FLIGHTS OF THE PEREGRINE, VOL. 3- MURDER MANSION - Your Frequently Asked Questions.

Q: Who let you write a book?

A: This is such a long story.

Many years ago, back when I was working through an outfit called Dynamic Ram, I took on a gig to record THE PEREGRINE OMNIBUS, VOLUME ONE. This took a while, partially because I am bad at time management, partially because the character’s name was changed halfway through the recording process; he used to be called The Rook. Anyway, I eventually finished it; it’s 31 hours of pulp action. Good value for the money.

At the time, the Peregrine was being published by Pro Se Press, and a few years ago, they bought the character outright from the writer, Barry Reese. They decided to offer other writers the opportunity to submit proposals for Peregrine novels. I decided, hey, I spent the better part of a year talking about the guy, I can think of something. I wrote a proposal for The Murder Mansion, it was accepted, and in 2020, I wrote the book.

Q: 2020? That was five years ago.

A: In the intervening years, Pro Se Press went out of business, and Barry Reese regained the rights to his characters. Every few months, I’d write the publisher, ask “Hey, how’s it going?” and get a non-commital answer. Then out of nowhere, I got an email from Dale Russell, Reese Unlimited’s editor, telling me they were going to publish finally as part of a non-continuity series called FLIGHTS OF THE PEREGRINE. And now you can buy it. With money.

Q: So who’s this Peregrine guy?

A: The Peregrine is the creation of Barry Reese, one of the larger names in the New Pulp community. He’s been building up a shared universe for his characters for a while now.

Q: Sorry, “New Pulp”?

A: Books written in the style of Walter Gibson, Lester Dent, et al. Two-fisted tales of adventure and action. Here’s some links.

Q: Ah. Anyway. The Peregrine?

A: The Peregrine is Max Davies, a Bostonian transplanted to Atlanta, GA. When his father was murdered before his eyes, he found himself compelled to travel the world, forging himself into a weapon against evil. He wears a black suit and an eyemask with a beak over the nose.

Q: What’s Murder Mansion about?

A: The year is 1947. Several mysterious killings have taken place across the nation, with skeletons stripped of their flesh left behind with no evidence of how they came to this sorry state. The Peregrine takes up the mystery, alongside his wife, Lady Peregrine. The path eventually leads to another dimension and horrors beyond our comprehension.

Q: That sounds wild.

A: Oh, it is. There’s gunfights, there’s fistfights, there’s monsters, there’s an Akhlut (an Inuit cryptid that’s part wolf, part killer whale), and there’s an evil mastermind whose head is a brain in a glass globe.

Q: Do I need to have read the other books in the series to understand this?

A: It couldn’t hurt, but I think pretty much everything is explained in the text itself.

Q: What’s the next book?

A: Back off.