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I am an author, editor, and publisher out of Illinois, helming a few anthologies and a small press magazine. I publish Science Fiction and Horror fiction from authors who have a Richard Matheson and H.P. Lovecraft influence. I found this place from one of my friends on another website since they had the ezboard location linked up.

I write old school horror and been published on a few anthologies and recently a couple of small press magazines including Tales of the Talisman. I work with a lot of self-published authors to get them out there because I saw what kind of flack they get in the industry. Science Fiction is something I started writing very recently and got a few stories out there in the Science Fiction genre, but horror was something I was always writing from when I started. My offical website is Writings From The Grave. Some of my stories range from Cthulhu Mythos to Storm Menace, the storm menace style is described to be set around natural disasters.

I hail from Tornado Alley, Illinois, (Morris and Joliet area.) Some of the authors on my anthologies are out of Michigan, one of my good buddies introduced me to a heavy metal band that came out of Kalamazoo, Michagain, named Thought Industry. I am active with the Chicago Gothic Scene in the sense of being a writer, and at times I feel like an outsider in that scene too because of my musical tastes being more metallic. My reading patterns are H.P. Lovecraft, Stephen King, Peter Benchley, Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, J.M. Barlog, Macey Baggett Wuesthoff, Nicholas Grabowsky, and Terry Lloyd Vinson.

I am on disability because of mental health reasons, so that is what keeps me doing the magazine -- just something to keep me going while I am in middle of buttcrack of nowhere.

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Wow, a really cool..cool new member.  I want to be one of the 'in' kids.

HI! :happy:

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Yeah I came on from a link one of my contacts had on her site, so I thought I would check out the community. I saw a lot of the BS the horror community is putting up so I needed a new place to put my feet up so the speak. I am looking to get a few book signings in the Detroit area when I start getting the mometum going, I am touring for the natural disaster anthology mentioned in the books area. I am trying to do a club to club tour kind of thing; the reason being that no bookstore will take a gamble on small press author.

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An Iced Earth fan, welcome my friend. 

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- Bloodied

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Going to one of their shows actually saved my life, I went on April 20, 2004, when they first got Tim Owens as the vocalist. I hung out with their touring guitarist and with the vocalist of Evergrey at the gig. When I came back to my hotel, WMAQ helicopters were flying over head. I didn't know why but when I got back to my hotel, the front desk told me my grandmother called.

I got back to the room I got a chilling phone call telling me to turn on the television, I didn't realize how lucky I was until I got to that show. It was raining or getting ready to rain when I left and it was blowing on an angle, on the news was the Walgreens that was twelve blocks frm the hotel.

My cousin-in-law saw the funnel tear the roof off the Walgreens, that same tornado picked up speed and ripped up Utica, Illinois, killing people who were trying to seek shelter in a bar. That played out in my mind when I got home thinking that could've been my hotel room. Iced Earth was one of two bands I saw that emerged out of the early 1990s, the other one was Tourniquet and that was in 1996. I kept thinking the instrumental that Tourniquet did called Veinto Borasco, which translates to Devastating Winds. On another thread I mention more about the project that I did that was inspired from the experience.

This whole experience actually became one of the most inspired projects I did as an editor, you'll learn about this one on the books section. Seeing that Iced Earth show I will say I am in debt to the band for what they did. I got to high five Ripper when he was on stage during Gettysburg (1863.) This is the band that got the most USA chants, when they played "When The Eagle Cries" I was in tears when I heard that one because It took me back to when a friend of mine in Iowa lost her best friend in the towers.

The moment they finished that one live, they got a hell of an ovation for doing it. Ripper got a standing ovation from the crowd for that one. Hearing him do "Something Wicked Trilogy" was surreal as hell. They even pulled out "Dracula" and everyone ripped into a speed pit during it. Everyone was chanting "DRACULA" when they heard the opening guitar riff for it. They played it -- Ripper nailed it.

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Hey Mod's are you looking at this? Some of these people are highjacking a certain thread. Kindly could some of you cease with the thread-jacking already? The person who was posting those blog entires were inpersonators from my other blog. Keep all issues with me off the message board. Some of the bastards clearly pirated my short story collection and anthologies when they were first released and they are still sour about me releasing an other one. I am behaving myself on this board but some thought it would be funny just to be buttheads and try to start some trouble. The moment I try to make myself home on a board, the a-hole convention comes by and stirs up some trouble.
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Clearly some of you who came here were gunning for me for the worst time, and when my book came out that was fair game for you. But keep all issues with me off this board as the moderators said, I have some political views that leave them wanting to ruin me every chance they get. I am keeping my views to myself on here but my blog I am very open about them, and that will be a Conservative mindset -- I might write Gothic Horror but I won't appeal to some communities because what I do with it. I am sure a lot of authors get the same flack for some odd reason or another. Science Fiction allows me to be more political in some ways; I am hated person by a few but at the same time respected by many. I am a Christian and yes I will say things that will get under the skin of the people who don't want to hear it. But I am keeping those views to myself on this board, I am leaving all that for my books and namely for An Eye In Shadows.
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I have to agree with Nickolaus really, I may not agree with his views (I don't really know his views) but he has not made any offensive or political statements on this website thus he should only be judged on DGN by what he says on DGN.

I also believe that if he is homophobic, that is his right as an American. As long as he does not frame anything in an offensive manner or makes hateful statements then I find nothing wrong with his participation here. Just my two cents.

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I think Nick is an exceptional writer. Everyone has the right to their opinions and views. Best thing to do about it is agree to disagree. There's really no point in bashing anyone because of opinions. I bought "Collectives" by Nick a few weeks ago and I plan on doing a story by story review of the book. I already have the review for INSECT. Very interesting story.

Here's my review:

A tapestry of twisted words brought from the darkest corners of the inner mind. This piece reminds me of a Biblical plague written in a modern day setting. Dark and shadowy words add to this nightmare, this is classic horror at its best. If you like the classics, you’ll like this. The author’s way with words haunt the page. This is what I have been looking for.

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I think Nick is an exceptional writer. Everyone has the right to their opinions and views. Best thing to do about it is agree to disagree. There's really no point in bashing anyone because of opinions. I bought "Collectives" by Nick a few weeks ago and I plan on doing a story by story review of the book. I already have the review for INSECT. Very interesting story.

Here's my review:

A tapestry of twisted words brought from the darkest corners of the inner mind. This piece reminds me of a Biblical plague written in a modern day setting. Dark and shadowy words add to this nightmare, this is classic horror at its best. If you like the classics, you’ll like this. The author’s way with words haunt the page. This is what I have been looking for.

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Welcome aboard Tabitha. You're getting a lively bunch over here, even though a few of them like to cause some trouble. Sometimes you see them gathering around for the idiot convention.

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