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June 24, 2024

Happy birthday to the dynamic Kasey Lansdale

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Master of many skills, Tachyon publicist Kasey Lansdale is an acclaimed singer, actor, author, editor, and publisher.

Following the popular response to her first two records No More Rain and Back of My Smile (both 2007), Lansdale’s first band Kasey Lansdale & The Daletones opened for country music legend, Ray Price, at several of his concerts throughout Texas. Her albums Know Me (2007) and Never Say Never (2010) appeared before she relocated briefly to Nashville from her native Nacodoches, TX. While there, Lansdale recorded her first full-length album Restless (2013) under the stewardship of executive producer John Carter Cash. The single “Sorry Ain’t Enough” (2013) debuted at #4 on the National MPE Downloads Chart. She opened for Wyonna Judd in 2016. A member of the Country Music Association, her music has been featured in the film Cold in July and Hap and Leonard TV series.

Lansdale brought her acting talents to Christmas with the Dead (2012), Hap and Leonard (2017), and Lovers in a Dangerous Time (2021). She lent her voice talents to the animated series The Reflection (2017) and for audio readings of George R. R. Martin’s Wild Cards. Lansdale appeared as herself and sang on the Animal Planet show Finding Bigfoot (2016).

Her first short story publication, “The Companion” (1995), co-written when she was eight years old with her brother Keith and her famous father Joe R., was adapted for the Shudder TV series Creepshow. Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts’ Casebook of Horrors (2018) and Dark Kin (2023) collects stories co-written with her father. She made her graphic novel scripting debut with The Case of the Bleeding Wall (2024 co-writer Joe R. and art by Daniele Serra) As an editor, Lansdale helmed Fresh Blood & Old Bones (2012) and Impossible Monsters (2013). Because apparently she doesn’t believe in sleep, Lansdale is also the publisher of Pandi Press. Originally created to publish Joe R.’s work, the press has recently began to publish others beginning with books by Del Howison.

All of us at Tachyon, wish the amazing, dizzifying Kasey a happy birthday. Try and take the day off to enjoy your birthday. You’ve earned it.

June 24, 2023

Happy birthday to the dynamic Kasey Lansdale

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Master of many skills, Tachyon publicist Kasey Lansdale is an acclaimed singer, actor, author, editor, and publisher.

Her first short story publication, “The Companion” (1995), co-written when she was eight years old with her brother Keith and her famous father Joe R., was adapted for the Shudder TV series Creepshow. Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts’ Casebook of Horrors (2018) and Dark Kin (2023) collects stories co-written with her father. As an editor, Lansdale helmed Fresh Blood & Old Bones (2012) and Impossible Monsters (2013). Because apparently she doesn’t believe in sleep, Lansdale is also the publisher of Pandi Press. Originally created to publish Joe R.’s work, the press has recently began to publish others beginning with books by Del Howison.

All of us at Tachyon, wish the amazing, dizzifying Kasey a happy birthday. Try and take the day off to enjoy your birthday. You’ve earned it.

June 24, 2022

Happy birthday to the dynamic Kasey Lansdale

Rick Klaw birthday, blog birthday, kasey lansdale, Sorry Ain’t Enough, terror is our business

Master of many skills, Tachyon publicist Kasey Lansdale is an acclaimed singer, actor, author, editor, and publisher.

Her first short story publication, “The Companion” (1995), co-written when she was eight years old with her brother Keith and her famous father Joe R., was adapted for the Shudder TV series Creepshow. Terror is Our Business (2018) collects the Dana Roberts supernatural tales, co-written with her father. As an editor, Lansdale helmed Fresh Blood & Old Bones (2012) and Impossible Monsters (2013). Because apparently she doesn’t believe in sleep, Lansdale is also the publisher of Pandi Press. Originally created to publish Joe R.’s work, the press has recently began to publish others beginning with books by Del Howison.

All of us at Tachyon, wish the amazing, dizzifying Kasey a happy birthday. Try and take the day off to enjoy your birthday. You’ve earned it.

July 1, 2021

Join Joe R. Lansdale, Ellen Datlow, and Kasey Lansdale for Camp V-Con

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Join the esteemed pair of award-wining writer Joe R. Lansdale and acclaimed editor Ellen Datlow alongside author and Tachyon publicist Kasey Lansdale for Camp V-Con, July 15-18.

As we’re sure you already know, Camp Necon will be virtual this July due to circumstances that need no explanation. We’re calling it Camp V-Con, and our goal is to hold an event that provides as close to a full Necon experience as possible without physically being together.

Most of Camp V-Con’s programming will be held on UMass-Lowell’s digital platform. It works just like Zoom, only no one needs their own account or any third party software. Best of all, it’s also secure, so we don’t have to worry about trolls or bigots harassing our Campers. The University will supply us access links for their platform closer to the event, and we’ll provide them to all attendees once they do. We have also set up a Camp V-Con Discord channel to essentially act as our “virtual quad,” and we plan to send out a tech primer with everything Campers will need to know to access Camp V-Con in the coming weeks.

Once again, Camp V-Con is FREE to all Campers who are already registered for Necon 40 (now being held July 21st to 24th, 2022). Registration for all other Campers IS NOW OPEN HERE. The cost is $25.00 for the virtual weekend.
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There is plethora of events, several with the Lansdales and Datlow.

FRIDAY, JULY 16th

1:00PM ET — 1:50PM ET — Making Your Word(s) Count: The Best Short Fiction of the Pandemic

An online version of our annual “Frank Michaels Errington Five Star Books Kaffeeklatsch, but for short fiction. I’m sure for more than a few of us, short fiction has been a solace during a time where it’s hard to maintain focus.
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS: Daniel Braum, Ellen Datlow, doungjai gam, Rena Mason, Kyle Rader, Angela Yuriko Smith, Morgan Sylvia, John F.D. Taff, Sheri White

SATURDAY, JULY 17th

3:30PM ET — 4:20PM ET — Are You Jekyll or Are You Hyde: The Art of Collaborating with Another Author

We almost filled this panel only with people who had collaborated with Christopher Golden or Jim Moore, but the UMass-Lowell digital platform caps us at twenty participants.
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS: Stephen Bissette, Kasey Lansdale (M), Izzy Lee, Charles Rutledge, John Skipp, L.L.Soares, Jeff Strand, Bev Vincent

5:30PM ET — 6:20PM ET — Dead to Rights: The Intersection of Crime and Horror Fiction

At what point does a “suspense” novel become a “thriller,” and at what point does a “thriller” reach “horror” status? A generation ago, we may have asked if these distinctions were remotely relevant for anyone outside of a publisher’s marketing department. Of course, with every author now tasked with marketing their own work, these questions have never been more relevant for authors straddling the crime and horror genres.
CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS: Dana Cameron, Gabino Iglesias, Nick Kaufmann (M), Toni L.P. Kelner, Joe Lansdale, Tim Waggoner, Doug Winter, Rio Youers

May 23, 2018

HAP AND LEONARD tackles societal problems in an unapologetic yet humorous manner

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The cancellation of the popular and acclaimed SundanceTV series Hap and Leonard has not sat well with fans.

Jonita Davis for BLACK GIRL NERDS argues that the show was cancelled because tv execs were not comfortable with the show’s uncomfortable content.

There hasn’t been a show in a long tine that embodied so many important tropes depicted in such natural forms. Thee now-cancelled AMC SundanceTV show “Hap and Leonard” took on several problem areas in modern society with an unapologetic yet humorous manner. From the toxic white feminine complacency to the conservative black gay man and the black woman driven to her death by racism and misogyny, the show never shed away from a subject.

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There won’t be another show like “Hap and Leonard”, In fact, the next shows lined up bu SundanceTV center whiteness once again with three white women in the lead and no POC to be found so far. Fortunately, we will have Lansdale’s extensive collection of books about our characters on display and ready to read.

The whole fiasco shows us that, until the tv execs get comfortable airing uncomfortable content, we will never be able to keep a great show like “Hap and Leonard”.

Fans have started the petition: Netflix or Amazon should pick up future seasons of Hap and Leonard!

The Sundance Channel cancelled a much-beloved show with many loyal viewers (that they did little to promote) and after 3 great seasons, there’s are many more Hap and Leonard books ready to be adapted.

One of the prime streaming channels like Netflix or Amazon should and allow the current fans and future fans to find this wonderful series!

For 1428 ELM, Susan Leighton shares a lengthy 2 part interview with Joe R. Lansdale.

From Part 1:

1428 Elm: Let’s talk Bubba Ho-Tep. Knowing that Elvis spent time in Gladewater, were you a fan? What was the genesis for the short story that became one of the most beloved cult classics of all time?

JL: First of all, the genesis for it would be that I grew up with Elvis. Of course, my brother had that loose connection with him. It was almost like he was a distant cousin in a strange way.

In many ways because of him, I discovered all of these different types of music. Without Elvis, a lot of white kids would never have known about black music, country music and folk music because they were all connected to what he did.

That meant a lot to me. So, when I was asked to write an Elvis story, I had this title in my head. Bubba Ho-Tep which I thought would be a funny thing for a mummy story.

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Part 2:

428 Elm: Sorry to hear about the cancellation of this terrific show. What are your takeaways from your time with Sundance and being one of the producers?

JL: James Purefoy and I were talking via email and neither one of us are sad. We had three great seasons. If we would have been able to continue we would have been more enthusiastic to do so. We’re both very content.

Fans were even disappointed and angry. I don’t think there is anything to be angry about. My takeaway is that Sundance treated me very well.

We were hoping it would move somewhere else but it didn’t. It was a wonderful experience. I met some great people.

I am working on the Bottoms which my friend Bill Paxton was supposed to direct. He was such a great guy with such a great vision of the film and his direction would have been awesome.

We have other plans, I’m not going to say what because that’s confidential. I am excited about it. I will be a producer on it. Although I am not the absolute producer on it, I hope to be more involved with it.

I am trying to be a more active producer on other projects of mine or a more absolute producer. So, we’ll see what happens.

Michael Patrick Hicks at HIGH FEVER BOOKS praises the forthcoming collection Terror Is Our Business: Dana Roberts’ Casebook of Horrors
by Joe R Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale.

Terror is Our Business collects the Dana Roberts stories, previously published elsewhere, into a single volume, along with a new story, “The Case of the Ragman’s Anguish,” that is exclusive to this story. The book is split pretty evenly, with the first half devoted to stories written solely by Joe R. Lansdale, with the back-half featuring stories co-written by Joe and his daughter, Kasey Lansdale.

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Following Kasey’s introduction to this collection, we are introduced to a woman named Jana, initially in a stand-alone story focused solely on her encounter with the paranormal, before joining Dana’s investigations for the final two casebooks. Jana is a bit more my style – she’s fun, witty, has a bit of mouth on her, says things without thinking, and is pretty much always in way over her head. Dana, on the other hand, is very reserved and proper, an upper-class sort of personality. Jana is her Watson to Dana’s Holmes, and becomes our window into the world of the supernormal for the collection’s back-half. Once Kasey and Jana hit the pages, the stories become livelier and Dana finally has a counterpoint, a polar opposite, to act against. The burgeoning friendship between these personalities present an entertaining foil. The last two stories present supernormal threats that are also unabashedly Lovecraftian, which hit a particular sweet spot for me. While Jana presents an airier narrative voice than the stuffier gentleman author transcribing a moneyed ghost hunter’s adventures, the introduction of cosmic threats really tickled me, even if the stories still follow the by-now well-established Dana Roberts’ Casebook story formula.

All in all, Terror is Our Business: Dana Roberts’ Casebook of Horrors is a largely delightful introduction to this investigator, but it took a while for me to connect with the work as a whole. It’s not really until the last couple stories that everything began to click for me, and it’s clear that Kasey Lansdale’s influence was key to the development of Dana Roberts and helped give the series a fresher perspective. I do hope to see more of Dana and Jana, as well as Joe and Kasey as collaborators, in the future though.

For more info about HAP AND LEONARD: BLOOD AND LEMONADE, visit the Tachyon page.

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