Last Rail to Khusra

Check out Derrick Ferguson's Dillon blog for the skinny on his upcoming Dillon novel and some super secret info about the next story that teams up rock star troublemaker Sly Gantlet with that same global instigator known by the one-word monicker of Dillon.

Four Rounds in Vegas

Hmmm, I just wrote a Gantlet Brothers story where no one gets killed. How did that happen?

Well, there is plenty of fisticuffs, underhandedness, and perversity. The story does place in Vegas, after all. And despite what they want you to believe, any sins committed in Vegas will catch up to you sooner or later. 

This short story includes a marriage proposal, a locker room beat down, a couple rounds in the ring, a bevy of beautiful ring girls, the biggest and baddest bodyguard Blake Hawkins, and oh yeah...Matthias Gantlet takes on the Heavyweight Champion of the world.

Where can you read it? Probably it will be included in the upcoming collection The Weird Worlds of Joel Jenkins.  However, I also may choose to run it for absolutely free in a serialized format that will rotate between the blogs of myself, and the prolific purveyors of pulp pandemonium Josh Reynolds and Derrick Ferguson.

Trouble in Paradise

Progress proceeds apace, even in Puerto Rico, on the latest Gantlet Brothers novel which is titled Sold Out. I'm now past the 60,000 word mark and will continue until...it's finished.

You may note I'm writing on an Alpha Smart. They're not much for editing or referencing things you previously wrote, but they are tough, and have an amazing battery life.

Dillon of the Dire Planet?

Prolific pulp author Barry Reese posits some possible team-ups from the New Pulp movement in a recent blog posting.  Among these is Derrick Ferguson's adventurer Dillon being teamed up with  ancient Mars as written in my Dire Planet books.  A number of times I have referred to Dillon as a global instigator.  If Barry Reese's wishful crossover were to come true, I guess I'd have to change my description to 'intergalactic instigator' or something along that lines.

I can't say I know of any plans for Dillon to visit the Dire Planet, but Dillon has teamed up/clashed with another of my characters--a certain rock guitarist and loose cannon named Slatko Gantlet (known as Sly Gantlet to all but a few).  You can find this crossover in Four Bullets for Dillon or in the Gantlet Brothers: Greatest Hits collection.

Dragon Kings of the Orient

New from Pulp Work Press: This over the top pulp fiction extravaganza mixes up myth hunter Elisa Hill with a menagerie of strange creatures pulled directly from Chinese legend.  Bullets, blades, and Kung Fu fists fly as Elisa makes a desperate attempt to head off a plot engineered by the ancient Dragon Kings of the Orient to drown the world in the Seven Seas.

Only $8.00 for a hard copy or a measly 99 cents on Kindle!

The Vanishing City

I just had a Lone Crow story accepted for the upcoming special issue of Science Fiction Trails.  The theme for this issue is Martians and Earthlings, which might give you a clue just what Crow will be up against.  This story gave me an opportunity to look at the Dire Planet from a new perspective.  The Vanishing City is slightly different in tone then some of the other Crow stories I've written--a bit more melancholy and introspective, but no fears.  The story still gets capped off with a massive gun battle.

I'll be sure to post a notification when The Vanishing City sees print.

Steam Punk Counterpart

Author Josh Reynolds has posted a free steam punk story, The Matryoshka Affair, featuring a pair of my favorite characters: The Ameriquetzlan ambassador Ulrich Popoca and, agent for the infamous Diogenes Club, the Countess Francesca Felluci.  And to my surprise, there is another agent for the Diogenes Club named Jenkins involved in some murderous affairs.  Now, I must cut this blog posting short and read the murderous tale myself to see if this Jenkins fellow survives or meets an untimely demise...