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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Monday, May 10, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Sunday, May 09, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Saturday, May 08, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Friday, May 07, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Thursday, May 06, 2010
Phantom Chronicles 2 -- Now Available from Moonstone Books!
I'm pleased to note that Moonstone Books' The Phantom Chronicles 2 is now available.
"To the outside world, this man, seemingly immortal, has always worn the mask. As the legend grew, it transcended the life of any one mortal. And that legend became THE PHANTOM!
High adventure and intrigue in the African jungle, on the high seas, and in the streets! There is always justice that needs to be served, whether it’s in the present…or the past.
With an introduction by the Phantom creator’s Lee Falk’s daughter Diane Falk."
My story is "No Ghost Need Apply," a title which should intrigue any good Sherlockian. If you happen to have read my novel The Evil in Pemberley House (co-authored with
Philip Jose Farmer), you might see some intriguing connections as well... aw hell, why be coy, this one adds another layer to the mythology behind one of the Wold Newton Family's greatest members... but even if you're a not a Wold Newton fan, or never even heard of Wold Newton, you'll be just fine. Trust me. So what're you waiting for, order it already!Other contributors are: Harlan Ellison, Ed Gorman, Robin Wayne Bailey, Mike Bullock, Tom DeFalco, Matthew Baugh, Joe Gentile, Mark Justice, Jeff Mariotte, Joe McKinney, Nate Meyer, Will Murray, CJ Henderson, Martin Powell, and Aaron Shaps, with spot illustrations by Ruben Procopio.
Covers by Doug Klauba (softcover) and Mark Romanoski (limited edition hardcover).
Direct from Moonstone: Softcover | Limited Edition Hardcover
Good stuff in my mailbox
Brother Blood by Donald F. Glut -- haven't you gotten your copy yet??
"Sail On, Sail On" by Philip Jose Farmer, Startling Stories, Dec. 1952
"Father" by Philip Jose Farmer, Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1955
Calling the Ghost by G.T. Fleming-Roberts, The Ghost Super-Detective, Jan. 1940
The God of the Hive by Laurie R. King (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes series)
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Wednesday, May 05, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Tuesday, May 04, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Monday, May 03, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Sunday, May 02, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Saturday, May 01, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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Friday, April 30, 2010
pic o' the day - Crossovers extra
In celebration of the fact that Crossovers 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is NOW AVAILABLE for order, I'm posting several weeks worth of crossover image goodness. Enjoy!
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- Black Coat Press direct
- Amazon.com
- Barnes and Noble.com (coming soon!)
CROSSOVERS 1 Now Available!!
CROSSOVERS 1: A Secret Chronology of the World is a much updated version of the "Crossover Chronology" on the Wold Newton Universe site. (The online "Crossover Chronology" has not been updated in over 5 years as the book version has been prepared.) From Black Coat Press publisher Jean-Marc Lofficier:
"Our May releases are now online on the site: http://www.blackcoatpress.com/
First, the much anticipated Volume 1 of Win Scott Eckert's CROSSOVERS, 460 pages, over 200 illustrations -- a massive encyclopedia of "crossover fiction", i.e.: works bringing together various characters from popular literature, film, comics, etc. that starts at the Dawn of Time and ends on the eve of WWII. Reading this is like a stroll through a wonderful library of the imagination with Win as the erudite but also funny guide giving you a tour of the pulp universe. We are very proud of having published this tome, which perfectly embodies Black Coat Press' raison d'être. There is a lovely and substantial intro by Kim Newman, and the crossover cover is by the wonderful Mark Maddox.
Next is the fourth (out of 5) volume in the series of translations of Maurice Rensard, the French HG Wells, entitled THE DOCTORED MAN, which is a collection of ground-breaking (and very Wellsian) stories ranging to 1913 to his very last works in 1939. The title novella, The Doctored Man (from 1921), is truly remarkable: a soldier who lost his eyes because of a gas attack in the trenches of WWI is kidnapped by mysterious people -- Russians? Atlanteans? Aliens? the mystery remains -- who graft a pair of bionic eyes which enable him to see in extra-dimensional space and perceive invisible entities who share the same space as we do. He manages to escape and return to France, but the mysterious folks who gave him powers are after him... Am extraordinary piece of work.
Finally, we have the third (out of 7) volume in the series of translations of J.-H. Rosny Aîné. This one, entitled THE MYSTERIOUS FORCE includes the title novella (1913) in which Earth is invaded by a mysterious aliens who are made of light, and indeed change the properties of light on our planet. It is not unlike Doyle's Poison Belt (which came later) meets The Xipehuz. The other major piece in the book is HARETON IRONCASTLE'S AMAZING ADVENTURE (1922) in which a brave American explorer travels to darkest Africa to investigate the spread of a mysterious, intelligent (alien?) vegetal life form. This is the original version of the story which PJ Farmer loosely adapted and retold in the 1970s."
CROSSOVERS 1 can be ordered direct from Black Coat Press at this page:
http://www.blackcoatpress.com/crossovers.htm
And from Amazon...
Best,
Win
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Return of the Originals!
More info here!Discuss on the Moonstone forum...
... or on the Moonstone Pulps group on Facebook!
More to come soon!
Monday, April 26, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Green Hornet story finalized!
I'm pleased to note that my story for Moonstone Books' forthcoming anthology The Green Hornet Chronicles, "Fang and Sting," is finalized and will be appearing in Volume 1.
Word from Moonstone is the book is due out in July. In the meantime, feast your eyes, if you haven't already, on the beauty of a cover by Glen Orbik.
You can also check out some samples of the magnificent spot illustrations by Ruben Procopio here.
We're this close to finalizing the other contents, and I'll post those when we're ready.
Bzzzzz!
Piazo Planet Stories arrivals!!
The Ship of Ishtarby A. Merritt, with an introduction by Tim Powers
War among the gods!
Amateur archaeologist John Kenton didn’t know what he expected when he broke open the stone block from Babylon, but it wasn’t to be hurled through time and space into an ageless conflict. On a golden ship in a strange dimension of endless sea, the goddess of love and vengeance lies locked in an eternal stalemate with the god of the underworld—and the coming of an outsider might just tip the balance once and for all. With the beautiful priestesses of Ishtar and the pale warriors of the Black God both seeking to bend him to their own ends, will Kenton become a slave of alien powers, or take up his sword and prove himself the true master of the Ship of Ishtar?
A major inspiration for H. P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, A. Merritt remains one of the most celebrated fantasists of all time. This complete edition, introduced by Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates), presents The Ship of Ishtar as it was meant to be read, with original illustrations by pulp legend Virgil Finlay—a classic not to be missed.
"The most remarkable presentation of the utterly alien and non-human that I have ever seen... [a] unique type of strangeness which no one else has been able to parallel."
—H.P. Lovecraft
Introduction by Tim Powers (The Anubis Gates, The Stress of Her Regard).
192-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-177-0
by Manly Wade Wellman, with an introduction by Mike Resnick
There’s a traveling man that the Carolina mountain folk call Silver John for the silver strings strung on his guitar. In his wanderings, John encounters a parade of benighted forest creatures, mountain spirits, and shapeless horrors from the void of history with only his enduring spirit, playful wit, and the magic of his guitar to preserve him.
Manly Wade Wellman’s Silver John is one of the most beloved figures in fantasy, a true American folk hero of the literary age. The Planet Stories edition of Who Fears the Devil? collects—for the first time—all of John’s adventures published throughout Wellman’s life, including two stories about John before he got his silver-stringed guitar that have never previously appeared in a Silver John collection. Lost, out-of-print, or buried in expensive hardcover editions, the seminal, unforgettable tales of Who Fears the Devil? stand ready for a new generation to continue the folk tradition of Silver John!
Introduction by Mike Resnick (Stalking the Unicorn, Starship: Mutiny).
208-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-188-6
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Friday, April 23, 2010
Thursday, April 22, 2010
pic o' the day - extra edition
THE BLACK LOTUS
DEATH FROM THE SKY
DOOMSDAY ISLAND
Miami private investigator Mike Shayne goes up against Leiko Smith, also known as the Black Lotus. Over the course of the three stories, it becomes clear that the Black Lotus is really the granddaughter of Fu Manchu.
James Reasoner wrote the three Black Lotus stories, which appeared in Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (January 1981, July 1981, and February 1982), under the pseudonym Brett Halliday. The information on the Black Lotus is derived from Tom Johnson’s article “The Black Lotus,” in Echoes #32, August 1987. I believe that the Black Lotus was really a great-granddaughter, not granddaughter, of Fu Manchu, as described in my “Who’s Going to Take Over the World When I’m Gone?” (Myths for the Modern Age: Philip José Farmer’s Wold Newton Universe), which also posits that Leiko Smith is the granddaughter of Sir Denis Nayland Smith. I also believe that the Mike Shayne seen here was really Mike Shayne, Jr. Brad Mengel has established Mike Shayne’s genealogy in “The Land Family” on The Wold Newton Chronicles website.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Moonstone Pulp: The Green Ghost!
It's not easy being Green... No, not Moonstone Books' The Green Hornet Chronicles, which I am happily co-editing with Joe Gentile...
...But the Green Ghost! (Originally just called The Ghost in his initial pulp appearances...) That's right, kids, the Green Ghost is coming to comics and Moonstone's got him.
When I first heard Moonstone was launching a line of pulp comics and prose stories, I pitched the Green Ghost to Moonstone's Joe Gentile (with a tip o' the hat to pal Martin Powell, who sent me a Green Ghost novel a couple years back), and he was all over it. I gathered up the info about Chance's original pulp appearances, and put together a series bible for the relaunch.
Before the war, when the GREEN GHOST-master magician and criminologist George Chance-ventured into the night, with his horrific skull-like appearance and his seemingly supernatural abilities, evildoers quaked at the prospect of tangling with him.
But the war in Europe changed him...he witnessed the depths of evil, and now combats it with an intensity that makes his pre-war exploits look like a lark. To this point, though, Geaorge Chance has battled only human depravity and is a skeptic at heart. Can he hold his own against the real supernatural menaces?
Since then, writer Eric Fein and illustrator David Neihaus have come on board, contributing their ideas and designs for the series, and have crafted the first short comic story. I'll be handling the prose short story duties, co-writing the first tale with Eric, with David handling the spot illos.
For more info, head over to Moonstone Forums' Return of the Originals section for discussing Moonstone Pulp! Also check out Facebook and search on "Moonstone Pulps"--join up for art previews and other cool stuff! And watch this space for more details as they become available.
The spirit of pulp fiction is alive and well!
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