The contractors wrapped up there work on my den last weekend and for the past couple of days Valerie and I have been busy PUTTING all my books, DVDs and toys back. The new room is spacious, open and a true joy to work in. Happily the new 50″ Panasonic TV was all wired up when I received my Errol Flynn boxed set of movies, part of the new WB Signature collection. This afternoon I popped in the 1939 DODGE CITY and watched it in all its glorious Technicolor. The set also includes CAPTAIN BLOOD, THE SEA HAWK, ELIZABETH & ESSEX and THEY DIED WITH THEIR BOOTS ON. The films have been marvelously cleaned up and restored to their original, theatrical lengths. I’ve been a Flynn fanatic since a teenager and watching these remastered gems is like seeing them for the first time.
If you like old classics, I can’t recommend this set enough.

Kudos to editor/publisher, Charles Ardai, and all the good folks over at Hard Case Crime. It was announced today that three of their first releases have either won or been nominated for
prestigious awards. The Mystery Writers of America gave their Edgar to Dominic Stansberry’s
THE CONFESSION, while the Private Eye Writers
have nominated both FADE TO BLOND by Max Phillip and LITTLE GIRL LOST by Richard Aleas for their coveted Shamus Award. Not bad for a
little outfit that’s not even a year old. I’ve
had the pleasure of reviewing several HCC titles
in my Pulp Fiction column and have several more
waiting in the wings. If you enjoy good,
solid, crime fiction, Hard Case Crime is your
cup of joe. Check them out and tell them, Ron
sent you.

Several visitors to the Airship 27 Hangar have questioned why I don’t have a forum like
lots of other similar sites operated by various
comic writers. My answer is simple, I sincerely
don’t have the time and most of the real work
maintaining this operation is done graciously by my son, Scott. Whereas, I spent all my socializing on my pal Chris Mills’s
wonderful boards. So, if you’d like to talk with me, that’s usually where I hang out. It’s a really friendly corner of the internet populated by a great bunch of folks. So stop on by, if you’ve a hankering. Simply go
to (http://AtomicPulp.com) hit the forums button
and sign on.

That’s it for April, amigos. Be back next
week when hopefully I’ll have some news on my
latest pulp book. Till then, stay happy.
Ron..over and out.