Jason V Brock

Jason V Brock
Jason V Brock in 2013
Born	Jason Vincent Brock (1970-03-01) March 1, 1970 Charlotte, North Carolina
Occupation	Filmmaker, editor, artist, writer, musician
Genre	Horror, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Magic Realism, Poetry, Non-Fiction, Comics
Website
www.jasunni.com

Jason V Brock (born March 1, 1970) is an American author, artist, editor, and director. He is the CEO and co-founder (with his wife, Sunni) of JaSunni Productions, LLC, whose documentary films include the controversial Charles Beaumont: The Short Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man,^[1] the Rondo Award-winning The AckerMonster Chronicles!,^[1] and Image, Reflection, Shadow: Artists of the Fantastic.^[1] He is also the author of Totems and Taboos, a compilation of his poetry and artwork, and an editor, along with William F. Nolan, of The Bleeding Edge: Dark Barriers, Dark Frontiers and The Devil's Coattails: More Dispatches from the Dark Frontier anthologies published by Cycatrix Press.^[2] Brock shares story credit (he was Lead Story Consultant and Lead Designer) on the Logan’s Run: Last Day and related comic book series from Bluewater Productions. In addition, he is also a writer for the comic book/graphic novel, Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe (again from Bluewater).^[2] He served as Managing Editor/Contributor and Art Director for Dark Discoveries magazine for over four years.^[3] His novella, Milton’s Children, was published by Bad Moon Books in early 2013.^[4][5] His poetry, short stories, nonfiction articles, Introductions and essays have been widely published internationally online, in books and in numerous horror, science fiction and fantasy and scholarly print magazines (Fangoria, Dark Discoveries, Calliope [Official Publication of the Writers' Special Interest Group (SIG) of American Mensa, Ltd], Comic-Con International's Souvenir Book, the Weird Fiction Review, American Rationalist [an organ of the Center for Inquiry], and others) and multiple anthologies (Butcher Knives and Body Counts, S. T. Joshi's Black Wings series, Like Water for Quarks, Animal Magnetism, and so on).^[6] With a large personality and gregarious nature, he is a popular panelist at many horror conventions (such as MythosCon, Orycon, Crypticon, World Horror Convention, World Fantasy Convention, and others) and film festivals (including the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival, Buffalo International Film Festival, Lovecraft's Visions, etc.) and has been compared in intensity to Harlan Ellison and Charles Beaumont by his friends and colleagues.^[2][5] Brock is represented by literary agent Cherry Weiner.

Life & Career

Brock was born in Charlotte, North Carolina.^[2] His father was a freelance journalist and graphic designer. His stepfather, Danny Thomas, was a drummer for the 13th Floor Elevators. As a teenager, Brock led the Progressive Rock/Avant-Garde band ChiaroscurO in Charlotte.^[6] He also assisted his father, James Brock, in writing and design. He later worked for James Robert Smith (editor, and author, The Flock) at a comic book store where he met many like-minded individuals and honed his creative writing skills. After that, he worked as a graphic designer for Morris Costumes in their catalog department and also served as an artist’s apprentice for Pat Piro and as an audio engineer trainee at Reflection Sound Studio under Mark Williams.^[4][5] Brock has lived on the West Coast since 1993 spending time in Seattle, Los Angeles and Vancouver, WA. He was an award-winning Field Service Engineer and Regional Manager for several photo companies (Kits/Ritz Cameras, Konica Quality Photo West) before working as a Product Specialist for Fuji Photo Film; he left to form JaSunni Productions, LLC in 2005.^[2] Brock and his wife, Sunni, are longtime vegetarians (often vegan) and animal lovers/animal rights activists. They have several skinks, an iguana named Liz, and four red-foot tortoises that roam their home wearing diapers. During filming of the Charles Beaumont documentary, he struck up a deep friendship with William F. Nolan who is also a vegetarian and very fond of animals. Nolan relocated to Vancouver, WA to be near the Brocks who are like an extended family.^[2]

Works

Anthology Appearances (print)

• Animal Magnetism, poetry. Featured contributor. Edited by S. A. Parham & W. Olivia Race. P. R. Publishing, 2005.
• The Bleeding Edge: Dark Barriers, Dark Frontiers, fiction. Contributor/Designer. Edited by Jason V Brock and William F. Nolan. Cycatrix Press, 2010.
• Like Water for Quarks, fiction. Edited by Elton Elliott and Bruce Taylor. MVP Publishing, 2011.
• Butcher Knives & Body Counts, nonfiction. Edited by Vince Liaguno. Dark Scribe Press, 2011.
• The Devil’s Coattails: More Dispatches from the Dark Frontier, fiction. Contributor/Designer. Edited by Jason V Brock and William F. Nolan. Cycatrix Press, 2012.
• Black Wings II, fiction. Edited by S. T. Joshi. PS Publishing, 2012.
• Night Terrors II, fiction. Edited by Theresa Dillon. Blood Bound Books, 2012.
• Slices of Flesh, fiction. Edited by Stan Swanson. Dark Moon Books, 2012.
• Dangers Untold, fiction (reprint). Edited by Jennifer Brozek. Alliteration Ink, 2012.
• Bleed, fiction (reprint). Edited by Lori Michelle. Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, 2013.
• Blood Type: An Anthology of Vampire SF on the Cutting Edge, fiction. Edited by Robert S. Wilson. Nightscape Press, 2013.
• The Best of The Horror Society 2013, fiction (reprint). Edited by Carson Buckingham. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013.
• Flotsam Fantastique -- Souvenir Book of the World Fantasy Awards 2013, nonfiction. Edited by Stephen Jones (author). PS Publishing, 2013.
• Black Wings III, fiction. Edited by S. T. Joshi. PS Publishing, 2014.
• Searchers After Horror, fiction. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Fedogan & Bremer, 2014.
• A Darke Phantastique -- Encounters with the Uncanny and Other Magical Things..., fiction. Contributor/Designer. Edited by Jason V Brock. Cycatrix Press, 2014.
• Qualia Nous, fiction (reprint). Edited by Michael Bailey. Written Backwards, 2014.
• Shrieks and Shivers, fiction. Edited by Jeani Rector. Post Mortem Press, 2015.
• Black Wings IV, fiction. Edited by S. T. Joshi. PS Publishing, 2015.
• Innsmouth Nightmares, fiction. Edited by Lois Gresh. PS Publishing, 2015.
• A Mountain Walked, fiction (reprint). Edited by S. T. Joshi. Dark Regions Press (Brock appears in the paperback edition only), 2015.
• The Faith I Left Behind, nonfiction (reprint). Edited by Tom Flynn (author), Andrea Szalanski, and Julia Lavarnway. Inquiry Press, 2015.

Single-Author Collections (print)

• Simulacrum and Other Possible Realities, horror/science fiction short story and poetry collection. Author and illustrator. Hippocampus Press, 2013.
• Disorders of Magnitude: A Survey of Dark Fantasy, nonfiction. Author. Scarecrow Press, 2014. A Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award Finalist (Nonfiction), as well as a Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards Finalist (Best Book) for 2014.
• The Dark Sea Within and Other Macabre Revelations, horror/science fiction short story and poetry collection. Author and illustrator. TBD, 2016.

Novels (print)

• Milton’s Children, novelette rooted in Lovecraftian weird traditions, horror, and science fiction. Author and illustrator. Bad Moon Books, 2013.
• (UnSub), a supernatural horror/thriller novel trilogy consisting of (in order, but released separately): Arrivals/Departures, Homunkulus, and End Stages. Author. TBD, 2016-2018.
• The Kellen Diaries, short novel in the weird traditions of Bierce, Lovecraft, and Borges. Author. TBD, 2016.
• The Ascent of Darkness, novel; an expansion of the Milton's Children/"The Shadow of Heaven" mythos created by Brock. Author. TBD, 2016.

Poetry Appearances (print)

• Totems and Taboos, illustrated chapbook. Writer/Artist. Cycatrix Press, 2005.
• Spectral Realms #1, poetry digest. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Poetry. Hippocampus Press, 2014.
• Spectral Realms #2, poetry digest. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Poetry. Hippocampus Press, 2015.
• Spectral Realms #3, poetry digest. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Poetry. Hippocampus Press, 2015.

Comic & Graphic Novel Appearances (print)

• Logan's Run: Last Day. Lead Story/Lead Costume Design; Comic, Radio Dramatization/CD, Graphic Novel. Bluewater Productions, 2009-2011.
• Logan's Run: Aftermath. Lead Story/Lead Costume Design; Comic, Radio Dramatization/CD, Graphic Novel. Bluewater Productions, 2011-2012.
• Logan's Run: Solo. Writer; Comic and Graphic Novel. Bluewater Productions, 2013.
• Tales from William F. Nolan's Dark Universe. Writer; Comic and Graphic Novel. Bluewater Productions, 2013.

Other Print & Online Appearances

• Multiple appearances in the form of tributes for Locus (magazine), as well as the San Diego Comic-Con International Souvenir Book for friends of Brock's such as H. R. Giger, Ray Bradbury, Forrest J Ackerman, and others.

• Multiple appearances in the forms of reviews and essays in Center for Inquiry's American Rationalist newsletter.

• Multiple appearances in the forms of interviews and essays for other convention souvenir books, including the World Horror Convention, and World Fantasy Convention.

• Rude Mechanicals, by Kage Baker. Model for J. K. Potter (cover and interior images). Subterranean Press, 2007.
• Dark Dimensions, collection by William F. Nolan. Introduction. Darkwood Press, 2010.
• The Complete History of 'The Return of the Living Dead', by Christian Sellers and Gary Smart. Photographs. Plexus Publishing Limited, 2010.
• Guest Writer—September, 2011, online. Writer, two stories featured ("Red-Wat-Shod", "The Underground"). Paul Kane (writer)'s Shadow Writer website, 2011.^[7]
• The Gothic Imagination, interview collection by John C. Tibbetts. Interviewee. Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
• Weird Fiction Review #2, digest. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Nonfiction article. Centipede Press, 2011.
• Hellfire & Damnation II, collection by Connie Corcoran Wilson. Introduction. The Merry Blacksmith Press, 2012.
• Weird Fiction Review #3, digest. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Nonfiction article. Centipede Press, 2012.
• Nolan on Bradbury: Sixty Years of Writing about the Master of Science Fiction, edited by S. T. Joshi. Introduction, tribute, and joint interview with Bradbury/Nolan. Hippocampus Press, 2013.^[8]
• Fungi #21, journal edited by Pierre Comtois. Article reprint and illustration. 2013.^[9]
• Monstrous Singularities, online. Columnist for scholar Matt Cardin's electronic magazine/website, The Teeming Brain. Nonfiction. 2013–present.^[10]
• Weird Fiction Review #4, digest. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Nonfiction article. Centipede Press, 2014.
• Weird Fiction Review #5, digest. Edited by S. T. Joshi. Fiction, as well as an interview with Al Feldstein. Centipede Press, 2014.
• Logan's Run: The Definitive Edition, by William F. Nolan and George Clayton Johnson. Introduction. Centipede Press, 2014.
• A Confederacy of Horrors, by James Robert Smith (author). Afterword. Hippocampus Press, 2015.

[NameL3ss] Digest & As Publisher of Others (via Cycatrix Press)

• [NameL3ss] Digest (perfect-bound print/PDF e-book/website), and website. Founder/Editor-in-Chief/Art Director/Contributor. Cycatrix Press, 2011–present (approximately twice a year). The managing editor is S. T. Joshi, and the journal has presented interviews with many important filmmakers, artists, and authors, including George A. Romero, Kris Kuksi, and others, as well as new fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and artwork from a wide variety of creators, such as Nolan, Joshi, Roger Anker, and many more.

• The Mirrors, by Nicole Cushing. Fiction collection. Cycatrix Press, 2015.

• Gothic Lovecraft, edited by Lynne Jamneck and S. T. Joshi. Fiction anthology. Cycatrix Press, 2015.

• Disexistence, by Paul Kane (writer). Fiction collection. Cycatrix Press, 2015 (tentative; possibly 2016).

As Editor (literary / print)

• Dark Discoveries, magazine. Managing Editor/Art Director/Contributor. Dark Discoveries Publications, 2008–2013.

• The Bleeding Edge: Dark Barriers, Dark Frontiers, anthology. Editor (with William F. Nolan)/Contributor/Designer. Cycatrix Press, 2010. The anthology featured previously unpublished material by Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, William F. Nolan, George Clayton Johnson, Dan O’Bannon, Earl Hamner, Jr., Norman Corwin, John Shirley, and many younger authors, with a foreword by S. T. Joshi. The release was celebrated by an unprecedented signing event in Glendale, Ca at Mystery and Imagination Bookstore where a nearly 90-year-old Bradbury and nearly 100-year-old Corwin greeted hundreds of fans who waited hours to get their copies signed by the fourteen authors in attendance.^[11] The book went on to win an award for Book and Jacket Design from Pacific Printing Industries Association, as well as several Honorable Mentions and a main selection in The Best Horror of the Year, edited by Ellen Datlow.^[12] The book sold-out in its initial run and was re-issued by Hippocampus Press in 2015 as an affordable paperback edition.

• William F. Nolan: A Miscellany, chapbook. Editor/Designer. Dark Discoveries Publications in conjunction with Cycatrix Press, 2011.

• The Devil’s Coattails: More Dispatches from the Dark Frontier, anthology. Editor (with William F. Nolan)/Contributor/Designer. Cycatrix Press, 2012.^[13] The anthology featured previously unpublished material by Ramsey Campbell, Richard Selzer, Gary Braunbeck, and a host of others. The book also went on to win an award for Book and Jacket Design from Pacific Printing Industries Association. A success in hardcover, the book was re-issued by Hippocampus Press in 2015 as an affordable paperback edition.

• Like a Dead Man Walking and Other Shadow Tales (formerly titled The Blood Princess and Other Shadow Tales), fiction collection by William F. Nolan. Editor/Contributor. Formerly with Arkham House, and finally published by Centipede Press due to Arkham House's apparent dissolution, 2014.^[14][15]

• A Darke Phantastique -- Encounters with the Uncanny and Other Magical Things..., anthology. Editor/Contributor/Designer. Cycatrix Press, 2014. A Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award Finalist for 2014, the anthology featured previously unpublished material by over forty writers, including Bradbury, Braunbeck, Nolan, Joshi, Steve Rasnic Tem, Melanie Tem, Cody Goodfellow, Richard Gavin, Mike Allen, Tom Conoboy, Joe R. Lansdale, Ray Garton, Greg Bear, and others. The release was celebrated by two major signing events: the first was again held in Glendale, Ca at Mystery and Imagination Bookstore with eleven contributors, including Joe R. Lansdale, and Dennis Etchison; the second was held at the University Bookstore in Seattle, Wa, and featured S. T. Joshi, W. H. Pugmire, Greg Bear, and several others.

Films

• Charles Beaumont: The Life of Twilight Zone’s Magic Man, documentary. Director/Writer/Producer. Distributed by Sonique Theatre Media; JaSunni Productions, LLC, 2010. An unqualified success, the acclaimed film was invited to have its World Premiere at a sell-out, celebrity-studded event hosted by Sid Grauman's historic Egyptian Theatre (American Cinematheque) in Hollywood, CA, in March, 2010.^[16]

• The AckerMonster Chronicles!, 2014 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award-winning documentary^[17] (about super-fan, Famous Monsters of Filmland editor, and Vampirella creator Forrest J Ackerman). Director/Writer/Producer. Distributed by Sonique Theatre Media; JaSunni Productions, LLC, 2012. Once again, the film was invited to have its World Premiere at a major event hosted by the landmark Aero Theatre (also part of the prestigious American Cinematheque) in Santa Monica, CA to a packed house on what would have been Ackerman's 97th birthday on November 24, 2013, complete with a Birthday Cake Reception and a signing attended by panelists/contributors to the film.

• Image, Reflection, Shadow: Artists of the Fantastic, documentary (regarding metaphorical imagery from Hieronymus Bosch to the present, including Surrealism, Symbolism, and Fantastic Realism, and featuring interviews with H. R. Giger, Ernst Fuchs (artist), Alex Grey, Roger Dean (artist), and a host of others). Director/Writer/Producer. Distributed by Sonique Theatre Media; JaSunni Productions, LLC, (forthcoming) 2015.

Music

• Section forthcoming

Works in Production (forthcoming)

• Strange Interlude: The Many Worlds of Charles Beaumont, bibliography and companion. Editor (with William F. Nolan). TBD, 2017.
• Through Darkness Revealed, novel (formerly titled Inheritance). Author. TBD, 2018.
• Logan Falls, novel (a new sequel in the Logan's Run series). Author (with William F. Nolan), TBD, 2017.^[18]

Personal Influences (partial)

• Cinematic: Dan O’Bannon (a personal friend and mentor),^[19] David Cronenberg, George A. Romero, Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Buñuel, Kurosawa, Brakhage, Roger Corman, Oliver Stone, Dario Argento ^[4]

• Literary: Jorge Luis Borges, H. P. Lovecraft, Kafka, Rod Serling, Bataille, Kurt Vonnegut, W. S. Burroughs, J. G. Ballard, George Orwell, Dante, Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, Homer, Poe, Robbe-Grillet, Richard Selzer, William F. Nolan, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Ray Bradbury, George Clayton Johnson, Charles Beaumont, Dennis Etchison, William Faulkner, Richard Matheson, Emily Dickinson, William Shakespeare ^[4]

• Musical: David Bowie, The Beatles, King Crimson, Anthony Braxton, John Zorn, Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies, Philip Glass, Rush, Segovia, Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, Yes, The Police, classical, jazz, soundtracks, John Coltrane, John McLaughlin

• Visual: Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Ernst Fuchs, Botticelli, Wolfgang Grasse, Beksinski, Bocklin, Vesalius, EC Comics, Francis Bacon, H. R. Giger, Minor White, Helmut Newton ^[4]

Affiliations & Memberships

• Active Member, Horror Writers Association (HWA).
• Member, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).
• Member, International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts (IAFA).
• Member, Photo Marketing Association (PMA).
• Member, Certified Photographic Consultants (CPC).
• Member, Society of Photofinishing Engineers (SPFE).

Awards & Nominations

• Award for Book and Jacket Design 2010, Pacific Printing Industries Association (PPI).
• Award for Book and Jacket Design 2012, Pacific Printing Industries Association (PPI).
• 2014 Rondo Hatton Award for Best Documentary: The AckerMonster Chronicles!.
• 2014 Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in Anthology: A Darke Phantastique: Encounters with the Uncanny and Other Magical Things....
• 2014 Bram Stoker Award Finalist for Superior Achievement in Nonfiction: Disorders of Magnitude: A Survey of Dark Fantasy.
• 2014 Rondo Hatton Award Finalist for Best Book: Disorders of Magnitude: A Survey of Dark Fantasy.

Category/Year/Nominated Work	Awards Body	Result
Book and Jacket Design, 2010 (The Bleeding Edge)	Pacific Printing Industries Association (PPI)	Won
Book and Jacket Design, 2012 (The Devil's Coattails)	Pacific Printing Industries Association (PPI)	Won
Best Documentary, 2014 (The AckerMonster Chronicles!)	Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards	Won
Superior Achievement in Anthology, 2014 (A Darke Phantastique)	Bram Stoker Awards	Nominated
Superior Achievement in Nonfiction, 2014 (Disorders of Magnitude)	Bram Stoker Awards	Nominated
Best Book, 2014 (Disorders of Magnitude)	Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards	Nominated

References (partial)

External links

• JaSunni Productions website
• NAMELESS Digest website
• Jason V Brock at the Internet Movie Database
• Jason V Brock on FaceBook
• Jason V Brock at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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