Paul Bishop's Blog, page 81
November 22, 2012
November 17, 2012
NIGHTBEAT: NIGHT STORIES!
NIGHTBEAT: NIGHT STORIES! I HAVE A NEW STORY IN THIS COLLECTION, THE CHICAGO PUNCH, IN WHICH A CERTAIN FIGHTING PRIEST FROM CHICAGO'S ST. VINCENT'S ASYLUM FOR BOYS LENDS A HAND (OR, IN THIS CASE, A FIST) ... AVAILABLE BOTH IN E-BOOK AND AUDIO VERSIONS ... Finally it can be revealed! A longterm project that has beenunderwraps from Radio Archives is available in TWO formats! Already known for producing quality Ebooks and Audiobooks of classic Pulp tales, Radio Archives has just released it’s first collection of new tales based on an Old Time Radio Program! In 1950, NBC began broadcasting Nightbeat, considered one of the finest shows of its time. The show featured Randy Stone, a reporter who covered the night beat for the Chicago Star with a unique blend of wit, compassion and toughness. Radio Archives invites you to return to the streets of Randy Stone's Chicago in Nightbeat: Night Stories. Six brand new Nightbeat stories are now available in both Ebook and Audiobook format. Authors Howard Hopkins, William Patrick Murray, Paul Bishop, Bobby Nash, Tommy Hancock, and Mark Squirek breathe new life into Randy Stone, bringing the nostalgic noir feel of the radio series fans have enjoyed for over sixty years to newly written tales that capture the true essence of Nightbeat. A mystery involving a puzzle. A mad killer strangling women. A young boy on the wrong road. An old flame threatening to burn again. Blood and Conspiracy in the boxing ring. The murder of a reporter. And at the center of every tale, Randy Stone. This nostalgic newly written collection issued for your reading pleasure in electronic format also features a cover by Douglas Klauba. This Collection includes:Introduction by Tommy HancockStrangler by Howard Hopkins
The Chicago Punch by Paul Bishop
Puzzle in Purple by Will MurrayDown Addison Road by Mark SquirekLucky by Tommy HancockThe One That Got Away by Bobby Nash Step into the world that comes alive when the sun sets with Nightbeat: Night Stories. eBook only $4.99. And the Audiobook also available voiced by veteran Actor Michael C. Gwynne, $23.98 for CDS, $12.99 as a digital download! Six Hours of New Stories based on a Classic Concept! FOR MORE CLICK HERE
November 15, 2012
November 14, 2012
November 13, 2012
AVAILABLE NOW ~ FIGHT CARD: IRISH DUKES!
AVAILABLE NOW ~ FIGHT CARD: IRISH DUKES!
Continuing monthly releases of two-fisted boxing tales, the Fight Card series November release, Fight Card: Irish Dukes, is now available from Amazon.com
Set in Ireland in 1951, Fight Card: Irish Dukes is the second novelette in the Fight Card series to feature an international setting (after the Australian set Fight Card: King Of The Outback).
The name behind the Jack Tunney pseudonym for this entry in the Fight Card series is award winning author Mike Faricy. Bombshell is Faricy’s most recent novel released under his own name. Currently, this series entry is available as a downloadable e-book with a paperback version to follow shortly.
FIGHT CARD: IRISH DUKES
Dublin, Ireland, 1951
After winning his latest bout in Berlin, US Army boxing champ Sergeant Kevin Crowley is on military leave in Ireland. Raised in St. Vincent’s Asylum For Boys in Chicago, he has finally returned to his place of birth, where he is sure he will find the family he never knew and lay claim to his dream of a royal fortune.
What Crowley actually finds is the fight of his life ... A near destitute grandmother, crippling debt left by a father he never knew, a feisty redhead with hatred in her heart, a villainous landlord and his gang who’ll stop at nothing to settle a score going back a generation ...
Kevin Crowley has never backed down in the ring or out ... The treasures and truth awaiting him in Dublin are not what he first imagined. But with his past, his family, and his future at stake, Crowley will put up his Irish dukes and fight like never before ...
PRAISE FOR FIGHT CARD: IRISH DUKES
★★★★★ “Irish Dukes never back down ...”
★★★★★ “Fight Card returns to the international beat ...”
★★★★★ “Hits harder than an Irish larger ...”
November 12, 2012
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October 29, 2012
FIGHT CARD GETS PULPED!
FIGHT CARD GETS PULPED!
Pulped host Tommy Hancock begins a multipart saga featuring the creators, writers, and artists behind the New Pulp phenomenon known as FIGHT CARD!
This series of boxing focused Sports Pulp tales was created by veteran writers Paul Bishop and Mel Odom ... and in the space of a year has taken New Pulp by storm!
Listen as Bishop and Odom talk about the concept, how they put together so many writers, and why people WILL read stories of gloves, rings, punches, and black eyes!
Also Tommy talks to Fight Card writer Wayne Dundee about his contribution to the series as well as vampires, Private Eyes, and Westerns! Tune in at least the next two weeks for more FIGHT CARD!
TO LISTEN CLICK HERE
