![]() ![]() A lot of seemingly innocuous jokes (“I’ve got good news and bad news.” “What’s the good news, doc?” “Your test results came in, and you only have a week to life.” “That’s the good news? What’s the bad news?” “I’ve been trying to call for six days.”) really aren’t very far removed from horror. Well, they both often feature the element of surprise, and they both often involve terrible things happening to people. Since you’re known as the funniest man in horror, let’s start with something obvious: Why do horror and humor go so well together? His most recent releases are the young adult thriller I Have a Bad Feeling About This and the collection Dead Clown Barbecue. ![]() His novels run from the demented slapstick horror/comedy of Benjamin’s Parasite to the more traditional werewolf tale Wolf Hunt to the intense psychological thriller Pressure, and he’s also provided some of the wittiest genre awards hosting around as emcee of the Bram Stoker Awards presentation for the last few years. He started writing screenplays while still in college, but by the late 1990s he was regularly selling his comedic short horror stories. ![]() Jeff Strand may sometimes be called “the clown prince of horror,” but in truth he’s a multi-talented author whose work spans styles and genres. ![]()
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