RODNEY

by Dick Baldwin

Teenager Rod Rodoggio is the sexiest man on earth. Being accosted by beautiful women and having clothes ripped from his body in pure sexual frenzy is a tribulation beyond belief. Arousing every woman who sets eyes on him may seem like heaven, but in reality, Rod is buckling under the responsibility. Above all, he yearns to consummate his lust for buxom beauty, Betty Bunz, but his carefully plotted seductions seem more unobtainable with each date.Rod's mundane life in the small town of Gulpo Plains ends when a vampire attacks him. And now he's blundering through the afterlife, trying to follow the laws of the Kingdom of the Undead. The Kingdom leaders want him to make luscious female vampires for their order, werewolves want him to procreate with mortal women, and just about everyone else wants him dead and gone. It isn't long before Rodney breaks a major cosmic law, which forces the leaders of the Kingdom into a drastic decision about his future.Hilarious and fast-paced, Rodney will have you weeping for the diminishing werewolf population, shouting hosannas over the triumphs of mortals against the undead, and laughing out loud at the loopy population of Gulpo Plains!

286 pages, Paperback

First published February 9, 2007

About the author

DICK BALDWIN drifted into writing after an acting career he felt was unfulfilling. Being a member of the founding chapter of the international organization The Sons of the Desert, and acting as its first corresponding secretary, Baldwin began writing short comedy pieces for other members. Marvin Kaye, a fellow Son, discovered these writings and gave Baldwin an opportunity to submit a short story of a serious nature to an anthology he was preparing at the time. The book was published in 1975 by Popular Library as "Fiends and Creatures" and it contains Dick Baldwin's "The Shadow Watchers", which he describes as a satire of a creaky old melodrama dressed up as a modern horror story.

Born and raised on Long Island in New York, he now lives in Bronxville, just forty-five minutes from Broadway. When not writing he spends his time in pursuit of the numerous films and books he's missed over his lifetime, and perfecting the art of tea infusion.

Reviews

[Dick Baldwin · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'd tell you how wonderful this book is, but I haven't read it.