Cory Skerry: Monsters & Supercreeps

FAQ

Why do you wear makeup?

I'm in the witness protection program, and the mob is looking for an ugly straight guy.

I keep seeing this little key on your site: What's that for?

Click them. I dare you.

Why "plunderpuss"?

Imagine a ship full of ferocious cats who are also pirates. This is what they would shoot toward you.

What will I find in your stories?

Pirates, Egyptian history, glam, marine biology, the old west, gender-bendery, indie comics, dinosaurs, rampant feminism, cryptids, steampunk, noir, and unholy cross-genre marriages between science fiction and fantasy.

What will I find on your bookshelves?

Tad Williams, Carol Berg, Scott Lynch, Lois McMaster Bujold, Neil Gaiman, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Chris Hunt, C. S. Friedman, Richard Adams, Dick Francis, Lawrence Block, and an embarrassingly complete collection of the work of Jonathan Gash. (Hey, we all have our vices.)

What did you get out of Viable Paradise?

I gained more control over my process--now I'm not merely typing a story, but crafting one. Since you can learn the basics for free, I'd say to apply to VP when your fiction is good enough to get personalized rejections from professional markets, but it's still getting rejected.

You have pit bulls? Aren't they dangerous?

Look, it's this simple: they are dogs. The way you raise a dog determines its adult behavior. Dogs with jerk owners are ill-behaved; dogs who belong to me are soppy little cuddlemuffins who want nothing more than to make people laugh. In fact, my dogs might be a wee bit glitterati, if you know what I'm sayin'. They get inappropriately excited when I put on their matching bandannas.

I want to buy you a drink for being so handsome and charming and hilarious.

My 2012 convention schedule is still up in the air, because I don't gots a job. But...

If you're in the Seattle area for the Clarion West Friday parties, perhaps you can be disappointed by me in person. I was accepted as a student for 2012.

Also, if you are accepted into Viable Paradise, I will be there serving you food.

And last, I'd like to attend Orycon, because their art show and workshops are fab, but I'm waiting to see what my job/school situation is like before I commit.