James Riley (writer) from Los Angeles, California to Alexandria, Virginia. James Riley's first published novel, "Half Upon a Time", was released on September 7, 2010. It is a fantasy novel centered around a boy named Jack, the fictional son of the main character from the children's story "Jack and the Beanstalk", and a girl named May who is from our nonfictional world. The novel incorporates plot points from various Brothers Grimm fairy tales, including "Little Red Riding Hood", "Sleeping Beauty", and "Snow White". This is Riley's first story centered around the idea that the fictional and nonfictional worlds are connected, a common theme
Red Hot Riding Hood Riding Hood" (with the wolf from "Dumb-Hounded", the cartoon which saw the debut of Avery's Droopy). The characters rebel at this stale and derivative staging of the story and demand a fresh approach. The annoyed narrator accedes to their demands and starts the story again in a dramatically different arrangement. The story begins again, now told in a contemporary urban setting. The narrator explains that Little Red Riding Hood (now portrayed as an adult) is an attractive performer in a Hollywood nightclub under the stage name "Red Hot Riding Hood," and the Big Bad Wolf, now a Hollywood swinger, follows