WORKS BY SHANNON MUIR IN NEW PULP, SF AND FANTASY…
FULL-LENGTH NOVELS AND NOVELLAS AVAILABLE FROM PRO SE PRESS BY SHANNON MUIR
From the publisher’s press release…
JAZZ, BETRAYAL, AND MURDER FROM THE MIND OF A PULP LEGEND-‘CHARLES BOECKMAN PRESENTS ‘THE DEATH OF BUDDY TURNER’ DEBUTS
In July of 1955, JUSTICE Magazine printed a story by Charles Boeckman called “A Hot Lick for Doc,” featuring a skid row bum named Jim “Doc” DeFord and a woman whom he befriends named Sally Garcia set in the Latin quarter of Corpus Christi, Texas. “Doc” DeFord was once the great jazz clarinet player Buddy Turner, and he gets bus tickets to take himself and Sally back to Los Angeles where he’s from and where Buddy Turner made it big.
Pro Se Productions proudly announces the release of the next chapter in the tale of two characters crafted by one of Pulp’s best scribes, Charles Boeckman, in CHARLES BOECKMAN PRESENTS DOC AND SALLY IN THE DEATH OF BUDDY TURNER by Shannon Muir.
THE DEATH OF BUDDY TURNER sees Doc and Sally arriving in Los Angeles, and Doc carrying the clarinet of a dead young player to whom he made a big promise.
Jim Turner DeFord comes back in hopes of reclaiming his life and career as Buddy Turner, only to find his wife has filed paperwork to declare him dead and get control of whatever music rights remain. Doc is determined to find out what is really going on, even as he learns people from his past are out to kill him.
Even worse, the jazz scene he knew from Los Angeles has changed. Now the big things are happening down by Hermosa Beach and not so much in the city. As Jim “Doc” DeFord, he and Sally manage to get jobs working in the up and coming jazz club. “Doc” struggles if it is worth letting people know that Buddy Turner is alive and kicking, or safer to leave the past buried in the past and start over with Sally in a new life. Problem is, Sally Garcia doesn’t know he and Buddy Turner are one and the same. Though she’s stuck with him through the rough times, will she still be there once she finds out who he really is?
Available on Kindle and in print.
INDIVIDUAL SHORT STORIES AVAILABLE FROM PRO SE PRESS BY SHANNON MUIR
“GHOST OF THE AIRWAVES”
From the publisher’s description of this individually released short story:
From Pro Se Productions’ Single Shot line comes a tale of mystery and murder set against the backdrop of the Golden Age of Radio! Through this stand alone digital single, Author Shannon Muir introduces the world to Ghost of the Airwaves!
Ghost of the Airwaves is the suspenseful tale of radio actress Abigail Hanson, whose husband died under mysterious circumstances. Everyone believes the culprit is caught until a mysterious typed letter from “Ghost of the Airwaves” comes through her mail slot. Abigail becomes determined to find out who killed her husband and uses her own observant eye to help coax the police along. But, as she delves deeper into the mystery, Abigail may learn she should have stayed behind the microphone…to stay alive!
Available now at Kindle and Smashwords.
ANTHOLOGIES AVAILABLE FROM PRO SE PRESS THAT INCLUDE STORIES BY SHANNON MUIR
CRIME DOWN ISLAND
Includes the story “Tropical Terror” by Shannon Muir, inspired by her own experience living through Hurricane Iwa Thanksgiving week of 1982.
From the publisher’s description:
Terror in the Tropics! Peril in Paradise! Betrayal on the Beach! It’s just another day of murder and corruption under the palm trees in CRIME DOWN ISLAND. Six heated tales of manipulation and mayhem set on the dream destinations most fantasize about. Sun baked days and moon kissed nights along the ocean, where love and hate walk hand in hand. And the shrill of tropical birds can be drowned out at any moment by a horrified scream and the last gasps of someone dying. Evil takes vacations in the same places we all want to. CRIME DOWN ISLAND. From Pro Se Productions.
Available now for Kindle, Smashwords, and in print.
EXPLORER PULP
Includes the story “Hidden History” by Shannon Muir.
From the publisher’s description:
The world, even today, has its secrets. Lost cities, hidden artifacts, arcane and occult corners of the globe. And every forgotten civilization, every mysterious weapon or jewel, every legend cries out to be discovered, speaking to a very special sort of person, that character that has been the center of stories since the dawn of time. And now, four authors bring their talents to new tales of the hale and the hardy, the daring and the brave. Join Jason Fedora, Shannon Muir, Davide Mana, and Wayne Carey as they climb to the tips of pyramids and dive to the depths of caverns in EXPLORER PULP! From Pro Se Productions.
Available now for Kindle, Smashwords, and in print.
THE DAME DID IT
Includes the story “Tragic Like a Torch Song” by Shannon Muir.
From the publisher’s description:
A death rattle echoes down a shadowy alley….
Guns blaze like exploding suns in the dead of night…
And make no mistake about who’s responsible….
The Dame Did It!
Pro Se Productions presents a collection of new stories wrapped in the shadows of Noir and definitely Hard Boiled with a feminine touch. Authors Joel Jenkins, Christofer Nigro, Shannon Muir, and Percival Constantine deliver two-fisted, gun shooting hard core action in these blood-soaked pages, and each tale revolves around a woman. A heroine desperate to save the day, a villainess hungry to destroy, or someone trapped in the middle. All and
more will be found in The Dame Did It!
Available now for Kindle, Smashwords, and in print.
NEWSHOUNDS
Includes the story “Pretty as a Picture” by Shannon Muir.
One of three stories in an anthology about reporters willing to risk it all to expose corruption at a 1950s newspaper. Other stories by Kevin Paul Shaw Broden and J. Walt Layne. Based on an idea created by Pro Se Productions. Available in print at Amazon and e-book at Amazon and Smashwords.
Also available in audiobook at Amazon and Audible produced by Radio Archives.
OUT OF PRINT ITEMS
FROM EMBY PRESS
Includes Shannon Muir’s story, “Meeting the Monster”.
From the publisher’s description:
It’s out there, hunting in the darkness and no one can stop it. Its tally of victims increases every day the sun rises and when dusk falls, fear pumps through the city’s veins.
It’s in the sky above the buildings, stalking the forests of the parks and slithering through the sewers. The situation is dire and hope is dwindling… It’s too fast, too strong and too smart.
A sudden flash burns across the night sky and figure appears; somebody like us, but not like us. As quickly as it appeared, the figure is gone, searching for the thing, ready to deliver justice. Hope has returned and smiles crack the corners of mouths, because everybody recognizes a superhero and we all know what comes next.
Epic battles will rage, city blocks will be trampled and the Earth will hang in the balance as the ultimate evil is answered by the ultimate good. Who will triumph, nobody knows and the only thing for certain is that they will fight THE GOOD FIGHT!
FROM FOURSIDED MFNA
Includes Shannon Muir’s short story, “Cover Story,” about a reporter of the future going undercover to discover the truth.