Greeting loyal airmen, some exciting news for you this week.   That's Captain Kevin Douglas Hazzard above, the hero of my pulp adventure series, giving the thumbs up to the announcement that our AIRSHIP 27 STORE is now open for business!!

See that familiar flying dirigible icon to the left of this log, the one flying of the Airship 27 Prod. banner.  Well that is your link to some of the most exciting, pulse-pounding pulp thrills ever put to paper.  Go ahead, click on it and check out our spanking new storefront.  The set up is the work of our publisher, Michael Poll, and chief designer, Rob Davis.  Currently the store is offering four titles, two of them new and two claissc reprints.  The two new offerings are WITCHFIRE (my suspense novel with Ardath Mayhar) and the pure pulp, BROTHER BONES, which we only released a few short weeks ago and its selling through the roof.  Thanks to all of you.

The two reprint editions are CAPTAIN HAZZARD # 3 – CURSE OF THE RED MAGGOT, which I spotlighted here last week, and THE MOON MAN by Lance Curry as shown above.  The thing to keep your eye out for, airmen, is our dirigible logo as it will help you distinguish between the new books and the reprints.  All reprint volumes will have the words NEW EDITION – UPDATED & RE-EDITED scrolling around the dirigible for all to see.  The new books will not.   Please keep in mind, we are not merely just reprinting old files here, but have made it a point to go over these books and clean them up.  At the same time we've added new essays, introductions and artwork.   Several will ultimately have brand new covers.

Regardless of old or new, all books offered to you at this line store will always be discounted 25% off the retail prices you would pay in bookstores and other outlets.  That's our small way of saying thanks to all of you who have so generously supported us these past two years and allowed Airship 27 Productions to grow and become successful.   It is our goal to eventually have nine of the original ten books back up for sale before the end of this year, at the same time adding many more exciting new titles.  We've some exciting plans that will blow you away.

I also want to thank all of you who answered my call to tell us where you purchased our previous Airship 27 books.  Lots of you were kind enough to write in and tell us and that information is truly helpful in our planning how we distribute our future books.  Your answers told us were we obviously have a strong presence and where we need to make new inroads.   Please, this is one of those surveys that is ongoing, so if you didn't response already, please do so now.  Where do you buy our books?  Let us know.  And again, to all of you who helped out, many thanks.  You are still the finest bunch of airmen out there and it is a joy share my love of pulps with all of you.

Finally, the Red Sox are all back in Ft.Myers, Florida, and Spring Training for the 2008 baseball season is finally underway.  The year ahead looks terrific for the Sox, as they have almost 99% of their roster back from last year's World Series Winning squad.  That truly bodes well.  I'm not too thrilled with the news of Schilling's ailing shoulder and really think the organization is going down the wrong road not allowing him to have surgery now.  They tell us he will be out for the first few months of the season, as he undergoes a vigorous strengthening program and we shouldn't worry, as they have dept in their pitching rotation.  Well, hell, if that's the case, then why not let the guy go get his surgery and if he can, come back to the team at the end of the season.  If we have enough depth to deal with his loss.  My prediction is, without the surgery, Schill's arm/shoulder will give out half way through the season and then they will really lose him for good.  But hey, what do I know?  I'm just a fan.

Take care, airmen, again, hang in there, visit the store and have a great week.
Ron – Over & Out.