Honey West & T.H.E. Cat - Front & Back Cover

Very pleased with the overall design of A Girl and Her Cat. A very handsome package, if I do say so!

• Signed, limited edition hardcover (available now!) - Direct Order from Moonstone
• Trade paperback (preorder - coming in June 2014) - Amazon

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Honey West - Gold Key one-shot!

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Day 11 of 11 Honey West novels!

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Day 6 of 11 Honey West covers!

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Day 2 of 11 Honey West covers!

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Day 4 of 11 Honey West covers!

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Day 1 of 11 Honey West covers!

2011 Review & 2012 Preview!

2011 Review of publications:

Short Fiction

• "Zorro's Rival" in More Tales of Zorro by Richard Dean Starr (ed.) (Moonstone Books, March 2011)
• "Happy Death Men" in The Avenger: The Justice, Inc. Files by Joe Gentile and Howard Hopkins (eds.) (Moonstone Books, August 2011)
• "Bad Medicine" in The Green Hornet Casefiles by Joe Gentile and Win Scott Eckert (eds.) (with Vito Delsante) (Moonstone Books, August 2011)
• "Marguerite's Tears" in Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 8: Agents Provocateurs by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier (eds.) (Black Coat Press, December 2011)

Books Edited

• The Green Hornet Casefiles (with Joe Gentile), Moonstone Books, August 2011.

Short Nonfiction

• "Afterword" to The Peerless Peer by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, June 2011) 
• "Introduction" to Scarlet in Gaslight by Martin Powell (Pulp 2.0 Books, December 2011) 

2012 Preview:

Short Fiction (completed)

• "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" in Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook by Howard Hopkins (ed.) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming)
• "Progress" in The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Joe Gentile, Win Scott Eckert, and Matthew Baugh (eds.) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming)
• "Zombies under Broadway" (a Green Ghost tale, written with Eric Fein) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming)

Short Fiction (to be written)

• "A Girl and Her Cat" for Moonstone's Honey West anthology
• As-yet untitled "Wold Newton Origins" tale for Meteor House's third The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer anthology
• As-yet untitled story for Moonstone's third Avenger anthology, The Avenger: Tales from Bleek Street (the plan is to wrap up the storyline from my first two tales, including a return engagement for the Domino Lady)
• Story for a Moonstone anthology crossing over a well-know pulp secret agent for which Moonstone has acquired the license, and the Green Ghost (more info when I can make it available!)

Books Edited

• The Green Hornet: Still at Large (with Joe Gentile and Matthew Baugh), Moonstone Books, forthcoming.

 Short Nonfiction

•  Much bonus material for Titan Books' new reissues of Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Novels; more details coming soon!

 Other: I may still write a Sherlock Holmes novel, but Titan has more Wold Newton reissues waiting in the wings, so I'll need to see what my schedule allows. Stay tuned to this space!

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Day 8 of 11 Honey West novels!

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Day 3 of 11 Honey West covers!

2012: Writing Year in Review... and Coming in 2013

2012 Published

Fiction

• "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" in Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook by Howard Hopkins (ed.) (Moonstone Books, March 2012)

• "Progress" in The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Joe Gentile, Win Scott Eckert, and Matthew Baugh (eds.) (Moonstone Books, August 2012)

• "The Wild Huntsman" in The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3: Portraits of a Trickster by Michael Croteau (ed.) (Meteor House, August 2012) (illo to the left by Jay Piscopo)
• "Violet's Lament" in Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 9: Le Vie en Noir by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier (eds.) (Black Coat Press, December 2012)

Nonfiction

• Afterword: "Only a Coincidence: Phileas Fogg, Philip José Farmer, and the Wold Newton Family" in The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, May 2012) 

• "A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to The Other Log of Phileas Fogg" in The Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, May 2012) 

• "Gribardsun through the Ages: A Chronology of Major Events Pertinent to Time’s Last Gift" (with Dennis E. Power) in Time's Last Gift by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, June 2012)
• "A Tale of Two Universes" in Lord of the Trees by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, November 2012)

Books Edited

• The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Joe Gentile, Win Scott Eckert, and Matthew Baugh (eds.) (Moonstone Books, August 2012)

2013 Completed/Editorially Approved

Fiction

• "According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster" in The Avenger: Roaring Heart of the Crucible by Joe Gentile and Nancy Holder (eds.) (Moonstone Books, FORTHCOMING APRIL 2013)

• "Zombies under Broadway" (with Eric Fein) (Moonstone Books, FORTHCOMING TBD)

Work in Progress and Planned for 2013

Fiction

• A Girl and Her Cat, Honey West/T.H.E. Cat novella for Moonstone Books, cowritten with Matthew Baugh
• "untitled" for Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook Volume III for Moonstone Books (sequel to "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone")
• a Patricia Wildman novella, sequel to The Evil in Pemberley House for Meteor House
• an important novel in a well-nine well-known series; working hard to complete the three items above in 2012 in order to focus all energies on the novel starting in mid- 2013

Nonfiction

• "A Chronology of  Major Events Pertinent to the Secrets of the Nine Series" in The Mad Goblin by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, June 2013)

Everything Is Connected: The Wold Newton Cycle of Win Scott Eckert

While I would prefer that readers discover on their own the deeply interconnected nature of my seemingly unrelated tales, I’ve come to realize that this is not the wisest marketing strategy in terms of enticing new readers to take a chance on my stories, so I’ve created an outline illustrating how my tales are linked, both to each other and to the works of Philip José Farmer (I’ve noted the latter to avoid confusion). 

It should go without saying that all are connected in varying degrees to Farmer’s Tarzan Alive: A Definitive Biography of Lord Greystoke and Doc Savage: His Apocalyptic Life, but there you go, I’ve said it anyway.

Publication info is available on my site’s bibliography.

I’ve tried to keep this relatively spoiler free, but in identifying the connective tissue, there’s no avoiding mild spoilers. The vast majority of readers are not picking up on the links anyway, so really, what do I have to lose by disclosing some high-level spoilers?

Each and every crossover is not listed. That’s what my Crossovers, Volumes 1 & 2, and Sean Lee Levin’s Crossovers Expanded, Volumes 1 & 2, are for.

Following are recurring antagonists and the aliases used in various stories (if a character is unlicensed, aliases or descriptive hints are used):

·         XauXaz / Wolf Larsen / Baron Ulf von Waldman / Baron von Hessel / Doctor Karl Walden  / Doctor Karl Stipier

·         Doctor Natas / Doctor Shan Ming Fu (Doctor Fu Manchu)

·         Lili Bugov, the Countess Idivzhopu / “The Countess” / Lilya Zarov

·         Madame Inga (Fah Lo Suee)

·         Dame Sinestre (Sumuru)

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2070–12,000 BCE–2140

Time’s Last Gift (Farmer)

Protagonist: John Gribardsun

Other: time travel

Approximately 10,000 BCE

The Khokarsa/Ancient Opar cycle by Farmer and Christopher Paul Carey. I won’t recap all the tales here, since Carey has already created a handy checklist.

1795

“Is He in Hell?”

Protagonist: The Scarlet Pimpernel (Sir Percy Blakeney)

Antagonist: Leonox

Other: Eridaneans; the Heart of Ahriman

“Nadine’s Invitation”

Protagonists: the first generation of the Wold Newton Family

Antagonist: Countess Nadine Carody

“The Wild Huntsman”

Protagonist: John Gribardsun

Antagonist: XauXaz

Other: the first generation of the Wold Newton Family; the Eridaneans and Capelleans; distorters; time travel; the Secrets of the Nine series

1798

“Marguerite’s Tears”

Protagonists: Doctor Siger Holmes and the first generation of the Wold Newton Family

Antagonist: Countess Nadine Carody

1815

“Violet’s Lament”

Protagonists: Doctor Siger Holmes and Violet Blakeney

Antagonist: Countess Nadine Carody

1820

“Zorro’s Rival”

Protagonist: Zorro (Don Diego de la Vega)

Antagonist: El Halcón (Violette Durand aka Violet Blakeney)

1872

The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Farmer)

Protagonist: Phileas Fogg

Antagonist: Captain Nemo/Professor Moriarty

Other: the Eridaneans and Capelleans; distorters

“Being an Account of the Delay in Green River, Wyoming of Phileas Fogg, World Traveler”

Protagonists: Phileas Fogg and the Lone Ranger

Antagonist: Doctor Shan Ming Fu

1893
The Sea Wolf (Jack London)
Antagonist: Wolf Larsen


1895

“The Problem of the Sore Bridge—Among Others” (Farmer)

Protagonists: A. J. Raffles and Harry “Bunny” Manders

Antagonist: alien shapeshifter (“a worm unknown to science”)

1899

“No Ghosts Need Apply”

Protagonists: The Phantom; Barker and Nash

Antagonist: Colonel Sebastian Moran

Other: John Gribardsun

1916

The Adventure of the Peerless Peer (Farmer)

Protagonists: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson

Antagonist: Von Bork

1917

“The Adventure of the Fallen Stone”

Protagonists: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson

Antagonists: Von Bork and Baron Ulf von Waldman

1918

Escape from Loki: Doc Savage’s First Adventure (Farmer)

Protagonist: Clark Savage (James Clarke Wildman)

Antagonists: Baron von Hessel and Lili Bugov, the Countess Idivzhopu

Other: “a worm unknown to science”

Tarzan and the Dark Heart of Time (Farmer)

Protagonist: Tarzan

Antagonists: Jelke Helmson and James D. Stonecraft

Other: The Crystal Tree; time travel

1920–1921

Ironcastle (J.-H. Rosny and Farmer)

Protagonist: Hareton Ironcastle

1929

“Iron and Bronze” (with Christopher Paul Carey)

Protagonists: Doc Ardan (Doctor James Clarke Wildman) and Hareton Ironcastle

Antagonists: Harry Killer and Antinea

1937

“Captain Midnight at Ultima Thule”

Protagonist: Captain Midnight
Antagonists: Sun Koh and Madame Inga

1939

Tarzan and the Castaways (Edgar Rice Burroughs)
Antagonist?: Captain Larsen

1941

“Shadows Over Kunlun”

Protagonist: Lance Star
Antagonist: Doctor Natas
Other: Madame Inga

1944

“The Glass Lady”

Protagonists: Richard Benson (The Avenger) and the Domino Lady (Ellen Patrick)

Antagonists: Werner Conrad, the Iron Skull, and the Iron Skull’s daughter, Lenni Blau-Montag

“Death and the Countess”

Protagonist: Richard Benson (The Avenger)

Antagonist: The Countess

1945

“Happy Death Men”

Protagonist: The Avenger (Richard Benson) and the Domino Lady (Ellen Patrick)

Antagonists: Doctor Karl Walden and the Countess (aka Lilya Zarov)

“According to Plan of a One-Eyed Trickster”

Protagonist: The Avenger (Richard Benson) and the Domino Lady (Ellen Patrick)

Antagonists: Doctor Karl Walden and the Countess (aka Lilya Zarov)

Other: alien shapeshifter/human hybrid (see “Sore Bridge”)

1946

“Toil and Trouble”

Protagonist: The Avenger (Richard Benson) and the Domino Lady (Ellen Patrick)

Antagonists: The Iron Skull, Lenni Blau-Montag, and Doctor Karl Walden

“The Eye of Oran”

Protagonists: Doc Ardan (Doctor James Clarke Wildman), “Shrinking” Violet Holmes, and Adélaïde Lupin

Antagonist: Doctor Natas

“Les Levres Rouges”

Protagonist: Doc Ardan (Doctor James Clarke Wildman) and Adélaïde Lupin

Antagonist: Madame Elisabeth (Countess Erzsébet Báthory)

1948

“Dame Sinestre”

Protagonists: The Green Ghost (George Chance) and the Domino Lady (Ellen Patrick)

Antagonists: Leonox and Dame Sinestre

Other: the Heart of Ahriman

1949

“The Vanishing Devil”

Protagonist: Doc Ardan (Doctor James Clarke Wildman)

Antagonist: Doctor Natas

1964

“Fang and Sting”

Protagonists: The Green Hornet and Kato

Antagonists: Doctor Shan Ming Fu and his granddaughter, Doctor Isabella Fang

1965

“The Atomos Affair”

Protagonists: Alexander Waverly, Napoleon Solo, and Illya Kuryakin (hinted, not named)

Antagonist: Mme. Atomos

1967

A Girl and Her Cat (with Matthew Baugh)

Protagonists: Honey West and T.H.E. Cat

Antagonists: Shan Ming Fu, Isabella Fang, and Doctor Karl Stipier

Other: Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin (hinted, not named); distorters

1973

“Progress”

Protagonists: The Green Hornet and Kato

Antagonists: Shan Ming Fu and Isabella Fang

 

1973

The Evil in Pemberley House (Farmer and Eckert)

Protagonist: Patricia Wildman

Antagonists: The Dowager Duchess of Greystoke, Doctor Augustus Moran, other family members

Other: Doctor James Clarke Wildman and Adélaïde Lupin Wildman; Violet Holmes; Helen Benson; Jelke Helmson

1974

The Scarlet Jaguar

Protagonists: Pat Wildman, Parker, and Helen Benson

Antagonist: The Scarlet Jaguar

Other: Doc Wildman and Adélaïde Wildman; Violet Holmes; Doctor von Hessel