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Dustin

Dustin La Valley, Blunt Force Drama

About Me

Writer, editor, screenwriter & martial artist.

Writer - The Bleeding; A Child's Guide to Death; Lowlife Underdogs, collection forthcoming from RDSP; the collaberations The Ultimate Slasher Movies and 10 Nails On A Screaming Chalkboard among many other short stories and non-fiction scattered in anthologies, magazines, ezines and graphic novel.

"Haunting and subtle, beautifully and creepily rendered, LaValley's tales raise the bar to what modern horror should be. Stylistically poetic and as honest as you can get, LaValley's debut collection is not to be missed!" --Ronald Damien Malfi, author, The Fall of Never

"Only the best of writers can make you feel sorry for a zombie, and Dustin LaValley is one of them. He writes with emotional guts and isn't afraid to spill them in the most artful and deranged ways imaginable. This chapbook is sure to be a collectable someday; for now, for those of us lucky enough to be ‘in the know,’ this is to be savored as a great introduction to a powerful new writer!" -- Michael Arnzen, author of Play Dead and Rigormarole

"Everywhere in LaValley's writing there is the starkness of honesty, and a depth of comprehension that can only come from enduring true suffering. As with any accomplished artist he transforms real experience into unreal beliefs of humanity's triumphs and failures. What is unique here is the intensity of his vision-his is dark literature in which the reader is struck repeatedly from unexpected angles, completely defenseless and eventually beaten into submission." --John Edward Lawson, author of Pocket Full of Loose Razorblades

"A very cool range of creative vision and quite a mastery of the stream-on-consciousness style that's engaging, grim, and elucidating at the same time. In all, very powerful and unique work."--Edward Lee, author of City Infernal.

Editor - Assistant Editor for RDSP.

Screenwriter - Co-writer of Rise of the Ghosts, and the short slasher film, YN3: Pajama Party Massacre. Currently at work on a few collaborations.

Martial Artist - Sensei, assistant instructor, Seito Shito Ryu karate and student of Okinawan ju jutsu.I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)

My Interests

Writing. Editing. Working out. Seito Shito Ryu karate. Okinawan ju jutsu. Reading. Pool? Road trips. Horror conventions. Jogging. Biking. Shows. Tattoo.

I'd like to meet:

Rod Serling.

Music:

Hardcore. Metal. Blues. Jazz. Rockabilly. Psychobilly.

Movies:

All genres, but mostly horror.

Television:

Batman: The Animated Series. The Simpsons. Tales From the Crypt. Animaniacs. Pinky and The Brain.

Books:

Ketchum. Lee. Lawson. Malfi. Musashi. Keene. Landsdale. Palahniuk. Thompson. Barker. Crowther. Bloom. Knipfel. Burroughs. Poe. Elbom. Defoe. Irving. Melville. Moore. Hemingway. Tomblin.

Heroes:

Those who have lived and died respectfully.

My Blog

3 NEW BOOKS FOR 2008

LOWLIFE UNDERDOGSrelease date - 2008publisher - Raw Dog Screaming Presshttp://www.rawdogscreaming.com/lowlife.htmlLaValley&rsq uo;s collection of stories drags us under to face the lows of societythe ...
Posted by Dustin on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:27:00 PST

THE ULTIMATE SLASHER MOVIES

Coming from Hadesgate Publishing/Gorezone Magazine in 2008, The Ultimate Slasher Movies.  Read on and visit the website. Just some of the contents on offer:NICK CATO, BRYN HAMMOND, MARK BENNETT, ...
Posted by Dustin on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:04:00 PST

10 NAILS ON A SCREAMING CHALKBOARD

Follow the link to view the upcoming release of the graphic novel, 10 Nails on a Screaming Chalkboard.  10 writers, one artist, included stories by D. Harlan Wilson, John Edward Lawson, Dust...
Posted by Dustin on Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:15:00 PST

LOWLIFE UNDERDOGS - COMING 2008

Dear Suicidal Lurkers, Follow the link for a glimpse at my new short story collection, Lowlife Underdogs.  http://www.rawdogscreaming.com/lowlife.html Sincerly, Dustin...
Posted by Dustin on Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:42:00 PST

REVIEWS - A CHILDS GUIDE TO DEATH

Take a gander at the following reviews for the collaboration, A Child's Guide to Death. http://www.dreadcentral.com/node/25383 http://www.cinemaeulogies.com/Childs_guide_to_death.htm From the reviews ...
Posted by Dustin on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:25:00 PST

INTERVIEW AND NEW COLLABERATION

..> ..> Just Announced 10 Nails on a Screaming Chalkboardedited and illustrated by Brandon Duncan coming 2008 Illustrated Bizarro collaboration including stories by D. Harlan Wilson, John Edward ...
Posted by Dustin on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:01:00 PST

A CHILD’S GUIDE TO DEATH - REVIEW

Check out the kick-ass review of A Child's Guide to Death up at ICanSmellYourBrains.com and pick up a copy. http://www.icansmellyourbrains.com/index.php?page=book&c md=view&entryid=11...
Posted by Dustin on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:21:00 PST

A CHILD’S GUIDE TO DEATH - NOW AVAILABLE

It's official!  A Child's Guide to Death is now ready for purchase.  Check it out at RDSP or Amazon and pick up a copy. -Dustin...
Posted by Dustin on Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:04:00 PST

A CHILD’S GUIDE TO DEATH - PRE-ORDER

What's up sluts? Take a look at the following and drool in awe of my creative endavor. An irreverent and illustrated look at the ABC's of death featuring 26 ways to die, one for each letter of the alp...
Posted by Dustin on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 02:22:00 PST

ROCK AND SHOCK

I had a great time at Rock and Shock this weekend.  Rob, Erin, Sarah, Matt (BooBoo), Beth and I made the trip.  We met some amazing celebrities and saw Type O Negative and Creature Feature, ...
Posted by Dustin on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:39:00 PST