Jordan Krall was born and raised in New Jersey. He's married and has a stepdaughter, a son, and a cat named Scooter. Jordan writes bizarro fiction and is influenced by film noir/crime fiction as well as surrealism, horror, and giallo cinema. He is also a teacher. An avid Karate Kid fan (he finds part 3 to be a masterpiece of absurdist cinema), Jordan also finds time to watch a wide range of movies ranging from westerns to slapstick though his favorite genres are horror and film noir. Jordan has also been involved in the harsh noise / experimental music scene for the last 12 years releasing many D.I.Y. cassettes and CDRs over the years on his labels Loud Cat Productions and Childish Tapes. His poetry has been included in issues of Wyrd and Cherry Bleeds. He is currently (as of October 7) working on his third book, a bizarro novel that's a cross between a Spaghetti Western and a giallo. Look for it in 2008.                 FAVORITE BOOKS ARE (in no particular order): Savage Night by Jim Thompson (actually, anything by Thompson) Mr. Majestyk by Elmore Leonard (anything by Leonard) Crash by J.G. Ballad Ubik by Philip K. Dick A Choir of ill Children by Tom Piccirilli Perfume by Patrick Suskind Tattoo of a Naked Lady by  B.D. Kwiatek The Tenant by Roland Topor Perdita Durango by Barry Gifford The Order of Death by Hugh Fleetwood Watchfiends and Rack Screams by Antonin Artaud Detour by Martin M. Goldsmith In the Wake of the Butcher: Cleveland's Torso Murders by James Jessen Badal The Mothman Prophecies by John A. Keel The Universe Maker by A.E. Van Vogt Phantoms by Dean Koontz Bronson's Loose: The Making of the Death Wish Films by Paul Talbot The History of Murder by Colin Wilson Anything by William S. Burroughs. SOME OF HIS FAVORITE MOVIES ARE (in no particular order): Karate Kid 1-3 (especially part 3)                                              Halloween 3: Season of the Witch All films by Andy Miligan                                                             Truth or Consequences, N.M. Eraserhead                                                                                  Lost Highway Blue Velvet                                                                                  The Asphalt Jungle The Big Heat                                                                                The Big Combo Pulp Fiction                                                                                  Videodrome All Charles Bronson movies                                                      Vacancy Children of the Corn                                                                   Gleaming the Cube Horse Feathers                                                                            I Stand Alone The Holy Mountain                                                                      They Live Rocky IV                                                                                        Suspiria Tenebre                                                                                        Sleepless Bird with the Crystal Plumage                                                    Road to Perdition Hardcore                                                                                       Christmas Evil Video Violence                                                                             The Legend of Billie Jean Rolling Thunder                                                                           Blast of Silence Alone in the Dark (1982)                                                              Dead Man's Shoes Unforgiven                                                                                    Eaten Alive (Tobe Hooper)                               Death Proof                                                                                   Asylum of Satan Messiah of Evil                                                                             Last Man on Earth Gozu                                                                                               Shaw Bros. martial arts films Sweet Smell of Success                                                               The Big Gundown Jackie Brown                                                                                 The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly Psycho (and most other Hitchcock films)                                  Tight Spot                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              OTHER INFLUENCES AND INTERESTS: Buddhism True Crime History Seedy motels UFC New Jersey Candy Anything corn-related Wife & family Vincent Price Cats Supernanny Jo Frost The occult COPS