Gun Culture

Old ways and new clash in head-on confrontation: When journeyman hit man Ray Dylan agrees to look in on Sami Bloom, former mistress of a deceased Canadian crime financier, he realizes he must keep his profession a secret. What he doesn't realize is how difficult that is now that he has fallen for this warm-hearted beauty. While he struggles with the idea of confiding to her about his secret past, Dylan learns that Sami Bloom has some secrets of her own and her secrets reach into the upper echelons of the very organization he works for. Add to that a greedy young criminal, who along with his thug-like bodyguard, poses a threat to Sami's life, and secrets or no secrets, Dylan knows it's time for bullets to fly. In Friend Of A Friend, Cotton paints a stark unapologetic portrait of modern American crime, both at its ruthless struggling-for-power street level, and at its more discreet, tight-lipped, yet equally deadly seats of authority. Cotton has a unique way of weaving the reader's senses into the story. Known for fast-paced narrative and wry dark humor, Cotton takes inspiration for his stories from TV news and headlines. He creates a raw and colorful, almost desperate atmosphere around modern American culture, yet at some point, unexpectedly, leaves the reader with cause for hope. Performed by Colleen Delany; Michael John Casey; Zeke Alton; Nora Achrati; James Konicek; Bradley Smith; Bill Gillett; Marni Penning; Christopher Graybill; Eric Messner; Christopher Walker; Jeff Baker; James Lewis; Richard Rohan; James J. Johnson; Steve Wannall; Steven Carpenter; Shayna Small; Megan Poppy; Emlyn McFarland; Henry Kramer; Scott McCormick; Alejandro Ruiz; Stephon Walker; Lydia Kraniotis; Alana Casey.

When Chicago hitman Ray Dylan started out he was one more young professional struggling to get ahead of the pack. But he knows his world is about to change quickly when he takes on a job for high-level KGB elitist Leonid (The Professor) Volkov, founder of a unique Cuban-Russian spy community operating out of southern Florida. After Volkov double-crosses him and tries to have him killed, Dylan must take on the entire criminal spy operation even as a wild hurricane named Dennis ravages its way up the heart of the Florida peninsula. True to his calling, the young gunman will stop at nothing as he kills his way closer to Volkov, learning more and more about the man, including one of the best-kept secrets in the dark underworld of crime and espionage - what was the wily Russian operative doing in Dallas the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Performed by Colleen Delany, Michael John Casey, Shanta Parasuraman, Steve Wannall, Rana Kay, Alejandro Ruiz, Bradley Smith, Scott McCormick, Matthew Pauli, Ken Jackson, Eric Messner, Lise Bruneau, Joel David Santner, Richard Rohan, Steven Carpenter, Zeke Alton, Christopher Walker, Christopher Graybill, James Konicek, Stephon Walker, James Lewis, Audrey Bertaux, Drew Kopas, Henry Kramer.

Adventure, action and dark humor galore, delivered Ralph Cotton style, in his fictional take on the real-life DEA - FBI joint Operation Swordfish, a covert effort launched by the two agencies in the early 1980s. Meet Eddie Vango-Chicago gambling debt collector for the Outfit, the lovely Leslie Wright and ex-con Delbert Moss as they make their way through the ranks of South Florida Drug Lords and take a giant share of the underworld's operating capital while the drug world is busy 'replacing' its leadership. Performed by Colleen Delany, Joel David Santer, Laura C. Harris, Daniel Llaca, Alejandro Ruiz, Ian Russell, Nazia Chaudhry, Gabriel Michael, Michael John Casey, Rob McFadyen, James Konicek, Rayner Gabriel, Scott McCormick, Brad Smith, Mike Ciporkin, Joe Mallon, Tyler Hyrchuk, James Lewis, Christopher Graybill, Kaylee Eluvian, Brandon Burton, Chris Stinson, Nanette Savard, and Holly Adams.