How Are Jeff Strand & Eddie Murphy Similar?
Eddie Murphy was nominated for his first (and let's face it, only) Academy Award for DREAMGIRLS. Having gained critical respect, he followed it up with the grotesque, offensive comedy NORBIT.
I was nominated for my first (and let's face it, only) Bram Stoker Award for PRESSURE. Having gained critical respect, I followed it up with the grotesque, offensive comedy DISPOSAL.
Spooky? Eerie? Simply a very disturbing coincidence? YOU decide.
Meanwhile, an as-yet unnamed dark individual asked about acquiring the movie rights to DISPOSAL, which prompted the following exchange of e-mails:
Q: Are you going to leave in the "frantic sex with the rapidly melting woman" scene?
A: Oh, yeah -- if all goes well and I actually end up shooting this thing, it's going to be a seriously hardcore messed-up gorefest -- unrated all the way, RE-ANIMATOR style!
Also, you should be warned that DISPOSAL has a fan in the morally dubious guise of Michael A. Arnzen, author of LICKER. I asked Mike to be one of the 10 guest authors to write a mean-spirited, unpleasant, not-very-nice foreword to the book. He agreed, but then had this to say:
"Finished the novella...it's freaking AWESOME! My favorite of yours yet!!!!...which makes it very hard to write any kind of foreword that casts aspersions on you or the story. But I'll reach into the deep cockles of my jaded heart and try to figure out something to say. Can I write a straight blurb, too? I love the story (the sex scene cracked me up!) and really want to help spread the word."
(Quote from private e-mail used with permission, because though I write about sleazy individuals, I myself am a paragon of virtue.)
Mike did indeed reach into the deep cockles of his jaded heart, and wrote a foreword that was the literary equivalent of pinning me to the ground and hocking a loogie into my screaming mouth. But he also gave me a "real" blurb, as follows:
"In Disposal, Jeff Strand proves once again why he's the king of comedic horror, with a story so unrelentingly surprising and unflinchingly nasty that there's something entertaining to be found on every single page. This is a funny -- painfully funny -- read, dripping with pitch black humor and lots of light literary wit. If you liked the movie MATADOR, you'll love this book because Strand takes the jaded, morally-reprehensible criminal subgenre up a notch in a tale about a body that refuses to die, and a man who refuses to be outdone by it." -- Michael Arnzen, author of LICKER and PLAY DEAD
As you already know, DISPOSAL is being published by Biting Dog Press, along with MIDLISTERS by Kealan Patrick Burke and MONKEY LOVE (aka: TITLE MAY CHANGE) by John Paul Allen. As you may not know, all orders through Shocklines come with a free remarquee by Keith Minnion, who did the cover and five interior illustrations for the book. A remarquee is an original sketch, just for you, making your book a one-of-a-kind collector's item!
DISPOSAL is up for pre-order now. Shocklines offers free shipping, and you will not be charged until the book is packed up and on its way to you! There'll be no mad cackling and sneaking off into the night with your hard-earned money.
http://shocklines.stores.yahoo.net/dinobjestbha.html
I was nominated for my first (and let's face it, only) Bram Stoker Award for PRESSURE. Having gained critical respect, I followed it up with the grotesque, offensive comedy DISPOSAL.
Spooky? Eerie? Simply a very disturbing coincidence? YOU decide.
Meanwhile, an as-yet unnamed dark individual asked about acquiring the movie rights to DISPOSAL, which prompted the following exchange of e-mails:
Q: Are you going to leave in the "frantic sex with the rapidly melting woman" scene?
A: Oh, yeah -- if all goes well and I actually end up shooting this thing, it's going to be a seriously hardcore messed-up gorefest -- unrated all the way, RE-ANIMATOR style!
Also, you should be warned that DISPOSAL has a fan in the morally dubious guise of Michael A. Arnzen, author of LICKER. I asked Mike to be one of the 10 guest authors to write a mean-spirited, unpleasant, not-very-nice foreword to the book. He agreed, but then had this to say:
"Finished the novella...it's freaking AWESOME! My favorite of yours yet!!!!...which makes it very hard to write any kind of foreword that casts aspersions on you or the story. But I'll reach into the deep cockles of my jaded heart and try to figure out something to say. Can I write a straight blurb, too? I love the story (the sex scene cracked me up!) and really want to help spread the word."
(Quote from private e-mail used with permission, because though I write about sleazy individuals, I myself am a paragon of virtue.)
Mike did indeed reach into the deep cockles of his jaded heart, and wrote a foreword that was the literary equivalent of pinning me to the ground and hocking a loogie into my screaming mouth. But he also gave me a "real" blurb, as follows:
"In Disposal, Jeff Strand proves once again why he's the king of comedic horror, with a story so unrelentingly surprising and unflinchingly nasty that there's something entertaining to be found on every single page. This is a funny -- painfully funny -- read, dripping with pitch black humor and lots of light literary wit. If you liked the movie MATADOR, you'll love this book because Strand takes the jaded, morally-reprehensible criminal subgenre up a notch in a tale about a body that refuses to die, and a man who refuses to be outdone by it." -- Michael Arnzen, author of LICKER and PLAY DEAD
As you already know, DISPOSAL is being published by Biting Dog Press, along with MIDLISTERS by Kealan Patrick Burke and MONKEY LOVE (aka: TITLE MAY CHANGE) by John Paul Allen. As you may not know, all orders through Shocklines come with a free remarquee by Keith Minnion, who did the cover and five interior illustrations for the book. A remarquee is an original sketch, just for you, making your book a one-of-a-kind collector's item!
DISPOSAL is up for pre-order now. Shocklines offers free shipping, and you will not be charged until the book is packed up and on its way to you! There'll be no mad cackling and sneaking off into the night with your hard-earned money.
http://shocklines.stores.yahoo.net/dinobjestbha.html
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