Thank you so very much for the kind word about FDF!
Yes, there will be one more book in this branch of the cycle, but worry not -- The Hangman and its regulars aren't going anywhere anytime soon. All of them have more stories to tell. (Thank you for expressing that sentiment, njhorror! It made my day.)
I can tell you a couple of things about the 6th novel; the big news is that it will not be published by Leisure -- there were, alas, too many editorial disagreements and it just would not have been worth the money they were offering, not to mention the frustration of having to adhere to a handful of editorial demands that would have, IMHO, gutted the story; the next piece of big news is that -- fingers crossed -- it will be published by a respected publisher everyone on this board knows (saying nothing more until there is a contract in my hand -- don't want to jinx anything); third, this will hands-down be the longest novel I've written -- looks like it's going to clock in at roughly 550 - 600 manuscript pages, so if you're among those readers who enjoy reading the stories behind the many objects on The hangman's shelf, you'll find at least 3 of them here; oh, yes: the title will be A Cracked and Broken Path.
I've been preparing to write this novel for well over a decade, and my hope is that it will be everything I envision. If all goes well, it should be out in time for Hallowe'en 2010, so if you've got any spare good vibes floating about, send them my way, will you?
