This very brief update is because the producer/editor of Death by Fruitcake and I having been working like the madmen we are, and have just completed a rough cut of our movie, having completed principle photography Aug. 31 and Second Unit photography on Sept. 9.

Left to right: Rob Merritt, Paula Sands, M.A.C., Alisabeth Von Presley.

We are still burrowed in with much left to do, despite the enormous amount of work we’ve accomplished in a short period of time.

During that period of time I’ve also sat in (via Zoom) on four four-hour recording sessions with star Michael Rosenbaum (Nathan Heller!) and director Robert Meyer Burnett on True Noir: The Assassination of Anton Cermak, a ten-part immersive, all-star audio novel based on my novel True Detective and scripted by me.

Our Kickstarter recently reached its goal of $30,000 and then some – as I write this it’s at $51,071! This is largely due to Rob Burnett’s efforts on YouTube, which include a last-minute Jerry Lewis-style pseudo-telethon that put us over the hump.

We have around six weeks past our goal deadline for you to take advantage of the perks. If you’re a Nate Heller fan, do not miss this. The cast is incredible, and I hear the script is very, very good…

In the meantime, my in-progress Return of the Maltese Falcon for Hard Case Crime continues to attract more attention than I could ever have imagined. It’s a project I’ve been dreaming of doing for literally decades.

M.A.C.

Tags: Antiques Series, Crowdfunding, Death by Fruitcake, Nate Heller, Nathan Heller, The Return of the Maltese Falcon, Trash 'n' Treasures, True Noir: The Assassination of Anton Cermak