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Want a Discount eBook? How About a Free One?

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Been a long time, unfortunately have been very busy with classes—both teaching and taking them. But what I have to bring you today is two great offers!

First, for the month of July, you can pick up SoulQuest for the sale price of 99¢! It’s available on all platforms, so whether you’re an Kindle, Kobo, iOS, or Nook user, you can get access to it. One of the reasons for this sale is because I’d like to boost up the reviews for the book. So if you buy and enjoy it, then please post up a review on Amazon or Goodreads. Without reviews, it’s very hard for indie books to find an audience.

The next thing to offer is “The Wild Hunt.” If you’ve previously bought a copy of the PulpWork Christmas Special 2013, then you’ve already read this story featuring Asami of The Myth Hunter series. But if you haven’t, now you have the chance to read it for free! How do you get it? All you have to do is subscribe to my mailing list.

Check out the details for both books below:

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The PulpWork Christmas Special 2013 is now available!

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The PulpWork Christmas Special 2013 is now available for sale! This book contains four short stories, penned by myself, Joel Jenkins, Russ Anderson, and Josh Reynolds. My contribution to this is “The Wild Hunt,” a story that features Asami, the kitsune changeling from The Myth Hunter and Dragon Kings of the Orient. In this tale, Asami is back in Japan and while tracking a yuki-onna (snow woman), she discovers something far more dangerous.

For those who are waiting for the third Myth Hunter book, you’ll…have to wait a bit longer. I’ve got a rough idea of the plot and some scattered notes, but I’ve got a few other projects I’m focusing on at the moment. So hopefully this story will be able to tide you over for a bit!

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Another Project Finished!

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student_finishing_essayToday, I sent off the final short story I had agreed to write. I banged out quite a few of these since around July or so. I agreed to write three stories for Pro Se Productions, although I can’t say much more about them than that until they’ve gone ahead and made an official announcement. The fourth story I agreed to write is the one I just finished, and that’s a Myth Hunter story featuring Asami that will be appearing in the PulpWork Christmas Special 2013.

In addition to those stories and my day jobs, I also edited a novel for Pro Se, did some lettering and logo work for a few different people, prepping for the Japan Writers Conference in just two weeks (and that led to a writer from the Japan Times contacting me about an article focusing on foreign writers living in Japan), and I also managed to turn out two WhatCulture articles. Been a while since I managed to do any of those. These two new ones are 10 Awesome Comics That Deserve Their Own Video Game and The Avengers: Age of Ultron – 10 Characters Who Could Potentially Die (And What It Would Mean).

I’m still doing my graduate work. The class I’m taking is Fundamentals of Fiction. So far, it hasn’t told me a whole lot I didn’t already know, but the class assignments mostly consist of short stories, so that’s also been some more stuff to work on, sometimes in areas I may not have tried exploring on my own.

And finally, another thing has been keeping me busy. I’ve begun recording interviews for a podcast that I plan on launching in November. This podcast will be called the Exploding Typewriter: Pulp Writers on Writing Pulp. Each episode will feature a different guest discussing a different aspect of creating pulp. I’ve recorded three interviews so far and I’ve got several more scheduled for this month alone, with a list of additional creators I need to arrange recording times with. It promises to be fun and informative, so more on that as it becomes available.

Although all but one of the stories I wrote featured my own characters, they were still more or less assignments. With them all done, I can get back to working on the new novel I started putting together a few months ago. It’ll be nice to finally get a chance to dive back into that.

 

Pulp Ark Ballot now available!

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pulp ark logoThe nominations for the Pulp Ark Awards of 2013 have now come to a close. If you sent in your nominations by the deadline, you should have received an e-mail from Tommy Hancock with the final ballot. Make sure you send in your votes! Please note that only those who participated in the nominations are eligible to participate in the final voting. So if you didn’t send in any nominations, you won’t be able to vote. Keep that in mind when the Pulp Ark Award nominations for 2014 roll around in December.

A big congratulations go out to everyone who was nominated. I did quite well this year, and I’ve highlighted my own nominations below. Make sure to take part in the final voting and to mark me down in the following categories! While I’ve been nominated every year for a Pulp Ark Award, I’ve yet to win one, so I hope this year I can buck that trend! But to do that, I’ll need your help!

BEST NOVELLA

Outlaw Blues by Percival Constantine (PulpWork Press)
Dragon Kings of the Orient by Percival Constantine (PulpWork Press)

BEST COLLECTION/ANTHOLOGY

Tales of the Rook by Various (Pro Se Productions)

BEST SHORT STORY

“The Curse of Baron Samedi” by Percival Constantine from Tales of the Rook (Pro Se Productions)

BEST COVER ART

Dragon Kings of the Orient by Percival Constantine (PulpWork Press)

BEST NEW CHARACTER

Carl Flint in Outlaw Blues by Percival Constantine (PulpWork Press)
Sun Wukong in Dragon Kings of the Orient by Percival Constantine (PulpWork Press)

BEST WRITER

Percival Constantine
All in all, I received a grand total of eight nominations this year, including two nominations for Best Novella and two for Best New Character! Pretty exciting all around! And also some stiff competition for the awards this year!

I also wanted to give a nod to everyone else who worked on Tales of the Rook, as well as those who worked on Monster Aces (an anthology which I edited). Plus a special mention to my buddy Curtis Fernlund, who was nominated for Best New Writer! Well-deserved!

Monsters everywhere!

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I’ve got two pieces of news for you today. The first is that Pro Se Productions has just released a new book in time for Halloween, called Monster Aces! Here is the description from Pro Se:

Having selflessly abandoned their identities, their pasts and their futures, the Monster Aces are all that stand between humanity and the fell creatures that lurk in the shadows. Four men and one woman use their amazing abilities as a team to scour the globe for monsters and bring an end to their unholy existence – whatever the danger, whatever the cost.

The book includes two stories by Jim Beard, creator of the Monster Aces. Also included are stories by Barry Reese, Van Allen Plexico, and Ron Fortier! So altogether, you’ve got some great stories by some of the best New Pulp has to offer!

And this collection was edited by yours truly, so check it out! Well worth the price of admission!

The other piece of news I have is Mark Bousquet, writer of Gunfighter Gothic and Dreamer’s Syndrome, recently reviewed Dragon Kings of the Orient! Here’s a bit of what he had to say about it:

Percival Constantine sets his own course in DRAGON KINGS and Elisa is her own woman. Where this novel shines are the moments when Elisa finds herself, in the same instance, fighting both moral and physical quandaries. Her willingness to work with previous combatants when the situation calls for it, even if she doesn’t want to do it, makes her seem like a very real, very practical character. Which is important when you’ve got fox spirits and Dragon Kings running around with magical swords.

Head on over to Atomic Anxiety to check out the rest of Mark’s review! While you’re there, check out some of his work. And if you haven’t read Dragon Kings of the Orient yet, what are you waiting for? Jump over to the Novels section to see how to get yourself a copy!

The Myth Hunter Saga

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Lost continents, ancient artifacts, strange creatures…for all these myths and legends, and more, there is an element of truth in them. Throughout the centuries, there have been myth hunters, people who seek out these legends. And they still exist to this day.

There are some, like Elisa Hill, who seek them out for knowledge and a better understanding of the world, as well as standing as a safeguard against those forces which would threaten humanity. But then there are mercenary myth hunters, out only for personal profit. And then there are those like the Order, which have a hidden agenda that bodes ill for all mankind.

Raised by myth hunters herself, Elisa grew up being prepared for this life, but in her early adulthood, she became a mercenary for hire. Eventually seeing the error of her ways, Elisa now works with her former mentor and family friend as well as other associates, including a Japanese changeling and a representative of a secret society.

The first book in the series, The Myth Hunter, focuses on Elisa as she takes on a legend that plagued her parents for most of their careers—the lost continent of Lemuria. When new evidence hints to its location, Elisa and her allies travel from the waters of the Caribbean to the temples of India and the Ryukyu Islands of Japan in search of the lost continent. All the while, they’re in a race against time against the mysterious organization called the Order, who have hired Elisa’s former partner, mercenary Lucas Davalos. And also in the wind is another myth hunter, a vicious and cold-blooded assassin known only as Seth.

Buy in print from CreateSpace or buy a digital copy from Smashwords!

The second book, Dragon Kings of the Orient, sees Elisa accepting a job from Asami, the Japanese changeling she met in The Myth Hunter. This time around, Elisa travels to China, where Sun Wukong, the Monkey King, has been released from centuries of imprisonment, and he desires deadly retribution against the beings who trapped him—the four mythical Dragon Kings. But if the Dragon Kings die, all of Asia could be plunged into the oceans. Elisa and her allies have to face up against gods and demons in order to save the lives of billions!

Buy in print from CreateSpace or buy a digital copy from Smashwords!

Both books are also available from other online retailers, in both print and digital, such as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and others.

Ron Fortier Reviews Dragon Kings of the Orient!

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Just as he’s reviewed all my other New Pulp offerings, from Love & Bullets to Outlaw Blues, Ron Fortier has now kindly offered his thoughts on the latest installment in the fascinating and bizarre life of myth hunter Elisa Hill.

Here’s just a bit of what Ron had to say:

In this age of the popular urban fantasy genre, we seem to be inundated with more and more series featuring sparkly vampires, sexy witches and zombie private eyes.  Enough for this reader to yell, “Uncle!”  Contantine’s Dragon Kings of the Orient, packs more wall-to-wall action than any of ten of those other wimpy titles combined.  Being an American teacher in Japan, he has a unique, personal perspective on the Far East and its culture and uses it to great advantage in this rousing adventure tale. 
 
In the past, he has offered us other series but none of them can hold a candle to this one. Elisa Hill is a truly original, fun character and I hope we get to read many more of he exploits along with those of her truly remarkable supporting cast.  People, this book is a solid must read!

As always, Ron, thanks for the kind words! You can check out the rest of this review, as well as Ron’s other reviews, at Pulp Fiction Reviews. Once you’ve done that, why not swing on over to Airship 27, Ron’s own New Pulp publisher?

You can find both print and digital copies of Dragon Kings of the Orient available in any number of online booksellers. Check out the Novels link on the menu bar for more information!

Four books for the price of three!

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Amazon has a new promotion going on right now, where if you purchase select items, you can get four books for the price of three. This only applies to paperback books, not Kindle versions.

Here are the details from Amazon’s site:

To take advantage of this 4-for-3 promotion, follow these steps:

  1. Add at least 4 eligible items to your Shopping Cart. Eligible items will have a message such as “This item is eligible for our 4-for-3 promotion.” on the product detail page. Eligible products include select books and Home & Garden items. You may include items from different product categories in a single order to qualify–for example, you can order an eligible book and an eligible kitchen item.
  2. Proceed to checkout. When you’re done shopping on our site, click the “Proceed to checkout” button in the Shopping Cart. Your shopping cart should include at least four qualifying items during the checkout process to qualify for this promotion. Additional conditions are listed below.
  3. On the final checkout page, we will discount the lowest-priced item. A promotion credit for the amount of the lowest-priced item will appear in the upper right corner of your Order Summary during the checkout process. If you use 1-click ordering, the promotion will be automatically applied.

I went ahead and checked, and all my books are included in this promotion! That means you can pick up both books which comprise The Myth Hunter series and both books which comprise Infernum! So if you go to Amazon right now and buy Love & Bullets, Outlaw Blues, The Myth Hunter, and Dragon Kings of the Orient, then the lowest priced book (in this case, Dragon Kings of the Orient) will be yours for free! 

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to Amazon and pick up these books!

Two bucks for two tales of two-fisted action!

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Not sure what to get for the holidays? Well, if you’ve got anyone who enjoys action/adventure stories, you could do a lot worse than picking up The Myth Hunter and Love & Bullets! Both these novels have now had their prices slashed and shot up, from $2.99 to $0.99!

Two bucks gets you two tales of two-fisted action! Can you beat that?

Well no, but I can try. I’ve also cut the prices on the print versions as well! So instead of paying $11.95 to get your copies of The Myth Hunter and Love & Bullets, you can now get them for $9.95! 

The holidays are here, so what are you waiting for? Check out my Amazon page for more info!

Pulp Ark Awards 2012

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The nominations for the 2012 Pulp Ark Awards are now open. The details can be found at All Pulp:

I’m eligible for nominations in the following categories:
1. Best Novel – The Myth Hunter
4. Best Cover Art – The Myth Hunter
9. Best New Character – Elisa Hill
10. Best Author – Percival Constantine
Make sure you send in your nominations for me in these categories! You have until January 15th to send in your nominations. Please note that only those who participate in this nomination process will be allowed to vote when the ballot is available. So if you want to vote in the awards, you must nominate!