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Nick

About Me

I run a small press called NOVELLO PUBLISHERS. We publish humorous horror-fiction chapbooks, and also do a quarterly newsletter titled THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW. See blurbs for our stuff at www.novellopublishers.com.

My Interests

Books, writing, films, music, food

I'd like to meet:

Anyone into horror. comedy, reading and writing. Also love to chat with other GARY NUMAN fans.

Music:

Gary Numan, most old-school punk / hardcore (Misfits, Minor Threat, Clash, X-Ray Specs, Plasmatics), anything different or 80s punk/new wave ish. I survived GG ALLIN's 1986 gig at the Cat Club in NY!!!!! Missing Persons' SPRING SESSION M: one of the greatest 80s records of all time. Peter Murphy / Bauhaus. Alien Sex Fiend. All HORROR music, i.e. The Ghastly Ones, the Bomboras, Goblin, surf/soundtracks, etc.Newer stuff: Dresden Dolls, The Epoxies, Mastodon. Oh...and of course the grandfather of alternative...FRANK ZAPPA.

Movies:

The Warriors (1979), Dawn of the Dead (1979), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), Liquid Sky (1982), Eraserhead (1977), Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), Psychos in Love (1987), Student Bodies (1981), The Crazies (1973). ALSO: Repo Man, The Station Agent, Ghostworld, Take the Money and Run, Blood Freak, Horror Hotel, Shriek of the Mutilated, El Topo, Nightmare (AKA Nightmares in a Damaged Brain, dir. Romano Scavolini), Dr. Butcher, MD, A Thief in the Night, and almost anything starring Christopher Walken or Patricia Clarkson. Directors: George Romero, David Cronenberg, Alexjandro Jordowosky, Herschell Gordon Lewis...you get the deal...the cool ones.

Television:

Conan O'Brien, still addicted to Seinfeld, Dave Attel INSOMNIAC (what happened to this one?). The Office and The Loop are hysterical. Otherwise, the TV is off.

Books:

IN SILENT GRAVES by Gary Braunbeck, anything written by BENTLEY LITTLE, A CHOIR OF ILL CHILDREN by Tom Piccirilli, among countless others. Support your Small Presses: Necessary Evil Press, Delirium Books, Permuted Press, Black Death Books, Cemetery Dance Publications, (you fill in the blank).

Heroes:

"Time heals nothing . . . it merely rearranges our memory." -Gary Numan /"I robbed a butcher shop once. Although I didn't get any money, I managed to get away with 147 veal cutlets. The only problem was I had to go out and steal a tremendous amount of breading." -Woody Allen /"Those now eating will soon be eaten." -Wendy O. Williams

My Blog

News from the Underground Publishing World...

Hey all: Just a note of what's going on here at NOVELLO PUBLISHERS (www.novellopublishers.com): We've just released the 13th HUGE issue of THE HORROR FICTION REVIEW, which is available from our above ...
Posted by Nick on Mon, 17 Apr 2006 09:55:00 PST