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...

Classic New Pulp Characters

Pulp author and scholar Barry Reese has posted an article on the "Classic" characters of New Pulp and listed marooned astronaut Garvey Dire among them.  Check out his rationale at his website.

Also, props to fellow PulpWork author Derrick Ferguson whose character, Dillon, comes in at #1 on the listing!

No Sparkling Vampires Here!

Today, over at author Derrick Ferguson's Blood and Ink blog he talks about the origin of the City of Denbrook which is a character in and of itself in my own vampire/werewolf/detective/romance novel Devil Take the Hindmost and in Derrick's book, It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time.

Low Noon and Choosing Anthologies

I have a completely unprofessional and unmercenary way of choosing which anthologies I am going to submit stories to.  What I do is, I peruse various guidelines and pick anthologies that have genres I am interested in writing, and especially anthologies for which I can write stories using characters I have already created and have an affinity for. I don't recommend this method for writers whose sole income is derived from writing, but if I can't figure out an angle that interests me I'm not going to bother writing a story I don't like.

Now, it still happens that not all editors are keen on my stories, but if they reject my work then, at least, I have one more story towards completing a collection of tales featuring the same character.  So my time and effort were not wasted even if I don't make the sale.

Speaking of anthologies which I've written a story for, check out Low Noon, an anthology of Weird West tales which includes Five Disciples, a Lone Crow story.  Lone Crow is an infamous Native American gunslinger who roamed the West (and a number of other places) and here we find him on the Barbary Coast hunting Shotgun Ferguson, a wanted killer.  Throw in a witch and five disciples of the Immortals and you get havoc and destruction on Telegraph Hill.  Low Noon is available on Amazon in both hard copy and Kindle formats.  If you are a Prime Member of Amazon you can actually borrow a digital reading copy of Low Noon at no cost.