Paul A. Toth's Posts - CrimeSpace2024-03-29T07:54:10ZPaul A. Tothhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/tothnewshttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/60986120?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://crimespace.ning.com/profiles/blog/feed?user=tothnews&xn_auth=noNew Release: Paul A. Toth's Finaletag:crimespace.ning.com,2009-05-14:537324:BlogPost:1983552009-05-14T13:10:14.000ZPaul A. Tothhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/tothnews
Well, hopefully not <i>my</i> finale but rather my novel <i>Finale</i>, which is available for pre-order now from the <a href="http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/finale.html">publisher</a>. From the same site, you can listen to a free audio version of the first chapter. The book will be released in July.<br />
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Reviewers, please <a href="mailto:tothnews@aol.com">email me</a> to arrange for a hard copy or PDF file. Include the entity for which you review and an address is you prefer a hard copy. I can…
Well, hopefully not <i>my</i> finale but rather my novel <i>Finale</i>, which is available for pre-order now from the <a href="http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/finale.html">publisher</a>. From the same site, you can listen to a free audio version of the first chapter. The book will be released in July.<br />
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Reviewers, please <a href="mailto:tothnews@aol.com">email me</a> to arrange for a hard copy or PDF file. Include the entity for which you review and an address is you prefer a hard copy. I can only provide a PDF file to overseas reviewers.<br />
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Looking forward to feedback from all of you.<br />
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Thanks you kindly.<br />
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Paul A. Toth<br />
<p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/70745484?profile=original" alt="" width="100" height="144"/></p>Now Available: Organiatag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-06-20:537324:BlogPost:496462007-06-20T04:42:10.000ZPaul A. Tothhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/tothnews
<p><strong>Organia: Eight Poems ~ Eight Videos ~ Eight Songs</strong></p>
<p>Viewable on Windows and Mac.</p>
<p>$11.00 including shipping and handling. Order <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/twbooks.html">here</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Organia: Eight Poems ~ Eight Videos ~ Eight Songs</strong></p>
<p>Viewable on Windows and Mac.</p>
<p>$11.00 including shipping and handling. Order <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/twbooks.html">here</a>.</p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><img style="HEIGHT: auto" alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/70736411?profile=original=?width=300"/></p>Psst...tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-05-14:537324:BlogPost:364142007-05-14T08:11:39.000ZPaul A. Tothhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/tothnews
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Let me take this opportunity to shamlessly plug my underrated, underpurchased novel, <em>Fizz</em>. I can safely say you've never quite read anything like <em>Fizz</em>. You will read it fast. You won't know whether to laugh or cry. Chances are, you'll feel a bit odd upon completing, not unlike its main character, Ray Pulaski.</p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="+4">F I Z Z…</font></b></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left">Let me take this opportunity to shamlessly plug my underrated, underpurchased novel, <em>Fizz</em>. I can safely say you've never quite read anything like <em>Fizz</em>. You will read it fast. You won't know whether to laugh or cry. Chances are, you'll feel a bit odd upon completing, not unlike its main character, Ray Pulaski.</p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="Arial" size="+4">F I Z Z</font></b> <font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF" size="-1"><font face="Arial"><font size="-2"><font face="Arial" color="#FFFFFF"><b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1932557032/102-2853282-2578544?v=glance"><font size="+1"><font size="-1"><br/><font color="#0000FF">AMAZON</font></font></font></a><font size="-1"><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=2W373RLEZ3&isbn=1932557032&itm=1"><br/></a><a href="http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=2W373RLEZ3&isbn=1932557032&itm=1"><font color="#000000">BARNES & NOBLE<br/></font></a></font></b></font></font></font></font></p>
<p style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><font size="-1"><font size="+1"><b><font face="Arial"><br/>One man's journey to lose and find himself</font> <font face="Arial">in one fell swoop.</font></b></font></font> <font face="Arial" size="-1">To Ray Pulaski, the world is a ghost he can see but not touch. Like unreadable sheets of music, people operate by rules he cannot understand. Eventually, like a developing photograph, revealing itself sliver by sliver, the world shows Ray more than he can bear.</font> <b><font size="-1"><font color="#000000" size="+2"><font face="Arial"><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="+2">COMMENTARY</font></font></font></font></b> <font color="#000000" size="-1"><font face="Arial"><font size="-1"><font size="-1">"The strength of Fizz is its narrative voice and the weird kaleidoscope of thoughts and images that ultimately tell a story about belonging and truth." <b>Susan Henderson, Managing Editor,</b> <a href="http://www.nighttrainmagazine.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">Night Train</font></b></a></font></font></font></font> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="-1"><font size="-1">"Michigan writer Toth tells a surrealistic and satirical story of a young loser who reinvents himself as a w</font><font size="-1">inner, with unintended results."</font></font> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="-1"><font size="-1"><b>Detroit Free Press</b></font> <font size="-1"><font size="-1">Toth is an exceptional writer, and while <b>Fizz</b> is not technically crime fiction, it's a book steeped in mystery. Ray Pulaski is trying to figure out who he really is and as part of this journey re-invents himself as a number of different people. On his trip to self-discovery, we find Ray becoming a gigolo quite by accident, a rock star and a gentleman's gentleman. Often humorous and tragic, this book is captivating. Toth writes from the soul with an honesty and truthfulness that is almost uncomfortable. Toth has a truly unique voice you shouldn't miss.</font></font> <b><font size="-1"><font size="-1">Jon Jordan, Publisher & Editor</font></font></b><font size="-1"><font size="-1">, <a href="http://www.crimespreemag.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">CrimeSpree Magazine</font></b></a></font> <font size="-1"><font size="-1">"Toth opens Fizz with a bang and never looks back. His writing is fierce and his characterizations fiercer, erasing the line between delusion and reality while never losing track of the story's heart." <b>Whitney Pastorek, Editor,</b> <a href="http://www.pindeldyboz.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">Pindeldyboz</font></b></a></font></font> <font size="-1"><font size="-1">"Fizz is a fun, fun read folks…Toth does some wonderful things through the eyes and life of a kid dropped shortly after birth in a horrible accident (or was it?). Ray Pulaski’s world is ever changing (as is his name) as he struggles to find the answers to who he is and why…Ray’s dilemma is complicated not only by his 'slowness' (and a possible mother from hell), but also by all the people around him as their cruelty (even when trying to be kind) sends Ray from one search to another. Toth shows how cruel we all can be without even trying...and how life’s lessons are always learned the hard way. Great stuff, really. Bravo! Fizz sizzles… a compelling read that doesn’t let anyone off the hook." <a href="http://www.charliestella.com/"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Charlie Stella, author of</b> <b>Cheapskates</b> <b>and many more</b></font></a> "The writing, however strange, makes you want more...<b>"</b> <b>Anna Ditkoff,</b></font></font> <font size="-1"><font size="-1"><a href="http://www.citypaper.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">The Baltimore City Paper</font></b></a><b>, in review of first</b> <b>chapter (previously published as limited edition</b> <b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0967666090/qid=1073662018/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7614521-2826502?v=glance&s=books"><font color="#0000FF">booklet</font></a>)</b></font></font> <font size="-1"><font size="-1">"Paul A. Toth is a unique, startling new voice in American literature. Part Bukowski, part Hemingway, part Freud, and, well, part Toth, every sentence in Fizz is packed with a fantastic punch. Readers will be engaged with Ray Pulaski. Certainly, Paul A. Toth is a talent to watch." <b>Felicia C. Sullivan, Editor,</b> <a href="http://www.smallspiralnotebook.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">Small Spiral Notebook</font></b></a></font></font> <font size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1">"It was a relentless rush, and I mean that in the best possible way--like eating poprocks nonstop for three hours.</font>" <font size="-1"><b>Lisa Swanstrom, Co-Editor,</b></font> <font size="-1"><b><a href="http://www.sunspinner.org/"><font color="#0000FF">Sunspinner Magazine</font></a></b></font> "Buy Paul Toth's book." <b>Todd Zuniga, Editor,</b> <a href="http://www.opiummagazine.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">Opium Magazine</font></b></a></font></font> <font size="-1">"Fizz, Paul A. Toth's first novel, can be summed up in two words: 'read it.' A combination of Fight Club and The Adventures of Don Quixote, Toth's venture into the cold (and funny) streets of one man's hell is also a savage satire of society's hell-bent fascination with fame and the destruction of those we put on a pedestal. Sharp, Mr. Toth! Very sharp!" <b>Tim Ljunggren, Editor,</b></font> <font size="-1"><b><a href="http://www.insolentrudder.org/"><font color="#0000FF">Insolent Rudder</font></a></b></font></font></font> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1">"Paul A. Toth is a magnificent addition to the legacy of writers boring a hole through the sun. Every word, every longing can be heard in your head. Every page reveals yet another reason to continue on...You've just got to read this book, get it signed by the author, because some day it will be worth much more than you paid for it." <b>Chris Mansel,</b> <b><a href="http://www.muse-apprentice-guild.com/"><font color="#0000FF">Muse Apprentice Guild</font></a>/<a href="http://www.cultureanimal.com/"><font color="#0000FF">Culture Animal</font></a></b> <b>Column preview courtesy of August Highland, Editor</b></font> "Toth's writing is psychedelic, violent, sliced with a dark nasty humor... And I like that, wish more writers were working in that arena. You find it in Will Self, James Kelman, Chuck Palahniuk, Larry Brown, and now in Paul A. Toth." <b>Anthony Neil Smith, Editor,</b> <a href="http://www.plotswithguns.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">Plots With Guns</font></b></a> "Toth's nimble prose walks a fine line between the comic and tragic as Ray wavers between reality and fantasy, and the situations in which Ray finds himself are inventive and compelling." <b>Richard Scarsbrook</b><b>,</b> <b>author of</b> <a href="http://www.richardscarsbrook.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">Cheeseburger Subversive</font></b></a> "Paul Toth is not only a natural storyteller, he's one hell of a talented writer. Scenes rooted in the mundane, the everyday pop with clarity and color -- vividly and violently -- and are so often entertaining. His character, Ray Style, is part Candide, part Holden Caulfield, with the luck of Ignatius Reilly forever being spun downward by ruthless Fortuna." <b>Matthew St. Amand, author,</b> <a href="http://matthewstamand.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">As My Sparks Fly Upward</font></b></a> <font size="-1"><font size="-1">"</font></font><font size="-1"><font size="-1">With this novel, we are introduced not only to a startling and original protagonist in the guise of Ray, but the emergence of a startling talent in the guise of Paul Toth. His writing, at times, echos both the grittiness of Goodis and the wit of Bukowski in a neo-Voltairian comedy of manners."</font></font> <b><font size="-1"><font size="-1">John C. Erianne, Editor,</font></font></b> <a href="http://www.asteriusonline.net/13thWR/"><font size="-1"><font color="#0000FF" size="-1"><b>The 13th Warrior</b></font></font></a> "A unique portrait of a most unusual soul. Disturbing and entertaining, and you can't beat that combination." <b>Dom Salemi, Editor,</b> <a href="http://www.brutarian.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">Brutarian Magazine</font></b></a> <font size="-1"><font size="-1">"Marked by a kind of goofball, satirical surrealism, Toth's tight prose never ceases to delight cruisers of the new-lit digital underground. Fizz, his first full-length offering, is no exception. You might look at the book as a kind of ultracomic Invisible Man (Ellison) for a generation of shiftless and confused youth..."</font> <font size="-1"><b>Todd Dills, Editor,</b></font> <a href="http://www.the2ndhand.com/"><b><font color="#0000FF">The 2nd Hand</font></b></a> "A passionately original voyage through the complex labyrinth of the human mind, Fizz is a tale readers will not soon forget, nor should they, because in the sea of cookie cutter fiction out there, where empty hype often outweighs talent, Paul A. Toth is the real deal, and Fizz is a ride no one should miss.<b>"</b></font></font></font> <font face="Arial" size="-1"><font size="-1"><b><a href="http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/GFGpg/"><font color="#0000FF" size="-1">Greg F. Gifune</font></a></b></font></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="-1"><font size="-1"><b><font size="-1">, author of</font></b></font></font> <b><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1">Hereti</font></font></font><font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="-1"><font size="-1"><font size="-1">cs, Night Work</font></font></font></b> <font face="Arial" color="#000000" size="-1"><font size="-1"><b><font size="-1">& more</font></b></font></font></p>Get It While You Cantag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-04-05:537324:BlogPost:184832007-04-05T00:14:00.000ZPaul A. Tothhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/tothnews
<font size="3"><em>Hitler: Five Impossibly Possible Love Stories</em>, in its limited edition run of 50 signed and numbered homemade books with CD, is selling like....you know...cakes that are hot.</font> <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/twbooks.htmll"><font size="3">Get yours while you can</font></a><font size="3">.</font>
<font size="3"><em>Hitler: Five Impossibly Possible Love Stories</em>, in its limited edition run of 50 signed and numbered homemade books with CD, is selling like....you know...cakes that are hot.</font> <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/twbooks.htmll"><font size="3">Get yours while you can</font></a><font size="3">.</font>Limited Edition Projecttag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-27:537324:BlogPost:140142007-03-27T18:25:31.000ZPaul A. Tothhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/tothnews
<p><font size="2">Three days to order sans S&H my homemade, multi-multimedia project <em>Hitler: Five Impossibly Possible Love Stories</em>. You get: CD; 5 poems; 2 films; a booklet; interactive experiment; moveable parts; book with protected covers. PC/Mac friendly. Order 1/50 signed & numbered copies</font> <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/twbooks.html"><font size="2">here</font></a><font size="2">. Watch infomercial…</font> <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/news.html"></a></p>
<p><font size="2">Three days to order sans S&H my homemade, multi-multimedia project <em>Hitler: Five Impossibly Possible Love Stories</em>. You get: CD; 5 poems; 2 films; a booklet; interactive experiment; moveable parts; book with protected covers. PC/Mac friendly. Order 1/50 signed & numbered copies</font> <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/twbooks.html"><font size="2">here</font></a><font size="2">. Watch infomercial</font> <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/news.html"><font size="2">here</font></a><font size="2">.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Note: Anti-Semitism and fascism are the objects of this project's attack. Any perceptions to the contrary are misguided. Contains satire and black humor well below FDA-approved limits.</font></p>Greetingstag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-26:537324:BlogPost:122462007-03-26T22:27:10.000ZPaul A. Tothhttps://crimespace.ning.com/profile/tothnews
<p><font size="2">Glad to join the Crimespace space.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Quality publishers: Send an</font> <a href="mailto:tothnews@aol.com"><font size="2">email</font></a><font size="2">, and I will put you in touch with my agent so that you may read the utterly off-kilter and still-available novel about which author Dexter Petley says: "The most striking thing is your style. Sentences with real elegance and variation...The pure timbre of the writing just lifts the church roof off.…</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Glad to join the Crimespace space.</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Quality publishers: Send an</font> <a href="mailto:tothnews@aol.com"><font size="2">email</font></a><font size="2">, and I will put you in touch with my agent so that you may read the utterly off-kilter and still-available novel about which author Dexter Petley says: "The most striking thing is your style. Sentences with real elegance and variation...The pure timbre of the writing just lifts the church roof off. Each word has a new shine, real poetics. Language like a hot needle through the eye...The wisdom of the autistic voice, the perfectly pitched cubism of the words. Fresh as white sheets flapping on the clothes line."</font></p>
<p><font size="2">Authors with publication credits may</font> <a href="mailto:tothnews@aol.com"><font size="2">email</font></a> <font size="2">me for an opportunity to read on my</font> <a href="http://tothnews.libsyn.com/"><font size="2">podcast</font></a><font size="2">. You may order my novels from the links on my</font> <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/"><font size="2">website</font></a><font size="2">. You may also order 1 of 50 signed and numbered copies of <em>Hitler: Five Impossibly Possible Love Stories</em> -- which includes two films, homemade book, booklet, interactive game, CD, and more --</font> <a href="http://www.netpt.tv/twbooks"><font size="2">here</font></a><font size="2">. Finally, my regular blog is located</font> <a href="http://paultoth.blogspot.com/"><font size="2">here</font></a><font size="2">.</font></p>
<p><font size="2"><strong>Note: <em>Hitler: Five Impossibly Possible Love Stories</em> is in no way anti-Semitic and <font face="Arial">stands in opposition to fascism in all its forms, including Nazism.</font></strong></font></p>