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Going Digital: Captain Midnight at Ultima Thule

Yesterday Christopher Paul Carey and I posted about the eBook publication of our story "Iron and Bronze" on both Kindle and Nook.

Today, I'm pleased to announce the availability of my tale "Captain Midnight at Ultima Thule" at iPulpFiction.com.

MIN. AGE: YA
GENRE: Ad­ven­ture
TYPE: Short Sto­ry
PUB­LISH­ER: Moon­stone Books
AU­THOR: Win Scott Eckert

Born in the blaz­ing cru­cible of war, but sworn to fight for peace, the mys­te­ri­ous ob­sid­i­an avi­a­tor known on­ly by the co­de­name Cap­tain Mid­night… flies again!

An ace pi­lot, su­per se­cret agent, and as­tound­ing sci­en­tif­ic ge­nius, the hero­ic Cap­tain Mid­night ruled the ra­dio air­waves and starred in com­ic books, film se­ri­als and a clas­sic tele­vi­sion se­ries.

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Cap­tain Mid­night at Ul­ti­ma Thule (6,100 words)

Sab­o­tage, a cur­va­ceous foe, a se­cret mis­sion, a hid­den city… and Nazis. Who could ask for any­thing more of a pulp ac­tion-ad­ven­ture?

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iPulpFiction.com is a cloud-based reading service that publishes classic and contemporary short stories that are accessible from any device with an up-to-date browser and an Internet connection.

Coming soon to iPulpFiction: Lance Star: Shadows over Kunlun.

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"Iron and Bronze" by Christopher Paul Carey & Win Scott Eckert now available on the Kindle and Nook

My good friend and co-writer Christopher Paul Carey beat me to the punch on posting this, and he's put it better than I could, so I'm taking the easy way out and quoting his post:

"For a long time, my good friend and colleague Win Scott Eckert and I had been tossing around the idea of writing a story together. We had both been heavily influenced in our youth by the Doc Savage pulps, H. Rider Haggard, and Jules Verne (among others), and each of us had completed novels begun by Philip José Farmer. Win's collaboration with Phil, The Evil in Pemberley House, came out in 2009, and mine, The Song of Kwasin, lined up behind Up the Bright River (a wonderful collection that came out to commemorate Phil's long and wildly imaginative career following his passing), and is slated to be published in an omnibus of the Khokarsa series in 2012. So it only seemed natural that we should write a story together ourselves someday.

That opportunity finally came with the story "Iron and Bronze," which was first published in 2009 by Black Coat Press in the anthology Tales of the Shadowmen 5: The Vampires of Paris (a terrific anthology and series that I highly recommend to pulp adventure enthusiasts), and which features two great heroes of the French pulps. Now the story is available in ebook format for both the Kindle and Nook. Here's the product description:

Taduki-inspired visions draw an intrepid adventurer and a madman to a lost African outpost of Atlantis where they must confront an ancient mystery from the stars... Drawing on diverse sources such as Jules Verne’s The Barsac Mission, H. Rider Haggard’s She and Allan, Guy d’Armen’s Doc Ardan (who has been called the “French Doc Savage”), J.-H. Rosny âiné’s L’Étonnant Voyage de Hareton Ironcastle, Pierre Benoit’s L’Atlantide, and Philip José Farmer’s “monomyth,” “Iron and Bronze” hearkens back the classic SF adventure pulps of the 1920s and ’30s.

This story first appeared in the anthology Tales of the Shadowmen 5: The Vampires of Paris.

Christopher Paul Carey is the co-author with Philip José Farmer of The Song of Kwasin, the third novel in the Khokarsa series (omnibus forthcoming in 2012 from Subterranean Press).

Win Scott Eckert is the co-author with Philip José Farmer of the Wold Newton novel The Evil in Pemberley House, about Patricia Wildman, the daughter of a certain bronze-skinned pulp hero (Subterranean Press, 2009).

So if that grabs you, you can begin reading "Iron and Bronze" right now on the Kindle or Nook platform of your choice."

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THE PEERLESS PEER - available today!

To all fans of Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Universe...!

Fellow Wold Newton expert Brad Mengel wrote the following to me today:

"I picked up my copy of Titan Books' [new edition of Philip Jose Farmer's classic Sherlock Holmes-Lord of the Jungle crossover novel] The Adventure of The Peerless Peer. Looking at the back cover I was amazed to see 'A Wold Newton Universe Novel.'"

Yes indeed. :-)

Titan is clearly testing the waters with creating a "brand" line of Wold Newton books, just like their "Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" line.

I know that may of us, as Wold Newton fans, already have copies of The Peerless Peer, but if you want to see more Philip Jose Farmer books brought back into print, as a series of "Wold Newton Universe Novels," then buy this new edition, please spread the word to all other Wold Newton fans you can get in contact with, and get them to buy it too. ;-)

We're great fans of Phil's fabulous Wold Newton concept. I can't spread the word alone. I need your help. :-) Blogs, Facebook, twitter, word of mouth, etc.

Anything and everything will help. Thanks in advance. :-)

P.S. Readers and fans may also be interested in the new Afterword which I contributed to this edition. ;-)

The Peerless Peer by Philip José Farmer - Direct from Titan Books - Afterword by Win Scott Eckert
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Green Hornet Casefiles - final cover (softcover)

Final cover by Michael Wm. Kaluta!

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

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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