Greetings Loyal Airmen, we’re of course hoping all of you survived those goblins and spooks and other tiny trick-or-treaters as Halloween came and went this year.  Now it’s time for us all to hunker down for winter and of course the holiday season with Thanksgiving and Christmas now just around the corner.  Right now, we’ve a few fun things to share with you on this posting; the first being how life at times can imitate art.

Over the weekend, our beautiful granddaughter, Cora, and her lucky guy, were invited to a Halloween party.  Prior to going out that evening, Cora made a point of showing Val and the Air Chief her costume for the evening. Of course she looked lovely in that vibrant red outfit and mask. But when the Air Chief first saw her in this outfit, our memory kicked into high gear and we ushered Cora and Val into our office where we proceeded to pick up our huge copy of LEGENDS OF NEW PULP FICTION. In there was a story by our good pal, Kevin Noel Olson, called “The Masked Flapper” with an illustration by Morgan Fitzsimons.  Check the pictures above, Cora to the left and Morgan’s drawing to the right.  Wow.  When Cora saw the drawing, she was both surprised and delighted. Although not completely identical, it was close enough for her to assume that on this night, she was the Masked Flapper.  Now how cool is that?

Another reason the Air Chief loves this time of year, this past Tuesday our Mom, Gabrielle Fortier turned 92!!  Almost 70 years ago, at the age of 22, Gaby, as her friends and family called her was about to give birth to her first child and celebrating her 22nd birthday, she had hoped the baby might arrive on her birthday…but he was a stubborn little cuss and would wait till the 5th. Yup, that’s when the Air Chief arrived on the scene.  So Happy Birthday Mom, we love you more than words can say and in just another 24 hours, we’ll be blowing out our own candles as we turn 70.  Wow, just how the hell did that happen. Chuckle.

On to the publishing stuff.  For the second week in a row, Airship 27 Productions has a brand new title to announce; The Phantom Detective Vol 1.  Here are five brand new stories based on the classic pulp hero from the past.  Curtis Van Loan, the wealthy, man about town, is in reality the masked avenger who fights crime. A long, running, popular series, we are thrilled to be bringing him back into action via stories by Gene Moyers, Gary Lovisi (who actually wrote two in this premier) volume, Robert Ricci and Whit Howland.  Interior illustrations were by Andrew Ritchie with a stunning cover (that pays homage to the classic pulp “big head” covers of the past) by the amazing Pat Carbajal.  Available now in paperback from Amazon and soon to be out on Kindle.

Finally, the Air Chief will be one of the many guests at the 4th Annual Rocky Mountain Con, tomorrow and Sunday.  Nov 5th – 6th. So if you are in the Denver area, google the location and come on over.  Going to be a great time and we’d love to see you there. And that pretty much wraps up this week’s Flight Log. As ever, thanks so much for stopping by.

Ron – Over & Out!