My wife came up with the idea of putting out an H. Beam Piper T-shirt to coincide with the publication of the new Piper biography. Well, "H. Beam Piper: A Biography" is due from McFarland & Company on March 30, 2008 and that time has arrived.

Tori and I have always thought the Typewriter ‘Killer’ image from the Pennsy article of the same name was the best surviving photograph of H. Beam Piper -- and certainly the most noir.

Thanks to Tom Rogers, we've obtained a very high quality copy of the September 1953 "Pennsy" issue and have made up a limited number of white Typewriter ‘Killer’ T-shirts with this black and white image.

These will be 100% cotton Gildan T-shirts. The Typewriter ‘Killer’ image will be on the front and the back will read: H. Beam Piper: A Biography with my Hostgos.com web address underneath. We have them available in the following sizes: Large, Extra-Large, XX-Large and XXX-Large sizes.