Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Masked Gun Mystery #1 Audio Magazine

Masked Gun Mystery #1
Audio Magazine
         
          Masked Gun Mystery #1 was produced in conjunction with BrokenSea Audio  and is currently available through 



Produced by Chris Barnes
Read by H. Keith Lyons
Music composed, arranged and performed by Kevin Mcleod

Stories Include-
THE THINGS HE LEAVES BEHIND By Aric Mitchell
ALOHA MCCOY: HELLO NEW LIFE, HELLO OLD By Ken Janssens
THE DAY HE FOUND THE CLOWN By Aaron Smith
HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE: DINEENA’S DILEMMA By Lee Houston, Junior
MURPHY’S WAKE By Tommy Hancock
DEMON NIGHT By C. William Russette
RUN By Andrew Salmon
(NOTE- A story originally appearing in the print issue of MGM 1, CRIME OF THE ARTS PART ONE: PROBING THE CITY By Robert E. Kennedy, does not appear in this Audio Mag because this story will be recorded in a future Audio Book as one complete story, not four parts)

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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Fantasy and Fear #1 Audio Magazine

FANTASY AND FEAR #1
Audio Magazine
         
          Fantasy and Fear #1 was produced in conjunction with BrokenSea Audio  and is currently available at www.pulpmachine.blogspot

Produced by Chris Barnes 
Read by Fiona Thraille
Music composed, arranged and performed by Kevin Mcleod

Stories Include

TALES OF MYTHAS: MURDER IN THE GHETTO OF TRENTONIUM By Don Thomas
THE SONG OF HEROES: LORI’S LAMENT By Nancy A. Hansen
THE MAN OF MY DREAMS By C. William Russette
THE WAY OF THE WORLD By Lee Houston, Junior
BEAST OF THE MOUNTAINS By Ron Fortier
THE TUNNELS OF LAO FANG By James Palmer
THE BROTHERS JADE: BOOK ONE by the Brothers Thomas

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Thursday, August 11, 2011

PRO SE TAKES NEW PULP MAGS TO THE NEXT LEVEL!


Pro Se Productions, an up and coming leader in the New Pulp Movement and publisher of New Pulp Magazines, books, and collections, announces today a partnership with BrokenSea Audio, a leading name in New Pulp Audio. Both companies have brought their impressive talents and abilities together to produce the first ever Pro Se Press Audio Magazines!

Pro Se broke onto the New Pulp scene in 2010 with a line of New Pulp Magazines. These titles, FANTASY AND FEAR, PECULIAR ADVENTURES, and MASKED GUN MYSTERY, featured a variety of stories, both from professional as well as brand new authors and ran the gamut from horror to hero to mystery to fantasy and beyond. Although these titles have now been combined in print into the singular title PRO SE PRESENTS, Pro Se plans to continue the three titles in an audio magazine format, thanks in large part to the wonderful people at BrokenSea Audio.

“There’s something,” says Tommy Hancock, Partner and EIC of Pro Se Productions, “about these fantastic New Pulp short stories that just screams to be expressed beyond print. When you’re reading words written by Ron Fortier, James Palmer, and Van Plexico or in the middle of a Sovereign City scene penned by Barry Reese or Derrick Ferguson or even marveling to the new talents of people like Nancy Hansen, Ken Janssens, Lee Houston, Jr., Megan Smith and more, you can hear the voices in your head. Likewise, the extremely talented crew at BrokenSea Audio, led by Paul Mannering, have this fantastic art of bringing to life stories, some with characters we all know and others with brand new New Pulp creations. The actors and readers at BrokenSea breathe voice into pen and ink and make it leap off the page and into a whole new level of imagination. Because of this, the partnership of these two fantastic groups as well as the merging of the work they do is a great next step in the evolution of New Pulp.”


Hancock also says that plans for both future Audio Mags as well as Audio Books of Pro Se's line of novels and collections are definitely in process and will be announced in the near future.
The first three issues of each Audio Magazine are now available for sale at www.pulpmachine.blogspot.com as downloads. “Although consideration was given to producing CD versions of these fantastic works,” Hancock states, “and we will have special CD versions available for public appearances and conventions in 2012 and beyond, we felt that with the advent of MP3 Players and other technology more attuned to playing a file instead of a CD, that this was the best and most efficient way to deliver this great new product.” Once purchased, Pro Se will send the buyer a link to download the issue(s) the customer has bought within twenty four hours of purchase.
Priced at $7.50 per issue, each magazine is over 4 to 6 hours of New Pulp Audiobook entertainment. Each magazine is read by a single reader, but the readers provide various voices and show a tremendous control of emotion and tone in each story, adding to the power and pleasure of listening to each tale. This combined with the wonderful work of BrokenSea Producer Chris Barnes makes Pro Se’s line of New Pulp Audio Mags a definite must have for any fan of Action/Adventure/Heroic/Genre Fiction.


Pro Se Audio Mag titles produced in conjunction with BrokenSea Audio currently available at www.pulpmachine.blogspot are as follows-


FANTASTY AND FEAR #1
Produced by Chris Barnes
Read by Fiona Thraille
Music composed, arranged and performed by Kevin Mcleod


Stories Include-
TALES OF MYTHAS: MURDER IN THE GHETTO OF TRENTONIUM By Don Thomas
THE SONG OF HEROES: LORI’S LAMENT By Nancy A. Hansen
THE MAN OF MY DREAMS By C. William Russette
THE WAY OF THE WORLD By Lee Houston, Junior
BEAST OF THE MOUNTAINS By Ron Fortier
THE TUNNELS OF LAO FANG By James Palmer
THE BROTHERS JADE: BOOK ONE by the Brothers Thomas







MASKED GUN MYSTERY #1
Produced by Chris Barnes
Read by H. Keith Lyons
Music composed, arranged and performed by Kevin Mcleod

Stories Include-
THE THINGS HE LEAVES BEHIND By Aric Mitchell
ALOHA MCCOY: HELLO NEW LIFE, HELLO OLD By Ken Janssens
THE DAY HE FOUND THE CLOWN By Aaron Smith
HUGH MONN, PRIVATE DETECTIVE: DINEENA’S DILEMMA By Lee Houston, Junior
MURPHY’S WAKE By Tommy Hancock
DEMON NIGHT By C. William Russette
RUN By Andrew Salmon
(NOTE- A story originally appearing in the print issue of MGM 1, CRIME OF THE ARTS PART ONE: PROBING THE CITY By Robert E. Kennedy, does not appear in this Audio Mag because this story will be recorded in a future Audio Book as one complete story, not four parts)



PECULIAR ADVENTURES #1
Produced by Chris Barnes
Read by Peter Katt
Music composed, arranged and performed by Kevin Mcleod


Stories Include-
Y-239 By Lee Houston, Junior
IN THE HOUSE OF MERCURY By Tommy Hancock
THE CEREBUS CLAN: CHANGING OF THE GUARD By Ken Janssens
THE SECRET WHISPERS OF EACH OTHER’S WATCH by Derrick Ferguson
PERRY LELL, GIRL OF A THOUSAND EARTHS IN DANCING OUT OF TIME By Megan Smith
ONE GOOD EYE By Tommy Hancock
GODSLAYERS By Van Plexico
THE MESSIAH OF MURDER By Tommy Hancock
THREE CARDS WILD By Tommy Hancock


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Monday, August 1, 2011

PRO SE MAKES RETURN TO PULP MAGAZINES!


Breaking into the New Pulp field a year ago, Pro Se Productions. initially a two man small press publisher, first made its mark with a line of New Pulp magazines. Due to various reasons, Pro Se made the decision in March, 2011 to end its three magazines and to focus exclusively on books and anthologies/collections. Even though that choice has been significantly positive for Pro Se, New Pulp fans have asked almost since the day the last issue was published when the next Pro Se magazine would hit the streets. Tommy Hancock, partner and Editor in Chief at Pro Se, revealed that that day would be extremely soon.

"Yes, we've listened," Hancock stated, "We've had requests and questions about our magazines almost literally since we decided to go a different direction. People want to see their favorite characters continue, to read writers that they love do new sorts of things, and to hold that monthly issue to see what's coming next from Pro Se. Well, they're going to get that, slightly different than we've done it in the past, but Pro Se is definitely back in the monthly magazine business."

Outlining the new magazine line, now pared down to a single title, Hancock said, "Although we love the three titles we had before, it's just more efficient for us at this point to have a single title. PRO SE PRESENTS will be our single title, but our editorial staff will still follow the old three title model. Lee Houston Jr. will edit stories that fall into the 'Fantasy and Fear' line while Frank Schildiner acts as editor on stories fitting the 'Masked Gun Mystery' label and Nancy Hansen rides lead as editor on "Peculiar Adventures' type tales. Barry Reese will continue his fine work as Submissions Editor. Each magazine, when possible, will highlight a story of each type. There will also be issues that focus specifically on one of the three divisions."

"Another change is the format. Our magazines will be fewer pages, around 70-80 monthly, and will be a smaller digest size. This has to do with the price point as well as ease of reading and visual attractiveness. PRO SE PRESENTS will be $6.00 for print issues. E-issues will also be available at $1.99 each. This change makes it possible for Pro Se to return to publishing magazines and will give readers a three-four story one-two punch of New Pulp action, adventure, and horror every single month."

PRO SE PRESENTS #1 features three stories in its debut issue. Sean Taylor presents a tale of the line between inspiration and horror in 'Art Imitates Death.' Don Thomas pens a tale of heroic fantasy with 'Andar and the Farmer.' And Ken Janssen's Sherringford Bell returns to investigate 'The Scandal of the Bohemian." Peter Cooper and Sean E. Ali provide art for this debut issue, Ali also responsible for design and format.

Coming in August, PRO SE PRESENTS #1 from Pro Se Press. Pulp Magazines. Monthly. Just the way it should be.