The November Special Guest Poet is
Joe R. Lansdale
Please feel free to visit Joe at:
http://www.joerlansdale.com/
WEDDED BLISS
My dog well fed on fresh ground meat.
My wife remains missing.
THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN
The Headless Horseman said:
Please. No more hats for Christmas.
MY ACCOMODATIONS
Jonah
My name is Jonah
I live inside a whale
I have no lights or furniture
Everything is damp
I wish a salesman would drop by and sell me a lamp
MY HOUSE
The end of the street
is on top of a hill
where I look down on my house
still clutching a box of matches
watching it burn
with my husband in it
handcuffed to the bed
his safe word
purposely forgotten
REMEMBER TO BRING
Axe
Plastic garbage bags
Saw with extra blades
Rain coat
Cleaning supplies.
Lock picking tools
WAITING ON ME
I sometimes see myself
outside of me
On dark nights I can't sleep
I stand by my bed
looking down on myself
Smiling without happiness
Fingers opening and closing
just waiting for me
to close my eyes.
LIFE
Life is like a jigsaw puzzle
Or rather
death is like a jigsaw puzzle
for my former best friend
and my wife
Down there in the basement
In the freezer
with other butchered meats
Waiting for me
and future meals made with
barbecue sauce and simple spices
potatoes on the side
A yard full of hungry guests
WHEN YOU’RE MAD
Don’t try to run over anyone,
even if you really want to kill them,
because if you miss
you might hit an armadillo,
or a sign,
or a big tree,
and you might kill yourself,
and the one you meant to hit,
will think you swerved to miss.
About Joe R. Lansdale
Champion Mojo Storyteller Joe R. Lansdale is the author of over thirty novels and numerous short stories. His work has appeared in national anthologies, magazines, and collections, as well as numerous foreign publications. He has written for comics, television, film, newspapers, and Internet sites. His work has been collected in eighteen short-story collections, and he has edited or co-edited over a dozen anthologies. He has received the Edgar Award, eight Bram Stoker Awards, the Horror Writers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the British Fantasy Award, the Grinzani Cavour Prize for Literature, the Herodotus Historical Fiction Award, the Inkpot Award for Contributions to Science Fiction and Fantasy, and many others.
His novella Bubba Hotep was adapted to film by Don Coscarelli, starring Bruce Campbell and Ossie Davis. His story "Incident On and Off a Mountain Road" was adapted to film for Showtime's "Masters of Horror." He is currently co-producing several films, among them The Bottoms, based on his Edgar Award-winning novel, with Bill Paxton and Brad Wyman, and The Drive-In, with Greg Nicotero.
An film titled Cold in July is based on the book of the same name, and stars Michael C. Hall and Don Johnson.
Another new film is in the works, based on his book titled The Thicket, and will star Peter Dinklage. See more HERE
He is Writer In Residence at Stephen F. Austin State University, and is the founder of the martial arts system Shen Chuan: Martial Science and its affiliate, Shen Chuan Family System. He is a member of both the United States and International Martial Arts Halls of Fame. He lives in Nacogdoches, Texas with his wife, dog, and two cats.
Go to his website HERE
See all of Joe R. Lansdale's books HERE
Kickstarter event HERE
Coming soon!
SHORT SCARY TALES PUBLICATIONS TO PUBLISH THE ENTIRE SERIES OF JOE R. LANSDALE'S HAP AND LEONARD CRIME BOOKS AS GRAPHIC NOVELS
A rip-roaring, high-octane, Texas-sized thriller, featuring two friends, one vixen, a crew of washed-up radicals, loads of money, and bloody mayhem. Hap Collins and Leonard Pine are best friends, yet they couldn't be more different. Hap is an east Texas white-boy with a weakness for Texas women. Leonard is a gay, black Vietnam vet. Together, they steer up more commotion than a fire storm. Learn more HERE
