Dear Loyal Airmen, we wrote and posted the entry that follows last Sunday after having been away from Hangar 27 for two weeks and we wanted to get you all caught up on what's been happening.  Since writing this entry, we were contacted by the editor of the Terminator reprint project (which you will soon read about below) asking if we would like to write an Afterword Essay for the book.  That was truly gracious of them and we've complied.  So be sure to order a copy of the book now to make sure you get one when they are released in November.
Thanks, and now on with our regular Flight Entry.  Next week we'll have tons more news for you.
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Greetings Loyal Airmen, well, after two fast and hectic weeks back in New Hampshire & Maine, Val and the Air Chief are home once again in Hangar 27 HQ here in sunny Fort Collins, CO and we are so happy to be back. This truly has become our home these past three years.  Of course visiting family and friends was a blast.

On our third day in southern New Hampshire, we had a family reunion at a favorite seafood restaurant and then stopped at a nearby park next to a bay to take a few snapshots.  Above are sis, Ann Cormier, brother Paul Fortier, the Air Chief and of course Mom (Gabrielle Fortier) who will be a spry 89 come this November. As you can see by her smile, she was truly happy to have us all together again.  Sadly, brother George Fortier couldn't get away to join us.  All in all it was a super day and the first of several times we visited with Mom during our two weeks.  Whereas Paul lives in Vermont and Ann and her husband Norman had to head back to their home in Florida.  All too often, as we get older, we do drift away from siblings and parents and so these rare get togethers are that much more precious to all of us.

Before leaving New Hampshire, we made a special trip to the coolest comic shop in all of New Hampshire, Jetpack comics, to do a signing and were delighted when other family and friends stopped by.  Here we are with Val's cousin Ann Hebert and her son, Matthew.  Matthew is a savvy computer dude who just graduated from Somersworth High School and hopes to go to a local community college come the Fall.  We're sure he's going to do great.

One of our best friends ever is writer Larry Young of Maine.  He, his wife Heidi (she snapped the pix) and their lovely daughter, made it a point to stop by and say hi.  The Air Chief was thrilled to see them and anxious to talk with Larry about his writing projects.  He's got a new graphic novel that's been in the works for years and will soon be coming out.  More on that as it develops.  And a big tip of the hat to the crew at Jetpack Comics in Rochester, NH, for welcoming us back.

Of course in this day an age, even when away from the office here in Hangar 27, we managed to keep tabs on new Airship 27 Productions and actually released two new anthologies while away; thanks in large part to our busy Art Director Rob Davis.
 
                               

QUATERMAIN The New Adventures H. Rider Haggard's action adventure hero, big game hunter, Allan Quatermain and features two new novellas by Aaron Smith and Alan J. Porter, with a stunning cover by Ingrid Hardy and interior illos by Clayton Hinkle. The book is now on-sale at both our on-line website store (click on to the dirigible to the upper left hand of this column) and of course at Amazon.com – We hope you'll enjoy it.

After almost two full years, we are also wound-for-sound to have released MARS McCOY Space Ranger Volume Two.  This one features a long novella by Van Plexico and a short story by James Palmer.  McCoy is pure space opera in the vein of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers.  This one features a great cover by Michael Youngblood and interiors by Shannon Hall.  Like available at our store and Amazon.com –  Folks have been waiting for this one.  Over course Rob and the Air Chief will have copies of these at Pulp Fest later in July.

And finally, while away we received the biggest surprise ever via a message from a friend.  Apparently, unbeknown to us, Dark Horse Comics has acquired the rights to the graphic novel the Air Chief wrote many, many years ago that was illustrated by super star Alex Ross and is doing a brand new deluxe reprint. They even managed to finagle Ross into doing a new cover for it.  See above.  The book appears in the current Diamond solicitation magazine PREVIEWS and is scheduled for a November release.  And again, we knew nothing about this at all. Anyways, long out of print, many of our fans always hoped to get the opportunity to get this book and now, at long last, they can.  And that's a very good thing.  Bobbles the Air Chief's mind to think of how many years have gone by since we first wrote that epic climax to the struggle between mankind and Skynet.

And there you have it, Loyal Airmen, our trip is now memory, we're back in the office working on a half dozen pulp titles and almost as many comic projects. Phew, and they call this retirement.  Ha.  Thanks for stopping by as ever and enjoy this wonderful summer.  We'll see you back here come Friday.

Ron – Over & Out.