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2016 Writing in Review

2016 has seen a slight uptick in productivity after an unwanted writing/publishing hiatus in 2014–15, due to my move from Colorado to Louisiana and starting a new job. For some reason this was a year which saw several previously published stories reprinted (six tales, in fact). I can't take credit for that from a productivity perspective, but I'm certainly not complaining.

"Being an Account of the Delay in Green River, Wyoming of Phileas Fogg, World Traveler, " Meteor House Chapbook No. 1 (Meteor House, July 2016)

Doc Ardan: The Abominable Snowman by Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier (eds.) (Black Coat Press, November 2015)

"Iron and Bronze" (with Christopher Paul Carey; reprint from Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 5: The Vampires of Paris)"The Eye of Oran" (reprint from Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 2: Gentlemen of the Night)"Les Levres Rouges" (reprint from Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 3: Danse Macabre)"The Vanishing Devil" (reprint from Tales of the Shadowmen Volume 1: The Modern Babylon)"Star Wars: The Early Media Tie-In Universe Chronology" in A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Exploring Star Wars Comics , Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato (eds.) (Sequart, December 2016)

The Green Ghost: Declassified (Moonstone Books, December 2016)

"Zombies under Broadway" (with Eric Fein)"Chance of a Ghost" (reprint from Legends of New Pulp Fiction)"Dame Sinestre" (team-up with the Domino Lady)In addition to the Star Wars nonfiction piece, I also wrote introductions to The Green Ghost: Declassified and to Sean Lee Levin's Crossovers Expanded, Volume 1 (Meteor House).
Here's to an even more productive 2017.

Green Ghost Arriving in Comic Shops December 28

Arriving in comic shops December 28!

Moonstone Books
The Green Ghost: Declassified
By Win Scott Eckert & Eric Fein
Now available direct from Moonstone Books!

The Green Ghost—magician sleuth George Chance—returns! Once a debunker of the supernatural, the Green Ghost terrorized criminals with his horrific skull-face and wraithlike abilities. But criminologist Chance came back from Europe changed—for his wartime experiences taught him: the occult and night creatures were real! Thrill to new prose and comic book tales featuring a multitude of murderers, monsters, and crossovers with I.V. Frost, the Domino Lady, and more!

I hope that Sax Rohmer would be pleased by my Green Ghost/Domino Lady crossover tale, "Dame Sinestre."

This project has been brewing for almost eight years. I'm very happy to see our hard work come to fruition and hope you'll check it out.

Authors: Win Scott Eckert, Eric Fein, Howard Hopkins
Artist: David Niehaus
Cover: Malcolm McClinton
Softcover, 7” x 10”, grayscale, $14.99

Book birthday, part two....

The Green Ghost: Declassified has arrived!

I have two solo short stories, and one cowritten with Eric Fein. Eric has several prose tales and two short comic stories. 

Spot & comic illustrations by David Niehaus. 

Limited edition cover art by David; trade edition cover art by Malcolm McClinton. 

Book design by Erik Enervold; published by Joe Gentile at Moonstone. 

Plus, a bonus tale, never-before-published, by the late Howard Hopkins.

One of my solo tales is a sequel to Howard's story. In the other, the Green Ghost teams with the Domino Lady against a very sinister, almost Rohmer-esque lady... And in my collaborative tale with Eric... Zombies! Under Broadway!!

List of Contents

Available direct from Moonstone:

Trade softcoverLimited edition hardcover

Book birthday, part one....

Book birthday, part one! A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Exploring Star Wars Comics.

My essay is entitled: "Star Wars: The Early Media Tie-In Chronology." 

I've had the opportunity to skim the rest of the book since it arrived yesterday and all the essays look top-notch! 


Available now from Amazon, just in time for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the holidays. 

Green Ghost books back from the printer

Very pleased that The Green Ghost: Declassified is back from the printer, and I'm told the books look great. The publisher will ship them to retailers next week, so customers should receive their books in December!

Of course, if you haven't already, you can still order the book direct from Moonstone.


Trade SoftcoverLimited Edition HardcoverContents
Between this and my prior note that my nonfic Star Wars essay is coming out soon, it's welcome the good news that I have two books coming before the end of the year.

Exploring the Star Wars Comics

I'm reliably informed that A Galaxy Far, Far Away: Exploring Star Wars Comics (a collection of essays from Sequart edited by Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato) is at the printer and will be out in time for a certain blockbuster film in December.

My contribution is "Star Wars: The Early Media Tie-In Universe Chronology."

Look for it soon!

Four Doc Ardan Tales

I received my contributor's copy of Black Coat Press' DOC ARDAN: THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN last week. This volume contains several French pulp tales by Guy d'Armen (translated and "retold" in English by editors Jean-Marc and Randy Lofficier), as well as newer stories by writers such as Jason Scott Aiken, Rick Lai, and John Peel.

I have four contributions:

"Iron and Bronze" - cowritten with Christopher Paul Carey"The Eye of Oran""Les Lèvres Rouges""The Vanishing Devil"The stories by latter-day writers utilize Ardan as a pastiche stand-in for Doc Savage. 
Those who are sharp-eyed or versed in popular fiction will pick up references from Jules Verne, Sax Rohmer, Ian Fleming, H. Rider Haggard, Walter Gibson, J.-H. Rosny Aine, Philip José Farmer, Pierre Benoit, Albert Camus, Harry Kumel, Leo Malat, Dave Stevens, Vladimir Volkoff, H. P. Lovecraft, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, among others.
The latter three tales listed above were among my first published stories. They were not rewritten for this volume. Be kind. :-)

The Green Ghost: Declassified - Order Direct from Moonstone

The Green Ghost: Declassified can now be preordered direct from the publisher, Moonstone Books!

I can also now announce that there will also be a limited edition hardcover, available only direct from Moonstone.

The Green Ghost—magician sleuth George Chance—returns! Once a debunker of the supernatural, the Green Ghost terrorized criminals with his horrific skull-face and wraithlike abilities. But criminologist Chance came back from Europe changed—for his wartime experiences taught him: the occult and night creatures were real! Thrill to new prose and comic book tales featuring a multitude of murderers, monsters, and crossovers with I. V. Frost, the Domino Lady, and more!

Authors: Win Scott Eckert & Eric Fein (with a bonus tale by Howard Hopkins)
Artist: David Niehaus


Link to full contents of The Green Ghost: DeclassifiedPreorder the softcover trade edition from Moonstone (cover by Malcolm McClinton)Preorder the limited edition hardcover from Moonstone (cover by David Niehaus)
It's also worth noting that our friends at Altus Press are reprinting the entire series of original Ghost/Green Ghost pulp novels and stories by G. T. Fleming-Roberts. The first volume is  George Chance: The Ghost Omnibus, Volume 1.
Finally, I'd like to call out that our stories are a continuation of the original George Chance stories—not a "reboot." As such, we we view our tales as complementary—not competitive—with the new Green Ghost tales published by our New Pulp colleagues at Airship 27:  George Chance-The Green Ghost, Volume 1 .
Collect and read 'em all, kids!

The Green Ghost - original pulp covers

With The Green Ghost: Declassified just around the corner from Moonstone Books, a quick revisit of the original pulp covers is timely. Enjoy!


Preorder the softcover trade editionPreorder the limited edition hardcover

The Green Ghost: Declassified - Final Cover Reveal!

Reveal! Final cover treatment for The Green Ghost: Declassified! 

Coming soon from Moonstone Books, with a mix of prose and comic stories by Win Scott Eckert and Eric Fein, and interior illustrations by David Niehaus. Cover for the softcover trade edition by Malcolm McClinton, with thanks to Erik Enervold at Simian Brothers Creative for his fantastic cover design!

Link to contents.

The Green Ghost: Declassified is listed in the August 2016 Diamond Previews catalog and ships to local comic shops in late October.