JASON V BROCK is an award-winning and -nominated writer, editor, filmmaker, composer, artist, scholar, and speaker. He has been widely published online, in comic books, magazines, nonfiction works, and anthologies, such as THE PS BOOK OF FANTASTIC FICTIONEERS, DISORDERS OF MAGNITUDE (Nonfiction Finalist for both the Bram Stoker Award and the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards), THE DARK SEA WITHIN: TALES & POEMS, FUNGI, WEIRD FICTION REVIEW (print edition), FANGORIA, S. T. Joshi's BLACK WINGS series, and many, many others. He describes his Pushcart Prize-nominated work as Dark Magical Realism. He has mentored numerous other writers who have likewise gone on to be nominated for and/or earn Clarion West scholarships, as well as World Fantasy, Bram Stoker, and other awards. In addition, he administers the Estate of the late William F. Nolan (LOGAN'S RUN).
Brock was Art Director/Managing Editor of DARK DISCOVERIES magazine for more than four years, and publishes a pro journal called [NAMEL3SS], which can be found on Twitter/X: @NAMELESS_DIGEST, and on the Interwebs at HTTP://WWW.NAMELESSDIGEST.COM. In addition, Brock and his wife, Sunni, run CYCATRIX PRESS (a few of their books include A DARKE PHANTASTIQUE [Bram Stoker Award Finalist], THE BLEEDING EDGE, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated debut short story collection THE MIRRORS by author Nicole Cushing). They also have a technology consulting business.
As a filmmaker, his works include the critically acclaimed documentaries CHARLES BEAUMONT: THE LIFE OF TWILIGHT ZONE'S MAGIC MAN, THE ACKERMONSTER CHRONICLES! (Winner of the 2014 Rondo Hatton Award for Best Documentary), and IMAGE, REFLECTION, SHADOW: ARTISTS OF THE PHANTASTIQUE. He is the primary composer and instrumentalist/singer for his band, CHIAROSCURO.
Popular as a speaker and panelist, he has been a Special Guest at numerous film fests, conventions, and educational events, and was the 2015 Editor Guest of Honor for ORYCON 37, the largest science fiction convention in Oregon. Brock loves his wife, their family of herptiles, travel, and vegan/vegetarianism. He is active on social sites such as Facebook/Threads (WWW.THREADS.NET/@JASONVBROCK), Bluesky (@JASONVBROCK.BSKY.SOCIAL), and Twitter/X (@JASONVBROCK), and their personal website/blog, HTTP://WWW.JASUNNI.COM.
**2021 Pushcart Prize Nominee (SHORT FICTION): "Verlassen"**
**2015 Bram Stoker Award Finalist (BEST ANTHOLOGY): A DARKE PHANTASTIQUE**
**2015 Bram Stoker Award Finalist (BEST NONFICTION BOOK): DISORDERS OF MAGNITUDE: A SURVEY OF DARK FANTASY**
**2015 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award Finalist (BEST BOOK): DISORDERS OF MAGNITUDE: A SURVEY OF DARK FANTASY**
**2014 Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award Winner (BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM): THE ACKERMONSTER CHRONICLES!**
