JASON L. KEENE

Contrary to the rumors you’ve probably (not) heard, I’m not dead.  Quite alive, in fact.  What’s new, pussycat?  This:

Segment III of the Blackwood Falls serial:  Click here to head over and read at Choate Road

The latest installment of the Blackwood Falls serial is in and should be up on the Choate Road website soon.  Backwoods WV, smart-assed teens, rednecks with supernatural issues.  I’m enjoying the serial, because its fresh and instant, and I’m able to try to find a little more of that comedic voice that I’ve wanted to harness.  If you’ve missed it up to this point, you can still click on the link on the Choate Road site to get to the archives.  It’s interactive, which means you (the reader) have to tell me where it goes next based on four multiple-choice scenarios given at the end of each segment.  So make sure to head over, read, and vote…otherwise, I’ll have to let Greg Hall pick it.  And you don’t want that.  Also, I’d appreciate any feedback you have.  Feel free to sign up over at the Choate Road forums and leave feedback on the thread there if you’re too lazy to e-mail to me personally.

New POD OF HORROR Reviews Coming:  Click here to head over to the POD OF HORROR page.

The POD OF HORROR crew is back with all the news you can use in the world of horror.  #59 should be out and waiting for your download and listening pleasure in early March.  I’m currently working on recording new movie reviews for my Moonshine Matinee segment. I’m honestly astonished at the great feedback I’ve been getting for the segment, and thank you all for the continued support.  Any comments or suggestions can be directed straight through an e-mail or on the Horror World messageboard (both links can be found on POD OF HORROR’s main page).

West Virginia Anthology Short Story Acceptance

“But weren’t you swearing off short stories until the novel is finished?”  you may or may not bother asking yourself.  True…that I did.  But there’s always an exception, and when a man like Michael Knost lays an offer on your table you stave off that begging nap and get your ass in gear (you may remember Mr. Knost as the editor of the Legends of the Mountain State series and the award-winning Writers Workshop of Horror).  I’m extremely pleased to say that he accepted my short story “Deep River” for the anthology which is due sometime later this spring.  I’ll release more details on the book as they come my way.

Other than that I’m still working on the novella and novel, still tampering with short stories (when I obviously shouldn’t be), and still trying to be the pillar of the extended family to the best of my ability.  I’m gearing up for convention season, although I’m still not sure which I’ll be attending–hope to see some of you all there later in the year.  And I promise to update more often.  No, this time I mean it.  I promise.  Seriously.

These are trying times–(lack of) money, sickness, work, worry, impending World War III, the Winter Olympics–but we shall persevere.  Now, let’s go clock in and get to work at the first job of the day.