Greeting Loyal Airmen, as most of you know, the Air Chief is a bibliophile (a lover of books) and we write a review blog on the internet called PULP FICTION REVIEWS.  Thus that is where we post our thoughts about new books that have come across our desks.  Recently one particular book we just reviewed was so exceptional we felt we had to mention it here in the Flight Log.

For almost ten years now, the Air Chief has been the moderator of a Yahoo Group on the internet called The Pulp Factory.  It is made up of 128 pulp writers, artists, editors, publishers and fans.  It is this group that hands out the coveted Pulp Factory Awards every year at the Windy City Pulp & Paper Con in Chicago.  Well, one of its members is Ian Watson, who prefers to be published under the I.A. Watson moniker. Anyway, Ian loves to write essays about the most obscure subjects from the history of the British Kings to the reason for chapters in books or the role of women in pulp fiction etc.etc.  For the past two years he’s done lots and lots of these mini essays on the Pulp Factory board and last year, Pro Se Press publisher Tommy Hancock had the really great idea of collecting them into a book.   WHERE STORIES DWELL is a marvelous read and one the Air Chief recommends to all our Loyal Airmen.  It’s just fun and informative all in one.  Ian is a wealth of history knowledge and loves to share it with others.  Do yourselves a favor a go to Amazon.com and pick up a copy. You’ll be glad you did.

On a really humorous note, Fort Collins has been invaded by rabbits.  Over the past year, the number of these furry little jumpers has increased a hundredfold and they are seen virtually everywhere throughout town.  Normally this explosion in their numbers would attract such predators as foxes to come down out of the foothills and feast.  Alas, for whatever reason, no foxes at all and so the rabbits keep doing what they do best, multiply.  The other day our granddaughter, Cora. was out planting flowers for her maternal grandfather and while in his back yard saw that she had some company.  She took the photo above.  Let’s hope the little fellah dines on the green grass and not the new flowers.

Ten years ago, when the Air Chief first started writing pulp fiction he created a female characters called Miss Fury.  Her mother was Swedish and her father Japanese and her full name was Kate Furyaka, but the world would know her as Miss Fury.  That one and only story was called “FURY IN VERMONT,” and was published in an anthology called “DARK FURIES.”   Ironically the editor at the time has an artist do up an illustration for the story…but it was never used.  It’s the one above on the left.  We like the piece a great deal.  Then last year, pal Rich Harvey, asked if the Air Chief had any old stories he could reprint in his pulp magazine, “PULP ADVENTURES # 15.”  We thought it would be cool to see this story back in print for a larger audience and let him have it.  Lo and behold he commissioned artist Ed Coutts to do several illustrations from the story.  To the right above, is Ed’s loose pencils of the character.  Again, a very decent take that Air Chief appreciated a great deal.

So bring this all up you ask?  Well in about a week Airship 27 Productions will be reprinting the very first pulp book we ever published.  The one started our company; “THE HOUNDS OF HELL,” by yours truly and Gordon Linzner.  In doing up this new edition, Art Director Rob Davis and the Air Chief thought it might be best to remove the two short stories that original appeared in the back of the book with something else for the Anniversary Edition.  To that end, we suggested “FURY IN VERMONT.” Yup, it is about to get a yet a third printing and Rob has just turned in his own version of Ms. Furyaka.  When we announce the release of that new edition, we promise to show you Rob’s interpretation.  We think you’ll like it.  In the meanwhile, the Air Chief really has to sit down and write some NEW Miss Fury adventures.  Don’t you think?

And that wraps us up for this week, Loyal Airmen.  Next week Rob and the Air Chief record episode #5 of the Airship 27 Podcast.  Always look forward to those.  Till then, take care and we’ll see you all here next week.

Ron – Over & Out!