Paul's Scribblings
Yes, I know the book won't be available until July 6th, but ramp up on pre-orders and reviews is supposed to help sales later.
And I'm bound to keep reminding the world between now and then.
For now, though, the latest updates:
The paperback edition is now also available for pre-order at Amazon.
Also, the ebook has gone up for review preview at NetGalley. If anyone out there is part of that program, we can use the review love! Thanks!
Back in 2019, I posted about the THE LOST EMPIRE OF SOL. It's been on pre-order status direct from the publisher since then, but the pandemic messed up the release.
Anyway, it's finally ready for wider release now. You can now pre-order the ebook via Amazon. There is a print edition coming as well.
My story, "A Gate in Darkness", closes out the anthology. It was written quite a while ago. I probably have better writing chops now, but I think it's still a decent sword-&-planet action romp.
WILL WRITE FOR FOOD: The Freelance Stories of Derrick Ferguson
Derrick Ferguson has rapidly become one of my favorite writers since I discovered New Pulp and his body of work. He can always spin an unpretentious fun tale that will keep the reader entertained. His Doc Savage/James Bond/international adventurer extraordinaire, Dillon, put him on the map, but rest assured Derrick can write anything that gets thrown at him.
WILL WRITE FOR FOOD is a collection of his non-Dillon work, and for the ebook price of admission, you really shouldn't miss out.
Stories of G-men, 1930s Pacific island adventurers, crime tales, a fantastical voyage of Sinbad the sailor, a superhero throw down, and Old West stories of Bass Reeves.
Put this collection on your list!
My new novel--which is also my debut novel-- from Crossroad Press is now available for ebook pre-order. Yes, there will also be a print edition when the book is released.
Click here for the announcement (along with other books coming.)
If you prefer other ebook platforms, here is the list;
Some upcoming publishing news.
Crossroad Press have picked up my pulp superhero novel, Hour of the Robot. It will be released in July, under their YA imprint, Mystique Press.
While not the first novel I have written, it is the first novel I haven't trunked and it is, therefore, my debut novel!
Not so much a review as just to let you know I've started digging into Barry Reese's Lazarus Gray series. I'm enjoying the heck out of it. If you want classic pulp adventure with that New Pulp feel, you need to start on this series.
I've been listening to audiobooks but the first three volumes are also available as a super-inexpensive omnibus ebook. Just $1!
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| Bulldog Drummond: Disaster Zones by I.A. Watson |
I.A. Watson has done a great job bringing Bulldog Drummond into the 21st century. This time around we get three novellas, where Bulldog battles neo-Nazis, faces off against an African warlord, and fights his way through baddies and a hurricane in the Caribbean. The action never lets up. Pure pulp action! I look forward to more new tales of Bulldog Drummond!
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| All-American Sports Stories, Volume 2 |
Derrick Ferguson's "Brooklyn Beatdown" leads off this anthology of three sports novellas. A story of boxing, and crime. The tale is a perfect mix of bare-knuckle brawling and lively characters.
The second tale is a baseball story. I wasn't very vested in that one, sorry to say. Not because of the baseball subject matter. The story didn't have enough action for me. It felt more like reading a newspaper's season-long-run sports story than a fiction tale.
Ron Fortier closes out the volume with a poignant football tale about a returning disabled Vietnam veteran who must figure out where his life will lead.
"Brooklyn Beatdown" was resurrected from a stand-alone edition (under the FIGHT CARD series) and is worth the price of admission. Highly recommended for that story alone.
