http://www.horrorreanimated.com Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:22:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here’s a beautiful little shadow to darken your day…   The brand new Dark Arts horror anthology ‘When the Night Comes Down’ is now available for pre-order. There are five twilight tales from me and plenty more from legends of the genre Bev Vincent, Robert E. Weinberg and Nate Kenyon. From start to ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2010/03/01/when-the-night-comes-down/ [caption id="attachment_1385" align="alignright" width="199" caption="Poppy Z Brite photo by J.K. Potter; Creative Commons license"][/caption] As a writer Poppy Z Brite took the lost and the depraved, the vicious, the misguided, the outsider, the deviant and the freak by the hand, she lead some home, some to the sadistic salvation they would ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2010/02/26/women-in-horror-alan-kelly-examines-the-works-of-poppy-z-brite/ So far, I have stories appearing in four anthologies this year.   Here’s a little inside information about each book, its publisher and editor, as well as what my contribution amounts to in each case.   First off is When the Night Comes Down released by Dark Arts. This is an approach to ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2010/01/15/short-fiction-news-by-jdl/ When MEAT first came out, Bloody Books made an unabridged recording of the text. The reader was Sorcha Cusack who has the most amazing voice – it really fits the tale. I heard she was white with shock at some of things she had to say whilst reading! Apologies to ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2009/12/19/the-sound-of-meat/ Some months ago I posted a free story here on HR titled ‘Lights out’. I wanted some art to accompany the tale and after trawling Google images I found exactly what I was looking for. The discovery made me very interested in Allison Theus, the creator of the image. I ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2009/12/08/interview-with-artist-of-the-fantastic-allison-theus-by-jdl/ There's something afoot this side of Christmas: dark skies over real-world book retailing, and a black vein of change for UK genre magazines. Maybe this change can be referred to as evolution, or as some might say, a devolution. But would anyone go so far as to think of the developing ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2009/12/01/challenging-times-for-uk-genre-magazines-by-mathew-f-riley/ I was interviewed by Alan Kelly for the brilliant 3:AM Magazine. It was a real pleasure to talk to him. In other news, since Borders has gone into administration, my 19th December signing in their Leicester branch has been cancelled. It's a real shame because I've had some great times in that store and the staff ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2009/11/30/jdl-talks-to-3am-magazine-plus-changes-to-pre-christmas-signing-schedule/ Those of you with your fingers on the Horror Reanimated pulse – er, I mean flatline – will know I rarely review books. However, every now and again something truly unique comes along. Mendal Johnson’s Let’s Go Play at the Adams’ is one of those books. It's difficult to attract attention ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2009/11/12/let%e2%80%99s-go-play-at-the-adams%e2%80%99-by-mendal-johnson-book-report-by-jd%e2%80%99l-only-35-years-late%e2%80%a6/ You’ll no doubt have encountered the furore this movie has generated over the past few months and while I’m loath to add to the noise, I don’t think it’s possible to not have a debate over a film of this nature. Although divided into several chapters with titles including Grief, ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2009/11/07/film-review-antichrist/ I SELL THE DEAD (2008) Written and directed by Glenn McQuaid “I Sell the Dead” is the latest film from Larry Fessenden’s Glass Eye Pix and Scareflix production companies and, like most films from Larry, “I Sell the Dead” REALLY delivers!! Starring Dominic “Lost” Monaghan, Ron “Hellboy” Perlman, Angus “Phantasm” ... http://www.horrorreanimated.com/2009/10/30/i-sell-the-dead-review-by-elaine-lamkin/