The Scream Hammer

A little while ago I wrote a story featuring the classic pulp character Jim Anthony. It's now available in this nifty collection.

He’s half Comanche, half Irish and ALL AMERICAN!! Jim Anthony the Super Detective returns in his fourth volume of brand new adventures from Airship 27 Productions.

Managing Editor Ron Fortier expressed his enthusiasm for this latest release. “Bringing back old classic pulp heroes is the reason we created Airship 27 Productions in the first place,” he reiterated. “Thanks to our efforts, new readers are discovering the real fun of such B characters as we purposely bring them to the forefront and put the spotlight on them. At Airship 27 Productions they become A list heroes.”

Traveling the globe, Anthony battles all manner of twisted villainy in four new tales and his challenges are herculean. Writers Erwin K. Roberts, Joel Jenkins, Frank Byrns and Mark Justice have whipped up a quartet of high adventure stories that are the hallmark of the Super Detective. From Mexico, where he encounters a Nazi spy ring to the streets of Manhattan where he hunts down a brutal serial killer, Jim Anthony proves once again why he is one of the most exciting and original heroes ever created in the golden age of American pulps.

“Aside from the western pulps,” Fortier points out, “Jim Anthony was the only modern pulp adventurer with a Native American heritage; something several of our writers enjoyed exploring in their stories.”

This volume, the fourth in an on-going series, features interior illustrations by Michael Neno and a dazzling cover by Eric Meador, with book designs by Rob Davis. Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to continue the exploits of the one and only, Jim Anthony – Super Detective.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – Pulps For a New Generation!

Now Available from Amazon.com in both hard copy and on Kindle.

Long Term Works in Progress

A mere four or five months ago I blogged a list of long term projects in progress and, for my own edification or mental sorting of projects, I have revisited that list to evaluate where am and added a couple of possible projects. These are all collections of stories or novels which are in various stages of completeness or incompleteness, as it may be.

Officially, I've only committed to the publication of two more novels which are:

1) Gantlet Brothers: Sold Out (Due for publication within two to four weeks)
3) The Coming of Crow (Dropping sometime in 2014)

As I mentioned once before, After Coming of Crow (my 17th book) hits Amazon, I'm going to do some evaluation on my usage of time and take a look at sales figures to decide how best to approach the rest of my projects. I've been putting out two or three books a year, but because of publishing costs I may decide to scale that back to one a year, and store anything that I write in excess on my hard drive. It's possible that someday I'll run out of ideas, but for now it looks as though I'm good for the next 8-10 year. At the moment, new projects seem to suggest themselves as fast as I'm able to complete some of my long term projects, so the size of my list has not dwindled.

So here's my Long Term Projects List.  I've marked updated portions in red.


1)Immortals of the Dire Planet (First Chapter Written)
2)Abominations of the Dire Planet  (Nothing but ideas)
3)Skull Crusher. Strommand Greatrix novel (55,000 words and counting)
4) Rise of the Skull Crusher (outlined)
5)Fall of the Skull Crusher (outlined)
6) The Samuel T. Ogden Zombies and Skateboards collection  (43,500 words)
7) Midnight Avengers: The Eel and Adder collection  (56,000 words)
8) Lone Crow: Gunmen of the Hollow Earth novel (17,873)
9) Lone Crow collection (rough draft finished at 102,000 words)
10)Weird Worlds of Joel Jenkins 2 (Currently sits at 113,000 words, and only another, mostly completed, Saffronyia tale needs to be finished.) 
11)Barclay Salvage: the interplanetary adventures of Aaron Barclay and his intrepid crew of salvagers (79,246 words, but needs some more stories tying things together and giving some resolution)
12) Dogs and Sorcerers: Tales from the City of Bathos book 3 (2 stories completed totaling 19,900 words)
13) The Fiends of Necropolis: Damon St. Cloud (Nothing written)
14) Damage Inc. Collection (47,159 words)
15) Monica Killingsworth Collection (now 48,000 words)
16) Jack Scarlet werewolf collection (23,811)
17) Michael and Candice Thunder collection: race cars and the supernatural in a post-apocalyptic world (67,976)
18) In the Belly of the Behemoth: Shadrak and Asher (68,123)
19) Temple Houston Collection: Guns Against Temple (64,839)
20) The Condemnation of Crow (12,000 words)

Possible Added Projects:
Art of Action Fiction with Josh Reynolds & Derrick Ferguson (Developmental Stage)
Dire Planet Compendium (Encyclopedia and Artwork)
Tales of the Dire Planet  (20k words)
Denizens of the Dire Planet

Six Guns and Spaceships

I've got a story called Shootout at Hangar 2112 in Six Guns & Spaceships, which follows the adventures of Barclay Salvage as they attempt to sell a salvaged space freighter and discover that while they've been away a price has been placed on their heads--and bounty hunters from all over the galaxy are looking to cash in!

Sly Gantlet and Dillon: Together Again for the Very First Time!

Visit Derrick Ferguson's blogsite for all kinds of news on upcoming Dillon projects, including a Sly Gantlet and Dillon adventure entitled Dead Beat in Khusra!

Why I Haven't Been Posting

I notice that I haven't posted anything here for weeks. And I've got no excuses other than I've been distracted ... by writing of the non-blog post sort. I've been working on a couple of stories to round out a second volume of Weird Worlds of Joel Jenkins. One of these was a second chapter to the Strommand Greattrix chapter, which appeared in the first volume.  At less than 4,000 words, that chapter was really just a snippet or a teaser, and I decided to rewrite and expand some previous work I had done on a follow up tale, figuring I could publish the second chapter (much longer than the first) in the second volume.

The thing about Strommand Greattrix is he's egotistical and selfish, and even the tragedy of losing his family and kingdom hasn't entirely cured him of the idea that the world of Carparath revolves around him.  In some senses he's like the biblical Samson--a man of massive strength and dominant personality, but with a huge blind spot when it comes to women. However, there is something compelling about the character that makes me want to follow his story and see if he's able to overcome his personal weaknesses--not to mention the enemy hordes and bomb-lobbing skyships of his arch-enemy King Damion. It's too early to say whether Greattrix ends his tale in victory or ignominy.

So, at this point I've actually written and expanded chapters 2 and 3 of the saga and have over 30,000 words completed.  For non-writer types, 30,000 words is about a third of standard-sized novel. I've already embarked on chapter 4.

In addition, I've finally picked up my proof copy of Gantlet Brothers: Sold Out and have begun the proofing process.  I've had that sucker cooling on my desk for a couple of months.  Part of that was deliberate and part was procrastination.  It's always good to get a little distance and look at a manuscript with fresh eyes, so one can spot errors and ways to make improvements. However, I put it off a little longer than I should have.

Speaking of putting off, the longer I spend on this post commenting on writing, the less time I'm able to spend actually writing.  Talk at you later, and have a great weekend!

Blood & Ink

Click on over to author Derrick Ferguson's Blood & Ink blog and read an interview with yours truly as we take on subjects like the IRS and unconstitutional overreach of the Federal government--and the upcoming Gantlet Brothers book.

Weird Worlds of the Book Cave

The pugilistic Ric Croxton has interviewed me for a segment on the Book Cave, in which we speak about my latest book, Weird Worlds of Joel Jenkins and the thirteen peculiar stories inside!