Broken Frontier

Having recently agreed to terms with a UK publisher to include a story of his for publication in a January 2008 horror omnibus, Joe Monks has announced that he plans to supply an original story for Forte's upcoming Asylum of Horrors project. No release date has been set, but it looks likely that the publisher has his eye on a Fall release date.Monks and Forte have worked together numerous times in the past, beginning with Monks publishing one of Forte's short comic tales in an issue of Cry for Dawn in 1991, and Monks later writing several vampire short stories for Forte's indy title, The Vampire Verses , among other projects.

/>Vicious Circle , the story Monks is currently working on for the anthology, is a bit of a departure from his more recent work. "It has a '50s era feel to it, like an old EC story," says the writer/director. "But it's loaded with gore and grue. It's a fun little piece of splatter."

Monks, whose story Shuteye was recently picked up for publication in a forthcoming UK horror omnibus, was anxious to do something original for Asylum of Horrors. "My film, The Bunker , has been taking up all my time and resources for the past year, so the opportunity to come up with something totally original for Frank was too good an opportunity to pass up. I love working in comics, and the attention my movie is getting has brought a lot more attention to my comic book work."

While everything is in the early stages, Monks expects to have the story to Forte by July 1st, and more information about the project is forthcoming.

You can check out the official Asylum of Horrors site at www.asylumofhorrors.com for updates, and the official Asylum Press home page at www.asylumpress.com