Summer of Fun Cowboy Contest

Derrick Ferguson, fellow Pulp Work Press author and co-host for the Better in the Dark movie review Podcast posted this information about the Summer O'Fun Cowboy contest that Better in the Dark is sponsoring:

How to enter the Summer of Fun Cowboy Contest-

First of all, go on over to the BETTER IN THE DARK MESSAGE BOARD. Then what you’re gonna do is write a 1000 word essay on your favorite western movie or TV show. Or if you’re in a more creative mood, a 1000 word weird western story. Please, no 30-page epics, okay? There’s a Summer O’Fun Cowboy Contest thread on the message board for you to post your entries. That’s why you’ve gotta sign up, okay?

Affiliates of PulpWork Press and Earth-2.net are not eligible.

So what do you get if you win? Thought you’d never ask. The Prize Package contains:



GRIMJACK OMNIBUS #1: The original GrimJack stories by creators John Ostrander and Timothy Truman gathered together in one kick-ass 400 page volume. Collected are stories from ‘Starslayer’ #10-#17 and ‘GrimJack’ issues #1-#13 as originally published by First Comics between 1983-1985.

But wait! There's more!

You also get an autographed copy Derrick Ferguson's first novel, DILLON AND THE VOICE OF ODIN

And Moly Hoses! There's STILL more!!!

You’ll also get a copy of HOW THE WEIRD WAS WEIRD, an anthology of weird western stories edited by Russ Anderson and written by Joel Jenkins, Barry Reese, Mike McGee, Joshua Reynolds, Ian Taylor, Ian Mileham, Chris Munn, Bill Kte’pi and others.

But wait! Believe it or not there’s still more…

You’ll also get a copy of the ultra rare, ultra hard to find FRONTIER PUBLISHING PRESENTS #1 which features among other things “Dillon And The Escape From Tosegio” the legendary 10 page comic book story illustrated by Alex Kosakowski and scripted by Russ Anderson. Also in FPP#1 is “The Skiff” a story by the co-creators of The World’s Most Awesome Comics Magazine: EL GORGO! That’s right, we’re talkin’ about Mike McGee and Tamas Jakab and if you’ve been diggin’ EL GORGO! There here’s your chance to get your hands on one of their earliest masterworks.

Any winning weird west short story entry will be forwarded to the attention of editor Russ Anderson who compiled the PulpWork Press anthology How the West was Weird.

WHEW!

Now if that ain’t enough to get you crackin’ then I dunno what will. Get busy writing those essays and stories and get ‘em in, pronto. The deadline for the contest is August 31, 2010.

Buy One Get the Prequel Free!

Through the Groaning Earth is slated for release the 30th of July, however if you're the kind of person who likes to get a head start on things or the antithesis of a procrastinator there are a couple of ways you can beat the release date.

I did a quick search at Amazon and it looks like Through the Groaning Earth is already posted for sale. I personally have no problem with anyone who is sneaky enough to order it before the release date.

Or for those who live by the maxim 'The early bird gets the worm' and don't like to make their purchases through massive internet conglomerates cruise on over to the Pulp Work Press website and purchase Through the Groaning Earth. Do it now, though, because the first NINE purchasers not only receive a copy of Through the Groaning Earth but they receive a free copy of Escape from Devil's Head which is the prequel to Through the Groaning Earth.

Now that you've been informed of this secret bit of insider information you're probably saying to yourself, 'sounds like a great deal' but what is Through the Groaning Earth about?

I'm glad you asked. Here's the cover blurb:

An unnatural storm arises with great fury and breaks the spine of a foreign warship upon the reefs of Bathos, casting the few survivors into the merciless machinery of the City of Corruption; A silver mine haunted by the vengeful dead; An Assassins Guild that will stop at nothing to slay one that was formerly their own--the woman known as the 'siren of slaughter'; a perilous journey through the bowels of a mountain where lurk the half-breed children of man and demon. Welcome to the City of Bathos!

You can check out a preview of the first chapter right here.

The Nuclear Kindle

The Nuclear Suitcase is now available on Amazon.com for Kindle download. It's only $2.99 and I get nearly as much royalty on a sale as if you bought a hard copy at four times the price!

The Nuclear Suitcase is my love letter to the 1980's. It's got cold war warriors, guns, guitars, pop starlets, and heavy metal icons. If you've got a Kindle please pick up a copy!

Breaking the Silence

It's been a while since I've posted, but don't take my silence as meaning I've got nothing to say. I've got a lot to talk about...really. It just seems that I've been too busy to do much talking.

I've got a review of the Barnes and Noble E-Reader, the Nook, which I'd like to share. A contest for free copies of The Pirates of Mirror Land, an announcement about a Better in the Dark Podcast Weird West Fiction or Essay Contest, a pre-order give away for my new novel Through the Groaning Earth, more Dire Planet compendium entries, and even an announcement about The Nuclear Suitcase. And for a sneak peek into my wasted youth, I've even got newly digitized song versions of my old band Static Condition which I'd like to share.

I'll get to all these just as soon as I can!

The Dire Book Cave

Ric Croxton of The Book Cave Podcast interviewed me the other day, at length, about the Dire Planet trilogy and pumped me for information about upcoming Dire Planet novels. You can listen the interview here.

Dire Planet Compendium #7: The Hilt has Turned

Many Martian tribes play a game called mupleg in which opponents stand across from a sword on a spindle, which is attached to a variety of ropes wound around that spindle. The opponents pull at the ropes attempting to turn the hilt in their direction and halt the spinning so that they can leap forward and grab the sword. Unlike the Muvari tribe, who plays with a dull edged or a wooden sword, the galbran play the game with a real sword and the spinning edge can sever finger and limb if a player is unfortunate. A player is considered to have the advantage if the hilt is turned in his direction and from thus springs the phrase 'the hilt has turned'.

Copyright 2010 by Joel Jenkins. All Rights Reserved.

Pick up the Dire Planet books at Amazon or PulpWork Press.

Dillon and the Pulp Fiction Review

Scoot on over to the Pulp Fiction Review site and read Mr. Ron Fortier's Review of Derrick Ferguson's Dillon and the Legend of the Golden Bell from Pulpwork Press. Mr. Fortier seems to like it.