

SOLITARY REFINEMENT

THE AUTHOR

JAMES A. LANDRY

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR J.A. Landry is a short story author, creative non-fiction novelist, fiction book writer, freelance writer, and an award-winning poet. He has work appearing or forthcoming in multiple literary outlets around the world. He is a native of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, now living in San Antonio, TX. Landry’s creative mind and behind-the-scenes experience immerse the reader in adventurous and intriguing tales. Expert fiction and non-fiction bring his characters to life; his exceptional storytelling and talent for character dialog take the reader on an entertaining journey along with his main characters. The years of travel, and his life experiences in the music industry and in the mainstream world of modern technology, and other experiences in his life provide some of the ingredients for his non-fiction work, as well as his fictional novels.

Perhaps “Faction” may be fitting when J.A. Landry’s overall style.

James enjoyed a long career as a professional musician: 1966 through 2012. With one rock and roll outfit, he toured the country logging more than 250,000 miles, playing in fourteen states, and performing in some two-hundred-forty cities. James and the band landed a No. 1 spot on the Southeastern Billboard Charts, followed by three additional top 10 hits. He has also toured New England and the Maritime Provinces performing with a popular New Hampshire rock band. James continued his musicianship collaborating with area songwriters and working as a session drummer.

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THE BOOK

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FOOL STAR A seventy-one-thousand-nine-hundred and forty-fiveword work of Pulp Style Contemporary Fiction. It is a tale of a traveling musician and performer named Tony, whose undiagnosed tendencies toward a sad psychosis and schizophrenia eventually spawn action fitting for the sociopath few know, exists.

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EAVES DROP Luke is at the helm of one of the very first start-up Internet Service Provider networks, which he founded, continues to administer, and into which he personally, recruits his own townspeople and many more throughout the New York City Metro Area. Luke’s dark and grim online seduction of every woman on the block, and his delusively obsessive, sad, yet comedic fantasy sub-plot with a Television star named Martha, props this fiction throughout. Kat, a New York City Ballerina, lives next door to Luke, and unknowingly becomes his latest special haunt. In time, an unsuspecting, silent and invisible watcher set out to methodically squelch the pained psychotic Luke, then rescue and deliver unto himself the lovely Kat. …Under the shrewd eye of Luke?

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ABOVE BEYOND Above Beyond delivers a unique take on the age-old good against evil theme in a very refreshing, surprisingly uncommon, and perhaps controversial way. As the Fallen One uses children as pawns to convert and control perniciousness, the heavenly bodies must step in for the first time in 2015 years to interrupt the evil process. Both the Angel of evil and God of holiness recruit and show the way. The fray and the sub-plots are stunning and read as no story ever told or read before. Biblical verse and passage are sensitive and sensible in presentation, and prop up the profound novel throughout.

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PRONATOR “If there is any doubt lingering around our new man Sammy’s talent, we’re going to play a little game.”

As the Manager speaks, Sammy takes his place on the mound and Jimmy, his, behind the plate. And the entire team rotation of batters nervously waits to be called to the plate. “The rest of the team will face them via the batters on-deck circle. You’ll each get nine pitches coming your way: You may hit them – fair or foul – called strike or ball, or you will go out swinging or taking. The umpire will make each call. “Good luck, boys. Prepare to be amazed.” Sammy takes his full wind-up and delivers a Knuckle-Curve.

Jimmy reaches high as the ball refuses to drop. The batter looks like ol’ Frank Howard as he takes a whirling, wind-breaking swing. A loud crack echoes through the small stadium. The bat breaks and flies twirling toward the third base. The 3rd Base Coach catches the fat end, looks at it, and throws it down. Sammy immediately collapses and drops to the ground. He is starched.

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SOLITARY REFINEMENT In a global competition between continued harvesting of fossil fuels and the slower-paced exploitation of renewable energy, which side will win, and how? In a dangerous world of big business, big government, and greedy scoundrels, up against a decades-long march of peaceful activists for renewable energy, who arises as the resolute savior?

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ON ME || ON MUSIC James A. Landry was in the music business, to some significant degree, from 1966 until 2012. In Part One, he’ll take you through the theory and his earliest lessons on music. In Part Two, he’ll stress his experience – instrumental performance, road work, and studio session time. He’ll describe work done with some of the bands he formed, managed, and performed with. We have two subjects from the cusp between theory and instrumental performance involving music production.

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JAMES A. LANDRY www.jamesalandry.com

FOOL STAR

EAVES DROP

ABOVE BEYOD

PRONATOR

ON ME || ON MUSIC

SOLITARY REFINEMENT

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