Greetings Loyal Airmen, glad to see you back here again this week.  Before going too far into this week's Flight Log, we'd like to say a big THANK YOU to all the wonderful people at Mile High Comics in Denver who welcomed us there last Saturday to do a book signing.  It was a blast and we met lots of great fans as well as fellow creators.  An all around great time.

Though while this was going on, the horrible Front Range Floods continued to wind their way throughout the state causing millions of dollars in damage and loss of life.  Many homes plus major roads were destroyed and simply washed away.  It will take years before the state's infrastructure can be rebuilt, never mind the personal loses of so many people. If any of you Loyal Airmen would like to help the relief efforts, you can do so on-line by going to the American Red Cross and pledging whatever you can donate to help with the Colorado Flood Relief.  As ever, thank you for your support and prayers.

Last week Airship 27 Productions released its 70th title; SHADOW LEGION New Roads to Hell by writer Thomas Deja.  If you are into superheroes and enjoy seeing their adventures translated to prose, this is the book for you.  Its the beginning of a series and this is the opening chapter so you don't want to miss the origin of such great heroes as the Black Talon, Ferryman and the Nightbreaker.  Artist Chris Kemple provides nine beautiful interior illustrations and that colorful cover about is by Pulp Factory Award winning artist, Mike Fyles.  The book is now available at Amazon.com both in hard copy and on Kindle.

We also love to provide you Loyal Airmen with sneak-peeks at some of the projects we have in the works via artwork done in the preliminary stages.  Last year we published a collection of stories featuring Sgt. Janus, Spirit Breaker by writer Jim Beard.  Well, Jim has been very, very busy writing a second collection of eight new Sgt. Janus adventures and these will be spot illustrated by one Zachary Brunner.  Above is his conceptual sketch of the book's two main characters, Lady Janus and her friend, Joshua.  When completed, artist Jeff Herndon will provided the painted cover.  Stay tuned.

As most pulp fans know, there were lots of truly bizarre pulp heroes back in the 30s and 40s.  None more creepy than THE PURPLE SCAR.  The Purple Scar wore a death-mask molded from the face of his dead brother, a police officer shot by gangsters.  He vowed to find them and bring them to justice wearing his brothers ruined face.  Airship 27 Productions is now assembling a brand new Purple Scar anthology and we were truly lucky to snag super talented artist Richard Serrao to do the 12 interior illustrations that will appear in the completed book.  Above is a warm of sketch he sent along for us to see his concept for this horror-inspired pulp avenger.  We truly believe with Richards' accompanying artwork, this book is going to be a big winner for us.

And finally, on a personal note, the Air Chief has been spending the past few months writing a new pulp novel for Moonstone Books starring the classic flying spy, G-8 & His Battle Aces.  Now it was suppose to be a 30,000 word novella, but a few weeks ago we passed that tally with a whole lot more rollicking adventure to tell; so we just kept writing.  Hopefully we will be able to slap THE END on it in just a few more days and submit the completed manuscript just barely making our 1st of Oct. self-imposed deadline.  Only we aren't turning in a novella now, but a full blown novel.  Don't you just hate it when that happens.
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As ever, thanks for stopping by.  We'll see you right back here in seven days.
Ron Over & Out!