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Michael Laimo - Horror Author

Michael Laimo--Horror Author

About Me

Agent: Brendan Deneen at OBJECTIVE ENTERTAINMENT: [email protected]


Hi--my name is Michael Laimo, and I am a horror fiction author. I have written and published five novels, plus over 100 shorts stories, all horror. My first novel ATMOSPHERE was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in the category of first novel, and my second novel, DEEP IN THE DARKNESS was nominated in the novel category. My third horror novel, THE DEMONOLOGIST, was published in May, 2005. MY NEW NOVEL, DEAD SOULS, IS IN STORES NOW!
MY NEW NOVEL FIRES RISING, IS NOW AVAILABLE!
I'm also the author of the dark S/F-Suspense novel, SLEEPWALKER, which came out in Limited Edition hardcover from Delirium Books, publisher of my two short story collections, DEMONS, FREAKS, AND OTHER ABNORMALITIES, and DREGS OF SOCIETY.
More recently, my short fiction has found its way into the pages of IN DELIRIUM, A WALK ON THE DARKSIDE, LOST ON THE DARKSIDE, HOT BLOOD XII: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, SURREAL MAGAZINE, INHUMAN MAGAZINE, THE BEST OF EPITAPHS, plus many more anthologies and magazines.Some of my work has been optioned for film, including my short story ANXIETY, and my novel DEEP IN THE DARKNESS, both of which are in development, and will be filmed by Burning Grounds Motion Entertainment.
I can be contacted through my website at www.laimo.com, or at [email protected]
New Novel FIRES RISING coming MARCH 2008!

My Interests

Horror, movies and books, as well as progressive rock and ambient-techno music.

I'd like to meet:

Readers!Go to your local bookstore and pick up a paperback copy of one of my novels. You'll be supporting a new writer, and you'll get a cool read out of it.I'll even sign it for you...e-mail me and I'll tell you where to send it.
NEW COLLECTION DARK RIDE FROM BORDERLANDS PRESS

ANXIETY TRAILER
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Music:

Marillion, Fish, Dream Theater, The Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Neal Morse, Transatlantic, Porcupine Tree, Roine Stolt, Kaipa, Life Of Agony, Queen, Uriah Heep, Asia, Nektar, Foghat, IQ, Pendragon, OSI, Yes, H-Band, Pain Of Salvation, System 7, King's X, Threshold, Ayreon, Magellan, Pallas, Enchant, Timeshard, Banco de Gaia, Moby, Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static, Steve Hillage, The Orb, Judas Priest, Kiss, Godsmack, Tool, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, etc etc.

Movies:

The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead, Saw, Hellraiser series, The Thing, The Ring, Italian horror flicks, all sorts of scary stuff as long as it's SERIOUS horror. I HATE campiness.

Television:

The Dead Zone television series!!!! The Shield, The Office, Nip Tuck, Survivor, Big Brother, Seinfeld, Lost, Amazing Race. I also really dig Nova, and the National Geographic Channel. Anything to do with space exploration, as well as true-life horror paranormal stuff. And concert DVD's. Got tons of them.

Books:

Anything by Arthur C Clarke, Tad Williams, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, Greg Iles, Preston and Childs, and all my friends too (you know who you are). I also urge you to check out the works of Konstantinos (in my top friends). The rituals in DEAD SOULS are real, and can be found in his book SUMMONING SPIRITS.

Heroes:

Those who inspire me...

My Blog

FIRES RISING & DEAD SOULS

A double shot of religious themed horror awaits you. Did you enjoy The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, or Emily Rose? Then check out my novels FIRES RISING and DEAD SOULS. Now more than ever I need your su...
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Tue, 24 Jun 2008 07:45:00 PST

DIRECTOR JEVEN DOVEY TO PRODUCE 1-800-SUICIDE.

DIRECTOR JEVEN DOVEY TO PRODUCE MICHAEL LAIMO'S "1-800-SUICIDE"   Horror Adaptation to Begin Production this Fall.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Friday June 13, 2008   New York and ...
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:22:00 PST

DID YOU GET A COPY OF DARK RIDE?

23 short stories, spanning my entire career. Personal intros for each tale. A beautiful introduction from Brian Keene. Signed by myself and Keene, each copy is uniquely numbered. Hardcover, with amazi...
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:38:00 PST

DARK RIDE 101

DARK RIDE is my newest book, released in March 2008 by BORDERLANDS PRESS...   It is a specialty hardcover, limited to only 500 copies, all of them individually numbered.   It is signed by ...
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Mon, 19 May 2008 07:39:00 PST

NEW INTERVIEW UP AT LITERARY WORLD

Hey all--I'm the featured author up at http://www.literaryworld.org. Click on 'Interviews' for a Q&A about Fires Rising....
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Mon, 05 May 2008 06:58:00 PST

NEW VIDEO INTERVIEW NOW ONLINE...

Hey all, There's a video interview of me now posted up at Count Gore's website, with the lovely Judy Comeau, from the Horrorfind Weekend last month. See me looking tired and dishelved at 9:00 on four ...
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:24:00 PST

FIRES RISING 101

FIRES RISING is my fifth Leisure Books paperback. It was release in March 2008 It's an extension of the novella DESECRATION, released by Bloodletting Press two years ago. It's perhaps my goriest novel...
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:55:00 PST

DEAD SOULS 101

DEAD SOULS was released in 2006, and is my fourth novel from Leisure Books. It's my longest Leisure paperback, at 102,000 words.   It's a zombie novel and a ghost novel&and so much more. ...
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:57:00 PST

DEEP IN THE DARKNESS 101

My second novel DEEP IN THE DARKNESS was released in 2004. It was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award for superior acheivement in a novel, alongside Stephen King and Peter Straub. It evolved from a tr...
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 12:26:00 PST

FIRES RISING BANNER CONTEST/CREATIVE BLURBING

Hey all, Only a few days left to get the FIRES RISING banner up on your profiles. On April 15th, three random winners will be chosen, and each will recieve a signed paperback of one of my other novels...
Posted by Michael Laimo - Horror Author on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:16:00 PST