Pulp Ark Nomination

I've received a Pulp Ark 'Best Short Story' nomination for my story Gunmen of the Hollow Earth which appears in How the West was Weird: Campfire Tales (99 cents on Kindle) and features Native American gunfighter Lone Crow.  Also, two anthologies which I contributed to (How the West was Weird II and Four Bullets for Dillon) were nominated in the 'Best Collection/Anthology' category.

Even cooler, my fellow PulpWork Press authors Derrick Ferguson and Joshua Reynolds are nominated for the 'Best Writer' award, and Percival Constantine is nominated for best novel due to his work on Myth Hunter.  MD Jackson, the cover artist extraordinaire for a number of my novels has been nominated for his awesome work on the cover of Strange Gods of the Dire Planet.

Shaking the Six Demon Bag

An interview with me is posted over at Joshua Reynold's Hunting Monsters blog and reveals such secrets as what project I'm currently working on and my beverage of choice.

Outlaw Blues

Pulp Work Press's latest contribution to the guns and guitars genre is Outlaw Blues by Percival Constantine.

Carl Flint was once an assassin, until a mistake on the job led to disastrous consequences. Years later, he’s a broken man, living out his days playing music in a dive bar. He’s convinced by Dante to come out of retirement to kill one more person — Agency operative Christian Pierce.

Now on the run from Pierce’s former partner, Flint has to flee what’s left of his former life. But in his quest to find peace, he’ll have to face off with a Colombian drug cartel. Is this the redemption he’s been searching for, or the final nail in his coffin?

Outlaw Blues is available in print for $8.95 at  Amazon. You can also find the e-book from Smashwords for only $0.99!

Coming in 2012

I've got two books scheduled for release in 2012: Lost Tribes of the Dire Planet (the 5th book of the sword and science fiction series featuring displaced astronaut Garvey Dire) and The Island of Lost Souls which tells the stories of the brother knights Balin and Balan as they combat the duplicitous dealings of a very villainous Merlin.

Running Down 2011

I've compiled a list of my writing misadventures for 2011. Here's the rundown...

January my space opera novella The Artificial Woman starring the crew of Barclay Salvage appeared in Startling Adventures #2. (Still available for just $6.66 at Amazon)

In February I nabbed a Pulp Ark 'Best Author' nomination.  Alas, another worthy writer, Barry Reese, took the final honors when the winner was announced in May.

In July I had two weird west tales featuring Native American gunman Lone Crow published: The Lost Vale and Gunmen of the Hollow Earth in How the West was Weird 2 and in How the West was Weird: Campfire Tales, respectively.

 $14.99 for a hard copy and $3.99 for a digital download at Amazon.

Campfire Tales is available as a 99 cent digital download at Smashwords.

In July Lone Crow, Porter Rockwell, and a doughty fellow that goes by the name of Josh Reynolds appeared in The Shadow Walkers which was published in Showdown at Midnight. (Hard copy for $15.99 or Kindle download for $4.95)

Also in July came Strange Gods of the Dire Planet, the fourth novel detailing the adventures of displaced American astronaut Garvey Dire. ($12.95 at the PulpWork Press store or $3.99 kindle format)

A couple of days later Dark Worlds summer issue came out, carrying a short story entitled The Remnant Band--a fantasy tale set in the city of Bathos where my previous novels Escape from Devil's Head and Through the Groaning Earth take place. (Dark Worlds is available in hard copy format for $14.59, or you may want to pick up the bargain digital download for $4.99)

Things slowed down until November when The Gantlet Brothers Greatest Hits came down like a ton of heavy metal. (Available in Epub and Kindle formats for just $2.99 or in hard copy for $11.95).

Then to round out the year The Christmas Eve Killers was released in the PulpWork Christmas Special 2011.  For a few more days this is available as a free download.  Get it before the Christmas spirit evaporates and PulpWork posts it for actual hard-earned money for Nook and Kindle.

Phew...that was exhausting!  On an upcoming post I'll share a couple of things that are coming down the pike for 2012. 

Gantlet Brothers on the Book Cave

I recently chatted with Ric Croxton and Art Sippo on the Book Cave Podcast about my latest literary/pulp endeavor The Gantlet Brothers Greatest Hits. You can listen in here.  Pick up a hard copy of The Gantlet Brothers Greatest Hits at PulpWork Press ($11.95) or digital copies at Amazon and Barnes and Noble (just $2.99)

Z7 Reviews Campfire Tales

Tim Mayer of Z7's Headquarters Reviews Campfire Tales, which contains a quartet of western tales guaranteed to make you quiver with fear.  Check out the review here and pick up a digital copy at Smashwords or on Kindle for a mere ninety-nine cents.