Sunday, January 09, 2011

And... What's Coming in 2011!

FORTHCOMING IN 2011:

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

"Bad Medicine" in The Green Hornet Casefiles by Joe Gentile and Win Scott Eckert (eds.) (with Vito Delsante) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming)

"untitled"
in The Green Hornet Casefiles by Joe Gentile and Win Scott Eckert (eds.) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming) -- sequel to "Fang and Sting" from The Green Hornet Chronicles

"Zombies under Broadway" (a Green Ghost story) in The Phantom Detective #1 (with Eric Fein) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming)

"The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" in Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook by Howard Hopkins (ed.) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming) -- assuming the tale is accepted; it's out with beta-readers right now and will be submitted within a few days

"Happy Death Men" in Moonstone's third Avenger anthology (as-yet untitled) by Joe Gentile and Howard Hopkins (eds.) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming) -- Domino Lady crossover!

The Dynamics of a Meteor, a Sherlock Holmes novel -- I can't say anything more about this right now, except that the general plot is blocked out, and I need to write it

"untitled" in
Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 8: Agents Provocateurs by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier (ed.s) (Black Coat Press, December 2011) -- a "Wold Newton Origins" tale


Seven short stories, a novel, and co-edits on an anthology featuring a popular character.

Busy, busy, busy!

Writing Roundup, 2010

With 2010 behind me, here is the final look at how the year played out:

"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.

"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.

"Fang and Sting" in The Green Hornet Chronicles by Joe Gentile and Win Scott Eckert (eds.) (Moonstone Books, October 2010) -- The Green Hornet and Kato vs...???

"Nadine's Invitation" in Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 7: Femmes Fatales by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier (ed.s) (Black Coat Press, December 2010) -- a "Wold Newton Origins" tale


Five short stories, two encyclopaedia-length reference works, a non-fiction essay, a behind-the-scenes proofing/copyediting assist on an anthology, and co-edits on another anthology featuring a popular character.

Not too shabby.

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Saturday, January 08, 2011

Green Hornet - '60s TV series marathon on SyFy!

The 1960s series The Green Hornet--featuring the versions of The Hornet and Kato seen here on the cover of Moonstone's The Green Hornet Chronicles (plug, plug)--will run in its entirety on SyFy Channel, all 26 episodes, on Tuesday January 11 (8 am-9 pm Mountain Time, check your local listings).

My DVR is set. :-)

Yes, I have 'em all on video tape, tapes off of television long ago.

And yes, I've found 'em on the web in
(--ahem--) various places. But I'm looking forward to watching these in HD--even if they might be edited for time.

Can an authorized DVD set be far behind?

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Saturday, December 18, 2010

Battle in the Dawn: The Complete Hok the Mighty

Coming February 2011 from Paizo Planet Stories!

By Manly Wade Wellman with an introduction by David Drake

In the 1930s, an unusual tale appeared in the influential Amazing Stories magazine. Unlike the usual yarns of robots and interstellar travel, “Battle in the Dawn” featured the brutal exploits of Hok, humanity’s first hero. Written by Pulitzer Prize-nominee Manly Wade Wellman (Who Fears the Devil?),who would later achieve fame for his American folktales of Silver John and beat out William Faulkner for a prestigious writing award, this hit story spawned several additional adventures, in which Hok battles unrelenting cavemen, explores lost Atlantis, discovers new technology, and charts a new destiny for humanity.

Now, for the first time ever, Planet Stories presents a complete authorized collection of all of Wellman’s rare Hok the Mighty tales, including an unfinished story fragment and a brand-new introduction by Wellman’s longtime friend, fantasy author David Drake.

    Full stories include:
  • Battle in the Dawn
  • Hok Goes to Atlantis
  • Hok Draws the Bow
  • Hok and the Gift of Heaven
  • Hok Visits the Land of Legends
  • Day of the Conquerors

272-page softcover trade paperback ISBN-13: 978-1-60125-289-0

About the Author

Winner of the Mystery Writers of America’s Edgar Award, the World Fantasy Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Locus Award for best novel and best compilation, Manly Wade Wellman is one of the best-regarded writers of the Pulp Age, and a foundational figure in the development of fantasy fiction.

 

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