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Now featuring my new historical fiction series about a group of young men and women pursuing their wild lives in the midst of 1980’s Los Angeles.

The Rise and Fall of Bram Z and The Tribe

(A five-part novel series)

The Rise and Fall of Bram Z and The Tribe Series

Books

The Rise and Fall of Bram Z and The Tribe

Book 1: The Beginning (1979-1982)

Told by an ensemble of musicians, lovers, producers, and hangers-on, this brief first novel in a series of five, The Beginning follows the stories the enigmatic half-Native American Bram Baptiste and four of the main narrators in the novels as they negotiate their lives in the Los Angeles area from 1979-1982: songwriter and Kerouac-inspired Scotty Rat; actor and storyteller Vinny “Slugcat” Polari, music-worshipping urban hippie Mariah Sweet; and stunning half Asian dancer, Veronica Circe.

The Rise and Fall of Bram Z and The Tribe

Book 2: 1982 and the First Band (1982)

Bram Baptiste and Scotty Rat agree to form a band called Bram Z and The Tribe in 1982 in Los Angeles to play at the local clubs in Hollywood and elsewhere. Mariah and Veronica begin their lives in Los Angeles clubbing and building their separate relationships with the charismatic Bram Z Baptiste. Success for the band seems close at hand very quickly until a variety of disasters strike. Meanwhile, Vinny tries for acting fame and future band member Matchy Modesto tells us about his life in a punk band in Los Angeles which also toured the country.

The Rise and Fall of Bram Z and The Tribe

Book 3: The Second Band and the Beginning of the Radicals (1983-1984)

Bram Z reforms the band with a new synthesizer player and the task of playing in local clubs and drawing attention to gain a good record contract begins again. Scott and Rat and his other good friend, Vinny Polari team up together to start a production catering company for the Hollywood entertainment business. They quickly get hired to provide meals for The Wheel of Fortune game show, a fil, and a number of movie videos, and the business starts to take off. Mariah and Veronica continue working, partying, and doing their best to retain the love of Bram Z. Other musicians tell us of their experiences as members of Bram Z and The Tribe. their attempts at success in the record business, and also of their growing realization of their band leader’s tragic flaw.

The Rise and Fall of Bram Z and The Tribe

Book 4: A Circle of Fools (1985-1987)

In Volume 4, various musicians, lovers and hangers-on, chronicle the beginning of the 3rd iteration of Bram Z and The Tribe, Scotty Rat and Vinny Slugcat’s successful Hollywood production company activities, and the ever-enigmatic Veronica Circe continues to spiral out of control, setting up what can only be a tumultuous outcome later on.

The Rise and Fall of Bram Z and The Tribe

Book 5: “Ball of Confusion (1987-1989)

The 1980’s draws to an end, and the world of the rock band, Bram Z and The Tribe, and the Hollywood caterers, the Radicals, is torn apart by betrayals, self-destructive behavior, drugs, madness and death. Scotty Rat, Veronica Circe and the other main characters make some powerful discoveries and struggle to continue on with their lives as best as they can.

About The Author

S.F. Covell

Biography: SF Covell has been writing fiction and non-fiction since he was 12. Published works include Walls 1: The Beginning, Gatsby’s Revenge (a Fan Fiction Sequel to The Great Gatsby), “Running Drugs to Romania,” and “Devil with a Bad Haircut: Postmodern Villainy Rides the Range in Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men.” He grew up in Westport, Connecticut; attended a boarding school in St. Louis, Missouri, went to five colleges in three states; backpacked Mt. Harvard in Colorado; and worked in construction on a small island outside of Seattle, with a waterbed wholesaler in Denver, in the restaurant business in three states, as a production assistant in Hollywood; ran a production catering company in Los Angeles where he worked with Smoky

Review

A novel that delves into the vibrant music scene of the 1980s. The story is told in a unique way, making it raw and real; and the main character, Bram, is fascinating and complex, which draws you in. A fast-paced, raw, and atmospheric story; I couldn’t put it down. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of the series.

Films and videos

Harmless

Executive Producer

Three teenage girls fall under the spell of a bewitching ad on TV and become dangerous and anything but harmless.
Dan Heyerman: Writer, director, cinematographer
SF Covell: Executive Producer
From a story by SF Covell

Sorrow Is the Most Ennobling Emotion

Writter, Director & Producer

Cinematography: Dan Heyerman
Editing: SF Covell and Dillon Munary
Music: “Pool of Pain,” written by SF Covell, performed by Alyssa Suede and Ryan Gelber
“Pretty Day,” written by SF Covell and Dev Rey, performed by Althea’s Reese, and Dev Rey
“Sorrow Theme,” “Tree Snow,” composed and performed by John Morgan