Green Hornet Casefiles - final cover (hardcover)

Final cover by Rubén Procopio!

Notice the new, neato-keen Hornet 75th anniversary logo!!

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The Green Hornet Rides Again!

Interiors/galleys are complete and Moonstone Books' second all-original volume of Green Hornet short stories, The Green Hornet Casefiles, is off to the printer!

We're putting final touches on the covers, and those will be complete in short order.

The Green Hornet Casefiles features 18 original short stories (the Limited Edition hardcover includes a 19th story) set squarely in the continuity of the classic 1960s Green Hornet television series featuring Van Williams and Bruce Lee, penned by a roster of top-notch writers who understand and honor the characters and their legacy.

• Edited by Joe Gentile and Win Scott Eckert
• Cover Art (Limited Edition Hardcover): Rubén Procopio
• Cover Art (Trade Edition Softcover): Michael Wm. Kaluta
• 336pgs, b/w, Squarebound, 6x9

Contents:

• "The Outlaw Hero" - Introduction by Ron Fortier
• "Sting of the Yellowjacket" by Howard Hopkins
• "Lair of the Living Dead" by Joe McKinney
• "Through a Green Haze" by Dan Wickline
• "The Black Widow" by John Everson
• "A Thing of Beauty" by Bobby Nash
• "The Insincerest Form of Flattery" by Paul D. Storrie
• "Bad Medicine" by Vito Delsante and Win Scott Eckert
• "The Gray Line Between" by F.J. DeSanto, Michael Uslan and Joe Gentile
• "Up in Smoke" by Deborah Chester
• "The Worst Angels of Our Nature" by Paul Kupperberg
• "Now That Would Be Telling" by Bradley H. Sinor
• "Summer of Death" by Barry Reese
• "The Wet and the Wicked" by David Boop
• "The Carlossi Caper" by Arthur A. Lyon
• "Soldanus, the Sultan of Crime" by Gary Phillips
• "The Dangerous Game" by Eric Fein
• "Beauty Is As Beauty Dies" by James Mullaney
• "Auld Acquaintance" by Matthew Baugh
• "Memories of My Grandfather, Raymond J. Meurer" - Afterword by Lisa Meurer Long
• "Raymond J. Meurer: Man with Many Hats" - Afterword by Tim Lasiuta
  
• Bonus Story in Limited Edition: "If These Walls Could Buzz" by Tim Lasiuta and Rafael Nieves

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More Tales of Zorro illustration

Artist extraordinaire Rubén Procopio has posted several spot illustrations from the recently released More Tales of Zorro (Moonstone Books, April 2011).

His envisioning of my story, "Zorro's Rival," is below!

Thanks Rubén!

Showcase Presents All Star Comics

MUST. HAVE. THIS.

Showcase Presents All Star Comics Vol. 1

Man oh man, the 1970s Justice Society and the All Star Super Squad, set firmly on Earth-2, which really did have a different feel, tone, and vibe than Earth-1... and before all this Crisis Crap.

This was groundbreaking stuff back then... Superman and Lois were married, and he was graying... but otherwise Wally Wood drew him just like he just stepped out of the Golden Age... which he did. Wood's Power Girl was something to behold... much more enticing (okay, hot) than Supergirl ever was.

Back in those days, the Earth-1 versions were static... and boring, frankly. But the Earth-2 versions could be married, have kids, etc. And they did. Batman was retired and had married Selina Kyle, the Catwoman. Their daughter was the Huntress, Helena Wayne, beautifully rendered by Joe Staton. And when the characters died--as The Batman of Earth-2 did--they stayed dead!

I have all these comics, have had them lovingly preserved since they first came out... but yeah, I'm getting this collection anyway. It's a must-have.

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The Avenger returns to Moonstone!

From co-editor, and Avenger expert, Howard Hopkins:

"Interiors/galleys are finished and Moonstone Books' second all-original volume of Avenger short stories, The Justice, Inc. Files, is on its way to press! Besides co-editing, writing a story for the book and penning the introduction, I have also written six vignettes for the special hardcover edition, which, for this volume, will include the first three, each featuring one of The Avenger's associates. First up: Nellie Gray, Fergus MacMurdie & Cole Wilson. Writing these insights into Benson's band was a lot of fun, and tougher than I thought it would be. Exploring six individuals, all different, and getting into their heads left me a bit schizophrenic at times, but it has been a life long ambition to take a look behind what motivated these folks to join and stay with Richard Henry Benson, placing themselves in constant danger to help others.

The Avenger: The Justice, Inc. Files includes 14 original short stories by a line up of excellent authors and top notch stories that includes:

East Wind, Rain by Paul Kupperberg
Invisible Empire by Matthew Baugh
Vengeance, Inc. by Howard Hopkins
Whiteout by Robin Wayne Bailey
Happy Death Men by Win Scott Eckert
Vengeance is Mine by Ron Fortier
The Devil's Workman by Barry Reese
Dead Man's Vengeance by Eric Fein
The Breath of Destruction by Frank Schildiner
Devil's Dark Harvest by Christopher Paul Carey
Snow Blind by Mark Ellis
The Changeling by Will Murray
The Medicine Murders by B.C. Bell
The Blood Moon by David Michelinie

And for the first time anywhere, The Avenger, courtesy of Win Scott Eckert, will team-up with the lusty Domino Lady in one tale, and with The Master of Men, The Spider, in another--and against the Prince of the Undead, Dracula himself, from Iron Man scribe David Michelinie!

The softcover is painted by E.M. Gist, an extraordinarily talented artist (who is also doing the cover for the third Avenger volume, Tales from Bleek Street) with the hardcover special edition sporting a cover by Tom Gianni."

I'm immensely pleased to be a part of this book. What a lineup!

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Casting Call 2: The Evil in Pemberley House

Following up on Brad Mengel's original post, and my brief reply, on dream casting The Evil in Pemberley House:

Patricia Wildman: still down with Christina Hendricks.








Dr. James Clarke "Doc" Wildman (Patricia's father): Chris Hemsworth (minus the long hair & beard).









Adelaide Lupin (Patricia's mother): Eva Green.










The Dowager Duchess of Greystoke: I'm fine with Brad's suggestion of Dame Maggie Smith.








Richard Deguy: Richard Greene (since Phil Farmer said Deguy looked like Greene).










Carla Deguy/Ghost of Bess of Pemberley: Olivia Wilde.










Helen Benson (daughter of Mr. Benson and Ellen Patrick): Beau Garrett.








Dr. Augustus Moran: Michael Caine.

FarmerCon VI and PulpFest 2011!

From the PulpFest site:

"PulpFest 2011 is pleased to announce that FarmerCon VI will be held concurrently at our convention. An annual gathering for fans of Grand Master of Science Fiction Philip José Farmer, FarmerCon is rooted in Peoria, Illinois, the late author’s home town."

Read the whole entry here.

In conjunction, Meteor House will have a table in the PulpFest Dealer's Room, and I'll be helping man the table, along with my friend, fellow FarmerCon organizer, and Meteor House cohort, Mike Croteau.

As one of the organizers and participants in FarmerCon, I’d like to thanks the fine folks at PulpFest for agreeing to co-host us this year. This will be our 6th annual gathering, and the second since Phil Farmer and Bette Farmer passed away.

We will have some cool Farmer/Pulp/Wold Newton presentations for the programming, and we’ll have a selection of books still available from Phil Farmer’s estate, as well as some copies of the latest Farmer books for sale (last summer’s THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSE FARMER 1: PROTEAN DIMENSIONS, Meteor House), and the forthcoming THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSE FARMER 2: OF DUST AND SOUL, featuring new works from Phil’s files, non-fic essays about his work, new authorized fiction set in his various worlds, and cover art by Laura Givens.

Of course, I’ll also bring copies of my latest non-Farmerian books and will be selling those at our table as well. Fingers crossed I’ll have the forthcoming THE GREEN HORNET CASEFILES on hand, as well as THE AVENGER: THE JUSTICE INC. FILES. CROSSOVERS 2 was not out in time for last year's FarmerCon, so that's also something to keep in mind.

I’ll be discussing Phil’s pulp universe/timeline, known as the Wold Newton Universe, and hopefully I’ll have copies on hand of Titan Books’ reissue of Phil’s Sherlock Holmes-Lord Greystoke mashup novel, THE PEERLESS PEER, to which I’ve contributed a new afterword.

Some other regular FarmerCon attendees who I know will be there are my pals Art
Sippo, John Small, and Doc Savage/Shadow chronologist Rick Lai. Some other online pals who I'm looking forward to meeting in person are writer Greg Gick and All Pulp's Tommy Hancock.

Meteor House is also running a Book Bonanza for authors:

"If you are an author coming to FarmerCon VI, here is your chance to tell the rest of us which books of yours you have available. Then fellow attendees may request that you bring copies of certain books for them to purchase directly from you."

Follow The Official Philip Jose Farmer Home Page, Meteor House, BookTour.com, and this site for more details.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone there!

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Follow me @ BookTour.com

Okay, so it's not like I go on "book tours," or anything, but this is a neat little site, anyway, and it does allow me to highlight the few Con appearances I'm able to work in each year.

For instance, I'll be at PulpFest 2011 / FarmerCon VI in Columbus in late July.

You can check out my BookTour page here, and also add an RSS feed.

Thanks to my pal Christopher Paul Carey for letting me know about this! (Here's Chris' own BookTour page.)

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The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 1: Protean Dimensions - Now Available on Amazon!

Edited by Michael Croteau, this new anthology is a tour through SF Grand Master Philip José Farmer’s many creations, featuring essays by the likes of Randall Garrett and James Gunn, interviews with Farmer, stories set in Farmer’s expanded worlds by Chris Roberson, David Bischoff, Rhys Hughes, Win Scott Eckert, Christopher Paul Carey, and other SF/F talents, and previously unpublished fiction and more by Farmer himself.

While this acclaimed anthology is still available direct from Meteor House,The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 1: Protean Dimensions is now also available from Amazon!

Obviously we'd prefer everyone to buy direct from Meteor House, but we do know that some readers prefer to buy in bulk from Amazon to save on shipping. Full contents are listed both at Meteor House and Amazon. I'd remind everyone that this book features my first Wold Newton Origins tale, "Is He in Hell?" The second tale, the short-short "Nadine's Invitation," appears in Tales of the Shadowmen 7: Femmes Fatales.

I'm also pleased to announce that Meteor House publisher/editor Mike Croteau and I have been discussing future projects and that The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 3, which should come out some time in 2012, will feature the continuation of the Wold Newton Origins series!

In the meantime, keep your browser pointed at www.meteorhousepress.com for the latest news about the forthcoming The Worlds of Philip José Farmer 2: Of Dust and Soul, which is another tour through Farmer’s many worlds, featuring essays by the likes of Charles Platt and James Sallis, stories set in Farmer’s expanded worlds by Spider Robinson, Mary A. Turzillo, and others, and featuring an all new novella by Philip José Farmer & Christopher Paul Carey ("Kwasin and the Bear God"), along with much more by Farmer himself.

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