tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54957863469089801572012-01-13T22:02:20.236-07:00Mocking a basement-dwelling troll and his crappy writing since 2007Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.comBlogger1001100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-4160147859227144002011-11-12T09:00:00.001-07:002011-11-12T12:21:51.178-07:00

Nicky's creative non-fiction story "A Gothic Nomad Visiting Poe's Home" appears in Dirty Black Winter. This odd little tale starts with an explanation of the difference between an urban nomad and a homeless person. It boils down to urban nomads have "a debit card and a digital camera". So there, Mr. Policeman. You can't arrest Nicky for vagrancy (or whatever) because he has a debit card and a

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-37063411728964083462011-11-08T15:17:00.000-07:002011-11-08T18:27:11.950-07:00

Since I last posted, the Great Poe Museum Edgar Allan Poe Birthday Bash and Scheduling Debacle has occurred. The Birthday Bash is the fun part; the museum is holding an event on January 14th in honor of Poe's birthday. The occasion that Nicky supposedly bought train tickets to Richmond to attend, to speak at, etc. The only problem - and here is the Scheduling Debacle part - our favorite

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-89783358081104188042011-10-25T21:58:00.000-06:002011-10-25T22:37:37.773-06:00

We now take a break from our regularly scheduled programming to discuss a different offering by Nicky - his short story “Blood Contender”, from the brain-numbingly bad Dirty Black Winter. Nicky has stated that “Blood Contender” is a paranormal romance and “a man’s version of Twilight” (from the intro to Dirty Black Winter). It’s neither. It contains no romance, and the only resemblance to

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-11630349411128710942011-10-22T12:23:00.000-06:002011-10-22T12:29:32.057-06:00

I’ve just begun to look at “A Library of Unknown Horrors”, and I wanted to share my initial impressions. One of the first things that grabs anyone’s attention when looking at a book is, of course, the cover. The cover of ALoUH is atrocious. It’s a bad line drawing of some kind of animal dressed up in human clothes. What this has to do with horror, I’m not sure. The back cover is only

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-51768438550559850942011-10-12T15:58:00.001-06:002011-10-12T15:59:40.157-06:00

Our favorite little troll has come off "hitatus" and is back annoying the Internet with his ungrammatical rants and generally whiny-ness. And that means it's time for more reviews. What should I do first: Ethereal Gazette Issue 12 - Five stories left to go. I've read all but one of them and have started writing up the review, but it's been almost 10 months so my memory is a little fuzzyEthereal

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-63158552572851248182011-04-27T21:17:00.005-06:002011-04-29T12:17:50.352-06:00

I'm taking time out of my normal coverage of Nicky to discuss several women who have Nicky beat for narrow-minded vitriol. Yesterday, Kena Vernon, a reporter at Pennsylvania TV station WNEP, ran a story about high school teacher Judy Buranich who writes erotic books for Ellora's Cave under the name Judy Mays. (I quit purchasing books from EC some time ago for several reasons including their

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-6309232766778227622011-04-24T16:10:00.000-06:002011-04-24T16:10:33.984-06:00

The Rusty Nail has moved again. Once again, someone filed fraudulent and malicious reports with the blog's former host that The Rusty Nail was spam. So now the The Rusty Nail is here.

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-33631848522358900822011-04-22T16:35:00.001-06:002011-04-23T22:40:51.744-06:00

I should have a bit of free time over the next couple of weeks, and that means it's time to catch up on outstanding reviews: Ethereal Gazette Issue 12 - Yes, finally (!!), the completion of reviews for the stories in Issue 12 is almost at hand. There are, I believe, five stories left. I've read all but one of them and have started writing up the review. Ethereal Gazette Issue 11 - Nicky's

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-64021324191059609952011-04-17T20:37:00.000-06:002011-04-17T20:37:09.047-06:00

Click anywhere within the box to feed the fish.

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Hopefully, it's just temporary, but The Rusty Nail has a new home.

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-31040710694306084512011-02-09T07:58:00.001-07:002011-02-09T07:59:30.972-07:00

Today is the National Stop Bullying Day (in the U.S.). I suggest that all of us who have been bullied, harrassed, threatened, or stalked by Nicky Pacione share our stories somewhere today - in a blog post, in blog comments, on a forum, etc. I will be travelling and away from my computer most of today, so my post will not be up until later tonight.

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-7672848218017583152011-02-08T14:09:00.000-07:002011-02-08T14:09:38.020-07:00

I heard back from Blogger today, and the post that Nicky filed the fraudulent DMCA claim over is back up. And I see that another one of Nicky's blogs has been taken down for violating a sites Term's of Service. how many does that make now? I've lost count.

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-31406515192429621302011-01-23T17:23:00.005-07:002011-01-23T17:28:08.483-07:00

With regards to Nicky's DMCA notification, Blogger has informed me that "The requirements for a counter-notification under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act are not the same as the requirements for the original notification." Um, yeah. While technically true, they are splitting very fine hairs. Notification must include, amongst other things: "(iv) Information reasonably sufficient to permit

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-45819514010646498632011-01-21T11:57:00.015-07:002011-01-23T17:29:26.896-07:00

So as most of you know, back in July of 2010, little Nicky filed a DMCA complaint about my blog post with links to the publicly available stories that he reprinted in Tabloid Purposes. I filed a counter notification the same day. I have e-mailed Blogger/Google many times since then, and finally LAST NIGHT, I received a response. Six months to the day. I had asked that they not pass on the

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-52763286748373213792011-01-18T20:55:00.000-07:002011-01-18T20:55:33.497-07:00

“The Scorpion Temple” by S.G. Cardin Nicky has misspelled the name of this story in the Table of Contents, where it is listed as “The Soorpion Temple”. This story is supposedly “In Memory of Barbara Malenky”, but I can’t figure what the story has to do with her or her style of writing. The story opens with a quote from Lovecraft. Ms. Cardin has also posted elsewhere that this is a Lovecraft

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-5362614227223752332011-01-15T15:53:00.003-07:002011-01-15T16:03:05.160-07:00

“Connection Lost” by Eric Mangum This story about a writer, Michael Branson, who goes to his late parents’ cabin to get away and write and is “haunted” by his mother’s old computer is quite a mess. Odd factual inconsistencies mar the first part of the story. A 26-year-old writer with 12 best-selling books? Taking a battery out of a cell phone instead of just turning it off? A cabin that requires

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-782691936870363732011-01-12T22:40:00.005-07:002011-01-13T08:40:26.947-07:00

Two housekeeping items first: 1. I have discovered that Nicky mispelled another contributer’s name, whose story I have already reviewed, in both places that it occurs in the magazine. Ken Kuptis is actually Ken Kupstis. I have corrected the spelling of his name in my previous posts. 2. I have updated the blog page for this on-going review, including links to those stories that are available

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-51820209981873305312011-01-11T23:00:00.007-07:002011-01-12T16:40:49.586-07:00

I apologize for the delay (thanks to an anony-mouse for reminding me), but we now continue with our review of The Ethereal Gazette Issue 12, published by the Morris, Illinois, based Lake Fossil Press. "Sanctuary" by Lee Cushing This story - about soldiers battling women who have turned into blood-sucking monsters (no, not vampires) - feels like it is part of a larger work. The reader is dropped

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-52298979318379124262010-12-21T20:20:00.003-07:002011-01-12T17:06:07.555-07:00

The Phantom Coach by Amelia B. Edwards The name of this story is misspelled in the Table of Contents as “The Fhantom Coach”. This story is an older and presumably in the public domain, although Nicky also has the year of Ms. Edwards’s death incorrect. Like most horror or Gothic stories from an earlier era, the story is slow moving and much of the “scare” relies on atmosphere rather than actual

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Onward and onward... "The Smiling Undertaker" by Brent L. Petretti In the body of the anthology, the author’s name is listed as “Brent L. Petretti”; in the Table of Contents, it is listed as "Petrelli". A little Google search revealed that Petretti is most likely the correct spelling. How many mistakes has Nicky made now in the Table of Contents? I've lost count. In this story, after two

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-89894901362139149672010-12-18T09:17:00.000-07:002010-12-18T09:17:57.078-07:00

I had Christmas parties the last two evenings, but now that those are over (whew!), we will continue our journey through the latest issue of the Ethereal Gazette: “And the Name of God Is” by Barry Eysman In the Table of Contents, the name of this story is listed as “An the Name of God Is..”.  The editor has made yet another mistake. This story – written in a very stylistic, literary manner –

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-4014659128085075502010-12-14T20:18:00.003-07:002010-12-14T20:36:39.625-07:00

“The Cure” by Carol Sullivan The Table of Contents lists the author of this story as “Carl Sullivan”. You’d think that Nicky would take more care to make sure Carol’s name was spelled correctly since he seems to count her as a friend. In this story, Jim and Ellen (no last name) have a daughter named Beth who suddenly collapses one day at home. She is rushed to the hospital, where Jim and Ellen

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-51190004371934050082010-12-13T21:11:00.003-07:002011-01-12T22:34:05.127-07:00

Continuing on in our quest for good writing in one of Nicky's anthologies: "Letters From the Hotel Starlight" by Ken “K.K.” Kupstis Today starts off with a much better story than the last two. In the opening scene of this story, we learn that the guests of the Hotel Starlight have been trapped for some time, are out of food, and are hungry. Really really hungry. Clearly there is more going on

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-30675594386361332542010-12-12T22:00:00.000-07:002010-12-12T22:00:07.589-07:00

Today I start my review of stories in the Ethereal Gazette Issue 12. For more information on this review process see my post from yesterday. "Eight O’Clock in the Morning" by Ray Faraday Nelson What can one say about a classic sci-fi story? George Nada, an average man in an average city, becomes aware that aliens are living undetected amongst humans, fooling the humans with a sort of hypnosis

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-29647119436710460322010-12-11T12:38:00.005-07:002010-12-11T13:01:59.264-07:00

I'm sick of Christmas music already. My favorite radio station likes to play parodies or alternate versions of Christmas carols instead of the actual songs, which is marginally better, except when they overplay a song until I'm ready to scream...or change the station. Their latest fetish has been alternate versions of "The 12 Days of Christmas".Which gave me a wonderful idea: The 12 Days of The

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-6029014425987514432010-12-10T21:51:00.000-07:002010-12-11T13:05:33.375-07:00

It's Friday, and it's been a long week. I'm ready to go home, put my feet up, and have big glass of red wine. But first a few items: -------------------------------------------- 1. Go to Lulu and enter “lloyd phillip campbell” in the search box. Look at what pops up (in addition the the Ethereal Gazette’s Issue 12). LOL! Go, Lloyd!-------------------------------------------- 2. I've

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-24698539183511688302010-11-30T20:19:00.002-07:002010-11-30T20:20:35.654-07:00

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-76975423318897323262010-11-04T20:48:00.003-06:002010-12-21T12:56:04.893-07:00

Our favorite little cyber-bully is at it again tonight on Shocklines. (I've edited a couple of words out of the posts below because I can't, in good conscience, put those words on my blog.) Addressed to the lovely Karen Koehler: "Hey [c-word], quit hijacking my thread. I am trying to get some business done in replacing a plagiarist, so find yourself something better to do such as violate

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-66254543408327226972010-10-08T13:01:00.005-06:002010-12-21T12:58:38.720-07:00

Nicky has a new entry on Blogger, and it is his typical whine fest. But this time I get a mention: That is one thing I like about blogspot and wordpress, they don't censor anything but I wish they closed down The Crusty Rail or HorrorGal's blog because she supports piracy and stole a domain I was trying to get for my anthologies.I stole a domain Nicky was trying to get? Funny, I thought I found

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-18838871172160812062010-08-18T21:20:00.010-06:002010-12-21T13:02:00.182-07:00

In my last post, I put up a conversation I have been engaged in with Nicky on Authorsden. After a bit of a lull, Nicky has come back with both barrels blazing and offered up some more lulz. I give you "further conversation with a deluded idiot": (warning bad language below). Also, as I noted in my previous post, these messages were posted to my public message board on Authorsden. ------------

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-73884814572534946972010-08-07T09:47:00.006-06:002010-08-07T10:08:32.833-06:00

I've really had it with Nicky's delusions and nastiness. We're having beautiful weather here this weekend, and I have more productive things to do than read Nicky's whining crap about how he's been cyberbullied and abused. Those productive things include yard work, replacing my dishwasher, finishing stories for Janrae's anthology, going for a run, etc. All much more mentally healthy than dealing

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-90986524115031213872010-07-30T08:09:00.004-06:002010-07-30T09:03:11.003-06:00

Nicky has been given admin powers over at Authorspub, and in less than 24 hours has just about destroyed the place. I feel bad for the James Watts, who started the Ning group, because all of the people who joined recently are leaving in droves due to Nicky's power-crazy shenanigans. Lets lok at some:Todd Hollins had an "I [heart] my goat" avatar (see Todd's blog here in Blogger). Nicky removed it

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-52505635118348777682010-07-25T09:42:00.007-06:002010-07-25T09:55:36.028-06:00

I was playing with some fun blog analyzers this morning and came across one called the GenderAnalyzer. I asked it to analyze this blog, and the result was:We think http://horrorgal.blogspot.com is written by a woman (63%).Yay! It did a pretty good job, because (obviously) I'm a woman. Just for fun, I tried Nicky's Blogspot blog, and the results were:We think http://nickolauspacione.blogspot.com

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-91989924238846722332010-07-13T15:49:00.004-06:002010-07-13T16:21:05.692-06:00

The other day, one of the writers who had a story published in "The Ethereal Gazette Issue 10" posted on my blog about his/her dis-satisfaction with Nicky, Nicky's writing, and Nicky's lack of payment. This writer has written a review of the entire anthology. Here are some of the excerpts."I am one of the poor saps who had a story printed in The Ethereal Gazette 10. I sent Nickolaus Pacione my

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-81809776479958644762010-07-12T08:04:00.004-06:002010-07-12T08:14:53.931-06:00

Happy Monday morning to everyone. I had a nice weekend enjoying the sunny weather and cool nights we've been having lately. I've been gardening, floating a nearby river, hiking, starting up running again, and designing a book cover with AngryinIllinois - all of which makes me a little tardy with some reviews. Here's the update:1. I posted a review of QUAKES AND STORMS at Authorsden. This version

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-14288363688640526582010-07-07T07:38:00.008-06:002011-02-08T14:04:01.083-07:00

Nicky has been crowing recently about getting lbobme's Xanga blog shut down. Long time EONs will remember that lbobme posted links to many of the stories that Nicky used in several of his books. I dug through my archives folders last night and found where I had saved off lbobme's posts. So starting today, I give you "Tabloid Purposes": In Defiance of the Witch by Gary Morton In Death’s Face

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-63657047675674744922010-07-04T21:39:00.004-06:002010-12-21T13:03:54.861-07:00

Since Jenny, 50 Foot Ant, and others have been posting reviews of Nicky Pacione's writing, I thought I'd take this opportunity to post a review that my ex-wife Joanna and I did back in February of 2007. This was first posted on Jenny's Xanga blog: (All quotes and characters used under the "fair use" provisions of U.S. copyright law.) Intro by Jenny: I've been sick this week, and my sister is

Todd Hollinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12095533243923882628noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-58140658278702881842010-07-01T22:00:00.009-06:002010-12-21T13:05:30.560-07:00

The inaugural issue of The Dark Fiction Spotlight is now live. I've copied off the stories to read (sorry TDFS, but I can't read green on black on-screen), and I'll have a review posted soon. I also read the post on TDFS called July Newsletter. It's been edited since I first saw it, and one of the multiple typos and grammatical oddities was fixed. Others remain (emphasis is mine): "...we all

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-17955231298648502382010-06-27T14:38:00.006-06:002010-06-27T20:29:21.392-06:00

Nicky has now found out that he will not be appearing the The Dark Fiction Spotlight and has decided to take his ire out on me on - of all places - my profile at VF. Nicky has already had two temporary bans from there for harassing members, and now he has decided to bitch and whine at me for something that happened on a different site. Here are his little nuggets, just in case he sees the light

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-74995309108468676062010-06-24T19:38:00.006-06:002010-06-26T20:34:45.587-06:00

I obtained a copy of Nicky Pacione's story, THE WITCH'S PARTY, from the Google cache for The Dark Fiction Spotlight.THE WITCH'S PARTY is (supposedly) a true story of the time Nicky went to a Halloween party. It's rather short by Nicky's current standards - only 2100 words - but oh, what a train wreck! Let's look at the opening sentences:It was Halloween of 1997 when I was invited to a Halloween

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com112tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-51757158497792262742010-06-16T21:05:00.007-06:002010-06-16T22:01:49.279-06:00

Note: All excerpts are posted in accordance with U.S copyright law, which allows such excerpts to be used for the purposes of, amongst other things, commentary and critique.I don't think I mentioned it before, but the person behind IN THE DEPTHS magazine who is supposedly dead is a schmuck named Zorn Hritz. Anyway... when we left Eugine, and his boyfriend co-editor Jerry, then were just entering

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-81598718521657689322010-06-12T16:03:00.004-06:002010-06-12T16:11:23.077-06:00

Pardon the interuption from my review of GAME OVER, but this just in: Nicky engages in the piracy of rock music CDs. From a post at VF:LAKEFOSSIL[forum info][online]system overloadPosts: 515 Doom MetalJune 12, 2010, 03:19:pmI used to have a SLEEP album on tape, my best friend dubbed it from CD for me and it was one of those bands I haven't heard in years. They were more in the territory of doing

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-26666500737748395632010-06-10T22:03:00.007-06:002010-06-10T22:45:25.079-06:00

Note: All excerpts are posted in accordance with U.S copyright law, which allows such excerpts to be used for the purposes of, amongst other things, commentary and critique.After Eugine opens the envelope and finds the invitation to meet at a diner, Eugine and Jerry talk for (quite!) a while, mostly about the heroic contributors to SINNERS DANCE who have been murdered in various ways. “…[Jerry]

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-9618607353958648622010-06-08T14:22:00.006-06:002010-06-08T15:10:01.897-06:00

Note: All excerpts are posted in accordance with U.S copyright law, which allows such excerpts to be used for the purposes of, amongst other things, commentary and critique.So after about 1800 words of backstory (can you say "infodump"), the plot *finally* kicks in. The hero, Eugine Verner, editor of SINNERS DANCE magazine, receives a mysterious note:The note was folded into a small envelope, and

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-40261114441106982352010-06-06T09:43:00.008-06:002010-06-06T19:12:54.520-06:00

Note: All excerpts are posted in accordance with U.S copyright law, which allows such excerpts to be used for the purposes of, amongst other things, commentary and critique.Since Nicky has been whining a lot lately about GAME OVER, I thought it might be fun to take a further look at this supposed masterpiece. Here are the opening two sentences (which should actually be three sentences):Magazine

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-69456235554337861332010-06-04T20:42:00.006-06:002010-06-04T21:31:39.356-06:00

A little filler until I get something else posted...Nicky finally got around to reading my blog - probably because I sent him a congratulatory e-mail on finally getting suspended at VampireFreaks.Nicky's response:I will be back there tomorrow and I will be reporting you for having more than one handle, and using your blog entry to get you screwed from there. Going around stealing my characters

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-51731296663593033672010-06-02T14:21:00.006-06:002010-12-21T13:06:27.085-07:00

Rusty has already covered some of this, but I find it lulzy none-the-less. Nicky on how he is so disorganized he can't even keep track of the files he uses to put together his anthologies: Hook was almost part of EG 10 but he wanted out in the 11th Hour. Hook is a good writer but he couldn't handle the intense fishbowl environment that is a Lake Fossil Press publication. I am not angry with him

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-42925659022803082492010-05-29T23:06:00.004-06:002010-05-29T23:26:36.713-06:00

I've only briefly been a member of VampireFreaks, and mostly to read Nicky drama. Paul Taylor (ptaylor at VF) and I have exchanged some e-mails about writing and stuff since then. I just got another one from him regarding his accounts at VF, and I checked it by looking at the site.VF has suspended his account with the following comment "This User Has Been Suspended by VF Admin for: Using

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-36059841450327560242010-04-25T18:51:00.005-06:002010-06-04T21:27:31.441-06:00

[ETA: Any VampireFreaks admins who might read this, please see this post.]Tonight I've been kicking back, doing laundry, and lurking on VF under my other account (my "invisible" one that has a weird username that Nicky would never think was me and that he won't block or bombard with comments) and watching the "LAKEFOSSIL/Nickykins and some butthurt" thread in the Vampirefreaks cult. It just

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-7854740974020534482010-04-25T07:41:00.001-06:002010-04-25T07:45:27.732-06:00

Someone sent me this, and I found ultimately too funny pass up, especially in light of Nicky's latest round of ranting on VampireFreaks.

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-49074232782958168302010-04-07T21:19:00.001-06:002010-04-07T21:20:30.723-06:00

Originally snagged from of the fine folks at TODP, but I believe credit goes to Alkilyu:

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-55113289612761819472010-04-04T16:05:00.010-06:002010-04-05T08:28:15.865-06:00

Since a plethora of Nicky stories have come out recently, I felt was time to introduce my own soon-to-come project:Tabloid Purposes: The Gemini BooksThis futuristic fictional memoir will follow newly-minted freelance tabloid reporter Todd Hollins and his wife, Georgina Davidson-Hollins, on their search for the mysterious Gemini Books. Joining them on their adventure will be Seth Miles, a laconic

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-91160556430644012232010-03-31T22:25:00.006-06:002010-03-31T22:40:56.749-06:00

This is a thread on VampireFreaks where Nicky makes an ass of himself after someone posts a link he doesn't like (that would be a link to Tabloid Purposes):

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-54217564806929219252010-03-29T08:29:00.006-06:002010-03-29T10:32:50.546-06:00

I get another mention in Nicky's latest blogger post here. As usual, Nicky has read something on my blog and at the same time, *not* read it. He says:"...some cunt named HorrorGal bought the e-book of the anthology I appear in -- she's going around offering pirated copies of the book too."Assuming he is talking about the Withersin Birth Issue, it was made available by Withersin. I only linked to

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-69400814135792841522010-03-24T21:20:00.005-06:002010-03-24T22:00:06.788-06:00

Nicky has crowed many places about his story, "Apt.#2W", appearing in the inaugural issue of Withersin magazine.Withersin recently made that issue available as a free PDF, so out of curiousity, I downloaded it. I've read the version of "Apt. #2W" that appeared in More Frightening Than Fiction, one of my free Nicky downloads from Lulu, and I wanted to see what an editor had done to it. When

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-54100712139400250172010-03-21T10:58:00.009-06:002010-03-22T07:59:49.152-06:00

You all know by now that Nicky revisited WritingForums.com, a place where he was previously handed his ass for being an ass.After having his thread from yesterday locked by a moderator, he visited the moderator's profile and left this tidbit:"The Blood of Barbara Malenky is on your hands because what your friends did to Lake Fossil Press in 2008. If you really want to hear what I'm about to say -

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-23036471951142346032010-03-16T11:56:00.006-06:002010-03-21T12:12:56.659-06:00

Nicky's been a busy boy on Shocklines today. Some of the amusement includes a post on this page from this morning:I've been writing opuses these days and one troll leaked parts of one opus. I've been writing metalhead characters for awhile. That little troll's been living under a rock and created a fake domain for Tabloid Purposes. So I am working on the true site as I speak. I won't have the

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-82847598722163683972010-03-15T14:59:00.004-06:002010-03-15T15:08:40.517-06:00

I decided that my little parody project - "Tabloid Purposes: A Road Trip" -- needed wider exposure. Since I happened to have a spare $13.76 laying around, and little Nicky hasn't bothered to register any of the domain names associated with his badly written, badly edited anthology projects, I bring you:Tabloid PurposesNow...I am a complete novice when it comes to web sites and html, and I am

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-17755917317978539402010-03-12T22:52:00.011-07:002010-03-13T17:24:38.109-07:00

I'm not usually in on the best gossip, but...Nicky's latest opus "When Angels Wept Blood" is now out in circulation. For example, Black Bed Sheet Books, a company started by Nicholas Grabowsky and/or Downwarden (I'm a little unclear on the relationship there), has a copy. Downwarden is the place that posted Nicky's awful "Insect", so it's no surprise Nicky tried them with this novella. [Edited to

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-80141493879335194902010-03-09T17:25:00.005-07:002010-03-09T18:19:02.173-07:00

Back around the beginning of February, the Table of Contents for the Ethereal Gazette, Issue 10, included a story called "Caravan of Souls" by Andrew Hook. Sometime in the last few days. Nicky tinkered with EG 10. When I looked at the new TOC, "Caravan of Souls" was gone and the book was eight pages shorter.(BTW, I knew Nicky had tinkered with EG10 because one can now leave ratings and reviews on

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-62599384433413661272010-03-06T08:44:00.004-07:002010-03-06T08:57:44.970-07:00

Over breakfast this morning, I found that Nicky has a new blog post up. It's almost tl;dr, but I did manage to slog through, fueled by some excellent coffee (the corner coffee shop is trying a new house brand that absolutely rocks).I get a mention this time, but dear Nicky has revised history, as he usually does, to make himself look better. He says, "...such as HorrorGal who tried to con me out

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-10795317349163251352010-03-04T14:04:00.012-07:002010-03-04T14:40:42.291-07:00

Nicky claims to have posted a "bullet to the head" edit of his borderline libelous story, "The Fandom Writer".Let's look at the differences. Below, the original text is in blue and the new is in red. Note that my version of TFW came from FictionPress, so although the name of the main female character different in the quotes below, I think Nicky actually made that change quite a while back.She was

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-34232066888591284452010-02-25T07:47:00.005-07:002011-01-10T08:23:23.855-07:00

Today I checked the Lulu page for "Tabloid Purposes: A Road Trip" and found that little Nicky had been there recently. Nicky has this to say in a review posted on February 23, 2010: This isn't parody this is plagiarisum. This author is made a horror target by her real name in a new novella I am working on. Her career is dead on the water so she decided to urinate on the real Tabloid

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-50458503880787411942010-02-06T12:06:00.017-07:002010-02-08T16:42:43.072-07:00

Nicky's hiatus -- or should that be "hitatus"? -- from the Internet apparently hasn't helped him develop any self-control.In 2006, Nicky posted a typical rambling story on Authorsden. On November 11, 2008, he received a less than complimentary review from Persephone in Pink (that name is familiar, I think from Deviant Art...). No response from Nicky until six days ago. Then he had this to say:

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-12052951540744419962010-02-05T12:59:00.010-07:002011-01-10T08:30:37.671-07:00

I have received no ungrammatical sputtering from Nicky in regards to my query. I suspect he simply deleted it unread when he saw my e-mail address. Maybe the boi has learned some self-control after all. &&&&&& I did briefly look at the story Mike Ault had in the earlier Tabloid Purposes (can't remember if it was I or II right now), and it was a Lovecraft-like story where a man wanders off into a

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-35900403491994789812010-01-28T07:55:00.011-07:002011-01-10T08:28:10.968-07:00

While Nicky has not yet responded to my query, he has responded to another. He has apparently accepted a story for Dyers Eve by Mike Ault. Let's find out more about Mr. Ault (scroll down to "About the Author"), who has three self-published books listed on Amazon: Michael Ault is a 53 year old computer database expert well known in technical areas for his work and writings with Oracle database

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-53381117524294629982010-01-19T18:07:00.004-07:002010-01-28T08:03:10.620-07:00

Yes, Nicky is back and trying put together yet another anthology of writing from people who have been hiding under an Internet rock and/or are too ignorant to Google Nicky's name. Just for fun, I thought I'd send him a query. It reads as follows:Hi Nicky,I am querying about my story “Thunderstorms of Ill Fate”, which I think would be a fine addition to your current anthology project.Todd Hollins,

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-25821966565409296782009-02-14T08:56:00.002-07:002009-02-14T09:12:23.644-07:00

I guess it's no secret that Nicky has been back on-line, at least briefly. Since so many of his accounts have been shut down, he has relatively few places to vent his spleen in even more ungrammatical than usual English. Lulu happens to be one place that hasn't permanently blocked him, and he has made Issue 8 of the Ethereal Gazette available there.I was reading through the introduction, written

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-88119375042727519182008-12-13T10:04:00.000-07:002008-12-13T10:05:17.191-07:00

The part of the state I live in is under a winter weather advisory. It could be worse, I suppose; I could live in the Northeast. When we got up this morning, we found about six to eight inches new snow and winds gusting from 20-30 mph. Even though it’s still about 15 F (it’s supposed to get colder as the weekend wears on), the wind chill is below zero.The walkway leading from the front of our

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-73593985411276950762008-12-06T11:07:00.005-07:002008-12-06T11:32:21.754-07:00

Nicky has finally managed to really make me angry. His latest article at Associated Content (no, I won't link to it) is a long, whiny, self-indulgent rant about how he has to live with the stigma of being bipolar and how, by holding him accountable for his actions, we are denigrating all people who have mental illnesses. That's bullshit.I've posted this elsewhere, but I work with someone who is

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-6171947352763507812008-12-04T07:53:00.003-07:002008-12-04T08:11:58.437-07:00

A few days ago, I purchased the most recent edition of Nicky's Ethereal Gazette. It was priced lower than the other issues (it should be; it's shorter), and it has Nicky's new story "House of Cards" in it. I got a notice from Lulu this morning that it had shipped. It's coming via media mail, so I expect it will be next week before it arrives. I'll post a review here and on AC.I've also started

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-7425772793844819872008-12-01T12:48:00.002-07:002008-12-01T12:49:50.713-07:00

Finally, my first two reviews are published at AC. That only took more than a week. They can be found here:http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1236322/review_of_darkened_horizons_issue_3.html?cat=38http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1236304/review_of_more_frightening_than_fiction.html?cat=38

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-17566329929354381122008-12-01T08:00:00.003-07:002008-12-01T08:10:08.280-07:00

Nanowrimo was over at midnight last night, and yes, I was still typing at 11:30 p.m. My hero was rescuing my heroine and a kid (well, teenager) from the bad guy's henchman. I got to write a kick ass fight scene with guns and knives. Yay! I made it to 39,700 words, which although not a winning 50,000, is still a new record for me.I also got a great idea for the ending from a conversation with a

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-39900332237325389222008-11-23T18:02:00.002-07:002008-11-23T18:11:20.064-07:00

The following is the scene into which I inserted Nicky. He'll be edited out of the final version of this, but I was a little stuck for inspiration and writing about Nicky gave me my 1670 words for the day. Please note, because this is Nano, this was written quickly with my internal editor shut off. I have spell checked it, though.-------------------------------------------------------Mia looked

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-27519164458183259922008-11-22T10:49:00.004-07:002008-11-22T11:16:39.317-07:00

Yes, I've joined the party at Associated Content. My profile is here.I hadn't planned on joining and posting anything because Tim was doing such a great job, and AC seemed to be his path to annoying our favorite closeted gay boi. But he expressed to me in an e-mail that he felt the more reviews at AC, the merrier. So I've just now submitted my reviews of "More Frightening Than Fiction" and "

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-37764362192432851042008-11-18T10:57:00.002-07:002008-11-18T11:18:47.995-07:00

See the previous entry for the beginning of of this conversation. Continuing on:-------------------------------------------------------12-20-06 Me: Still with the insults, huh? I'm pretty tolerant, but if you keep up with the personal attacks, I will take this to the site moderators.Now then...I never said small press was bad. Don't put words in my mouth. Small press can be good or bad, depending

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-77005879279993672982008-11-17T15:51:00.005-07:002008-11-17T16:06:13.308-07:00

I first met Nicky at Spinetinglers (don't click through, though; the site is under reconstruction). Nicky's infamous "Spectral Exile" was one of the five stories posted for November 2006. I left an honest and not-too-mean review. That started a long series of PM's back and forth...as follows:12-18-06 Nicky: I noticed you've flamed my short story, just to keep in mind that story got accepted in

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-9829054796465159282008-11-16T14:56:00.002-07:002008-11-16T15:01:44.038-07:00

I'm currently at my weekly Nanorimo write-in and wanted to let Nicky know (and I know you read this, Nicky) that I just wrote him into my novel. I realized that I needed a stupid motel clerk to facilitate some drama, and since I had already depicted the clerk as not-stupid, I gave her an unkempt beer-swilling cigarette-smoking foul-mouthed grandson who lived in the hotel basement and covered for

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-286145374265901132008-11-06T07:29:00.005-07:002008-11-06T07:59:18.627-07:00

It' s no secret by now that Autoaim obtained "Shitstorm", Nicky's attempt at writing directly from Nicky himself and posted it on his blog. Autoaim's site is currently shut down. I believe that he is dealing with a DMCA notice from Nicky -- although I'm surprised Nicky could even figure out how to file one given his lack of reading comprehension and writing skill."Shitstorm" is a pile of crap

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-70784117884984510872008-10-28T17:25:00.005-06:002008-10-31T13:29:39.240-06:00

Nicky has another two articles...er...rants...er...crap up on Associated Content. I won't link to them because he doesn't deserve the publicity. You can go here and read the whole text. However, he once again demonstrates that he has his head up his ass. He says,"There is another out there who went and stole the title TABLOID PURPOSESand plagiarized every story in the book. Stealing a character I

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-35804538541525193702008-10-16T17:29:00.006-06:002008-10-29T18:33:45.220-06:00

Nicky finally found "Tabloid Purposes: A Road Trip". He writes on his blog:Also looks like the Cunt named Jennifer Wagner decided to steal TABLOID PURPOSES and make parody stories of each anthology entry and stealing my story SPECTRAL EXILE – word for word plagiarisms of the story.Nicky likes to throw "plagiarism" around, even though no sane person would want to claim Nicky's writing as her own.

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-77621684908715435892008-10-14T07:43:00.006-06:002008-10-30T07:41:16.115-06:00

In my latest parody, I've used some characters with names similar to those in Nicky's stories. For those who haven't slogged through Nicky's coma-inducing prose:The Dog Seeker - My character is Seth Stiles. Nicky wrote about a Seth Miles in "Passenger".Ninos - My characters are Nicholas Kane and Otis Young, gay EMT's living in Yuma, Arizona. This is the only story where my characters have exactly

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-62098916686156230612008-10-13T07:46:00.002-06:002008-10-30T07:41:37.746-06:00

I’ve been sick with bronchitis the last few days and stuck in bed, bored silly. I'm gearing up for NaNoWriMo next month, so to get into the "writing a lot every day" habit, I decided to play around with Nicky's latest publication, TP V.As we all know, a title cannot be copyrighted nor can the names of characters. I've also checked, and "Tabloid Purposes" is not trademarked (if Nicky can't afford

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-86625661029548420642008-09-17T15:58:00.006-06:002008-10-30T08:07:26.304-06:00

Nicky's latest post on Blogger says in part, "Jaen you're way out of line with this one, and since you pissed on a dead authors grave with your act that is personal. I didn't even have a chance to get the files to fix the mistake of publishing you."Since I am a kind and generous person, I e-mailed Nicky today with an offer to help him out:"Nicky,I see on your latest Blogspot entry that you "...

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-28331554370393078912008-08-17T07:25:00.008-06:002008-10-30T07:46:06.847-06:00

(All quotes used under the "fair use" provisions of U.S. copyright law.)Once upon a time, I did a mini-review of the beginning of Nicky’s “The Storms of Armageddon”, which was posted on Authorsden. This story is also included in the Nicky’s atrocious The Writings Collected, Volume Two.If you remember, in the beginning of the story, a news team is in Florida in an amphibious Hummer amidst the

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-83489077302898572362008-01-02T11:24:00.002-07:002008-10-30T07:59:37.048-06:00

It appears that -- either in honor of the new year or because he still can't figure out how to work the Lulu web site -- Nicky has made all four issues of Tabloid Purposes available as PDF files. Thanks, Nicky, that's much cheaper and easier than buying the print copies.

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-3285205016280727802007-12-23T16:26:00.001-07:002008-10-30T07:45:50.285-06:00

I've posted my review of Darkened Horizons Issue 3 on Lulu. It's an abbreviated version of the review because Lulu limits the number of characters one can post.

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-74780209530162478332007-12-21T07:52:00.001-07:002008-10-30T07:59:04.485-06:00

Jordan Bobe, the editor of Darkened Horizons Issue 3, has some humorous things to say in his "note" at the end of the issue. I don't think he intended them to be funny, but I couldn't resist sharing them:"I also attribute a good deal of the problem to the greed associated with writing. Authors are people and as the prices of gas and utilities goes up, so does the need for the story writers to be

Jennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04591062647147721220noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5495786346908980157.post-38070254364520041012007-12-20T09:39:00.001-07:002008-10-30T07:58:19.736-06:00

of Nicky's "Damnation Observes", and last night I struggled through reading it. It is just as awful as the rest of his writing. A few examples of Nicky-isms:"Observers all of us are, or were, in our time and the madness that wanders from an illness no one can see or understand.""She didn't have a name but her sincerity stood in the eyes of those who knew this darkness, but yet has no

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Courtesy of the fine folks at TODP:Damn, I can't make it dance... Check out this link for the whole show.

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over at this Lulu thread. Nicky is on the verge of losing it. Let's take a look at some of his latest delusions (his first post on the page). Warning...beverage alert!"I know your history in ruining someone's publishing company... "I've never ruined anyone's publishing company. Your paranoia is giving me far more credit than I deserve."...and you don't like Conservatives"Actually, Nicky, my folks

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I've had a brief conversation with Nicky in a thread over on the Lulu forums. The funniest part? Here is Nicky responding to another poster:"I will not publish Jenny because of a number of reasons -- one of them she bragged about ruining different publications I did on here. ... I blacklisted her because of the things she's done on other forums. "He "blacklisted" me? *snort* Nicky "blacklisting"

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Nicky is foaming at the mouth because someone is threatening to post an old address of his. While I don't approve of posting private information, that address hasn't been private in quite some time. Nicky posted it himself. Scroll down...Nothing ever truly vanishes from the 'Net.

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(More Frightening Than Fiction can be found at Lulu).They say you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but the temptation here is almost overwhelming. Let’s look at the back cover for example. Run-on sentences? Check. Grammar errors? Check. Paranoid ramblings about e-piracy? Check. With prose this bad on the outside, what should we expect from the inside?According to the rambling and

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(I've been reading too much of Nicky's dreck lately, and the following seemed funny after a glass of wine or two. *heh* Oh, everybody wave to Nicky. I've got Illinois footprints all over the blog and three more Paypal invoices. Guess what I did with those...) My poison of choice is scotch, but this works just as well with other beverages. Drink safely! I may add to this as inspiration strikes.

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So Nicky (aka Nickolaus Pacione for the Googlebots) has come over to Blogger. His latest post has a lot of BS in it. Let's take a look:"Since Xanga decided to delete my blog because I went andtold someone to latently to fuck off."Actually, Nicky sent me a death threat. Not exactly the same thing."I am sure some of you who want to blame someone for closing down my Xanga Blog it was because of an

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Disclaimer: JENNY is me (Horrogal) Todd Hollins is used under the fair use provisions of U.S. copyright law. For the search engines, Nicky is Nickolaus Pacione. Todd's goat is a running joke that started here and continued here.JENNY: So here we are again, Todd. Another review. I’m glad you could join me. Why don’t you introduce yourself for any new readers.Todd: My name is Todd Hollins. I was

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(All quotes used under the "fair use" provisions of U.S. copyright law.) I thought I would take a stab at another Pacione classic – House of Spiders – the story that spawned two sequels. And what do you know…it was posted at AuthorsDen. How convenient.The infamous story starts when Joanna Hollins, a 21-year-old college student working on her thesis, gets a telephone call from a reality show. We

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The original post title was "Spectral Exile AKA A Marty Sue). If you read the opening 800 words or so of Spectral Exile, you'll see what I mean when I call it a Marty Sue. (I can't really call it a Mary Sue for obvious gender reasons.) I've since learned the correct term is Gary Stu. Some random thoughts on the worst story I've read in a long, long, long, long, long, long time: Just for fun I

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A while back, I ran into this illiterate schmuck named Nickolaus Pacione on a web site for horror writing. Nick thinks he's hot stuff, and you are damned a thousand vulgar ways if you try to tell him any differently -- which I did. I also told him that just because some random person with a Lulu account thinks Nick's stories are good enough to publish, that doesn't mean that I think they are good

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