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"Railroad Train to Heaven", the unexpurgated memoirs of Arnold Schnabel
- Part 347: time out
- Part 346: good times
- Part 345: B&B
- Part 344: Maxie
- Part 343: Huck
- Part 342: saints
- Part 341: bore
- Part 340: millions
- Part 339: Bart
- Part 338: Billy
- Part 337: epic
- Part 336: rescue
- Part 335: bar bores
- Part 334: Lady Brett
- Part 333: dynamite
- Part 332: heroes
- Part 331: three gals
- Part 330: buddies
- Part 329: Tom
- Part 328: big guy
- Part 327: doors
- Part 326: go already
- Part 325: beauty
- Part 324: in love
- Part 323: boogie woogie
- Part 322: let's go
- Part 321: stunning
- Part 320: life's blood
- Part 319: Classics Illustrated
- Part 318: deal
- Part 317: souls for sale
- Part 316: Dan Duyea
- Ben Blagwell: a retrospective
- Part 315: pickled
- Part 314: black mamba
- Part 313: Futuyama
- Part 312: Mme Chang
- Part 311: Shalimar
- Part 310: afterwards
- Part 309: oblivion
- Part 308: face the music
- Part 307: ecstasy
- Part 306: rhapsody
- Part 305: bombed
- Part 304: the Raffles Hotel
- Part 303: Mojo
- Part 302: Maxine
- Part 301: Tiger Beer
- Part 300: stranger
- Part 299: one horse town
- Part 298: Colman
- Part 297: Jaguar XK120
- Part 296: Thurgood
- Part 295: twaddle
- Part 294: whirlpool
- Part 293: Philpot
- Part 292: Wurlitzer
- Part 291: Quilby
- Part 290: MacDougal
- Part 289: ambrosia
- Part 288: Manhattans
- Part 287: back
- Part 286: go left
- Part 285: invasion
- Part 284: Gabriel
- Part 283: acid head
- Part 282: hammered
- Part 281: saints
- Part 280: Finch
- Part 279: Dead Man
- Part 278: Sid
- Part 277: nothing
- Part 276: land ho
- Part 275: row, Harry
- Part 274: the crossing
- Part 273: Pierce-Arrow
- Part 272: the damned
- Part 271: from hell
- Part 270: pursued
- Part 269: children
- Part 268: pagans
- Part 267: martyr
- Part 266: reprieve
- Part 265: third degree
- Part 264: a favor
- Part 263: gumption
- Part 262: Nazi bitches
- Part 261: killer babes
- Part 260: flood tide
- Part 259: Q&A
- Part 258: quest
- Part 257: squares
- Part 256: garret
- Part 255: Athos
- Part 254: Mad Mabel
- Part 253: Caporal
- Part 252: man's life
- Part 251: errands
- Part 250: canasta
- Part 249: narcissus
- Part 248: Buick Estate
- Part 247: quite mad
- Part 246: rescue
- Part 245: stood up
- Part 244: sang-froid
- Part 243: stuff
- Part 242: Salt Chunk
- Part 241: old lace
- Part 240: minuterie
- Part 239: besieged
- Part 238: with intent
- Part 237: forbidden
- Part 236: fixed
- Part 235: obsequies
- Part 234: the fly & I
- Part 233: gaze
- Part 232: my life
- Part 231: awaken
- Part 230: battle
- Part 229: the idiot
- Part 228: gangleader
- Part 227: haunted
- Part 226: waiting
- Part 225: alone?
- Part 224: the two Emilys
- Part 223: get a grip
- Part 222: guys at a bar
- Part 221: meet me
- Part 220: world
- Part 219: let's dance
- Part 218: gwine to run
- Part 217: the damned
- Part 216: Valhalla
- Part 215: lush life
- Part 214: the son
- Part 213: the price
- Part 212: the kiss
- Part 211: encore
- Part 210: the joke
- Part 209: gone daddy
- Part 208: go daddy
- Part 207: "Bunny"
- Part 206: fly away
- Part 205: foothills
- Part 204: awkward
- Part 203: stumbling words
- Part 202: bebop
- Part 201: river
- Part 200: kick it
- Part 199: which one
- Part 198: cold water
- Part 197: pals
- Part 196: the fly
- Part 195: cad
- Part 194: windbreakers
- Part 193: mambo
- Part 192: rude
- Part 191: wild one
- Part 190: SPring-7
- Part 189: mangy dog
- Part 188: epic
- Part 187: celebrity
- Part 186: "Nicky"
- Part 185: fate
- Part 184: carpe diem
- Part 183: bullfighter
- Part 182: meet Mr. Smythe
- Part 181: cracked
- Part 180: postscript
- Part 179: new day
- Part 178: ...and so to bed
- Part 177: big splash
- Part 176: let's go
- Part 175: jealous
- Part 174: just a man
- Part 173: subjunctive
- Part 172: altercation
- Part 171: the gig at Cana
- Part 170: fut. perf.
- Part 169: Mr. Lucky
- Part 168: him again
- Part 167: double
- Part 166: mysteries
- Part 165: Chalfonte
- Part 164: Cadillac!
- Part 163: him
- Part 162: she moved through the fair
- Part 161: come forth
- Part 160: tin can
- Part 159: resurrection
- Part 158: huge
- Part 157: Magda
- Part 156: collapse
- Part 155: let's dance
- Part 154: holding
- Part 153: blue on blue
- Part 152: oh no...
- Part 151: Heaven Hill
- Part 150: paradise
- Part 149: miracle
- Part 148: be cool!
- Part 147: masterplan
- Part 146: huge
- Part 145: intrigued
- Part 144: do the town
- Part 143: the weight
- Part 142: just one
- Part 141: the Admiral
- Part 140: the promise
- Part 139: the frug
- Part 138: trouble!
- Part 137: Catholic boy
- Part 136: introduced
- Part 135: triangle
- Part 134: Ithaca
- Part 133: friends
- Part 132: falling
- Part 131: Mrs. Davenport
- Part 130: something's happening
- Part 129: Mr. Jones
- Part 128: Dick in love
- Part 127: brothers
- Part 126: loose
- Part 125: in amber
- Part 124: still life
- Part 123: the watcher
- Part 122: Mr. Arbuthnot
- Part 121: whatnot
- Part 120: always something
- Part 119: terrific news
- Part 118: bargain
- Part 117: the little man
- Arnold's Olney, Part 2
- Part 116: St. Thomas Becket
- Part 115: way gone
- Part 114: proposition
- Part 113: multitudes
- Part 112: buddies
- Arnold's Olney
- Part 111: flight
- Arnold's Cape May
- Part 110: not wasted
- Part 109: colloquy
- Part 108: lonely passion
- Part 107: cry, baby
- Part 106: it's all right
- Part 105: busted
- Part 104: Pete's
- Part 103: evasion
- Part 102: novena
- Part 101: this world
- Part 100: sometimes good guys
- Part 99: April
- Part 98: guilt
- Part 97: bad news
- Part 96: post-mortem
- Part 95: Jimmy
- Part 94: rain
- Part 93: veranda
- Part 92: tea time
- Part 91: never nothing
- Part 90: unsinkable
- Part 89: battle tales
- Part 88: land of women
- Part 87: love is a stranger
- Part 86: Sister Mary E.
- Part 85: Saint Augustine
- Part 84: the gatekeeper
- Part 83: house on the hill
- Part 82: Arnold's great escape
- Part 81: "Okay, I'm ready..."
- Part 80: woo boy
- Part 79: women dig madmen
- Part 78: and everything else
- Part 77: and Tommy, too
- Part 76: smoked
- Part 75: I confess
- Part 74: the longest day
- Part 73: summer nights
- Part 72: angel eyes
- Part 71: the bluff
- Part 70: Henri
- Part 69: young Marcel
- Part 68; sideways
- Part 67: the landing
- Part 66: male bonding
- Part 65: the great leap
- Part 64: beat beat beat
- Part 63: never a dull moment
- Part 62: more sage advice
- Part 61: Arnold & Jack
- Part 60: Mlle .38
- Part 59: another new friend
- Part 58: Rio Bravo
- Part 57: Shirley
- Part 56: lucubrations
- Part 55: a chat with Daphne
- Part 54: Mrs. Biddle
- Part 53: garden of earthly delights
- Part 52: Sammy and the bête noir
- Part 51: the chairman of the board
- Part 50: street of dreams
- Part 49: a gathering of eagles
- Part 48: "sempre libera"
- Part 47: Arnold's dream
- Part 46: guess who's coming
- Part 45: Steve to the rescue
- Part 44: Steve shows up, again
- Part 43: another hallway encounter
- Part 42; Miss Rathbone
- Part 41: The Brawny Embraces
- Part 40: Emily comes to the big town
- Part 39: hallway encounter
- Part 38: the King Edward Room
- Part 37: the VFW
- Part 36: throes of passion, deleted
- Part 35: convocation on the porch
- Part 34: Elektra and the ladies
- Part 33: Astroboy
- Part 32: prepping the feast, part 2
- Part 31: preparing the feast
- Part 30: the song of Steve
- Part 29: rainy day coffee
- Part 28: the mysteries of Arnold
- Part 27: the nun on the beach
- Part 26: ducks and female anatomy
- Part 25: breakfast of a champion
- Part 24: disagreement with T.S. Eliot
- Part 23: Elektra takes charge
- Part 22: walk right in
- Part 21: the porch and the garden
- Part 20: poor Father Reilly
- Part 19: a torrid romance?
- Part 18: the return of Cousin Kevin
- Part 17: a doubtful acquaintance
- Part 16: at long last love
- Part 15: an old acquaintance
- Part 14: theological discussion
- Part 13: come here
- Part 12: Elektra
- Part 11: the train and the miles
- Part 10: beatniks on the beach
- Part 9: Kid Colt
- Part 8: just clouds
- Part 7: half a life
- Part 6: a hot date
- Part 5: a budding romance?
- Part 4: the Pilot House
- Part 3: Arnold vs. the Ant-Man
- Part 2: Arnold meets Adam Strange
- Part 1: let it rip
The Poems of Arnold Schnabel
- "Christmas Among the Damned"
- "Leary's Book Store"
- "Haunted"
- "Long Story"
- "I Who Was Sane"
- "August"
- "Ushers' Communion Breakfast"
- "St. Valentine's Day, 1963"
- "New Year's Eve on Chew Avenue"
- "Easter Sunday, 1962"
- "That First Palm Sunday"
- "First Communion, 1962"
- "St. Helena's Parish Carnival, 1962"
- "Cuban Missile Crisis"
- "Christmas Eve in Olney"
- "You Asked For It"
- "My Invisible Friend"
- "Dialogue in the Confessional"
- "Committed Bachelor"
- "Escaping the Heat"
- "The Hammock"
- "The Lost Boy"
- "Swimming"
- "Alone"
- "Inspiration"
- "Abandoned"
- "The Hawkman and I"
- "The Man With the Getaway Face"
- "Striding Forth to Cape May Point"
- "Frank's Playland"
- "Leave of Absence"
- "The Schaefer Award Theatre"
- "The Day of the Worm"
- "May Procession"
- "It's Not So Bad"
- "Downtown"
- "Temple of Dreams"
- "Back on the Job"
- "These Are My Streets"
- "A Guy Named Jesus"
- "One Night"
- "Admonition"
- "The Day after Easter"
- "Dead Man's Hill"
- "In Fisher Park"
Odd poems, illustrated by the "rhoda penmarq studios"
Some very special illustrated Arnold Schnabel mini-series; art direction: rhoda penmarq
"The Horace P. Sternwall Chronicles", with appreciation to rhoda penmarq
- "A No Good Dame"
- "Port of Shame"
- "A Gal Named Elizabeth"
- "A Broad Named Maude"
- "Big Gun for a Little Lady"
- "The Young and the Damned"
- "Three Gals From Poughkeepsie"
- "Mathilda, My Second Cousin"
- "The Martian Invasion Caper"
- "They Called Her Clementine"
- "My Friend the .45"
- "Princess of the Bowery"
- "Shirley From Sheboygan"
- "Molloy's Last Chance"
- "Two Hoofers Named Helen"
- "An Easy Ten Grand"
- "Hell in the Amazon"
- "They Call Him Cad"
- "Female Residence"
- "The Burglar and the Babe"
- "Talk to the Six-Gun!"
- "A Desperate Man"
- "The God’s Honest Truth"
- "The Magic Pen Wiper"
- "Trouble on Exxon-B"
- "The Penultimate Hit"
"Uncle Buddy's House"
- Chapter 60: curtain call
- Chapter 59: come sit
- Chapter 58: backstage
- Chapter 57: "Uh-huh."
- Chapter 56: woman talk
- Chapter 55: troubadour
- Chapter 54: voice mail
- Chapter 53: brunch
- Chapter 52: mystery
- Chapter 51: the slap
- Chapter 50: framboise
- Chapter 49: no cigar, part 2
- Chapter 48: no cigar
- Chapter 47: Sorrento
- Chapter 46: so crazy
- Chapter 45: bonding
- Chapter 44: Cannes
- Chapter 43: pompano
- Chapter 42: not waving
- Chapter 41: fiendish plan
- Chapter 40: two daughters
- Chapter 39: paragon
- Chapter 38: on hold
- Chapter 37: Marjorie
- Chapter 36: two calls
- Chapter 35: two cities
- Chapter 34: cigarettes and coffee
- Chapter 33: the part
- Chapter 32: breathing
- Chapter 31: out of the past
- Chapter 30: scoundrel!
- Chapter 29: go now?
- Chapter 28: "Deh, vieni..."
- Chapter 27: bro and sis
- Chapter 26: busted
- Chapter 25: call-back
- Chapter 24: going there
- Chapter 23: revelations
- Chapter 22: raging fury
- Chapter 21: boom
- Chapter 20: disturbing
- Chapter 19: like nobody's watching
- Chapter 18: Roscoe's
- Chapter 17: pool
- Chapter 16: home
- Chapter 15: Rebel Yell
- Chapter 14: rescue
- Chapter 13: civil question
- Chapter 12: phone call
- Chapter 11: cup of joe
- Chapter 10: girls' school
- Chapter 9: the scene
- Chapter 8: actor trouble
- Chapter 7: audition
- Chapter 6: the damned fool
- Chapter 5: the good daughter
- Chapter 4: swell party
- Chapter 3: la voix humaine
- Chapter 2: Deirdre
- Chapter 1: father and son
My Father's Letters
"A TOWN CALLED DISDAIN", by Larry Winchester (remastered and restored director's cut)
- Episode 138: dawn
- Episode 137: the movie
- Episode 136: the world
- Episode 135: reunion
- Episode 134: whacked
- Episode 133: sunrise
- Episode 132: young love
- Episode 131: breakfast
- Episode 130: late night drinks
- Episode 129: homeward
- Episode 128: recquiescat
- Episode 127: changed
- Episode 126: wasted
- Episode 125: pointed
- Episode 124: "Some experiences..."
- Episode 123: the mouth of Hell
- Episode 122: over under sideways
- Episode 121: July 14, 1987
- Episode 120: shitless
- Episode 119: reprieve
- Episode 118: bonding
- Episode 117: target
- Episode 116: warpath
- Episode 115: aftermath
- Episode 114: regrets?
- Episode 113: Hope's eyes
- Episode 112: cowboy
- Episode 111: trapped
- Episode 110: ascared
- Episode 109: Testicle
- Episode 108: bad scene
- Episode 107: the verge
- Episode 106: bumpy
- Episode 105: staccato
- Episode 104: righteousness
- Episode 103: victory
- Episode 102: atomic
- Episode 101: dang me
- Episode 100: falling
- Episode 99: PBR
- Episode 98: fried
- Episode 97: magnificent
- Episode 96: up the ramp
- Episode 95: Pym investigates
- Episode 94: Mac to the rescue
- Episode 93: introducing...
- Episode 92: caravanserai
- Episode 91: contretemps
- Episode 90: the proposition
- Eoisode 89: such a night
- Episode 88: revelation
- Episode 87: "Hey, we're good..."
- Episode 86: "We are all..."
- Episode 85: Swampoodle
- Episode 84: stand-off!
- Episode 83: the Samba Room
- Episode 82: loaded
- Episode 81: the Pack
- Episode 80: Joey?
- Episode 79: set me free
- Episode 78: long ball
- Episode 77: up and away
- Episode 76: epiphanies
- Episode 75: for he today that sheds
- Episode 74: never walk alone
- Episode 73: lift-off
- Episode 72: le moribond
- Episode 71: auf wiedersehen
- Episode 70: embarkation
- Episode 69: invitation
- Episode 68: alone?
- Episode 67: spaced
- Episode 66: unloved
- Episode 65: Skid Row
- Episode 64: universes collide
- Episode 63: the vice admiral
- Episode 62: an insignificant man
- Episode 61: remembering Dick
- Episode 60: the water boy
- Episode 59: Lefty's mojo
- Episode 58: happiness is a warm gun
- Episode 57: Daphne expands her mind
- Episode 56: the loneliness of Jake
- Episode 55: Mannix interrupted
- Episode 54: what a girl
- Episode 53: bad karma weed
- Episode 52: that uncertain feeling
- Episode 51: McKuen's party
- Episode 50: foreboding
- Episode 49: a cool idea
- Episode 48: Philips and Adams
- Episode 47: Chad and Phyllis
- Episode 46: the radio
- Episode 45: don't lie to Daphne
- Episode 44: Daphne & the Maharishi
- Episode 43: grappling with Marlene
- Episode 42: the bad place
- Episode 41: a private moment
- Episode 40: the Doc examines Hope
- Episode 39: the Derek Squitters Affair
- Episode 38: cocktails with Big Jake
- Episode 37: the Doc has a flashback
- Episode 36: Doc Goldwasser
- Episode 35: Hope's investigations
- Episode 34: Brain Boy
- Episode 33: Special Agent Philips
- Episode 32: the rattlesnake
- Episode 31: Lt. Perkins
- Episode 30: desert interludes
- Episode 29: Thorndyke showdown
- Episode 28: meet the Thorndykes
- Episode 27: up on the mesa
- Episode 26: Moloch in a pensive mood
- Episode 25: the Brian Jones affair
- Episode 24: across to Singapore!
- Episode 23: the gun room
- Episode 22: Herr Grupler
- Episode 21: lunch at Big Jake's
- Episode 20: Miss Enid's joint
- Episode 19: enter Tip Bullock
- Episode 18: Dick and Daphne get up
- Episode 17: Daphne meets Hope
- Episode 16: Dick goes to sleep
- Episode 15: Automat days
- Episode 14: Big Jake's a coward
- Episode 13: unpleasantness resolved
- Episode 12: unpleasantness, cont'd
- Episode 11: unpleasant encounter
- Episode 10: then came Cleb
- Episode 9: Harvey in the army
- Episode 8: Daphne, Dick, and the bathroom with the Arno covers
- Episode 7: Dick, the Native American, and the cowgirl
- Episode 6: Dick and Daphne: the plot thickens but does not congeal
- Episode 5: Big Jake makes Daphne a gentlemanly proposition
- Episode 4: darts, pinball, and the mystery of Dick's fingernails
- Episode 3: the strange tale of Lefty Schiessen and the Browns
- Episode 2: Harvey meets "the Smiths"
- Episode 1: Harvey comes home
The Films of Larry Winchester
- "Phineas Barton: Assassin for the CIA"
- "Desert Rat Girls"
- "Calling All Call Girls"
- "Ride a Dead Horse"
- "Rave-Up at Roderick's"
- "Six Bullets for Curly Russell"
- "The Boxing Milkmaid"
- "Maggie: A Girl of the Streets"
- "Long Tall Shorty"
- "The Devil's Country"
- "Several Lonely People"
- "Return of the 300 Spartans"
- "The Vacant City"
- "Harvey Harmonica"
- "Fiche-moi le camp!"
Strange Tales from the O-Zone
- "The Legend of Gooney McFarland"
- "The Testament of Joey Ryan", Part 1
- "The Testament of Joey Ryan", Part 2
- "The Testament of Joey Ryan", Part 3
- "Patrick, Keith & Eddy"
- "Mrs. Malazewski"
- "The East Oak Lane Boys"
- "Gabby & the Gazelles"
- "Patty O'Donnel & Rachel Anne Greenberg"
- "The Green Parrot Mob"
- "The Moyle Siblings"
- "Kevin St. Jude Woczynski"
- "The Schultz Brothers"
- "The Harrowgate Mob"
- "The Rear Ends"
- "Gangsta Dream"
- "Spiv Spunkowski"
Great Lost TV Shows
- Vol. 7.1: "Goodbye, Mr. Wittmar"
- Vol. 7: "Section 20"
- Vol. 6: "Howard Johnson's Variety Hour"
- Vol. 5.5: "The Two Sams"
- Vol. 5.4: "Thomas Mitchell"
- Vol. 5.3: "Evelyn Ankers"
- Vol. 5.2: "Roddy McDowell"
- Vol. 5.1: "Burl Ives"
- Vol. 5: "The Jolly Six Bums"
- Vol. 4: "Dane Clark Presents"
- Vol. 3: "Miss Meep & Mr. Weakes"
- Vol. 2: "Cornelius Doyle"
- Vol. 1: "Kohlberg!"
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