THE WRAITH VOL. 1 ANTHOLOGY DEBUTS FROM AIRSHIP 27! UPDATED!

Reposting from Bobby Nash's website.

I am thrilled to announce the publication of THE WRAITH Vol. 1 from Airship 27 Productions. This book has been in the pipeline for a decade now so I am thrilled to see it finally getting in front of readers. This was my first time writing The Wraith, but my second time writing the character was published first when SANDERSON OF METRO premiered in 2017.

Frank Dirscherl, creator of the character, has also written other novels and comic books featuring The Wraith. You can find them HERE.

Bobby

Official Press Release:

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS Presents THE WRAITH

For years Metro City has been watched and protected by the mystery man called The Wraith. Garbed in a black and blue outfit, cape and cowl, this masked vigilante possesses a unique energy power called the Judgment Stare by which he compels his prisoners to relive their crimes through the pain and suffering of their victims.

Created by writer Frank Dirscherl, the Dread Avenger of the Underworld first appeared as a comic series and then ultimately prose and even an independent film. Now Airship 27 presents four brand new Wraith stories by the best scribes in New Pulp. Along with Dirscherl, this volume features Greg Gick, Erik Franklin, Bobby Nash and Adam Oravec.

“I became a big fan of this character via his past comic book appearances,” reports Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “When Frank Dirscherl later approached me about a possible Airship 27 anthology of prose stories, it took me all of two seconds to sign on. Now, years later the book is completed and all of us are thrilled to have it out for Wraith fans everywhere.”

Whether battling criminal mobs, crooked cops or giant alligators in the sewers, the Wraith will stop at nothing to protect the citizens of Metro City. Beware the yellow glowing eyes of the Judgment Stare.

Artist Chris Nye provides the twelve interior illustrations and Adam Shaw the dynamic cover image. All assembled by Award Winning Art Director Rob

Davis.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

Available from Amazon now in paperback and Kindle at the following retailers:

Amazon US (paperback) 

Amazon CA (paperback)

Amazon UK (paperback)

Airship 27 Hangar (paperback)

Amazon US (ebook)

Amazon UK (ebook)

Amazon CA (ebook)

Airship 27 Hangar (ebook)

PATRON EXCLUSIVE EBOOK OF THE MONTH: LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 3!

Members of author Bobby Nash's Patreon ebook of the month club ($5 and up tiers) received their first book for June today. It's a blast from the past as Bobby and his patrons revisit Lance Star: Sky Ranger Vol. 3. Want to join the book club? It's easy. Join them at www.patreon.com/bobbynash and choose tiers $5 or higher and help Bobby keep creating bold new worlds.

Learn more about Lance Star: Sky Ranger HERE.

Lance Star and the Sky Rangers return summer 2019.

Bobby

A DOLLAR A DAY... MOONSTONE RELEASES YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR!

Cover: Douglas Klauba

For the first time EVER, BRAND NEW STORIES of the “man with the action-packed expense account”! One of classic Radio's most beloved detectives makes his way to prose in Moonstone's YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR! This thrilling collection features today’s top authors, including Anthony Award winning Author Gary Phillips, Tommy Hancock, Ron Fortier, Eric Fein, Josh Reynolds, Barry Reese, Joe Gentile, and Bobby Nash. Your Truly, Johnny Dollar is edited by Tommy Hancock and features cover art by Douglas Klauba (paperback) and Adam Shaw (hardcover).

AVAILABLE NOW! You can find Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar HERE!

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is available in paperback ($15.95) and hardcover ($25.00) from Moonstone Books. The hardcover edition includes a bonus feature, a 48 page Johnny Dollar comic book

Says editor, Tommy Hancock about the book: "To say this book was a bucket list item for me and a labor of love would be all kinds of understatement. And then, add to that that this book took years to come together for various reasons. Even with that, I can say that not only is this one of the books I am the most proud of, but I feel one of the best stories I've ever written is in this collection as well. Thanks to Moonstone and Joe

Gentile for faith in this project and to each and every author in this book for their patience and willingness to tag along on this dream of mine. Get your copy today! Let me know what you think!"

Learn more about Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar HERE!

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar is available in paperback ($15.95) and hardcover ($25.00) from Moonstone Books. The hardcover edition includes a bonus feature, a 48 page Johnny Dollar comic book.

BOBBY NASH READS FROM THE RUBY FILES VOL. 2 AT BOOKS AND BEERS CHARLOTTE, NC EVENT!

HERE is a video of author Bobby Nash reading from his 2018 Pulp Factory Award Winning story, "Takedown" from The Ruby Files Vol. 2 at the Books and Beers event in Charlotte, NC on July 17, 2018. Enjoy. (Why, yes, we do make fun of my buddy, and Ruby Files co-creator Sean Taylor in the video. Why do you ask? ~Bobby)

Learn more about The Ruby Files HERE.

The Ruby Files Vol. 1: (Kindle/Audio)
The Ruby Files Vol. 1: (Paperback)
The Ruby Files Vol. 2: (paperback/Kindle/Audio)
Published by Airship 27 Productions.

Happy listening.

THE RUBY FILES VOL. 2 SPORTS UPDATED COVER!

WINNER OF 3 PULP FACTORY AWARDS!

With The Ruby Files being nominated for 5 Pulp Factory Awards and winning 3 (Best Short Story, Best Interior Illustrations, and Best Anthology), Airship 27 Productions has gone back to press with an updated cover spotlighting the achievement.

Any copies purchased beginning next week will have the updated cover dress.

Congratulations again, Team Ruby!

THE RUBY FILES VOL. TWO
A pulp/noir anthology

2018 PULP FACTORY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST PULP SHORT STORY: "TAKEDOWN" BY BOBBY NASH

2018 PULP FACTORY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST PULP INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS: NIK POLIWKO

2018 PULP FACTORY AWARD WINNER FOR BEST PULP ANTHOLOGY: THE RUBY FILES VOL. 2, RON FORTIER (EDITOR, AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS)

2018 PULP FACTORY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST PULP SHORT STORY: "A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST" BY SEAN TAYLOR

2018 PULP FACTORY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST PULP COVER: MARK WHEATLEY

RICK RUBY IS BACK!

Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to present the second Rick Ruby anthology as created by writers Bobby Nash and Sean Taylor. New York City is private eye’s Rick Ruby beat and beautiful women his weakness. All Ruby ever wants to do is earn enough to get by and stay out of trouble.  But no matter how hard he tries to keep his nose clean, trouble has a way of finding him.

From spies, to gang wars, hangings and cold blooded murder, writers Alan J. Porter, Ron Fortier, Bobby Nash and Sean Taylor put Ruby through his paces. But in the end, the smart mouth shamus knows, to survive, he’s going to need a little help from his friends.

“Ruby is a classic private eye of the old school,” says Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “I’ve always loved these characters from Sam Spade to Philip Marlowe. So when Bobby and Sean proposed this series to us, I was on board immediately. Volume one was lots of fun and our mystery fans wanted more.  We were only too happy to provide them with this second volume. I even joined in the fun contributing my own Rick Ruby story.”

Well known popular artist Mark Wheatley returns for a second, stunning cover while Nik Poliwko turned in the nine beautiful interior illustrations. A super package then assembled by Airship 27 Productions’ Art Director, Rob Davis, for as yet another great quartet of P.I. adventures.

Mystery lovers will rejoice when they crack open The Ruby Files, Volume Two.

THE RUBY FILES VOL. TWO is now available for purchase at the following:
Amazon US (paperback)
Createspace (paperback)
Amazon UK (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
Amazon US Kindle (ebook)
Amazon UK Kindle (ebook)
Amazon/Audible (audio)

Bobby’s story in The Ruby Files Vol. Two is called “Takedown”--
Rick Ruby discovers that all is not what it seems when investigating what should have been a simple case takes a sinister turn. Rick stumbles into an undercover sting operation between mobsters and the FBI that could get him killed, if he's not careful.

Do you have your copy of The Ruby Files Vol. 2 yet? Well, the author's have a surprise for you. Listen to us treat you to samples from the book in this special video above (also at https://youtu.be/j9StoiG738g)

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THE RUBY FILES VOL. 2 AUTHORS READ EXCERPTS FROM THEIR STORIES!

Do you have your copy of The Ruby Files Vol. 2 yet? Well, the author's have a surprise for you. Listen to us treat you to samples from the book in this special video above (and at https://youtu.be/j9StoiG738g).

About The Ruby Files Vol. 2: Cool Dames. Hot City. New York City is private eye Rick Ruby’s beat and beautiful women his weakness. All Ruby ever wants to do is earn enough to get by and stay out of trouble. But no matter how hard he tries to keep his nose clean, trouble has a way of finding him. From spies, to gang wars, hangings and cold-blooded murder, writers Alan J. Porter, Ron Fortier, Bobby Nash and Sean Taylor put Ruby through his paces. But in the end, the smart mouth shamus knows that to survive, he’s going to need a little help from his friends. Mystery lovers rejoice as they get ready to crack open The Ruby Files, Volume Two.

THE RUBY FILES VOL. TWO is now available for purchase at the following:

Amazon US (paperback)

Createspace (paperback)

Amazon UK (paperback)

Barnes and Noble (paperback)

Amazon US Kindle (ebook)

Amazon UK Kindle (ebook)

Amazon/Audible (audio)

Learn more about Rick Ruby at http://RickRuby.blogspot.com.

THE STEPSON OF MYSTERY GOES AUDIO! RAVENWOOD NOW AVAILABLE!

Are you ready for paranormal mystery? 

The Stepson of Mystery, Ravenwood returns in a brand new series of weird adventures, beginning with this audiobook in which he combats Sun Koh, a lost prince of Atlantis, battles with monstrous Yetis in Manhattan and deals with murderous ghosts, and zombie assassins. New pulp storytellers Frank Schildiner, B.C. Bell, Bill Gladman, and Bobby Nash offer up a quartet of fast-paced, bizarre thrillers that rekindle the excitement and wonder that were the pulps. The audio book read by Bob Kern.
Ravenwood - Stepson of Mystery vol. 1 is now available in audiobook and Kindle formats at Amazon and also at Aubible.

Once again Airship 27 Productions presents pulp fans with another quality pulp listening experience like no other on the market today.

Bobby's story in this volume is called "JAZZ". Ravenwood is a partner in a new jazz club in the city that was renovated from an old vaudeville theater. Ravenwood is ready to celebrate opening night with the city's rich and famous, but ghosts from the building's past have other plans. This was Bobby's second published pulp tale.

Ravenwood - Stepson of Mystery vol. 1 is now available in audiobook and Kindle formats at Amazon and also at Aubible.

Click Read More... to learn more about Ravenwood: Stepson of Mystery.

THE STEPSON OF MYSTERY GOES AUDIO! RAVENWOOD NOW AVAILABLE!

Are you ready for paranormal mystery? 

The Stepson of Mystery, Ravenwood returns in a brand new series of weird adventures, beginning with this audiobook in which he combats Sun Koh, a lost prince of Atlantis, battles with monstrous Yetis in Manhattan and deals with murderous ghosts, and zombie assassins. New pulp storytellers Frank Schildiner, B.C. Bell, Bill Gladman, and Bobby Nash offer up a quartet of fast-paced, bizarre thrillers that rekindle the excitement and wonder that were the pulps. The audio book read by Bob Kern.

Ravenwood - Stepson of Mystery vol. 1 is now available in audiobook and Kindle formats at Amazon and also at Aubible.

Once again Airship 27 Productions presents pulp fans with another quality pulp listening experience like no other on the market today.

Bobby's story in this volume is called "JAZZ". Ravenwood is a partner in a new jazz club in the city that was renovated from an old vaudeville theater. Ravenwood is ready to celebrate opening night with the city's rich and famous, but ghosts from the building's past have other plans. This was Bobby's second published pulp tale.

Ravenwood - Stepson of Mystery vol. 1 is now available in audiobook and Kindle formats at Amazon and also at Aubible.

Click Read More... to learn more about Ravenwood: Stepson of Mystery.

LANCE STAR – SKY RANGER SOARS INTO AUDIO!

The Lance Star: Sky Ranger 10 year celebration continues!

New Pulp publisher Airship27 Productions and audio pioneers Radio Archives have teamed up with Air Ace Lance Star and his team of top-notch pilots, the Sky Rangers to launch the audio edition of Lance Star – Sky Ranger vol. 1. This pulp anthology featuring stories by Frank Dirscherl, Win Scott Eckert, Bill Spangler, and Bobby Nash and is beautifully performed by Stuart Gauffi. Cover art by Rich Woodall. This is where the Sky Ranger story begins.

Climb on board for action and adventure with Lance Star – Sky Ranger vol. 1 on audio, paperback, or ebook today!

Cover Art: Rich Woodall

About Lance Star – Sky Ranger vol. 1 audio:

A long-forgotten pulp hero makes his glorious return to action and adventure in this special volume featuring Lance Star and his team of rough-and-ready Sky Rangers. Four brand-new, action-packed tales of high-flying thrills await you.

"Attack of the Birdman" by Frank Dirscherl. Lance and his wingman-sidekick Buck Tellonger head out to the coast of California where flocks of birds are attacking the populace of a small seaside village. They are said to be guided by a giant bird-man!

"Where the Sea Meets the Sky" by Bobby Nash. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, off the shores of tropical Hawaii, a hidden treasure has been discovered. Now a band of sky pirates is out to steal it, no matter how many innocent lives must be sacrificed in the process. Only Lance and the Sky Rangers can end their bloody assaults!

"Shadows Over Kunlun" by Win Scott Eckert. A government agent sends Lance and his team of flyers off to the roof of the world, Tibet, in search of a lost World War One ace and a hidden power source that could change the course of history!

"Talons of the Red Condor" by Bill Spangler. Flying rebels have captured the Panama Canal, threatening to destroy it unless their ransom demands are met-Lance and the Sky Rangers soon find themselves fighting an old enemy who's come back from the grave!

Performed by Stuart Gauffi.

Get your copy of Lance Star – Sky Ranger vol. 1 audio here.

Learn more about Lance Star: Sky Ranger at www.lance-star.com

Find LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 1 at the following:
Amazon/Audible (audio)
Amazon (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
Books-A-Million (paperback)
Powell's Books (paperback)
Mighty Ape NZ (paperback)
BookAdda India (paperback)
Bookwire (paperback)
Airship 27 Hangar (ebook)
Amazon (Kindle)
And wherever your favorite pulp fiction is sold.

LANCE STAR – SKY RANGER SOARS INTO AUDIO!

The Lance Star: Sky Ranger 10 year celebration continues!

New Pulp publisher Airship27 Productions and audio pioneers Radio Archives have teamed up with Air Ace Lance Star and his team of top-notch pilots, the Sky Rangers to launch the audio edition of Lance Star – Sky Ranger vol. 1. This pulp anthology featuring stories by Frank Dirscherl, Win Scott Eckert, Bill Spangler, and Bobby Nash and is beautifully performed by Stuart Gauffi. Cover art by Rich Woodall. This is where the Sky Ranger story begins.

Climb on board for action and adventure with Lance Star – Sky Ranger vol. 1 on audio, paperback, or ebook today!

Cover Art: Rich Woodall

About Lance Star – Sky Ranger vol. 1 audio:

A long-forgotten pulp hero makes his glorious return to action and adventure in this special volume featuring Lance Star and his team of rough-and-ready Sky Rangers. Four brand-new, action-packed tales of high-flying thrills await you.

"Attack of the Birdman" by Frank Dirscherl. Lance and his wingman-sidekick Buck Tellonger head out to the coast of California where flocks of birds are attacking the populace of a small seaside village. They are said to be guided by a giant bird-man!

"Where the Sea Meets the Sky" by Bobby Nash. Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean, off the shores of tropical Hawaii, a hidden treasure has been discovered. Now a band of sky pirates is out to steal it, no matter how many innocent lives must be sacrificed in the process. Only Lance and the Sky Rangers can end their bloody assaults!

"Shadows Over Kunlun" by Win Scott Eckert. A government agent sends Lance and his team of flyers off to the roof of the world, Tibet, in search of a lost World War One ace and a hidden power source that could change the course of history!

"Talons of the Red Condor" by Bill Spangler. Flying rebels have captured the Panama Canal, threatening to destroy it unless their ransom demands are met-Lance and the Sky Rangers soon find themselves fighting an old enemy who's come back from the grave!

Performed by Stuart Gauffi.

Get your copy of Lance Star – Sky Ranger vol. 1 audio here.

Learn more about Lance Star: Sky Ranger at www.lance-star.com

Find LANCE STAR: SKY RANGER VOL. 1 at the following:
Amazon/Audible (audio)
Amazon (paperback)
Barnes and Noble (paperback)
Powell's Books (paperback)
Mighty Ape NZ (paperback)
BookAdda India (paperback)
Books-A-Million (paperback)
Airship 27 Hangar (ebook)
Amazon (Kindle)
And wherever your favorite pulp fiction is sold.

NIK POLIWKO SHADOWS RICK RUBY

Art: Nik Poliwko

Art: Nik Poliwko

Artist Nik Poliwko is doing an amazing job illustrating stories for the upcoming second volume of Rick Ruby anthology for Airship 27 Productions. Here’s a sneak peek.

The award-winning The Ruby Files returns for a second volume of pulpy detective yarns in 2013 from Airship 27 Productions. The Ruby Files Vol. 2 features stories by Ruby Files creators Sean Taylor and Bobby Nash and authors Alan J. Porter and Ron Fortier. Interior illustrations provided by Nik Poliwko under a cover by Mark Wheatley. Rob Davis returns as book designer.

Keep watching http://rickruby.blogspot.com for more The Ruby Files vol. 2 news as it becomes available.

NIK POLIWKO ROUGHS UP RICK RUBY!

Illustrator, Nik Poliwko shared a new rough sketch for an upcoming illustration for the upcoming The Ruby Files Vol. 2, a companion to the illustration at left.

The award-winning The Ruby Files returns for a second volume of pulpy detective yarns in 2013 from Airship 27 Productions. The Ruby Files Vol. 2 features stories by Ruby Files creators Sean Taylor and Bobby Nash and authors Alan J. Porter and Ron Fortier. Interior illustrations provided by Nik Poliwko under a cover by Mark Wheatley. Rob Davis returns as book designer.

Keep watching http://rickruby.blogspot.com for more The Ruby Files vol. 2 news as soon as it becomes available.

THE BATTLING BAGMAN RETURNS

New Pulp Publisher Airship 27 Productions has released New Pulp Author B.C. Bell's The Bagman vs. The World's Fair.

PRESS RELEASE:

Airship 27 Productions is delighted to announce the release of its latest pulp title, THE BAGMAN vs THE WORLD’S FAIR by B.C. Bell.

It is the summer of 1933 and the Windy City is hosting the fabulous World’s Fair. The famous Navy Pier along the shores of Lake Michigan is invaded by thousands of tourists from around the nation and the world; all there to marvel at the newest scientific advancements on display.

But within this glittering pleasure park of wonder lurks a devilish fiend set upon causing mass destruction and ruining the Fair; a scientist turned mad employing a bizarre sonic cannon to commit murder and chaos amongst the innocent throngs.  Now it will be up to the unlikeliest hero of them all, the odd, notorious Bagman, to save the day.

Writer B.C. Bell sends his one time petty crook, Frank “Mac” McCullough back into action in this, the Bagman’s first full length adventure.  Along with his loyal buddy, the ace mechanic, Crankshaft, Chicago’s most unusual mystery man must find the lunatic inventor and put an end to his heinous attacks before more people will die.

“The first time I read a Chris Bell Bagman story, I actually chuckled aloud,” says Airship 27 Productions Managing Editor Ron Fortier.  “Bell’s ability to combine both fast paced, pure pulp action with slapstick humor is sheer genius. The Bagman is one of the most original of the new pulp heroes we have today.  His fans will not be disappointed with this new, longer adventure.”
The book features nine interiors illustrations by Andy Fish and sports a truly colorful painting by Laura Givens with book designs by Rob Davis.  As an added bonus, the story also features a very special cameo by Canadian writer Calvin Daniels’ own new pulp hero, the Black Wolf.

So slap another clip in your .45, straighten your tie and put that bag over your head, pulp fans; here comes the Bagman, delivering justice in his own peculiar way. 

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – Pulp Fiction for a New Generation!

Available now from Amazon in paperback.

Learn more about B.C. Bell's The Bagman here.

AIRSHIP 27 PATCHES AVAILABLE

New Pulp Publisher Airship 27 Productions has a way for loyal airmen to show their pulp support with the new Airship 27 patches.

PRESS RELEASE:

For the first time ever, we offered all our Loyal Airmen a premium quality Airship 27 Crew Patch.  These we debut at the Windy City Pulp & Paper Con to a truly wonderful response.  Then we took them to PulpFest with the same results, our readers truly enjoyed them and remarked at the quality of the item.

Now, with the cons behind us, we are offering them to all you Loyal Airmen via mail.  Each quality 4" x 4" crew patch is only $3 plus a small shipping and handling fee.  They look great on shirts, jacket shoulders or even baseball caps.

If you would like to join the ever growing ranks of Airship 27 Productions' Loyal Airmen by sporting one of these super cook patches, simply write Rob Davis at (robmdavis@me.com) for further information.  

Thanks, 

Captain Ron

PULP FICTION REVIEWS AND THE RED REUNION

New Pulp Author Ron Fortier returns with another Pulp Fiction Review. This time out Ron takes a look at Stein and Candle Vol. III by Michael Panush.

STEIN AND CANDLE Vol III
By Michael Panush
Curiosity Quills Press
232 pages

From the talented imagination of writer Michael Panush comes this third volume in the adventures of Mort Candle, a grizzled ex-Sergeant and his ward, the teenage occult expert Weatherby Stein.  Panush continues to chronicle their post World War II exploits as paranormal investigators and within these pages you’ll find the duo’s newest exploits as they travel the globe encountering all manner of supernatural monsters.  There are a total of six cases set forth here and each is a well presented pulp actioner, all worthy of the 1930s classics.

The book kicks off with our guys in Japan in “Trouble in Tokyo.”  They are hired by a police detective discover who it is attacking rival Yakuza clans and in the process fomenting a gangland war that could severely hamper the city’s reconstruction efforts.  Soon Candle and Stein aren’t only dealing with sword wielding crooks but a secret ninja clan controlling ancient Japanese creatures of mythology to wipe out their foes.  This one is exotic wall to wall action without let up from beginning to end.

The X-Files meets Happy Days in “Teenage Wasteland” when Weatherby goes undercover in a suburban high school to investigate teenagers meddling with the occult.  Along the way he encounters ethnic prejudices, an athletic bully and a Sandra Dee like blonde beauty that turns his head and melts his heart.  Easily one of the weirder but most enjoyable stories in this series yet.

Then there is “Lounge Lizard” wherein our heroes head for Lake Tahoe to find a missing crooner who has run off with the his boss’ cash. This leads them into a deadly parallel world of dinosaurs and their lizard-men riders.  Exactly the mishmash Panush excels at.  Whereas in “Drac’s Back,” Castle, short on funds, accepts an assignment from a group of American vampires to help them travel to Transylvania and resurrect the greatest bloodsucker of them all, Count Dracula.  Stein is opposed to the idea and has good reason to be.  It doesn’t turn out well.

The fifth tale, “Stein Family Reunion,” has Mort and Weatherby in San Francisco encountering Adam, a monstrous individual created from parts of dead bodies by an earlier member of the Stein clan.  Thus do our heroes come to the aid of one of the most iconic monsters in English fiction.  After introducing Dracula to the series, we just knew “the monster” couldn’t be far behind.

The book wraps up with “Big City Showdown,” parts one and two and is the longest single Stein and Candle adventure yet.  And it deserves that extra space as it has a sense of climatic finality to it.  Dracula and the Stein’s twisted wizard ancestor, the Viscount Wagner Stein, team up in New York with an audacious plan to conquer America.  The challenges these two powerful entities posed singularly proved to be difficult to our heroes in past encounters.  Now combined, they are virtually unbeatable; unless that is, our two occult detectives can assemble their own team to battle them.  And this is exactly what transpires until almost every major supporting character in the series reappears for this one cataclysmic confrontation between the forces of good and evil.

There is a definitive air of closure by the story’s end that had this reader both pleased and sad.  If this is the end of the Stein and Candle Detective Agency, then they go out on a grand note that we applaud.  But we truly hope this isn’t the last chapter in one of New Pulp’s most imaginative series ever created.  Please, Michael Panush, we want more!

A NEW PULP CLASH OF TITANS

Art: Sean E. Ali

Art: George Sellas

On his blog, New Pulp Author Barry Reese announced that volume 5 of the popular Lazarus Gray series will feature a guest-appearance by one of New Pulp’s most popular heroes: Ron Fortier’s Brother Bones!

The Undead Avenger will be face off against Assistance Unlimited in a story that takes Reese’s heroes into the gloomy environs of Cape Noire. Said Reese of using Brother Bones, “I appreciate Ron’s willingness to share the character with me and I’m going to do my best to do it right. Ron’s a good friend and a major figure in the New Pulp movement, which makes it all the more important for me to not screw it up! Since Ron did such a bang-up job writing The Rook in Tales of The Rook, I want to at least make him smile as much he did me.”

Art: Rob Davis

Brother Bones starred in his own collection of stories and recently appeared in Red Bud Studio’s comic book, “Bullets of Jade” and issues of Pro Se Presents. A Brother Bones novel has also been teased.

In response to the team up, Ron Fortier said, “I’m really excited about our two characters meeting on the pulp stage and I personally can’t wait to see what happens when they do.”

Keep watching this space for more news as it develops.

GREEN LAMA - MYSTIC WARRIOR TAKES FLIGHT AT AIRSHIP 27

Green Lama Illustration: Neil Foster

New Pulp Publisher Airship 27 Productions has released teaser art from the upcoming addition to their best-selling anthology series with The Green Lama - Mystic Warrior.

“THE GREEN LAMA - Mystic Warrior is now in production,” said Airship 27 head honcho, Ron Fortier in a post on his website. “It will feature two reprint stories from our first ever Green Lama anthology, by Peter Miller and Kevin Noel Olson. Plus two brand new Green Lama adventures by Nick Ahlhelm and Robert Craig.”

All four stories in The Green Lama - Mystic Warrior will feature brand new illustrations by artist Neil Foster.

All Pulp will post more as the project develops.

Airship 27 has also joined Twitter. Follow Ron Fortier at @airship271 and Michael Leal at @AirshipCaptainM for the latest Airship 27 news and updates.

SNEAK PEEK: SECRET AGENT X - THE COMIC BOOK

Secret Agent X by Fortier and Davis

Art: Rob Davis

New Pulp Publishers Redbud Studios and Airship 27 Productions shared a sneak peek at their upcoming Secret Agent X comic book.

Press Release:
Airship 27 Productions is once again teaming up with Redbud Studio to produce another classic pulp hero comic book.  SECRET AGENT X is a 38 page black and white thriller featuring the greatest pulp spy of them all; the Man of a Thousand Faces.

The script is by Ron Fortier with all art by Rob Davis.  Here is a sneak-peek of page 4 as the super-spy received his latest assignment and is about to go into action.  No definitive date has been set for the book's release.  Keep following the Airship 27 blog for future updates.

PULP FICTION REVIEWS AND SWEET MONEY WON

New Pulp Author Ron Fortier returns with another Pulp Fiction Review. This time out Ron takes a look at Sweet Money Won by Mycroft Magnusson.

SWEET MONEY WON
By Mycroft Magnusson
ISBN -13:978-1481952811
401 pages

Here’s a trick question for you.  Can any well written book ever be too long for its own good?  I would have thought that impossible until reading “Sweet Money Won.”  Which is going to make this review a delicate balancing act as I want all of you to understand how much I truly liked this book; in many, many ways.  Save one.  So allow me to applaud what is a truly superbly well crafted crime comedy reminiscent of Elmore Leonard’s best efforts.

Rick and Liam are two small time conmen living in the seedy Koreatown section of Los Angeles.  They survive hand to mouth on their meager rewards for the small cons they perpetuate, mostly on middle-class tourist visiting L.A. for the first time.  Magnusson deftly defines both their personalities so that they immediately appealed to this reader.  Liam, the smarter of the two, is the philosophical gambling addict who loves the Boston Patriots whereas Rick is the more reckless, by-the-seat-of-his-pants character who has a  problem with pornography and sex, the latter being what gets them both into a world of hurt.

When Rick takes their entire money reserve to rescue a Russian porn-princess named Svetlana, whom he’s met on-line, from her muscle-bound pimps, he puts them both in harms way.  Liam had placed a bet on a Patriot’s game, the cash being his debt should the Pats lose.  Of course the Pats lose and the Korean strong-arm bookies are none too pleased when Liam doesn’t have the money to cover his bet.  Now he and Rick have just twenty-four hours to come up with twenty thousand dollars.  It is at this point when  Svetlana agrees to help the boys by having sex with and then blackmailing a rich, up and coming congressman.

Reading “Sweet Money Won” is a truly engrossing, fun literary escapade that plays fast and loose with gunfire pacing.  Again, Magnusson’s prose is both insightful and inventive when it needs to be.  His writing is what is excellent and why I’m recommending you pick up a copy of this top-notch crime novel.

But Magnusson has to learn when scenes are extraneous and should be cut.  Any scene that does not serve the plot should be excised and there are several of these that frustrated me.  Rick’s Mexican weekend and Liam’s sports ticket scam are both unnecessary. A good editor could have trimmed this book by a hundred pages and helped shape it into an even better story.  I hope that’s a lesson he learns soon.  Rick and Liam and awesome characters and I’d love to see them in action again.

SINBAD SETS SAIL ON ANOTHER NEW VOYAGE!

Cover Art: Kevin Johnson

New Pulp Publisher, Airship 27 Productions sets sail with a new volume of adventures for Sinbad the pirate as Sinbad: The New Voyages vol. 2 is released.

Press Release:

THE BLUE NYMPH SETS SAIL

Pull up anchor, cast off the mooring lines and drop the sail, the good ship Blue Nymph is about to set sail for adventure once again with her famous seafaring captain at the helm.

Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to present the second volume of brand new stories starring the greatest seaman of them all, Sinbad the Sailor and his international crew of daring adventures.  Here are the Henri Delacrois, the deadly archer from Gaul, Ralf Gunarson, the strapping young Viking giant, Tishimi Osara the beautiful female samurai and of course Omar, the irascible first mate.  All of them bound together by their love of action and yearning to explore uncharted lands.

“We released the first volume of this series last year,” says Airship 27 Managing Editor, Ron Fortier.  “Reader response was overwhelming and we soon were getting lots of mail to do more.  It’s very clear there are lots of people out there who lovingly remember those old Harryhausen Sinbad movies.”

This volume contains a new novella by Ed Erdelac with short stories by Shelby Vick and Erwin K. Roberts. Capturing the feel of the old cinematic hero developed by the late Ray Harryhausen, the volume features illustrations by Steven Wilcox and a cover by Kevin Johnson with designs by Rob Davis.  Over the horizon awaits treasure, beautiful exotic maidens and monsters beyond imagining.  Dare you sign aboard with Sinbad El Ari? If so, then battened hatches and have your curved blade ready, heart pounding adventure awaits within these pages.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

Available from Amazon.com in both hard copy and digitally for Kindle.