Saturday, September 18, 2010

I just bought some Harlequin books... WTF?





I was in a local independent bookstore today scouting out copies of Hard Case Crime books to add to my collection, since news broke that Dorchester is going digital. Didn't find any additional HHC books... but instead found these!

"Dangerous Dames! Exotic Romps! Cold-Blooded Murder - 1950s Style!"


Why the heck didn't I know about these Harlequin Vintage books?


Never underestimate the power of brick-and-mortar bookstores with the covers turned out on the shelves.

Tales of the Shadowmen 7: Femmes Fatales

I'm thrilled to announce that my short story "Nadine's Invitation" has been accepted by publisher Jean-Marc Lofficier for the annual anthology Tales of the Shadowmen. The upcoming volume is the 7th in the series, with the subtitle Femmes Fatales.

My tale is an entry in my "Road to Would Newton" series which kicked off with last year's Scarlet Pimpernel story "Is He in Hell?" (appearing both in
Tales of the Shadowmen 6: Grand Guignol and slightly revised and expanded in The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 1: Protean Dimensions (Meteor House).

Tales of the Shadowmen 7: Femmes Fatales is due out at the end of this year, or very early 2011.

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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

THE GREEN HORNET CASEFILES and teaser cover art!



That's right, folks you heard it here!

Moonstone Books' follow-up to
The Green Hornet Chronicles is titled The Green Hornet Casefiles and will feature more great stories featuring the fabulous '60s version of The Green Hornet and Kato.

Rubén Procopio's cover is all kinds of awesome
, effectively teasing the mysterious and thrilling tales to be found on the pages between the covers. Many thanks for his permission to repost the cover here; you should also check out Rubén's original post!

And...surprise! The alternate cover by none other than Michael Wm. Kaluta!


I am already hard at work on editing the stories, along with my co-editor, Joe Gentile. The book is due out in April 2011.

In the meantime, don't forget that volume one, The Green Hornet Chronicles, is coming any day now!

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Monday, September 13, 2010

Green Ghost interview on All Pulp!

As part of All Pulp's Moonstone Mondays, I and my co-writer Eric Fein were interviewed today on All Pulp, covering the Green Ghost for Moonstone's Return of the Originals; there are also several other Originals interviews.

Many thanks to the fine folks All Pulp for his time and interest.

Just go here and scroll down to the headline:
WIN SCOTT ECKERT AND ERIC FEIN,
Writers of THE GREEN GHOST, for RETURN OF THE ORIGINALS, Moonstone

Then please get out there and bug your local comics retailer to buy and stock plenty of Moonstone pulp comics and prose anthologies. :-)

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Friday, September 03, 2010

Crossovers gushing

T. Everett of Northern Michigan gushes about Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1 & 2.



Here and here.



Thanks T!

Writing roundup, 2010

It's always fun to look back and see how much has been accomplished, as well as what's just around the bend...

IN PRINT:

"Is He in Hell?" in Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 6: Grand Guignol by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier (eds.) (Black Coat Press, January 2010) -- Scarlet Pimpernel tale

"No Ghosts Need Apply" in The Phantom Chronicles, Volume 2 by Joe Gentile and Mike Bullock (eds.) (Moonstone Books, May 2010) -- The Phantom in Sherlock Holmes' London and Ireland... with a subtle hint of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World, Black Coat Press, May 2010.

"Is He in Hell?" revised and expanded version in The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 1: Protean Dimensions by Michael Croteau (ed.) (Meteor House, June 2010) -- Scarlet Pimpernel tale; expansion explains how certain well-know persons came to be in Wold Newton, England on Dec 13, 1795

"The Blakeney Family Tree" in The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 1: Protean Dimensions by Michael Croteau (ed.) (Meteor House, June 2010) -- Creative Mythography essay

"Captain Midnight at Ultima Thule" in Captain Midnight Chronicles by Christopher Mills (ed.) (Moonstone Books, June 2010) -- Captain Midnight vs. Sun Koh, "the Inheritor of Atlantis"

Crossovers 2: A Secret Chronology of the World, Black Coat Press, July 2010.

AND FORTHCOMING...

"Fang and Sting" in The Green Hornet Chronicles by Joe Gentile and Win Scott Eckert (eds.) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming) -- The Green Hornet and Kato vs...???

"Zorro's Rival" in More Tales of Zorro by Richard Dean Starr (ed.) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming)

"Zombies under Broadway," co-written with Eric Fein -- Green Ghost tale, part of Moonstone's Return of the Originals

"Happy Death Men" (working title) -- The Avenger/The Domino Lady crossover story; currently undergoing final polishing and self-editing this weekend; to be submitted to Moonstone Books for The Avenger Chronicles Volume 3

Untitled story for Black Coat Press' Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 7: Femmes Fatales

Editing Moonstone's The Green Hornet Chronicles Volume 2; possibly writing a sequel to "Fang and Sting"

Untitled story for a Sherlock Holmes anthology

Researching and taking notes for a novel I intend to write in 2011

More Green Ghost prose stories for Moonstone's Return of the Originals

Gods, no wonder I'm tired.

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Thursday, September 02, 2010

Contents announced for The Green Hornet Chronicles

The Green Hornet Chronicles is at the printer and is shipping soon from Moonstone Books!

  • Edited by Joe Gentile and Win Scott Eckert
  • Covers by Glen Orbik and Rubén Procopio/interior illustrations by Procopio
  • Information on the various covers and editions here
CONTENTS:

  • "Reflections on The Green Hornet": Introduction by Van Williams
  • "The Night Car" by Will Murray
  • "I Had The Green Hornet’s Love Child!" by Greg Cox
  • "Weakness" by C.J. Henderson
  • "Topsy-Turvy" by James Chambers
  • "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Richard Dean Starr
  • "Just a Man" by Thom Brannan
  • "The Cold Cash Kill" by James Reasoner
  • "Flight of the Yellow Jacket" by Howard Hopkins
  • "By Scarab and Scorpion" by Mark Ellis
  • "You Can’t Pick the Number" by Rich Harvey
  • "Eyes of the Madonna" by Ron Fortier
  • "Stormy Weather" by Patricia Weakley
  • "The Auction" by Terry Alexander
  • "Go Go Gone" by Robert Greenberger
  • "Mutual Assured Destruction" by Bill Spangler
  • "The Crimson Dragon" by Mark Justice
  • "Fang and Sting" by Win Scott Eckert
  • "The Inside Man" by Matthew Baugh
  • "The Soul of Solomon" by Harlan Ellison(R)
  • "Life at 90 MPH": Afterword by Dean Jeffries
  • "The Green Hornet's Hunch" by Dennis O'Neil (bonus story in Limited Editions only)

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