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PRESS RELEASE:
Coming Soon
Contact: James Palmer
palmerwriter@yahoo.com
www.mechanoidpress.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monster Earth
Coming Soon!
Atlanta, GA—James Palmer, editor and publisher of Mechanoid Press, an independent publishing imprint specializing in New Pulp, science fiction, and more, is proud to announce the upcoming release of its first anthology MONSTER EARTH.
MONSTER EARTH harkens back to the classic giant monsters of yesteryear like Godzilla, Mothra, Gamera, and King Kong, while focusing on the human element and what it would be like to live in such a world where giant monsters terrorize the Earth.
“There have been a few other giant monster anthologies over the years,” says Palmer.
“But our book is going to be a bit different. It has a unifying concept, as well as a solid pulp style of storytelling.”
Developed by MONSTER EARTH co-editor Jim Beard (writer, Captain Action and the Riddle of the Glowing Men), each story in the book takes place in a different decade of the 20th century, which leads to a Cold War fought with giant monsters rather than the threat of nuclear weapons.
“I really wanted all the stories to have an underlying thread that weaves between them all the stories, and Jim really came up with a winner.”
The stories in MONSTER EARTH have a strong human angle as well.
“Focusing in on the human beings living in this world is important to me,” says Palmer.
“The monsters are like forces of nature, with the humans trying to control them. But don’t worry, these aren’t just regular human interest stories with a monster thrown in for window dressing. There are plenty of great monster battles and more than enough citywide destruction to please the most discerning kaiju fan – and anyone who loves a good tale.
Palmer and Beard have assembled a great line-up of New Pulp all-stars to give us their visions of a world ruled by giant monsters. MONSTER EARTH will include stories by I.A. Watson (Sherlock Holmes, Blackthorn: Dynasty of Mars), Ed Erdelac (The Merkabah Rider), Nancy Hansen, and newcomer Jeff McGinnis. Beard and Palmer will also provide stories, and there will be a free online bonus tale by Jeff McGinnis coming out shortly before the book’s release.
MONSTER EARTH is slated for a Christmas release, and will be available in print and ebook formats.
For more information and updates, including a preview of the cover and table of contents when they are finalized, go to www.mechanoidpress.com and sign up for our FREE newsletter.
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About Mechanoid Press
Mechanoid Press is a new imprint specializing in science fiction, New Pulp, and steampunk ebooks and anthologies. For more, visit www.mechanoidpress.com or follow the robot revolution on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mechanoidpress. You can also like Mechanoid Press on Facebook.
Press Release:
SEVERAL changes, in fact. On www.planetarystories.com (NO! Don’t go there yet; there’s more to come.) there are three different covers, replacing the older ones. So, you say, what’s the big deal about that?
Well, ONE of them – Wonderlust – is the cover of the NEXT Wonderlust! (Not yet! Just wait to click.) More, the entire 27th issue of Planetary Stories (all three, Planetary Stories, Pulp Spirit and Wonderlust) focus on ‘Fun’. For instance, the story behind that great cover illo by Jose Sanchez, On The Way, begins with Nerek (‘Our Hero’) saying to his superior officer, “You bellowed?”
There’s lots of action, but ‘fun’ is the theme.
In other stories we have a purple-skinned driver of a space taxi tearing around the universe, and the host of a kid’s show saving humanity, and…
Well, you’ll see. www.planetarystories.com/OnTheWay.pdf will get you to Nerek right now.
Which is ANOTHER change…
Joe R. Lansdale’s The Ape Man’s Brother is now available on Kindle with a paperback edition to follow.
“What has always been important to me is to tell the stories I wish someone else had written,” Lansdale stated on his Facebook page. “Yesterday I announced THE APE MAN’S BROTHER, a tribute I wrote to Edgar Rice Burroughs and Philip Jose Farmer. It’s a mixture of many things, a lot of my interests.”
About The Ape Man’s Brother:
Orphaned by a plane crash, raised in the wilds of a lost world hidden somewhere beneath a constant mist, The Big Guy and his ape-man brother from another mother are living a life of danger amongst rampaging dinosaurs, giant birds, warring ape tribes, and all manner of deadly beasts. It’s a wonderful existence for someone like The Big Guy and his furry brother, except for the flea problem. Then an expedition of explorers from the outside turn his world inside out. Or rather a very blonde beauty called The Woman does. It leads to his and his ape brother being convinced to fly to New York by zeppelin, where they become the toast of the town. They even make Hollywood movies. It seems perfect. At least until The Big Guy does something that comes quite naturally to him in the wild, but leads to public humiliation in this new found world. To make matters worse, his ape brother has grown to not only love the pampered life, meals he doesn’t have to chase down, good cigars, fine wines and statuesque women, he’s come to like the Wrong Woman.
Changes are afoot. They lead to a return to the world beneath the mist, and a deadly and unexpected encounter with a foe that is in many ways far worse than any dinosaur. Envy, jealousy, greed, fleas, and pyramids under the mist, are all part of this rollicking novella of the sort only Joe R. Lansdale could write. And don’t forget dinosaurs.
You can learn more about The Ape Man’s Brother here.
The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Volume 3: 1934-35 by Frederick Nebel is now available from Altus Press.
Frederick Nebel’s unforgettable character Jack Cardigan was one of the main reasons behind the success of the legendary Dime Detective Magazine. His hard-boiled P.I. stories were a major influence to other writers of the era, yet only a handful have been reprinted since their original 44-story run eighty years ago. Volume 3 of this series contains the next 11 installments, complete and uncut, with the original illustrations by John Fleming Gould.
Spades Are Spades (January 1, 1934)
Hot Spot (March 1, 1934)
Kick Back (April 1, 1934)
“Read ‘Em and Weep” (May 1, 1934)
Red Hot (July 1, 1934)
Not So Tough… (August 15, 1934)
Too Hot to Handle (September 15, 1934)
Pardon My Murder (November 15, 1934)
Leave It to Cardigan (December 15, 1934)
Hell on Wheels (February 1, 1935)
Hell Couldn’t Stop Him (April 15, 1935)
376 pages, approx. 6″x9″x0.8″, approx. 1.4 lbs.
Available in paperback, limited edition hardcover, and from Mike Chomko.
Learn more about The Complete Casebook of Cardigan, Volume 3: 1934-35 here.
New Pulp Author Barry Reese compiles a list of the Top 10 new New Pulp best selling books on Amazon every Monday morning. See how your favorite pulp books fare each week at http://barryreese.net.
Without further ado, here’s the completely and totally unofficial New Pulp bestseller list as of right now (title, then publisher, then release date, then sales rank):
1) Doc Savage: Death’s Dark Domain by Will Murray (Altus Press, September 2012) – 71,739
2) The Golden Age by Jeff Deischer (White Rocket Books, October 2012) – 125,852
3) Pro Se Presents # 15 by Various (Pro Se Press, November 2012) – 184,340
4) The Spider: Shadow of Evil by C.J. Henderson and J. Anthony Kosar (Moonstone Books, October 2012) – 273,590
5) Horror Heroes by Various (Pulp Empire, October 2012) – 585,940
6) Secret Agent “X” – Volume Four by Various (Airship 27, October 2012) – 647,102
7) Three Against the Stars by Joe Bonadonna (Airship 27, November 2012) – 795,194
8 ) Black Bat Mysteries Volume Two by Various (Airship 27, August 2012) – 867,330
9) Mystery Men (& Women) Volume Three by Various (Airship 27, November 2012) – 956,126
10) Monster Aces by Various (Pro Se Press, October 2012) – 1,463,279
Just missing the list were: Pro Se Presents # 14 by Various (Pro Se Press, October 2012) – 1,697,869, Blood of the Centipede by Chuck Miller (Pro Se Press, September 2012) – 2,140,953, Pirates and Swashbucklers Volume Two by Various (Pulp Empire, October 2012) – 2,335,554 and The Spur: Loki’s Rock by Mark Ellis (Fortuna Books, September 2012) – 2,471,177.
Read the full list and the rules for putting the list together here.
New Pulp Author Chuck Miller, Pulp Ark Award Winner for Best New Writer of 2011 has released THE RETURN OF DOCTOR REVERSO Chapter Eight: “Enter the Stiff” on his website.
Read it here.
Strange facts are revealed, something invisible knocks down a steel door, another familiar character wanders in from the Public Domain, and something big and nasty starts to happen.
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Fight Card Books’ December publication, Fight Card: The Knockout, is now available for Kindle via Amazon. Says Fight Card’s Paul Bishop of the new release, “This time up the venerable Robert J. Randisi is behind the mask of Jack Tunney. Bob Randisi is a tremendously prolific author who has written in many genres. Many of us also know Bob as the founder of the Private-Eye Writers of America, the organization behind the prestigious Shamus awards. A great guy, a great writer, and a great addition to the Fight Card canon.”
About Fight Card: The Knockout:
Brooklyn, 1954
Frankie ‘The Piston’ Corleone was an up-and-coming light heavyweight fighter until a broken hand took him out of contention. Now, Frankie works as a private eye, occasionally taking sparring work to stay in shape make ends meet.
Cappy O’Brien has trained a lot of fighters, including Frankie. But Cappy has never had a real contender until now … Candy Marquez is the real deal, and after being battered by Marquez during several rounds of sparring, Frankie has to agree. But the fight game is as crooked as a dog’s hind leg, and other trainers and the mob all want a piece of Cappy’s best prospect.
When Cappy winds up dead, it’s time for Frankie to take off the gloves and take The Piston’s punching power to the street to knockout a killer …
You can order your very own ebook copy of Fight Card: The Knockout here.
2013 looks to be a watershed year for the Fight Card series. January brings Fight Card: Rumble In The Jungle from our own man down under, David Foster … This is a very pulpy tale with an international setting in South Africa. February, will see Fight Card: Against The Ropes visit the 1920’s with a tale by Terrence McCaulley, which is a prequel to his current novel “Prohibition” from Airship 27 Productions (with whom we will be cross-promoting).
Much more to come including a new issue of Fight Fictioneeers Magazine.
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The Book Cave’s Panel Fest podcast, Episode 14 features a panel from PulpFest 2012 called The New Fictioneers with New Pulp Author Win Scott Eckert is live.
Listen now at http://thebookcave.libsyn.com/panel-fest-episode-14-pulp-fest-2012-win-scott-eckert
Thanks to Jason Aiken for recording the panel.
Available this week… Fight Card: The Knockout… By Robert J. Randisi writing as Jack Tunney…
Visit Fight Card Books for more information.
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