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21/01/2022

24/11/2021

What goes on under the hood in Jowsey Jones’s comedy mind? We sat down with our favourite crackpot author and asked the big questions about his debut SFF farce, Blazing Coffins. Here’s what he said:
The Two Vics: Jowsey, why on earth do you write this stuff? Isn’t it bad for your health?
Jowsey Jones: It’s probably worse for my health if I don’t let it out. All these puns are rattling around in there, kicking each other in the shins, and to be honest, it gets quite loud. After a while I learned to rope them together into some semblance of a story then open the gates and push them out screaming into the world. A bit like the first arena scene in Gladiator, really. A lot of sniffy people say they really don’t like this kind of humour, especially if it’s laced with sarcasm and puns. But in my experience there are plenty who do—there’s a lot of therapeutic benefit in a good old guffaw at something truly ludicrous. Think back to the stage farces of old, or the loopy slapstick of silent movies. Sure, they aren’t Shakespeare, but they’re cathartic—a way to let off steam after a crummy day. Who doesn’t need a good hoot on a regular basis?

18/11/2021

Here at Two Vics Publishing we reckon Jowsey Jones is the hottest comedy fantasy voice in town and his debut farce Blazing Coffins (first in The Monster Twins series) is a blast!
In the oddball town of Monsterey, Theda and Wolfie are The Monster Twins and boy, do they have their hands full in this madcap romp with a mind-boggling cast of monstrosities. Sad sack Theda wakes from a horrible hex and finds there is more to life than drudgery in her uncle’s wonky funeral parlour. Something is tingling in her teeth, and wait…why has her di**it hunk of a brother sprouted a tail?
Before long, the twins are chasing around a bizarro America trying to save their parents from a lunatic sorcerer with pharaonic delusions. They face an army of wacko enemies: a vampire haberdasher and his toothy cohort, bumbling claymen, and a beautiful, insatiable nightmare from the ancient Steppes. Even Santa gets a cameo, and he isn’t very nice at all.
Thankfully, they have some monsters of their own to help: an old-school Frankencouple and a Green Man with his snippety eco-warrior wife. Plus a trio of cheerful dead people, the world’s worst paranormal investigator, and a lovelorn bogman in dire need of moisturiser.
Welcome to a fearless frolic that sacrifices anything for a laugh. Get your giggles here with Blazing Coffins.

04/11/2021

Two Vics Publishing is proud to introduce Jowsey Jones and “Blazing Coffins”!

Jones is a crackpot novelist who stumbles through the realms of Sci-fi, Fantasy, Horror and Comedy in search of a good titter, not to mention a laugh. As a recovering journalist and former denizen of Fleet Street and newsrooms around the world, Jowsey’s mind is pickled in decades of popular culture, all ripe for ridicule. To protect himself from the innocent, he lives Far, Far Away after following his mind there some years ago. Anything is game, but particular influences derive from a steady diet of Monty Python, Mel Brooks,“ The Munsters,” Terry Pratchett and his ilk. The close attention of the Two Vics at Two Vics Publishing helps keep the lawyers mostly at bay.
This is our first release: watch for two more in the Monster Twins Series from Jowsey Jones in the near future. We fell about laughing at “Blazing Coffins” and can’t wait for the next book, “Last Train to Lemuria”!
Cheers!