Post by Talon Karrde on Apr 26, 2009 16:25:44 GMT -5
From the Murphy's Lore Newsletter:
"Excitement abounds as there is not just one new book out, but two.
Mystic Investigators is the first, brought to you by the good folks at Dark Quest Books (www.darkquestbooks.com). It collects 11 tales of my paranormal investigators including stories from Agent Karver of the DMA, Hell’s Detective, and Terrorbelle—all three of which take place in the Murphy’s Lore universe. But it doesn’t just stop at one universe. It also has Mog the single barbarian father and his daughter Mikki; Boroughs of Fugtown who’s a fedora wearing ape with a human brain; a high school student who discovers conspiracy theories are real in the world of the Nightcriers; an enigma wrapped in a straightjacket named Lunay; Hunt a bogart high school history teacher who reluctantly moonlights as a bounty hunter; the Blow-up Doll of the super power Daring; the Soul Collector; and Frankenstein’s monster in a Nazi death camp in the world of Agents of the Abyss.
Mystic Investigators is also available in e-book. Mobilepocket is running a special where the normally $4.99 Mobilepocket edition is just $1.99, but only until May 6th. Mystic Investigators is also available Amazon on Kindle, also on special for $3.99 instead of $4.99 for a limited time.
The second is FAIRY WITH A GUN The Collected Terrorbelle from Padwolf (www.padwolf.com). Taking place in the Murphy’s Lore universe, it collects the modern noir tales of the tough and wisecracking Terrorbelle in New York City working for Nemesis and Co. T-Belle faces off against club crashing vampyres, a serial killer werewolf who thinks his victims are the Little Red Riding Hood to his Big Bad Wolf, Zombielicious, the ultimate Bad-ass and more. It features guest stars bartender John Murphy, Agent Karver, and The Infinite Jester and even has a visit to Bulfinches’ Pub. (And for fans of Terrorbelle’s sword and sorcery tales from her Daemor days in Faerie, those adventures will likely be collected in an upcoming SWORDS OF THE DAEMOR collection.)
In the exciting news department, the wonderful folks over at CSI had approached me about providing my books as props for this truly great television show. Of course I was more than happy to give CSI its props—pun intended of course—so all eight books in the Murphy’s Lore series plus Fairy With A Gun and Mystic Investigators are now a part of the CSI props department. Two of these—Shadow Of The Wolf and Redemption Road—have actually been placed on Greg’s desk in the bullpen, formerly Grisham’s office. So keep an eye out, because these books can be in any episode that features the bullpen and who knows when and where the others may show up. Feel free to let me know about any CSI books sightings.
DESTINIES - THE VOICE OF SCIENCE FICTION radio show will be re-airing my reading from The DMA Casefiles story Zombie And Spice on Destinies' 26th anniversary special, Friday, May 1, at 11:30 PM on 90.1 FM, WUSB, Stony Brook, NY, netcasting at www.wusb.fm. As always, after the show airs, it will be archived at www.captphilonline.com/Destinies.html, along with the original interview.
And we have a winner in last year’s Get Written Into Murphy’ Lore Contest—congratulations to Dan Clyne. Dan will be appearing in the Murphy’s Lore story SHORT FUSE featuring Murphy, Bubba Sue the gremlin, and Jason Cervantes the cross-dressing NYPD detective. I should have more information on the anthology the story will be appearing in the next newsletter.
In the anthology department, first up is SO IT BEGINS from Dark Quest Books. It is the follow-up to last year’s BREACH THE HULL, which won the Dream Realms award. Both are edited by Mike McPhail. Like Breach the Hull, So It Begins features a new tale of the 142nd Starborne. (As a side note, The 142nd Starborne adventures take place in the future of the Agents of the Abyss universe.) It’s from Dark Quest Books. If you go to Balticon, pick up a copy for the release party and get a chance for fabulous prizes including the chance for a walk on part in a future Lost Fleet novel by award-winning author Jack Campbell
I also have 2 tales in WARFEAR edited by Leslie Ellis. One is a Terrorbelle tale from her Swords of the Daemor days, the other is a Mog & Mikki adventure. Also HEAR THEM ROAR has returned to print. Sadly, the return was brief. The reason is both WARFEAR and HEAR THEM ROAR are from Marietta Publishing, which is sadly closing their fiction line soon, so the Marietta editions of these titles will only be available until that happens.
Two new DEAR CTHULHU columns appear in the next issues of DIG THIS REAL (www.digthisreal.com) and BLOOD MOON RISING. The column has also been picked up by SPACE & TIME ONLINE, the online companion magazine to the brilliant print magazine Space & Time (www.spaceandtimemagazine.com) issue #105 of which featured the story The Pirate Jester in which the Infinite Jester takes on Blackbeard, sea monsters and mythos.
Dear Cthulhu also did the guest editorial in issue 27 of ABYSS AND APEX, free at www.abyssandapex.com. Issue 28 features SNIPS AND SNAILS, a DMA Casefile featuring Agent Karver.
And speaking of DEAR CTHULHU, the first collection of columns— DEAR CTHULHU: HAVE A DARK DAY—is scheduled for release from Dark Quest Books this fall.
I’ll be doing a signing at Between Books (www.betweenbooks.com) in Claymont, Delaware on 5/2/09. If you’re nearby, come on in. It’s free comic book day too.
I’ll also be at Balticon and Faeriecon.
And after much prodding, I have finally signed up on Facebook. Here’s a link for anyone interested.
www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-Thomas/1098043426
And a special thanks, in alphabetical order, to those authors who have recently given blurbs for my books.
Danielle Ackley-McPhail, editor of the award winning Bad-ass Fairies series, wrote some very nice things about Terrorbelle and Fairy With A Gun. If you haven’t experienced the Bad-ass Fairies series, there’s no time like the present. And check out Danielle’s new novel, TOMORROW’S MEMORIES, the sequel to YESTERDAY’S DREAMS and all of her many projects at www.sidhenadaire.com.
John L. French put his stamp of approval on Mystic Investigators. John doesn’t have a website, but does have a new mystery out from Padwolf called PAST SINS which collects his Matthew Grace stories about a crime scene investigator who becomes a private investigator. And as John himself is a crime scene supervisor for the Baltimore PD, you know it’s not just good but spot on.
C.J. Henderson heaped some praise on Mystic Investigators, which as the creator of Teddy London and Lai Wan, two of the best mystic investigators out there, is saying something. The hardest working man in fiction always has something new coming out. Two of his latest are DEGREES OF FEAR and TO BATTLE BEYOND. Visit www.cjhenderson.com to find out more.
Jonathon Mayberry was good enough to say a few good words about Empty Graves: Tales of Zombies. And the man knows zombies. Besides having won multiple Bram Stoker awards, he’s written ZOMBIE CSU: THE FORENSICS OF THE LIVING DEAD. Also check out PATIENT ZERO when you visit www.jonathanmaberry.com.
Please visit www.patthomas.net for more.
And as always, thank you for your continued support."
"Excitement abounds as there is not just one new book out, but two.
Mystic Investigators is the first, brought to you by the good folks at Dark Quest Books (www.darkquestbooks.com). It collects 11 tales of my paranormal investigators including stories from Agent Karver of the DMA, Hell’s Detective, and Terrorbelle—all three of which take place in the Murphy’s Lore universe. But it doesn’t just stop at one universe. It also has Mog the single barbarian father and his daughter Mikki; Boroughs of Fugtown who’s a fedora wearing ape with a human brain; a high school student who discovers conspiracy theories are real in the world of the Nightcriers; an enigma wrapped in a straightjacket named Lunay; Hunt a bogart high school history teacher who reluctantly moonlights as a bounty hunter; the Blow-up Doll of the super power Daring; the Soul Collector; and Frankenstein’s monster in a Nazi death camp in the world of Agents of the Abyss.
Mystic Investigators is also available in e-book. Mobilepocket is running a special where the normally $4.99 Mobilepocket edition is just $1.99, but only until May 6th. Mystic Investigators is also available Amazon on Kindle, also on special for $3.99 instead of $4.99 for a limited time.
The second is FAIRY WITH A GUN The Collected Terrorbelle from Padwolf (www.padwolf.com). Taking place in the Murphy’s Lore universe, it collects the modern noir tales of the tough and wisecracking Terrorbelle in New York City working for Nemesis and Co. T-Belle faces off against club crashing vampyres, a serial killer werewolf who thinks his victims are the Little Red Riding Hood to his Big Bad Wolf, Zombielicious, the ultimate Bad-ass and more. It features guest stars bartender John Murphy, Agent Karver, and The Infinite Jester and even has a visit to Bulfinches’ Pub. (And for fans of Terrorbelle’s sword and sorcery tales from her Daemor days in Faerie, those adventures will likely be collected in an upcoming SWORDS OF THE DAEMOR collection.)
In the exciting news department, the wonderful folks over at CSI had approached me about providing my books as props for this truly great television show. Of course I was more than happy to give CSI its props—pun intended of course—so all eight books in the Murphy’s Lore series plus Fairy With A Gun and Mystic Investigators are now a part of the CSI props department. Two of these—Shadow Of The Wolf and Redemption Road—have actually been placed on Greg’s desk in the bullpen, formerly Grisham’s office. So keep an eye out, because these books can be in any episode that features the bullpen and who knows when and where the others may show up. Feel free to let me know about any CSI books sightings.
DESTINIES - THE VOICE OF SCIENCE FICTION radio show will be re-airing my reading from The DMA Casefiles story Zombie And Spice on Destinies' 26th anniversary special, Friday, May 1, at 11:30 PM on 90.1 FM, WUSB, Stony Brook, NY, netcasting at www.wusb.fm. As always, after the show airs, it will be archived at www.captphilonline.com/Destinies.html, along with the original interview.
And we have a winner in last year’s Get Written Into Murphy’ Lore Contest—congratulations to Dan Clyne. Dan will be appearing in the Murphy’s Lore story SHORT FUSE featuring Murphy, Bubba Sue the gremlin, and Jason Cervantes the cross-dressing NYPD detective. I should have more information on the anthology the story will be appearing in the next newsletter.
In the anthology department, first up is SO IT BEGINS from Dark Quest Books. It is the follow-up to last year’s BREACH THE HULL, which won the Dream Realms award. Both are edited by Mike McPhail. Like Breach the Hull, So It Begins features a new tale of the 142nd Starborne. (As a side note, The 142nd Starborne adventures take place in the future of the Agents of the Abyss universe.) It’s from Dark Quest Books. If you go to Balticon, pick up a copy for the release party and get a chance for fabulous prizes including the chance for a walk on part in a future Lost Fleet novel by award-winning author Jack Campbell
I also have 2 tales in WARFEAR edited by Leslie Ellis. One is a Terrorbelle tale from her Swords of the Daemor days, the other is a Mog & Mikki adventure. Also HEAR THEM ROAR has returned to print. Sadly, the return was brief. The reason is both WARFEAR and HEAR THEM ROAR are from Marietta Publishing, which is sadly closing their fiction line soon, so the Marietta editions of these titles will only be available until that happens.
Two new DEAR CTHULHU columns appear in the next issues of DIG THIS REAL (www.digthisreal.com) and BLOOD MOON RISING. The column has also been picked up by SPACE & TIME ONLINE, the online companion magazine to the brilliant print magazine Space & Time (www.spaceandtimemagazine.com) issue #105 of which featured the story The Pirate Jester in which the Infinite Jester takes on Blackbeard, sea monsters and mythos.
Dear Cthulhu also did the guest editorial in issue 27 of ABYSS AND APEX, free at www.abyssandapex.com. Issue 28 features SNIPS AND SNAILS, a DMA Casefile featuring Agent Karver.
And speaking of DEAR CTHULHU, the first collection of columns— DEAR CTHULHU: HAVE A DARK DAY—is scheduled for release from Dark Quest Books this fall.
I’ll be doing a signing at Between Books (www.betweenbooks.com) in Claymont, Delaware on 5/2/09. If you’re nearby, come on in. It’s free comic book day too.
I’ll also be at Balticon and Faeriecon.
And after much prodding, I have finally signed up on Facebook. Here’s a link for anyone interested.
www.facebook.com/people/Patrick-Thomas/1098043426
And a special thanks, in alphabetical order, to those authors who have recently given blurbs for my books.
Danielle Ackley-McPhail, editor of the award winning Bad-ass Fairies series, wrote some very nice things about Terrorbelle and Fairy With A Gun. If you haven’t experienced the Bad-ass Fairies series, there’s no time like the present. And check out Danielle’s new novel, TOMORROW’S MEMORIES, the sequel to YESTERDAY’S DREAMS and all of her many projects at www.sidhenadaire.com.
John L. French put his stamp of approval on Mystic Investigators. John doesn’t have a website, but does have a new mystery out from Padwolf called PAST SINS which collects his Matthew Grace stories about a crime scene investigator who becomes a private investigator. And as John himself is a crime scene supervisor for the Baltimore PD, you know it’s not just good but spot on.
C.J. Henderson heaped some praise on Mystic Investigators, which as the creator of Teddy London and Lai Wan, two of the best mystic investigators out there, is saying something. The hardest working man in fiction always has something new coming out. Two of his latest are DEGREES OF FEAR and TO BATTLE BEYOND. Visit www.cjhenderson.com to find out more.
Jonathon Mayberry was good enough to say a few good words about Empty Graves: Tales of Zombies. And the man knows zombies. Besides having won multiple Bram Stoker awards, he’s written ZOMBIE CSU: THE FORENSICS OF THE LIVING DEAD. Also check out PATIENT ZERO when you visit www.jonathanmaberry.com.
Please visit www.patthomas.net for more.
And as always, thank you for your continued support."