VampireFreaks has Idiots for Mods

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 multiple accounts to harass a specific member. Until Jun 05, 2010"

He told me that he did have a second account, which he used it a few times to look at a few cults. What I find so amusing about this is the following:

1. Paul says he blocked Nicky a while back to get Nicky to leave him alone and hasn't engaged Nick since except when Nicky mentioned his name. Yep, that' s harassment.

2. Paul says he never posted anything from the second account, just read cults. Yep, that's harassment.

3. As a premium member, Paul is allowed to have two accounts. That was clearly posted in one of the sets of rules I read when I joined. I'll have to see if I can find the link.

4. Nicky has posted lots of comments (the homophobic comments, for instance) in violation of the TOS, rules, etc., and the mods have done zilch.

All in all, it seems the admins/moderators/the powers that be at VF are either ignorant of their own rules, jack-asses...or both.

Nicky and Ray Faraday Nelson

[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 rolled over onto the sixth page, but this tidbit, posted by Paul Taylor on Page 5 caught my attention:

I just found out something interesting. First, Pacione, let me say that I have professional contacts that you could only dream of. I have gone to cons and workshops, I've socialized (without pimping my own work or otherwise being an ass), and I've learned a lot that will help me in my future career.

Here's what I just learned minutes ago from one of those contacts: you've been pestering Ray Faraday Nelson. I understand that you asked him if you could run his story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" in one of your various magazines, and he said yes. Does Ray know what kind of a troll and a bigot you are? I wonder if he would want his name associated with yours in any way if he read the stuff you've been posting here and on your blogs?

Maybe someone should let him know what he's agreed to...

I haven't heard of Ray Faraday Nelson, so I followed the link in the post (there's one more line I didn't copy), and it looks like Nelson is actually a reputable professional author and cartoonist. Which begs the question: why would he agree to let Nicky run one of his stories. I'm assuming that he is just a nice guy who hasn't a clue who or what Nicky really is.

And Nicky Claims to Love this Country...

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

In Honor of Rusty's Latest

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

Tabloid Purposes: The Gemini Books

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 Books

This 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 long-haul freighter pilot, and Nickolaus Kane, a bisexual out-of-work musician with a knack for charming both sexes of humans and aliens alike.

More details and a much better synopsis to follow.

Please note that this book may be released in serial format - meaning as I get the chapters done. This will mostly likely end up as a long short story, rather than a book like Tabloid Purposes: A Road Trip.

Also, since Nicky is whining again about me misleading people, I'd like to make it clear that this book is not put out or in any way endorsed by Lake Fossil Press.

Nicky On VampireFreaks

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):

Nicky's Lack of Reading Comprehension

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 the page put up by Withersin.

If he's talking about any of the first four Tabloid Purposes, then he's really off his rocker. I am not now sending -- nor have I ever sent -- anyone a copy of those files. Nicky is full of BS, as usual.

This isn't the first time he's shot off his mouth and made false statements about something I've posted. He has previously accused me of linking from my Tabloid Purposes website to the new Ethereal Gazette site. He was wrong, of course, but I have yet to receive an apology after pointing out that error.