It isn’t often in the modern market that a Publisher gets the opportunity to work with the characters of a
Pulp Writer from the Classic era of Pulp Fiction with the involvement of the
author. Pro Se Productions, a
leading Publisher of cutting edge Genre Fiction both looking to the future and
firmly rooted to the past, proudly announces the debut of a new imprint
bringing new life to characters created by prolific Pulp Author Charles
Boeckman!
“CHARLES
BOECKMAN PRESENTS…” states Tommy Hancock, Partner in and Editor in Chief of Pro
Se Productions, “came from the source itself, honestly. Charles Boeckman, now 92 years old, was
a writer of many stories back in the heyday of Pulp and beyond, mostly
suspense/mystery and western tales.
Due to his publishing of a collection of his mystery stories, I became
aware of his work and absolutely fell in love with the characters he
created. Not only were the stories
taut and exciting, but the characters, all of them just appearing the one time,
so many of them had series potential.
So, an email or three later to Charles and his wonderful wife, Patti,
and I asked about his permission to have modern writers take on some of the
characters he’d written into life.
He was enthusiastic and encouraging and now we have the debut of CHARLES
BOECKMAN PRESENTS JOHNNY NICKLE!”
Originally
appearing in Boeckman’s story, ‘Run, Cat, Run,’ Johnny Nickle was a trumpet
player on the run from his own past.
And now, in CHARLES BOECKMAN PRESENTS JOHNNY NICKLE, this unlikely hero
makes a return engagement to perform TWO exciting new hits. NOTES IN THE FOG written by Richard
White and THE DEVIL YOU KNOW authored by Brad Mengel push Johnny into mystery
and out of it hopefully on a high note.
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“This character,”
Hancock explained, “is neat on several levels. A sort of sub genre that is very popular among Pulp and
Crime fans is that of the Musician Detective/Hero, usually a Jazz type, like
Jack Webb’s Pete Kelly. Mr.
Boeckman’s work is replete with these sorts of characters and each one stands
apart, no cardboard cutouts.
Johnny has an edge to him in the original story that both of our authors
have maintained, utilizing the rich background Johnny has a trumpet player as
well as his own personal background.
It’s even more wonderful that Mr. Boeckman is a professional Jazz
Musician and band leader as well, so the original stories come with an
authenticity that definitely influenced Richard and Brad.”
CHARLES BOECKMAN
PRESENTS JOHNNY NICKLE features a fantastic cover by Adam Shaw as well as cover
design and print formatting by Sean Ali and ebook formatting by Russ Anderson!
Edited by David White, these two tales are your backstage pass to see Charles
Boeckman’s Johnny Nickle tackle mystery and murder with a soundtrack that cooks
with red hot women, ice cold killers, triple time thrills and smokin’
jazz! From Pro Se Productions!
CHARLES BOECKMAN
PRESENTS JOHNNY NICKLE is available from Pro Se’s own store at http://tinyurl.com/c52g4cc and at Amazon at http://tinyurl.com/cz6s2q3 for
$8.00! Available for $2.99 for the
Kindle at www.Amazon.com , the Nook at www.barnesandnoble.com,
and in other formats at www.smashwords.com!
For more information
concerning Pro Se Productions, go to www.pulpmachine.blogspot.com and
www.prose-press.com.
