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cackling in delight, knowing I had a winner here. That is, if I
could get the book rights.
A month later I finally tracked down Richard Tucholka, the
creator of Bureau 13, introduced myself to him in the middle
of the dealer's room at a SF convention and passed over the
first chapter of a novel.
Knowing of me from the hit SF/humor novel Illegal Aliens,
Richard decided to read a page or two of the sample chapter
right there. When he lowered the last page with tears of
laughter in his eyes, he extended his hand and said let's a
make a deal. Shazam, I had the complete rights to writing
Bureau 13 novels.
Over time, I gave him back the short story rights as other
great writers wanted in on the fun; Lawrence Watt-Evans,
Mercedes Lackeys, and such. But the novels were mine alone
and I ran with the ball.
After the convention I got hard at work and two months
later, I sent the first book, originally titled simply Bureau 13
(now called Bureau 13 #1: Judgement Night) to Ace Books in
New York. They called back in record time and offered a three
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book contract. Three? Sure! Then they delivered Dorian
Vallejo, the son of the genius Boris Vallejo, as my cover
artist. Superb stuff. If the paintings are ever on display at a
SF convention, go see the original oils. The printed covers can
not do them justice.
The novels hit the bookstores, and suddenly fan clubs
started appearing across the country, Baltimore, Pittsburgh,
New Orleans, Seattle, then there was a Bureau 13
convention! My books were a hit with the cast of hard-boiled,
wise cracking heroes who faced down any danger and fought
hard to deliver justice, often at the end of a gun or magic
wand. Suddenly, I was the Mickey Spillane of the
supernatural.
Then a Moscow publisher contacted me about translating
the trilogy into Russian. Smiling broadly, I signed, and the
books went ballistic in the Ukraine. Selling over half a million
copies, just in time for Soviet Communism to fall apart and
democracy to return to Russia. I take some small measure of
pride in thinking that maybe my books helped bring down the
Red Menace. Okay, they didn't, but it makes a hell of a story
for me to tell over beer and pizza.
Now this cult-classic trilogy has been rewritten, the real-
world technology updated, and the books expanded, with a
brand new fourth novel, Damned Nation written just for this
re-release for Wildside Press in New Jersey, and Drofa Press