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In September of 2012, Jacob Strunk and Dominic Aulisio ventured into the dark heart of New England. "Robe of Bones" is the bastard child born in the back of their rental car. Available in a coffee table version and as a free download, "Robe of Bones" consists of black and white 35mm photography, black & white 16mm film, and original songs inspired by locals and locales alike.

"This is the Place" screens June 23 and 24 at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. Buy tickets online or at the door. Two screenings, and it's next to the beer tent. No excuses.

"This is the Place" screened April 16th, 2010 at the Wisconsin Film Festival. Square 77 and Madison.com were kind enough to review the film and the Q&A. Read it here.

FilmSensei.com conducted an interview about "This Is the Place" and life as a "guerrilla filmmaker wunderkind" in general. It may amuse you. Read it here.

"This is the Place" screens April 16, 2010 at the Wisconsin Film Festival. Info and tickets here.

"This is the Place," which premiered at the Olympia Film Festival in November of 2009, will screen March 5th at the Fargo Film Festival and in April at the Wisconsin Film Festival.

The short story "Bats" appears in the latest edition of "The Feral Pages," who call it a "twisted, slipstreamy tale of depravity." If that sounds like fun, head here.

Since we're being cheery, check out this footage of a beautiful moment between beast...and beast, captured on the DL (as the kids say) during a recent expedition to Texas. Super Top Secret Spy Pony.

And something for the kids...if you're a "tweep," please follow on Twitter.

"this is the place." a new film. 2009. premieres friday, november 13 at the olympia film festival.

"ghosts : decay : part iii." conceived by jacob strunk with ann rosenquist fee. proudly shot on kodak 8mm film stock on a hand-wound bell & howell camera; casco bay, maine.

The short story "Fireglass" has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, one of the most renowned literary awards for poetry and short stories in America. "Fireglass" was previously nominated for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web Print Anthology. It appeared in the journal Toasted Cheese. You can read it here.

SEBRING...., a feature length documentary about legendary stylist Jay Sebring by 1010 Films, has gone public. Anthony DiMaria is directing; Jacob Strunk and Johnny Bishop are producing. The Hollywood Reporter did a brief write up; you can see it here.

The cheery short story Fireglass can be found in the September issue of literary journal Toasted Cheese. Read it here. UPDATE: Fireglass has been nominated for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2008 print anthology.

Sometime in the summer of '08, Chris Hardwick and Jacob Strunk got together over Arrowhead water and breakfast burritos to rectify an affront on the geek world simmering nigh these past 25 years. You can bask in the 58 seconds of Flash-encoded justice HERE, courtesy of Nerdist.com.

Farmhouse Magazine's summer '08 issue features the photograph "Diner, Salton Sea" in the visual art section. Farmhouse published the short story "William Something and the Great American Dream" in 2005.

LIFE, LOVE & THE DEAR DEPARTED
The new DVD anthology. Includes "Another Happy Ending," "These Things We Say Out Loud," "Mr. Butters Syndrome" and the perennial favorites. All in pretty packaging for $6.66. Also, some fashionable stuff made of cotton and a sweet mug. As always, a portion of the proceeds goes to The First Amendment Project, protecting our right to expression.

MR. BUTTERS SYNDROME
A new short film by Jacob Strunk. Featuring Ethel Mayville and Prince Parise. Original music by Austin Wintory. Songs by Solyoni. Premieres in Fargo as part of...

AN EVENING OF FILMS AND MUSIC
October 23, 2007. Hosted by Jacob Strunk. The kick-off to Moving Words: The 2007 New Rivers Press Literary Festival. Includes films by Jason Reitman, the Duplass brothers, Ian Vollmer and more. Afterparty at the historic Hotel Donaldson in downtown Fargo.

INDOOR VOICES v3.2
826LA's monthly reading series. This month (November '07) promises to be fantastic, with a line-up including J. Ryan Stradal. Also, this month's will be the inaugural event at the new 826LA East space in LA's Echo Park neighborhood. Much fun to be had by all!

Thursday, October 4.
1174 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, California
Merrymaking at 7:30. Readings at 8:00.

AND THE WAR CAME
Top five finalist for the Stonecoast 2007 Book Prize judged by Katha Pollit. Onward.

A page finally exists for "These Things We Say Out Loud."

"EAST BY GOD!!" was a finalist for the 2007 Glimmer Train Short Story Award.

ATTACK OF THE PAPER TIGER
Jacob Strunk is Rain Tiger's April 2007 Spotlight Artist. Apologies for the late notice, but while the dead travel fast, sometimes news travel more slowly than we'd like...

THESE THINGS WE SAY OUT LOUD
This short experimental piece was produced in conjunction with the Cinematic Film2Music Competition. Please cast your vote for the Audience Award HERE. You can watch the film HERE.

BLACK TIE (version)
Just in time for Halloween, a rethinking of an old standard available as a free download in .mp3 format HERE.

Sex and Crowbars, the two piece color coordinated folk rock death march outfit comprised of Madame Ann Rosenquist Fee and Mr. Strunk, will be performing in Moorhead, Minnesota, October 19th at the Feast of Words literary festival hosted by New Rivers Press. Tambourines will be tapped. Strings will be strummed. The fiery daemon of rock will be in house. The blood will flow like wine. Or vodka. Poetry. Singing. Laughing. Gnashing of teeth.

THE WEEKLY READER
A radio program hosted by Rachael Hanel, part of "Minnesota Morning" on KMSU. Features an interview and reading from the forthcoming novel. Many exciting insights and at least two (2) censored expletives expected. Airs September 7th; 10:30 a.m. Central, 8:30 a.m Pacific. The program is now archived here.

READING IN VENICE
Wednesday, August 23rd.
826 LA (SPARC Building); Venice, California.
Roosevelt Wardell, Ben Acker, Jacob Strunk and more.
Happy hour begins at 6. Readings at 7. Quiet introspection at 9.
Laughs. Drama. Hugs. Bloodshed. Corona.

The 2006 World Horror Convention is being held May 11th-14th in San Francisco.

BUILDING A FAN BASE
How does one go from having readers to having fans?
Guests: Jacob Strunk (moderator), Simon Wood, Jeff Strand, Alan Beatts, Michael Laimo
Friday Noon - 1 p.m.
WRITING THE OTHER
Creating characters outside the author's own gender, ethnicity, culture or sexual orientation.
Guests: Rita Oakes, Jacob Strunk, Lucien Soulban, Michael A. Arnzen, Thomas M. Sipos
Friday 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Peter Straub and Bill Moseley are two of this year's distinguished guests. More information -- including the full schedule, how to get there and how to purchase tickets -- can be found at the Convention's website.

ENTERING NEW TERRITORY
Stories & Poems by the students of Roosevelt High School; East Los Angeles
Introduction by Antonio Villaraigosa; Mayor of Los Angeles
Brought to you by 826LA. Purchase.

LIFE, LOVE & THE DEAR DEPARTED
An Evening of Short Films
February 26th, 2006; 7:00 p.m.
Pioneer Theatre -- 155 East 3rd Street; New York, NY
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Keep the rock alive... RIP: 1979 - 2003

The third pressing of the Valhalla & Other Tales of Intrigue DVD is sold out. A new DVD release is forthcoming; patience, please...

Updates to For The Press area...

Baby Jesus wants you to give a gift donation this year instead of fruitcake or the new John Grisham novel. Support 826LA's literacy outreach. Click here or face eternal hellfire.

Please enjoy the new layout. But not too much...

New additions to The Future.

BAR 5, an experimental live theatre piece, opens November 8th in Hollywood, California. Jacob Strunk is one of five writers, each of whom crafted an original, unique sequence as a part of the whole. BAR 5 runs at Theatre 68 on Sunset Blvd. November 8th through December 14th, every Tuesday & Wednesday at 8 p.m.

On Thursday, November 3 at 7:30pm, Jacob will be reading from his upcoming novel as a part of "Indoor Voices," hosted by 826LA, the Los Angeles chapter of 826 National, the literacy outreach and tutoring non-profit started in San Francisco by Pulitzer Prize finalist & author Dave Eggers. Make an online donation. RSVP for the readings.

The 5th Annual Sometime in October Film Festival in Wilmington, N.C. will be screening SAND COUNTRY and VALHALLA the first weekend of October. SAND COUNTRY will show on Saturday, October 1st from 4pm to 6pm in the "Let Us See Your Shorts" film block. VALHALLA will show from 10pm to 12am in the "Celluloid Cauldron" film block. A short Q&A with the filmmaker will follow.

Jacob Strunk's short story Black Tie will appear in the upcoming anthology "Scary Stories - Series #003." The book will be available through Barnes and Noble and other retailers later this year. A book release party is being held at Cinespace in Hollywood on Friday, August 26th. The author WILL NOT be in attendance, but all are encouraged to go. Advanced copies of the book will be available for sale and many of the authors will be there to sign copies.

2005 is the 10th Anniversary of the legendary One Reel Film Festival in Seattle, the most highly-attended short film festival in the country. Jacob Strunk has been invited to participate in the One Reel Filmmaker Challenge, in which ten filmmakers from around the world selected by curator Warren Etheredge craft a filmic response to a philosophical question. Strunk's film will premiere Labor Day weekend in Seattle, Washington at the festival.

Really Scary has published an announcement for REVENANT. It can be downloaded as a .pdf in the PRESS section.

World famous horror rag Fangoria talks REVENANT. You can download it as a .pdf in the newly retooled PRESS section.

The Horror Channel's Dread Central did a brief, but very nice bit on REVENANT on June 18th. You can also find it as a .pdf in the PRESS section.

The June 7th radio interview with Jacob Strunk from Picture's Up! is now online and available for download here, archived in the PRESS section.

On Tuesday, June 7th, 2005, Jacob Strunk will be the featured guest on Picture's Up!, the premiere talk radio program about independent film, hosted by Bart Cameron. The show will be archived in the PRESS section after it has aired.

Cracked Lenses, an online collection of literature and art edited by Jacob Strunk, has been launched. Please visit www.crackedlenses.com to check it out and for submission information.

Just announced: the music video for Tonight by Nate Eckman, directed by Jacob Strunk.

NEW FEATURE: SHOP, featuring goodies and art film propaganda to call your very own.

Jacob Strunk has been asked to appear as part of a panel discussion at the 2005 World Horror Convention in New York, NY in early April of '05. The convention will also host a screening of Valhalla. The schedule has not yet been released.

A Shadow Before Sunrise and Valhalla will be screened at the Arlene's Grocery Picture Show in New York City. The festival runs April 22 - May 16. The schedule has not yet been released.

The Valediction audiobook is now available. It is read by Molly Mayville. Check the FICTION section.

New material has been added to the FICTION section. The audiobook Crutch (read by Prince Parise) is available for download in .mp3 format.

Stone, a short film by Jacob Strunk, is now online. This is the third internet-only film in the continuing series...

NEW FEATURE: FEEDBACK - What People Are Saying About Jacob Strunk. This page is still in development, so expect material to be added in the near future...

Film Threat has published an absolutely scathing review of VALHALLA. Film enthusiasts beware...

On January 16th, sevenmileswest.com was hacked by an exceedingly clever fellow calling himself CRACKRZ. General havoc was wreaked, but the vulnerability has been addressed and the damage has been fixed. Apologies for an inconvenience.

Balance, a short film by Jacob Strunk, is now online. This is the second internet-only film in the continuing series...

The Showroom, a short work of fiction by Jacob Strunk, is available for download at Sheriff Satan Studios. The Showroom is also available as a part of Valediction, currently available for purchase.

The Sunrise premiere has come and gone. Thanks to all who came and made it a success. Information about all the future screenings and festivals will be made available here as it is available. Updates to the Fiction page regarding Valediction.

It's here...10.2.2004... A Shadow Before Sunrise premieres in competition at the New York International Independent Film & Video Festival. Laemmle Fairfax Theatre, West Hollywood. Tickets will be available online soon...

The 1 Reel Film Festival has asked to screen Valhalla. Screening will be September 5th, 2004 at 7:00 PM in Seattle, Washington. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Jacob Strunk.

Valhalla will be screened at the Utah Short Film Festival - June 14, 9:00 P.M. - in Salt Lake City. A Day Awake was screened at last year's...

Valhalla was selected as a finalist for the student Academy Awards. Screening: May 1st; Portland, OR.