A Blog-Tag Interview on "Bury Me In A Nameless Grave." And A Sliver Of News.

Apparently I am involved in an interview blog tag. So here is a series of form questions I received about the collection of short stories I am about to start shopping out, Bury Me In A Nameless Grave: A Collection Of 11, and the subsequent answers.

And one sliver of news: My tale Trials, and the poem Queen Cobra, will both be appearing in the print only magazine Affraid Of The Basement, Issue #1, coming early 2013. More info posted as I get it.

Thanks for reading.

BLOG-TAG INTERVIEW

1) What is the working title of your next book?

Bury Me In A Nameless Grave: A Collection of 11.

2) Where did the idea come from for the book?

It came from a myriad of strange and dark places, many of which I've been to on some psychological level, and all of which you would never want to go.

3) What genre does your book fall under?

It has been referred to as transgressive and occasionally "cutting edge" horror. With some erotica and occasionally gallows humor thrown into the mix for good measure.

4) Which actors would you choose to play your characters in a movie rendition?

I've never really considered it.

5) What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?

It will contain eleven tales of the bizarre and the bittersweet, the madness of broken souls, bad love, and the beasts within men.

6) Will your book be self-published or represented by an agency?

I will be shopping it out to a publisher.

7) How long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?

These are stories both previously printed and new, that I have culled together over the past four years.

8) What other books would you compare this story to within your genre?

I've been told that comparisons can not easily be made between my stuff and the works of others. Some have compared it to aspects of Edward Lee, Jack Ketchum, early Clive Barker, William S. Burroughs, and M. Gira's book The Consumer. Honestly, I'm not big on the comparison thing.

9) Who or what inspired you to write this book?

The incredibly strange and surreal life that I have lived thus far, which does not seem to be altering from that course anytime soon. Also, at the urging of some friends and fans, and to one in particular who shall remain nameless. They know who they are.

10) What else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?

It can be both brutal and occasionally touching, gut-wrenching, and is sure to leave you with ideas, imagery, and emotion that you won't soon be able to shake.


---As per the agreement (geez, that sounds kinda sinister) of this blog tag, here are some other fine writers whom you should all check out a.s.a.p.---

Scott M. Baker (host of the blog tag)
http://scottmbakerauthor.blogspot.com/

Maxine Xaviera

www.themxperience.blogspot.com

Bracken MacLeod http://luxferre.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/dark-and-sexy-monsters-its-almost-time-to-dance/

John Claude Smith http://thewildernesswithinbyjohnclaudesmith.blogspot.com/

Hydra M. Star http://www.hydramstar.com/