The other good news is, this frees me up to devote the rest of my life to making movies and music, which is the source of all my joy right now, and pretty much all that I want to do. And it was super-gratifying to have Josh Malerman say, in his intro, that he thought it was my best. It feels like I finally wrote my life's mission statement, got it all off my chest. I think it's the most personal thing I've written, and also has the widest range of concerns. The good news is, I really love the book. And when I finished compiling Don't Push the Button – which is a collection of like 16 short stories, including two sets of ABCs, which amount to 26 short-shorts apiece, on top of a couple short screenplays, a couple essays, and an introduction to each and every one – I sorta felt like I'd said everything I had to say in book form. For anyone who wants to read me, I've left a sizable paper trail. I've published 25 books as author and/or anthologist, so it's not like I'm ripping you guys off or anything. I'm just retiring from writing and publishing fiction.
JOHN SKIPP: To be clear, I'm not retiring from making weird shit. Tell me about your final project, "Don't Push the Button", and what your future goals are.
TRISH WILSON: You are announcing your retirement after 40 plus years writing. From young agitator to hilarious elder statesman, Skipp remains one of genre fiction's most colorful characters. His work ranges from hardcore horror to whacked-out Bizarro to scathing social satire, all brought together with his trademark cinematic pace and intimate, unflinching, unmistakable voice. His anthology Book of the Dead was the beginning of modern post-Romero zombie literature. His early novels from the 1980s and 90s pioneered the graphic, subversive, high-energy form known as splatterpunk. John Skipp is a New York Times bestselling author, editor, film director, zombie godfather, compulsive collaborator, musical pornographer, black-humored optimist and all-around Renaissance mutant. You can listen to Skipp's song "Nothing is Wrong": the link is at the bottom of this interview. John Skipp confabbing with star Kayla Dixon as they set up the next camera setup for the movie "Doppelbanger." See the trailer HERE. HOME ABOUT FICTION POETRY ART SUBMIT NEWS MORBID PUBLISHERS OTHER.MAGAZINES CONTACT HELLBOUND BEST GHOSTS JOHN.SKIPP REVIEWSĪn interview with the New York Times best-selling author, film director, and musican John Skipp
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