James Donzella is a freelance writer of on-air comedy programming materials, as well as producing audio materials for radio show prep services. He’s worked as an actor and voice-over artist, and has written several short film projects, including a documentary, The Sustainable West. His first novel, The Dead Don’t Pay, a noir detective story, is targeted for release in 2023, and his short stories have appeared in War-Stories.com and Every Day Fiction. His noir short story, “The Lady With Emerald Green Eyes,” is scheduled for publication in the Hard Boiled and Loaded With Sin anthology in December 2022. Donzella served one tour in 1971 with the U.S. Army in Vietnam.