Tonight at 9 p.m., the Lost and the Damned hosts a chat with the legendary Joe Bob Briggs.

Joe Bob is the author of such very funny books as Iron Joe Bob, The Cosmic Wisdom of Joe Bob Briggs,  Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In and Joe Bob Goes Back to the Drive-In, and most recently of the "Profoundly" series of references on weird and cult cinema: Profoundly Erotic and Profoundly Disturbing. In addition, Joe Bob was the host  of TNT's Monstervision and is also an actor and stand-up comic.

You can learn more about Joe Bob at his website: http://www.joebobbriggs.com/

Stop by tonight and chat with Joe Bob at 9 p.m. EST. It'll be worth the trip!

Do you remember Necrofile? Do you miss its great, in-depth critical reviews of major releases in the horror and dark fantasy fields? I know I do, and I've lamented the loss of Necrofile, the absence of critical review venues in the genre, and the lack of much even half-decent genre reviewing in this journal more than once.

Well, something's being done about it. S.T. Joshi and I are co-editing a new review journal of horror and dark fantasy. Dead Reckonings will be issued semi-annually through Hippocampus Press and will contain approximately 35,000 words of essays and shorter reviews per perfect-bound issue.

The first issue will focus on works released or to be released between September of 2006 and March of 2007, and it should be available by the end of this coming February. Reviewers and essayists scheduled for appearance in the first issue include Hank Wagner, Matt Cardin, Paula Guran, John Langan, Michael Marano, Richard Bleiler, June Pulliam, Mike Roden, Ramsey Campbell, and many more.

We are still soliciting materials to review, and if you have finished copies or ARCs of a book recently released or due in the next few months, please query me. I can be contacted at jackharinga _at_ charter(dot) net. When you get in touch, please let me know the publisher of your book, as well as the title and author (I don't know everyone's LJ ID/handle).

It's only serendipitous that I'm making this announcement at the same time there's a kerfluffle in pgtremblay's journal over reviewing.