Janwillem van de Wetering was the first to tell me, “Your picture never changes in the magazine.”

Okay, so that’s when I shaved off my mustache and went with the maroon sweater.

Here’s an update to kick off the New Year. I’m sipping a “Dark & Steamy” to celebrate the 39th year of our publishing Portland Monthly magazine—and the publication by HellBound Books (Austin, TX) of my novel Flying Dark.

Read the full story in the digital magazine above.