2011 Review & 2012 Preview!

2011 Review of publications:

Short Fiction

• "Zorro's Rival" in More Tales of Zorro by Richard Dean Starr (ed.) (Moonstone Books, March 2011)
• "Happy Death Men" in The Avenger: The Justice, Inc. Files by Joe Gentile and Howard Hopkins (eds.) (Moonstone Books, August 2011)
• "Bad Medicine" in The Green Hornet Casefiles by Joe Gentile and Win Scott Eckert (eds.) (with Vito Delsante) (Moonstone Books, August 2011)
• "Marguerite's Tears" in Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 8: Agents Provocateurs by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier (eds.) (Black Coat Press, December 2011)

Books Edited

• The Green Hornet Casefiles (with Joe Gentile), Moonstone Books, August 2011.

Short Nonfiction

• "Afterword" to The Peerless Peer by Philip José Farmer (Titan Books, June 2011) 
• "Introduction" to Scarlet in Gaslight by Martin Powell (Pulp 2.0 Books, December 2011) 

2012 Preview:

Short Fiction (completed)

• "The Adventure of the Fallen Stone" in Sherlock Holmes: The Crossovers Casebook by Howard Hopkins (ed.) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming)
• "Progress" in The Green Hornet: Still at Large by Joe Gentile, Win Scott Eckert, and Matthew Baugh (eds.) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming)
• "Zombies under Broadway" (a Green Ghost tale, written with Eric Fein) (Moonstone Books, forthcoming)

Short Fiction (to be written)

• "A Girl and Her Cat" for Moonstone's Honey West anthology
• As-yet untitled "Wold Newton Origins" tale for Meteor House's third The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer anthology
• As-yet untitled story for Moonstone's third Avenger anthology, The Avenger: Tales from Bleek Street (the plan is to wrap up the storyline from my first two tales, including a return engagement for the Domino Lady)
• Story for a Moonstone anthology crossing over a well-know pulp secret agent for which Moonstone has acquired the license, and the Green Ghost (more info when I can make it available!)

Books Edited

• The Green Hornet: Still at Large (with Joe Gentile and Matthew Baugh), Moonstone Books, forthcoming.

 Short Nonfiction

•  Much bonus material for Titan Books' new reissues of Philip Jose Farmer's Wold Newton Novels; more details coming soon!

 Other: I may still write a Sherlock Holmes novel, but Titan has more Wold Newton reissues waiting in the wings, so I'll need to see what my schedule allows. Stay tuned to this space!

The Green Hornet: Still at Large - "Progress"

Just in time to conclude 2011, I finalized my contribution to Moonstone Books' The Green Hornet: Still at Large today. My story is called "Progress," and it's a Britt/Casey tale which also features the return, in an unexpected way, of a villain from The Hornet's past (hint: the villain appeared in my story "Fang and Sting" from 2010's The Green Hornet Chronicles).

The Green Hornet: Still at Large is edited by Joe Gentile, Win Scott Eckert, and Matthew Baugh, and is due out from Moonstone in 2012 (more details and a solicit coming soon), with gorgeous covers by Ruben Procopio and Doug Klauba.

 

Happy New Year!

pic o' the day

The Green Hornet: Still at Large

Getting close to the finish line on wrapping up my story for Moonstone's The Green Hornet: Still at Large--as well as continuing to work on edits on the other Hornet stories with the ever-stalwart Matthew Baugh and Joe Gentile.

Over the holidays, I need to write an afterword to one of the new Wold Newton books coming soon from Titan Books, help gather some other bonus materials for the new Wold Newton books, and make a really good start on my Honey West-T.H.E. Cat crossover story for Moonstone's Honey West anthology.

Then, by the beginning of February, I need to be writing an new Wold Newton Origins story for Meteor House's The Worlds of Philip Jose Farmer 3.

Phew. Thank goodness for the holiday "time off"!

Happy Wold Newton Day!

I'm down with a triple-whammy strep throat, sinus infection, and ear infection, so my celebration today is a bit limited. But I want to encourage all Wold Newton fans to pre-order the new editions of The Other Log of Phileas Fogg and Time's Last Gift, coming from Titan Books in May and June 2012, respectively.

Yes, you might already have older copies... but can any self-respecting Wold Newton fan pass up adding these new editions to your collection, particularly as they are being issued as a Wold Newton series for the very first time? In addition, these reissues will include bonus material from some of the top experts in the field!

So, don't wait, place your pre-order now, help make the the Wold Newton series a success, and... Happy Wold Newton Day!


The Other Log of Phileas Fogg
Amazon - trade paperback
Amazon - Kindle (eBook)

Barnes & Noble - trade paperback
Barnes & Noble - Nook (eBook)


Time's Last Gift
Amazon - trade paperback
Amazon - Kindle (eBook)

Barnes & Noble - trade paperback
Barnes & Noble - Nook (eBook)

Mike Shayne in New Orleans

I've been aware of Brett Halliday's Mike Shayne series for a long time, and have been collecting quite a few of the books, particularly those with McGinnis covers. Like so many collectors, it's hard for me to find the time to read everything I buy, and I haven't hit the Shaynes yet, with the exception of three tales from Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine penned by James Reasoner under the Halliday name in the early 1980s. These were The Black Lotus, Death from the Sky, and Doomsday Island, and feature a female descendant of Dr. Fu Manchu (the connection is strongly implied, not explicit, due to copyright reasons).

I discuss these stories in my essay "Who's Going to Take Over the World When I'm Gone? (A Look at the Genealogies of Wold Newton Family Super-Villains and Their Nemeses)" in my MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER’S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE, as well as my CROSSOVERS: A Secret Chronology of the World 1 & 2.

 In any event, I had always thought Shayne was strictly Miami-based, and had no recollection that he also worked in New Orleans (although I do see that my friend and colleague Brad Mengel mentioned Shayne's New Orleans sojourn in his essay "The Land Family," which incorporated Shayne into the wider Wold Newton Family).

So imagine my pleasure upon wandering into the French Quarter's Kitchen Witch Cookbooks last week  (my wife in search of authentic Cajun and Creole recipes which she can duplicate and alter to accommodate a gluten-free diet), and as we are about to pay for the cookbooks, I see an old Mike Shayne paperback prominently displayed near the register, a Dell double Dead Man's Diary and Dinner at Dupre's (1945 & 1946).

Why a Mike Shayne paperback in Kitchen Witch Cookbooks? It turns out these cases take place during a few years while Shayne was based in New Orleans. In fact, on the back cover is a nifty map of the French Quarter highlighting the key locations of the cases. 

Needless to say, I grabbed it, and had a ball reading it on vacation.

We had a great time in NOLA, and plan on return vacations. I can't think of any place that beats the French Quarter at night for atmosphere and exquisite food, and I don't mean just on Bourbon Street. In addition, my great-great-grandmother and great-great-great-grandfather were from New Orleans, and next trip I intend to track down the family mausoleum, if it still exists.

In related news, I wandered into Crescent City Books (also in the French Quarter) on my birthday, and wandered out with a copy of the Easton Press limited, leather-bound edition of Philip Jose Farmer's To Your Scattered Bodies Go (second edition).

All in all, a great trip.

P.S. Consider these your "pics o' the day." Now that I'm back from vacation, I'll try to resume the daily pics soon.