Big News for fans of Port Victoria!!!
3 serialized Port Victoria stories are coming, later in 2014.
Coming up from Pro Se Productions is a new era in short Pulp Fiction and I'm fortunate to be a part. Below is the press release from Pro Se, announcing a new monthly program.
Starting this summer, I’ll have 3 serialized stories featuring characters from the Port Victoria universe. Each story will consist of 4 parts that’ll be released 2 to 4 weeks apart. Each will be available on eBook from Amazon. The first, starting sometime in June, will center on Angelina Wolfe, followed by Dexter ‘Black’ Wolfe and lastly Lady Victoria.
I’m looking forward to seeing this in action.
PRO SE PRODUCTIONS TAKES SHORT FICTION TO THE NEXT LEVEL
A leading independent publisher of Genre Fiction, Pro Se
Productions announces an innovative new Fiction line today.
In 2010, Pro Se Productions debuted as a small press focused
on ‘Puttin’ The Monthly Back into Pulp!’ The company originally produced a line
of three magazines that featured ‘New Pulp’ short stories, that is stories
written by modern writers very much in the style and feel of tales featured in
classic Pulp magazines in the early 20th Century. When Pro Se made the move
into publishing novels and short story anthologies, it closed the magazine
line, only to restart the concept as a single magazine title due to popular
demand. PRO SE PRESENTS grew into an award winning magazine that ran for 20
issues, its final installment released in February 2014. With the end of the
magazine, Pro Se Productions closes one era to enter another, one that readers
got a taste of in December of 2013.
“We are always,” says Tommy Hancock, Partner in and
Editor-in-Chief of Pro Se, “focused on producing the very best in New Pulp and
Genre Fiction in all aspects, including the format which we present it in. It’s
no secret that Publishing in the last five years, particularly for independent
presses such as Pro Se, has moved more and more into the digital realm. Not
only can readers carry more books around on their Ereaders or their phones, but
the price point is tremendously better in most cases over print books. Digital
publishing also affords writers and publishers to produce any size work they
wish, including single short stories that can be offered for less than a dollar
each. Pro Se Productions decided to dip its foot in that pool and in December
we held a grand opening of sorts for our new imprint- Pro Se Single Shots.
“The success we had,” continues Hancock, “with the first
volley of Single Shots was quite amazing. No one’s getting rich on them, but
the interest readers showed in being able to drop 99 cents and get a good,
solid short story that they could read in a single sitting was staggering to us
right out of the gate. This combined with the fact that our second magazine
line had run its course we felt in its current format, gave us a few ideas.
Chief among them was the fact that we could take each story that would have
appeared in a PRO SE PRESENTS and offer it individually to readers in a digital
format. That way a mystery fan could pick up the mystery stories he or she
wanted for a reasonable price without having to feel like they were buying
other stories they may not enjoy. But an even more intriguing idea presented
itself rather quickly.
“The concept of digital singles affords Pro Se the ability
to really bring the concept of Pulp storytelling and even, in a indirect way,
the idea of recurring tales from a consistent stable of authors on a regular
schedule –much like classic Pulps did- into the 21st Century. This kernel of an
idea took root with us rather quickly and brings us now to possibly the most
exciting announcement Pro Se has made in a long time. Pro Se Single Shot
Signatures.”
The Pro Se Single Shot Signature line brings together 38
writers from across the spectrum of Genre Fiction. Each of these authors will
be producing either an original series of his/her creation featuring recurring
characters and concepts or writing an imprint of individual stand alone stories
entitled ‘From The Pen of…’ and the author’s name. Multiple genres are
represented, from jungle tales to horror stories to some that defy description.
Regardless if an author is doing a series or imprint, they
will all be working on a regular production schedule established based on their
own ability to produce quality work. Some will produce stories on a bi weekly,
monthly, bi monthly, quarterly, or bi annual schedule. Each story will range in
length from 3,000 to 15,000 words. Also, debuts of the individual series and/or
imprints will be spread out over the remaining months of 2014, with at least
three titles debuting in April.
Pro Se Productions proudly announces the inaugural cast of
authors in the Pro Se Single Shot Signatures line. They include:
David Foster
PJ Lozito
Russ Anderson
Sean Taylor
Teel James Glenn
Fuller Bumpers
Tommy Hancock
Morgan Minor
Mark Bousquet
Philip Athans
Jim Beard
I. A. Watson
Joshua Reynolds
Bobby Nash
Greg Norgaard
Mark Gelineau
J. Walt Layne
Nikki Nelson-Hicks
D. Alan Lewis
H. David Blalock
Gary Phillips
Sean E. Ali
Barry Reese
Percival Constantine
Jeremy Hicks
Logan L. Masterson
Chuck Miller
Alexander S. Brown
Adam Lance Garcia
David White
Kevin Rodgers
Derrick Ferguson
Aaron Smith
Frank Schildiner
Brad Mengel
Richard White
Terry Alexander
Terrence McCauley
Each Pro Se Single Shot Signature Series and Imprint will
feature cover art by Artist Jeffrey Hayes.
If the author of a series or imprint chooses to, print
collections of his or her stories will be produced at later dates as agreed
upon by Pro Se and the individual creator. Hancock also stated that Pro Se will
continue to produce stand alone Single Shots as they did in December and again
in March.
“The Signature line,” Hancock says, “is a very exciting
prospect for Pro Se, the authors and artist involved, and the readers I
believe. It puts these fantastic New Pulp tales in a quick, easy to digest
format, makes them inexpensive, and opens readers up to a whole host of ideas
and authors that they may never have been exposed to otherwise for whatever
reason. It may not be the same feel as having a paper magazine to fold up in
your hand, but the Pro Se Single Shot Signatures line definitely makes Puttin’
The Monthly Back into Pulp something Pro Se can do in a big way.”
In coming days, news concerning the individual authors and
the series and/or imprints they are working on as well as production schedules
will be released from Pro Se Productions.
For More information on Pro Se Single Shot Signatures, to be
placed on a review list for upcoming releases, or for interviews with the
authors involved, please contact Morgan Minor, Director of Corporate Operations
for Pro Se, at directorofcorporateoperations@prose-press.com.
To learn more about Pro Se Productions, go to
www.prose-press.com and like Pro Se on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/ProSeProductions.
