Author: Paul Wilborn

Paul Wilborn is executive director of the Palladium Theater at St. Petersburg College, where he programs dance, chamber music, jazz, blues, comedy and other performances. His fiction collection, Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto, won the Gold Medal for Fiction in the 2019 Florida Book Awards. His debut novel, Florida Hustle, released in June, earned a coveted “starred review” from Kirkus Reviews. Both books are published by St. Petersburg Press. A pianist and singer, he produced and performed his American Songbook Series for 10 years at American Stage. and headlined major events around Tampa Bay with his band, Paul Wilborn and the Pop Tarts. He lives in St. Petersburg with his wife, the film actor and teacher, Eugenie Bondurant.

  • Horror Time Video Visit

    ByPaul Wilborn

    Excerpt from Paul Wilborn’s novel, Florida Hustle. – Set in the world of cheap 1980s slasher films.In the opening chapter, aspiring horror filmmaker Michael Donnelly, 17, visits his favorite video store – Horror Time Video. The wooden front door of Horror Time Video was hidden behind a life-size black and white cutout of Boris Karloff’s…

  • THE APPRENTICE 

    ByPaul Wilborn

    BOOK EXCERPT FOR THE ARTISAN MAGAZINE – From: Cigar City: Tales From a 1980s Creative Ghetto Fiction Gold Medal, Florida Book Awards Looking down at the chicken boiling in the stock pot, Katrina thought it could be Brian – if she had tweezed out all his hair and let his severed head soak overnight. The…