Writing/reading horror and literary fiction, working out, eating terrible things, watching abysmal movies while drinking cheap beer and making fun of the dialogue, male buttocks, funny people, my own ego...
Punk, classical (Yo-Yo Ma is a sexy beast), blues (saw Bo Diddley perform in a tiny club back in the late eighties, and wow. Just...Wow), Southern rock, Johnny Cash, Pink Floyd, Otep, Disturbed, System of a Down, Prince, Fleetwood Mac, Patsy Cline, Rob Zombie, Jimi Hendrix, Metallica, Neil Young, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, Tenacious D, Cornershop, Fiona Apple, Motown, 60's and 70's rock & pop, anything that makes me want to put down my beer and dance
Movies
Donnie Darko, The Sweet Hereafter, Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, The Professional, Europa Europa, The Deer Hunter, Cinema Paradiso, The Story of the Weeping Camel, Life is Beautiful, The Full Monty, Fargo, Bubba Ho-Tep, The Gingerdead Man, A Nightmare On Elm Street, Sideways, The Rose Tattoo, Rosemary's Baby, Muriel's Wedding, anything by M. Night Shyamalan (shut up, haters), Shaun of the Dead, The Ring, Audition, The Eye
Television
Documentaries
Lost
CNN
Nurse Jackie
My Life on the D-List
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
Ghost Hunters
Saturday Night Live
History Channel International
National Geographic Channel
Books
Biographies, autobiographies, weird/paranormal/cryptozoology,"The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy, "White Oleander" by Janet Fitch, anything by T.M. Wright, Joyce Carol Oates, John Irving, Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Margaret Atwood, John Shirley, Ramsey Campbell, Tom Piccirilli, Gary Braunbeck, Peter Straub, Mr. Poe, David Sedaris, Al Franken, Harlan Ellison
"The Little Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupery always makes me cry, as does "The Velveteen Rabbit" by Margery Williams...
Heroes
My best friend, Nici (W. Olivia Race, a.k.a. Ms. Olivia)
She lost her courageous fight against breast cancer on October 28, 2007
I love you, dolly.
And my mom, Suzanne Marie, who lost her battle against acute myeloid leukemia on April 28, 2008.
Here we are, sharing a laugh (most likely over my hair).
Sometimes, when it seems I can’t feel any lower, as if the world is mocking me, me in my platform clown shoes and big fat pants, as if the universe has pulled out its starry phallus and taken a galactic piss upon my head, as if the squirrels that titter amongst themselves in my backyard trees are tittering at me, laughing at me as they crunch their nuts and shake their tails in my direction, dismissing my very existence, and the leaves of those trees are whispering insults as I sit on my patio -- me with my platform clown shoes and big fat pants -- something humorous, something warm will pop from the shadows and startle me out of my self-loathing, a fluffy ball of hope, maybe, that floats like a dandelion seed and settles gently on my soul, one that takes root and spreads, eventually covering me in weedy wishes, or a sweaty fist of ham come crashing down, knocking some sense into my stoney skull, and I will smile; yay, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil, for thou art with me, thy dandelion seed and thy sweaty fist of ham, they comfort me, and I shall smile.
I'm a woman on the edge, man.
All right, perhaps not so much on the edge, but I‘m damn well near it.
So, anyway, hey, pleased to meet you! I‘m Lori (that’s Lori with an “L“), but I’m also known as Ms. Lori, Mom, Mommy, Ma, Poopy-Head, and Stupid Dopey-Face. Occasionally, when I’m lucky, I’m also known as L. Lynn Young.
I’ve published a variety of short stories, poems and essays in some lovely places during my woefully intermittent times as L. Lynn Young, places including Borderlands 5, edited by Tom and Elizabeth Monteleone (mass market paperback from Warner Books is titled
From the Borderlands) as well as Best of Borderlands, edited by Elizabeth Monteleone, and most recently, Brutarian Quarterly.
My short story "Womb Full of Poppies" was nominated for inclusion in Best American Short Stories, and "Annabell" (SS) received honorable mention in Year's Best Fantasy and Horror.
(Aw, I can hear your thoughts regarding the BASS nomination -- NO, I do NOT list this in cover letters, nor do I list the following "achievement": My novella, “The Man Who Ate Too Much Backfat,” won the Billy Bob Thornton Prize for Excellence in Literature in 2002. So there. Jealous?)
Oh, and I taste words -- a phenomenon known as lexical-gustatory synesthesia. When I was a child, I thought everyone tasted words. I experienced a rude awakening at age ten, however, when I casually mentioned to a friend that her name tasted like a cold meatloaf sandwich, and she told me I was weird.
Owls are one of my favorite animals. This video is so teeth-tinglingly cute, it makes me want to bite something REALLY HARD.
Who I'd like to meet: President Barack Obama, Stephen King, John Irving, Joyce Carol Oates, Toni Morrison, Conan O'Brien, Margaret Atwood, Christopher Walken, David Bowie, Stephen Colbert, Rob Zombie, Bea Arthur, William Shatner, Oprah, Madonna, Cher, Prince -- anyone who goes by one name, really -- Bill Clinton, Weird Al Yankovic, M. Night Shyamalan, Jack Black, Kathy Griffin, Dr. Tony Attwood, everyone on my friend list...
All the best Jason Hodges, guitarist for melodic metal band Ilium, wildlife rescuer and author of supernatural thrillers! New Ilium album 'Ageless Decay' featuring Mike DiMeo (Riot/Masterplan) on vocals, mixed and mastered by Tommy Hansen out now!
'In my point of view (Ilium have) created the Highlight of the Year 2009!... From the beginning until the End one is able to indulge in the tremendous melodies, to be carried away with the great atmosphere and the great arrangements or simply ingest the energy of the songs. I have been writing now for 8 months for Stormbringer but have not had the need so far to give the highest grade up to now.' - Stormbringer 5/5
To purchase 'Ageless Decay' or any other Ilium product, contact Jason at metalion@tpg.com.au
Hello Ms Lori Best wishes from the North of England. Thank you for your kind words. I shall have a good look round your place, if that's ok? Regards Paul
If you would like to read a sample of one of the stories from ISLINGTON CROCODILES’ you can do that now as one of the stories is posted on the Islington Crocodiles blog page. RAIDERS is the disturbing story of Barwise and Micky.
As Graham Joyce says in his foreword to ISLINGTON CROCODILES, ‘This is the edge.’
Not only are you worshipped in the Czec Republic, you are worshipped by two old folks I know in Macedon! They had such a great time, really renewed their spirits. Thank you!
A young Stephen King? It would probably amuse my last girlfriend to hear you say that, because she made the same comment almost three years ago. I guess the verdict is that I look like a young Stephen King. lol
