THE DAGGER MEN

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS

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THE CLAY SHAMUS

Airship 27 Productions is thrilled to be presenting the newest occult mystery series from popular New Pulp author Michael Panush.

Sickle City is a magnet for the bizarre and unholy.  When a legion of dead Roman soldiers converges on the modern metropolis, its salvation will lie in the hands of three unique warriors employed by Herman Holtz, a corrupt, bootlegging Jewish rabbi. 

Emmet Clay is a golem built by Holtz’ older brother, a powerful Russian rabbi.  As Holtz’ chief enforcer, he disguises himself as a detective.  His two loyal allies are the beautiful and fiery Zipporah Sarfati, a deadly Sephardic swordswoman and the young Harvey Holtz, the rabbi’s son; a devoted student of Jewish mysticism.  Together the three of them must uncover the secret of the Dagger Men, a secret society of Jewish warriors that traces its origins back to the bloody destruction of Judea.

“Michael Panush is one of the most exciting voices in New Pulp today,” reports Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier.  “For the past few years he has thrilled pulp readers with several amazing series unlike anything else on the market.  I first became aware of his work with his post World War II detectives, Stein & Candle. Then a little while later he debut El Mosaico, a quintessential weird western that transplants a Frankenstein style monster into the old Wild West.  Michael brilliantly infuses Jewish mysticism and history in his tales which make them truly unique and memorable.”

Now this same writer offers up a terrific, fast paced supernatural thriller filled with some of the most original, fanciful characters ever imagined.  Cover and interior illustrations are provided by Pulp Factory Award Nominee Zacharry Brunner and Airship 27 Art Director Rob Davis handles book design.  “The Dagger Men” is roller-coaster pulp ride that doesn’t slow down until the very last page!

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

Available now from Amazon in hard copy and soon in Kindle.

(http://www.amazon.com/Dagger-Men-Novel-Clay-Shamus/dp/0692678956/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1459104466&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Dagger+Men++Michael+Panush)

ALL-AMERICAN SPORTS STORIES Vol One

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS

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ALL AMERICAN SPORTS STORIES

Airship 27 Productions is excited to offer its first ever fiction anthology focused on the amazing world of sports.  From the cry of “Play Ball,” to the firing gunshot of an Olympic contest, sports have played a huge part in the history of our great country.  A tradition wonderfully captured in the myriad sports titles from the golden age of pulps.

In the grand tradition of those early sports magazines, Airship 27 Productions offers up a quartet of exceptional stories by today’s best fiction writers all set in the 1930s.  Four pulse pounding stories of men who dared to challenge the status quo and through their skills and courage achieved victory both on and off the playing fields of America.

Terrence McCauley delivers up the tale of a former moonshiner looking to make his fortune on dirt tracks of stockcar racing while J. Walt Layne details one of the first interracial college football games ever played.  Up next John Rose goes into the fighting ring with a boxing prodigy form the hills of Kansas and then Fred Adams Jr. offers up a barnstorming adventure with the Negro Baseball League Moline Wizards.

Artist art cooper delivers thirteen dynamic illustrations that perfectly capture the essence of each dramatic moment; while Shane Evans graces the cover with a colorful college highlighting both baseball and stockcar racing.  With Art Director Rob Davis taking on the overall book designing chores to create a truly beautiful book reminiscent of an earlier sports publications.

This premier volume also includes a bonus true-life memoir from Richard Kellogg recalling his first deer hunting experience with a beloved uncle.

ALL AMERICAN SPORTS STORIES is for all sports fans, young and old alike.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

Available now from Amazon. Com and soon in Kindle and on audio.

(http://www.amazon.com/All-American-Sports-Stories-One-1/dp/0692674195/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1458604936&sr=1-2-fkmr0&keywords=All-Ameircan+Sports+Stories+Volume+One)

RUTHERFORD JONES

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS

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RUTHERFORD JONES – PRIVATE EYE

Airship 27 Productions is proud to present the newest pulp private eye in Robert Ricci’s Rutherford Jones.

The year is 1937 and the Ford Jones Detective Agency operates from a small second story office in Oakland, CA.  Jones is a mousy, little man whose clothes are always a size too big.  His assistant is a tall, muscular black man named Rufus. All of which is a sham used to trick white clients.  Rufus is in fact the real Rutherford Jones, aka Ford Jones. Aware that his skin color would impede his chosen career, he convinces his young, alcoholic friend, Jimmy Bottles McGee, to pose as Ford Jones. The ruse leads to all manners of complications for the pair.

“The concept of this character and his having to conceal is identity appealed to me immediately,” recounts Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier.  “Both racism and sexism were so prevalent during this time in our history; one has to believe this kind of subterfuge happened quite often.  We know that many black writers and women often kept their true identities secret to find acceptance among editors and publishers.  So why not a private investigator like Rutherford Jones?”

In this trio of stories Jones and McGee solve strange occurrences at a northern mine, deal with a power struggle within the Chinese community and assist a singing cowboy solidify his role as a new cinema star while running into a classic female pulp avenger along the way.  The stark, beautiful interior illustrations are by newcomer, Andrew Ritchie; this being his first assignment for Airship 27 and stunning cover is by the ever popular Patricio Carbajal; a real fan favorite.  Art Director Rob Davis, as ever, provides the overall design to wonderfully showcase this new action mystery series.

To be sure, Robert Ricci has created a truly original pulp hero who, like his predecessors, uses both his fists and know-how to serve the cause of justice.  Don’t miss this, his slam-bang New Pulp debut!

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

Available now at Amazon.com – hard copy and soon on Kindle and audio.

(http://www.amazon.com/Rutherford-Jones-Trouble-Times-Three/dp/0692667547/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1457804448&sr=1-3&keywords=Rutherford+Jones)

COMING FROM MOONSTONE

Look what's coming from Moonstone...a new Black Bat novel by Ron Fortier with interior illustrations by Rob Davis.

TALES OF THE BAGMAN Vol 3

      

THE BAGMAN RETURNS

Airship 27 Productions is damn happy to announce the release of writer B. Chris Bell’s newest collection of Bagman stories.  Sure to be welcome news to all our Chicago based pulp fans as that is the character’s home base in the 30s.

A new gang boss is taking over the meat-packing district of Chicago and his tools are murder and intimidation.  He calls himself the Butcher and the trail of death and destruction he leaves in his wake is a testament to that moniker. Now it will take all of the Bagman’s skills and know-how to unmask this savage foe and save the streets of the Windy City from a new and bloody gang war.

Writer B. Chris Bell unleashes a trio of brand new adventures featuring his sarcastic 1930’s hero who wears a burlap sack over his head and fights for his neighborhood streets. Added to this volume’s roster is a mystery involving the kidnapping of newsboys and in a third story, Bagman’s trusted ally and driver, Crankshaft, is featured in a solo short.

Canadian artist Art Cooper, joins Airship 27 Productions for the first time with his wonderful black and white illustrations.  Cooper has a Jack Kirby style of drawing that is perfectly suited to the pulps.  Art Director Rob Davis provides the cover logo and composition with final art painting by New Zealand’s own Shane Evans giving the book a truly international creative team.

Here is pulp action in a truly unique style starring one of the most original new pulp stars ever put to paper, the Bagman!

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – Pulp Fiction For A New Generation!

Available now from Amazon.com

(http://www.amazon.com/Tales-Bagman-Three-B-C-Bell/dp/0692636307/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1454628547&sr=1-2&keywords=TALES+OF+THE+BAGMAN+VOLUME+THREE)

  

MOTOR CITY MANHUNT

MOTOR CITY MANHUNT

Airship 27 Productions is pleased to announce the release of its first title of 2016; a gripping crime thriller by two of the finest new pulp writers in the business, R.A. Jones and Michael Vance.

1935 Detroit, the city is in the midst of a heat wave when a beautiful white woman is brutally raped and murdered setting off a powder keg. The chief suspect is a recently paroled black man. Fearing for his life, he goes into hiding only to discover that the victim’s father, a rich financier, has put a bounty on his head; one million dollars for his the apprehension; dead or alive.

Standing between the fugitive and a lynching mob are detectives Michael Yellowstone, an Osage Indian and his partner, Lt. Jack Hill. Yellowstone is determined to find King and bring him in alive. What he does know is that Hill has a totally different goal in mind.

“Today’s pulp readers love mystery and crime stories,” claims Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier. “For the past several years, many have approached us at conventions looking specifically for these kinds of stories.  So, when Jones and Vance offered us this truly original, fast paced crime thriller, it was a no brainer. Honestly, I wish someone would make a film of this book. It’s that suspenseful…and timely.”

Mexican artist Jesus Hernandez Rodriguez provides both the cover and black and white interior illustrations for this gripping novel with Award Winning artist Rob Davis providing the book design.

Michael Vance and R.A. Jones offer up a tense, suspenseful thriller that explodes across the pages and money hungry citizens are transformed into blood thirsty hunters in the biggest manhunt of them all.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

Available now from Amazon.com –

(http://www.amazon.com/Motor-City-Manhunt-R-Jones/dp/0692622764/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1453147751&sr=1-1&keywords=MOTOR+CITY+MANHUNT)

BASS REEVES - FRONTIER MARSHAL

 

A TRUE WESTERN HERO

Airship 27 Productions proudly presents BASS REEVES – FRONTIER LAWMAN, a fictional anthology inspired by the life of a real Oklahoma U.S. Deputy Marshal.

He began his life as a slave. During the Civil War he escaped and lived among the Indians of the Five Civilized Tribes in the Oklahoma Territories. He learned to ride, shoot and track prey from his adopted people. When the war ended, he was recruited as one of the first black deputy marshals in the history of the west.

In a thirty year career, operating under the authority of Judge Parker out of Fort Smith, he captured over three thousand outlaws, was involved in fourteen major gun battles and never wounded once.  At the ended of his career, he became a Deputy Sheriff in Tuskegee until his death at the age of 70.  He is considered the greatest western lawman that ever lived.

“The greatest lawman you never heard of,” states Airship 27 Productions’ Managing Editor Ron Fortier.  “Shamefully because of the color of his skin, Bass Reeves’ exploits were purposely left out of the history books. While we were being taught about the white lawmen of the times such as Wyatt Earp and Wild Bill Hickock, prejudicial teachers did their best to bury the stories of the hundreds of black pioneers who worked, sweated and died to settle the western territories. Brave black cowboys, Buffalo Soldiers and heroes of justice like Bass Reeves; determined to bring law and order to the Wild West.”

Now writers Gary Phillips, Mel Odom, Andrew Salmon and Derrick Ferguson have whipped up four action packed adventures inspired by this legendary figure. Tales of a wild frontier where outlaws and renegades roamed freely until the coming of one amazing man who wore a badge and vowed to bring justice to one and all. He was Bass Reeves – Frontier Marshal.

AIRSHIP 27 PRODUCTIONS – PULP FICTION FOR A NEW GENERATION!

Available from Amazon –

(http://www.amazon.com/Bass-Reeves-Frontier-Marshal-1/dp/0692611797/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1451578069&sr=1-10&keywords=Bass+Reeves++Frontier+Marshal)