JACK WALLEN

DARK TWISTY FICTION

Monthly Archives: November 2011

Ladies and gentlemen of the Jack-verse, I have a Dog Star level question for you at this moment. It’s not a hard question (nor will you be graded on your response), but it’s one I’ve been pondering of late and decided maybe it would be best to reach out to […]

A question for my readers

November 30, 2011 in News tagged A Blade Away / apocalyptic fiction / Die Zombie Die / dystopian fiction / Gothica / horror / I Zombie I / jack wallen / My Zombie My / Shero / zombies by jlwallen

Wow — what a cliff hanger. The collective audience of The Walking Dead were left dangling from a cliff so high, it was almost impossible to see the ground below us. It was thrilling, it was horrific, it was … frustrating! What? Frustrating? Oh, I guess I should add a […]

Humpday Horror: What we’ve learned from The Walking Dead

November 30, 2011 in News tagged apocalypse / apocalyptic fiction / horror / I Zombie I / My Zombie My / The Walking Dead / Undead / zombie fiction / zombie horror / zombies by jlwallen

I wanted to take a moment to spotlight a very special type of misfit today. In no uncertain terms will you find a soul more misunderstood, misrepresented, mistaken, and often — miserable, than you will the Artist. Why is that you say? Why would a collection of people tasked with […]

Misfit Monday: Artists

November 28, 2011 in News tagged indie authors / indie writers / jack wallen by jlwallen

Oh you didn’t go there. Did you? Why yes, I did. And if you’ve followed me long enough, you know I walk the walk baby! That’s right, I proudly admit the well of my truth runs deep and flows out into a fabulous wardrobe that include as many skirts as […]

Fabulous Friday: Men in skirts

November 25, 2011 in News tagged indie authors / indie writers / jack wallen / transgender / zombie horror / zombies by jlwallen

I want to preface this by saying, I love the show. Not only is it giving credibility to a genre near and dear to my heart (as well as giving me the hopes that the I Zombie trilogy will someday soon make its way to the screen). So it is […]

Humpday Horror: Mistakes made on The Walking Dead

November 23, 2011 in News tagged apocalypse / apocalyptic fiction / horror / I Zombie I / jack wallen / My Zombie My / zombie fiction / zombie horror / Zombie Radio / zombies by jlwallen

Oh no! Here they come, everyone hide! Shhhh, they’ll hear you. You REALLY don’t want that group to know we’re here. Oh, which group am I talking about? I’m talking about that tragically hip subset of the urban middle class adult ironically named “the hipster”. The hipster is one of […]

Misfit Monday: The hipsters

November 21, 2011 in News tagged fashion / hipster / music / style by jlwallen

Gobble, gobble. I was watching one of my favorite new comedies the other night, The New Girl (with recent Fabulous Friday award recipient Zooey Deschanel) when one of the characters referred to Thanksgiving as the least sexy holiday of all time. I have a few turkey friends that would beg […]

Fabulous Friday: Happy Fabsgiving!

November 18, 2011 in News tagged hipsters / holidays / In This Moment / music / thanksgiving by jlwallen

As you might expect, I’m a big fan of The Walking Dead. It’s a great series illustrating so many levels of what the zombie apocalypse will bring to the human race. Oh sure there are cringe-worthy moments that make us zombie authors think “Oh, why didn’t they consult me?” 😉 […]

The Walking Dead: A bit of irony

November 16, 2011 in News tagged apocalypse / apocalyptic fiction / horror / I Zombie I / My Zombie My / zombie fiction / zombie horror / zombies by jlwallen

I’ve had enough. Seriously. I can’t believe My dear friend Jack has gone this long with his Misfit Monday and not taken the opportunity to do ME! Wait, that came out so deliciously wrong. Look, this place needs a little pretty hung up on the walls and who better than […]

Misfit Monday: Shero

November 14, 2011 in News tagged Shero / superhero / transgender by jlwallen

Today is a special Fabulous Friday. Why? Well, ma’am, I’m glad you asked. Today’s FF is brought to you by the the most fabulous group of all — the gay men and women of the world. Those wonderfully loving, accepting, and (most of all) FABULOUS people of which I do […]

Fabulous Friday: All the gays in the villiage

November 11, 2011 in News tagged gay / Little Britain / neil patrick harris by jlwallen

Oh Hollywood, you vile temptress you. How you taunt the planet with your idea of what beauty is. You toss caution and logic to the wind in lieu of an image of beauty no mortal could ever achieve. You force your children to spend the vast majority of their days […]

Humpday Horror: Hollywood-induced beauty

November 9, 2011 in News tagged beauty / hollywood / movies / television by jlwallen

For anyone that knows me, and knows me well, you know that I have this ridiculous infatuation with Clive Barker. He is, as most would say, my idol. And unlike most fans in the Barkerverse, my author-crush is not simply because of his creation of one the finest characters in […]

Misfit Monday: Clive Barker

November 7, 2011 in News tagged clive barker / horror / nightbreed / pinhead by jlwallen

I will begin this by first apologizing to all of my gloriously wonderful gay friends out there. It’s understandable that an entire community would refuse to accept a woman who dare take on a Dorothy like role as did Zooey Deschanel did in The Tin Man. That being said, I have to […]

Fabulous Friday: Zooey Deschanel

November 4, 2011 in News tagged celebrity / quirky by jlwallen

Today is a day of firsts and seconds. First we have our first Get Jack’d three way with two of my favorite indie authors: The Queen of Darkness and Fire (Shea MacLeod) and the Queen of Witches (Heather Marie Adkins). Where should I start? Should I just swoon, being among […]

Heather Marie Adkins and Shea MacLeod BOTH Get Jack’d

November 2, 2011 in News by jlwallen

Just what does that title mean? It’s a secret. Okay, not really. Today’s Humday Horror is about television — specifically what gets canned vs. what remains. The trash that lasts vs the gems that die. It’s about the thinking man’s loss vs. the simpleton’s gain. Could I be more cryptic? […]

Humpday Horror: Travesty Vision

November 2, 2011 in News tagged horror / jack wallen / television by jlwallen