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Thomas Ligotti, Philip K. Dick, Gary A. Braunbeck, Jack Ketchum

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“Nicole Cushing is one of my faves... There’s a focused intelligence and clarity at play throughout even the deepest patches of delirium — a genuine method to the unadulterated madness — that makes it so much more than merely weird.”

– NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling Author John Skipp

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Achtung, Cushingistas! Here’s a couple of items of you may find of interest regarding the scribblings of Yours Truly.

Publishing News Update #1: Keep your eyes on the Phantasmagorium website. In the near future, my story “The Truth, as Told by a Bottle of Liquid Morphine” will be appearing (for your free reading enjoyment) as the “Weekly Offering” (“Offering?” Sounds suspiciously like human sacr...

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Books by Nicole Cushing

Average rating: 4.03 · 121 ratings · 29 reviews · 5 distinct works

	How to Eat Fried Furries 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Werewolves and Shapeshifters: Encounters with the Beast Within by John Skipp (editor), George R.R. Martin (contributor), Charlaine Harris (contributor) 3.90 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Bust Down the Door and Eat All the Chickens by Bradley Sands (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Garrett Cook (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Mykle Hansen (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	In Laymon's Terms by Kelly Laymon (Editor/Contributor), Richard Chizmar, Steve Gerlach 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008	My rating:
	Bizarro Fiction! Journal of Experimental Fiction 37 by Eckhard Gerdes (Goodreads Author), Nicole Cushing (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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Nicole Cushing is currently reading:

In Silent Graves

by Gary A. Braunbeck

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Nicole Cushing wrote a new blog post: Wonderfest Show & Tell #1: A Pulp Magazine Wonderfest Show & Tell #1: A Pulp Magazine The Early-’50s Pulp Mag I Purchased at Wonderfest Over Memorial Day weekend I attended a local media SF and horror convention called Wonderfest . I’... read more »
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Nicole Cushing gave to: In Extremis: The Most Extreme Short Stories of John Shirley by John Shirley read in May, 2012	My rating:
This reprint collection earns three stars, solid but a little disappointing. Publishers Weekly likes to use the word "uneven" to refer to collections with an inconsistent level of quality, and that's the word I feel compelled to use here: "uneven". T...more
May 28, 2012 07:29pm · see review
Nicole Cushing gave to: Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel read in May, 2012	My rating:
I really wanted to give this book four stars, instead of three...I'm sort of on the fence. So consider this a 3.5 star review. WHAT WORKED FOR ME: Bechdel's approach to memoir is refreshingly complex and multifaceted. The non-linear approach to storyt...more
May 23, 2012 01:06pm · see review
Nicole Cushing marked as to-read: A Rendezvous in Averoigne by Clark Ashton Smith	My rating:
Apr 22, 2012 05:57pm
Nicole Cushing gave to: Tales of Mystery and Terror by Edgar Allan Poe read in April, 2012	My rating:
I first purchased this collection of Poe stories about ten years ago, and only got around to reading it this year. I guess you could call that Poe-crastination. ;P Um, anyway... I enjoyed this inexpensive collection. (I paid $2.99 for it, back in the d...more
Apr 22, 2012 05:44pm · see review
Nicole Cushing made a comment on John's profile "Welcome to Goodreads, Skipp! "
Mar 08, 2012 08:08am
Nicole Cushing recommended Grimscribe: His Lives and Works to Jordan Grimscribe: His Lives and Works by Thomas Ligotti	My rating:
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Nicole Cushing gave to: Grimscribe: His Lives and Works by Thomas Ligotti read in November, 2011	My rating:
For me, the standouts in this collection were "The Last Feast of Harlequin" and "The Night School" -- but I didn't find myself disappointed by any of the tales. My understanding is that this is a reprint of a long out-of-print book. Ligotti wrote the...more
Nov 25, 2011 06:06pm · see review
Nicole Cushing voted on a poll Shakespeare or Not? brought to you by Anonymous "Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player" she voted for Not Shakespeare...more Not Shakespeare (less)
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Nicole Cushing made a comment in the group Literary Horror — Christians and Horror? topic "Andrew: I know Maurice, and I think I can say that his work fits within the mainstream of speculative fiction. His work is primarily through mainstream...more "
Sep 18, 2011 12:51pm

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