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Steve Niles

Home is Where the Horror is.

About Me


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I like reading, writing and watching Horror.NOTE: I try to read every message I get but please don’t be offended if I don’t reply. I’m up to my eyeballs with deadlines. Thanks so much. -Steve
I'm a writer. I write comics, novels and films.
Some of the titles I've written are: 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, DARK DAYS, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: RETURN TO BARROW, FREAKS OF THE HEARTLAND, FUSED, CAL MCDONALD, THE LURKERS, GIANT MONSTER, I AM LEGEND, LITTLE BOOKS OF HORROR, THE NAIL and BIGFOOT (with co-writer Rob Zombie), THE VERY BIG MONSTER SHOW, HYDE, as well as some books for Marvel and DC comics.
With Cal McDonald I've written two novels, SAVAGE MEMBRANE and GUNS DRUGS & MONSTERS and a collection of short stories called DIAL M FOR MONSTER. There have been several Cal comics as well; LAST TRAIN TO DEADSVILLE, LOVE ME TENDERLOIN, and CRIMINAL MACABRE, all from DARK HORSE COMICS.
I will try to stop by here as often as I can but for more info on books drop by my site WWW.STEVENILES.COM. I'm always there.

My Interests



Horror. Comics. Original art. Monsters.I'm pretty much up for anything as long as Sarah is standing next to me. She's my everything. Yeah, I know. Shut UP! I love her! Jeez.

I'd like to meet:

Freaks who like comics and horror. Artists. People who make monsters.

Music:

Punk and the Rock. Beatles, BAD BRAINS, Clash, Sex Pistols, Hank Williams, Ramones, Neil Young, Beatles, Stones, Undertones, Rezillos, Revillos, Dead Kennedys, Butthole Surfers, 999, Meat Puppets, mc5, black sabbath,The Cramps, Damned, X-Ray Spex, Buzzcocks, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Rites of Spring, Motorhead, Fu Manchu, Misfits, Bastards of Science, Rob Zombie, Ween, Stooges, Helicopters, Nebula, Wire...and many more

Movies:

Horror, Noir. I love bad 50's movies and good movies from every decade. Detour, LA Confidential, Boogie Nights, Aliens, American Werewolf in London, Assault on Precinct thirteen(original), Let the Right One In, The Orphanage,Big Trouble In Little China, BLADERUNNER, Dawn of the Dead (both), Escape from New york, Evil Dead 2 , Goodfellas, Omen , Phantasm, Reservoir Dogs, Rivers Edge, Road Warrior, Park movie, Double Indemnity, Big Sleep, Texas Chainsaw(original), the Thing (carpenter's AND the original!), Memento, Halloween.True Romance, Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead (original), Rosemary's Baby, The Bad Seed, Fiend Without a Face, Ed Wood, Stander, Rear Window, Dragnet (original film), Brain from Planet Arous. Fiend Without a Face, All of the classic monsters, King Kong (original), Monster on Campus, MST3000, The Tingler…

Television:

Old Dragnet. Jack Webb rules. I don't watch much of the TV, but I like SOUTH PARK, COMEDIANS OF COMEDY and old Twilight Zone marathons.Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Andy Griffith Show, Star Trek (original series), Reno 911

Books:

James Ellroy, Jim Thompson, Raymond Chandler...too many to list.

Heroes:

Richard Matheson, Clive Barker, Bernie Wrightson, John Romita, Alfred Hitchcock, George Romero, Jack Davis, Paul Norris, Jack Kirby, Edgar Allan Poe, and SO many others.

My Blog

Dead, She Said 1 OUT THIS WEEK!

It's coming!...
Posted by Steve Niles on Wed, 21 May 2008 04:17:00 PST

LONDON EXPO!

So, who's going come visit me and Sarah?http://www.londonexpo.com/mcmexpolinks.shtml...
Posted by Steve Niles on Tue, 20 May 2008 02:47:00 PST

ZUNE ARTS TEAMS UP WITH STEVE NILES FOR GRAPHIC NOVEL

Zune Arts, the program that aims to bring the best creative minds together to collaborate on inspiring works of art, is producing a graphic novel titled "The Lost Ones" written by Steve Niles, author ...
Posted by Steve Niles on Fri, 16 May 2008 10:35:00 PST

Simon Dark 8 out today!

Simon Dark 8 out today!
Posted by Steve Niles on Wed, 14 May 2008 12:14:00 PST

Cthulhu Tales roundtable: NELSON, NILES AND PEYER

REFLECTIONS 241: NELSON, NILES AND PEYERby Robert Taylor, Staff Writer CBRIt's week two of BOOM! Studios month here in REFLECTIONS, and things are just heating up. We spoke previously with Editor-in-C...
Posted by Steve Niles on Sat, 03 May 2008 10:59:00 PST

Gray Matter on YouTube!

I used to be in a band and found these on YouTube...   Homemade video -I Am The Walrushttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_Ce3G2cE4wHomemade video- Burn No Bridgeshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMYHJ...
Posted by Steve Niles on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:32:00 PST

Josh Medors Benefit Auction At Upcoming Emerald City Comic Con

PRESS RELEASE - JOSH MEDORS BENEFIT AUCTION AT UPCOMING EMERALD CITY COMIC CON Auction to benefit Josh Medors' fight with cancer at this year's Emerald City Comic Con! April 23rd 2008 (Berkeley, CA) -...
Posted by Steve Niles on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 06:35:00 PST

Nycc Report!

Okay, first of all we had to catch a taxi at 6:00 AM, which is usually when we go to bed so things were bound to get weird. We got to the airport and then I slept the entire flight to NY. The adventur...
Posted by Steve Niles on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:55:00 PST

Back from NYCC!

Hey gang!We're back and WOW, was that a great/strange trip. Sarah has tons of pics and I'll update as she uploads them.Seriously, I have stories. This trip had it all; action, blood, blows to the head...
Posted by Steve Niles on Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:40:00 PST

New York Comic-Con SIGNING TIMES

Here are the times I am set to sign. The rest of the time I'll be stalking Eric Powell or at our table 1569.Signing times!!Gentle Giant booth: 923Saturday: 2pmSunday: 2pmDarkhorse booth: 823Saturday: ...
Posted by Steve Niles on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:13:00 PST