LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION
UPDATE
The submission deadline for stories closed last night at
midnight. Initially we had reported we
would have 57 brand new stories in this collection, which is being produced to
help our colleague, writer/editor/publisher Tommy Hancock. Of course there were a few naysayers out
there who said we’d never get all 57 stories.
They were right. We didn’t get 57
stories in, we got 61!!! 61 amazing
writers pitched in and contributed such wonderful stories covering every conceivable
genre of pulp fiction.
And here’s the big surprise.
Whereas when published this tome will instantly become a Who’s Who of
New Pulp Fiction, we realized it would have one glaring omission and we set out
to correct that. Tommy will be not only
be contributing a brand new story to the collection but has also agreed to
write the introduction. Meaning,
officially “Legends of New Pulp Fiction” will contain 62 tales of action,
adventure and wonder when released.
These stories feature such classic pulp heroes as Secret
Agent X, the Black Bat, the Green Ghost, the Flying Dutchman plus newly minted
pulp heroes ala Brother Bones, Sgt. Janus and Charles St. Cyprian. It has
private eyes, westerns, sci-fi, horror, ghost stories, sword and sorcery and so
many other classic pulp themes it is impossible to list them all here.
With all fiction in-house, we move into phase two of the
project; collecting the 62 illustrations that will be included, one per
story. Over a dozen of the finest
graphic artists in the business have signed on to produce these gorgeous pieces
and their deadline is the 1st of Oct. The painted cover is coming to
us courtesy of the amazing Douglas Klauba.
All fingers crossed we can have this massive package all assembled by
the end of October and available for sale in November, in time for the holiday
season.
To all those creators who couldn’t participate but still
want to help us, you can do so in two ways.
One, buy a copy of the book when it is out and two, help us promote it
across the internet. Word of mouth at
the right time will be invaluable to us.
And there you go, that’s where we are as of the 1st of Sept.
Onwards and upwards,
Editors - Ron Fortier & Jaime Ramos
Art Director – Rob Davis
Yow!
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