Hi Kent,
Thanks for your entries!
We think you may be on to something with #40. (#39 is too vampire-esque, and #41 looks like a sportscar emblem).
#40 still feels a little too "medieval" somehow -- maybe it's a little to "dark" or "goth"?
We need to find a way to tie it all together, or maybe ditch the "coffee stain" idea and start over. At the very least, we should consider a contemporary sans-serif font with it.
There's definitely something intriguing to us in your initial designs, though. We'd be really interested to see what you come up with using a san-serif word-mark type logo instead.
Thanks!