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Suddenly, This Summer
The sun is setting earlier and rising later; the 90-degree days are getting fewer and farther between. Technically there are still a...

Wade Beauchamp
Sep 3, 20243 min read


A Galaxie far, far away....
One of the most pivotal (and spiciest) scenes in The Purple Menace and the Tobacco Prince takes place on the foredeck of the SS Galaxie,...

Wade Beauchamp
Apr 9, 20242 min read


Look! Up in the sky! It's a plane! It's a boat!
Han Solo had the Millenium Falcon. Arnie Cunningham had Christine. The Duke Boys had the General Lee. And in The Purple Menace and the...

Wade Beauchamp
Apr 3, 20242 min read


The Dark Purple Menace
Bizzy Holt, the sun around which not one, but two, millionaires revolve in The Purple Menace and the Tobacco Prince, is based on Broadway...

Wade Beauchamp
Mar 28, 20242 min read


Flying Camels
Winston-Salem, North Carolina has long been known as the Camel City for the world-famous cigarette brand started here by the R.J....

Wade Beauchamp
Mar 20, 20242 min read


The Spirit of Ecstasy
In a previous entry I mentioned the Rolls Royce hood ornament that inspired my first published story. Much like Isadora Duncan, Eleanor...

Wade Beauchamp
Mar 12, 20242 min read


Admiral Balbo sent me…
In The Purple Menace and the Tobacco Prince, Wright Williams takes a trip to New York City to watch Bizzy Holy perform at the Selwyn...

Wade Beauchamp
Mar 7, 20242 min read


Skyscrapers and mansions
The most pivotal location in The Purple Menace and the Tobacco Prince is Peace Haven, the Williams family estate, located a few miles...

Wade Beauchamp
Feb 29, 20242 min read


The Flying Goddess
The first story I ever got published was called “Charles Sykes’ ‘Spirit of Ecstasy.’” It was about the famous Rolls Royce hood ornament...

Wade Beauchamp
Feb 20, 20242 min read


Paris Noir
After the Great War, Paris became a magnet for African American writers, poets, and musicians as La Ville Lumière was far more tolerant...

Wade Beauchamp
Feb 13, 20242 min read


A Chemical Romance
“She walks like a man. She talks like a man. God, she even dresses like a man.” - Helen Lynd In The Purple Menace and the Tobacco Prince,...

Wade Beauchamp
Feb 8, 20242 min read


Roll up, roll up
It's still wobbling on spindly legs and slathered with afterbirth, but my new official author website has been born! And you're here! Is...

Wade Beauchamp
Jan 5, 20241 min read
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