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Will Write for Food: The Freelance Stories of Derrick Ferguson
From the mean streets and crime-ridden boroughs of the modern metropolis to the dusty western wastelands where the only thing more precious than a bullet is a drop of water to soothe a parched throat, Derrick Ferguson takes the reader on journeys as visceral and vivid as a waking dream.Herein find eight stories, written for cash on the barrel to put food on the table. Sail the Seven Seas with Sinbad the Sailor, run headlong into gunfights against overwhelming odds with lawman Bass Reeves, battle against super-villains, and get hard-boiled with two-fisted detective action.Pick your poison, and make it a double.
324 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 3, 2018
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March 28, 2021
Derrick Ferguson has rapidly become one of my favorite writers since I discovered New Pulp and his body of work. He can always spin an unpretentious fun tale that will keep the reader entertained. His Doc Savage/James Bond/international adventurer extraordinaire, Dillon, put him on the map, but rest assured Derrick can write anything that gets thrown at him.
WILL WRITE FOR FOOD is a collection of his non-Dillon work, and for the ebook price of admission, you really shouldn't miss out.
Stories of G-men, 1930s Pacific island adventurers, crime tales, a fantastical voyage of Sinbad the sailor, a superhero throw down, and Old West stories of Bass Reeves.
Put this collection on your list!
WILL WRITE FOR FOOD is a collection of his non-Dillon work, and for the ebook price of admission, you really shouldn't miss out.
Stories of G-men, 1930s Pacific island adventurers, crime tales, a fantastical voyage of Sinbad the sailor, a superhero throw down, and Old West stories of Bass Reeves.
Put this collection on your list!
March 31, 2023
What I like about Derrick's stories is he wants to write pulp.
He never treats it like a stepping stone to something else. it never feels like he's doing it as an 'ironic deconstruction' or to make fun of the tropes.
Derrick just wanted to write pulp adventure stories.
And man, is he good at it.
This is a fun mix of hardboiled detective, western, fantasy and even a prose super hero story.
Each one a solid addition to the genre.
Good stuff.
He never treats it like a stepping stone to something else. it never feels like he's doing it as an 'ironic deconstruction' or to make fun of the tropes.
Derrick just wanted to write pulp adventure stories.
And man, is he good at it.
This is a fun mix of hardboiled detective, western, fantasy and even a prose super hero story.
Each one a solid addition to the genre.
Good stuff.
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