Micky Neilson's Blog, page 2
April 12, 2017
The Howling!!!
Hello all! Issue number one (digital) of The Howling is out now on Comixology! Grab a copy today! https://t.co/F3GBBTusa4
December 15, 2016
Prequel to The Turning
My first prequel to The Turning, Whisper Lake, is available now! Follow the adventures of Celine Armistead before she ever met Brandon Frye!
http://hyperurl.co/WhisperLake
http://hyperurl.co/WhisperLake
December 13, 2016
The Howling!!!
I can't even tell you all how excited I am to be writing The Howling comic series! Pubbed by Space Goat, art by Jason Johnson.
http://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/spac...
http://www.horrornewsnetwork.net/spac...
August 2, 2016
The Turning Unleashed!
"Years ago Brandon Frye was bitten, cursed to transform into a primal killing machine under the light of the full moon... until he met Celine, who introduced him to experimental pills meant to suppress the turning.
Now, after a terrible tragedy has taken Celine's life, Brandon boards a cruise ship bound for Alaska, intending to venture into the cold white north and never return.
But when Brandon meets Ginny, he gains a second chance at love. Nevertheless, circumstances align against him: a storm is building, a hunter is on his trail, and the pills that are meant to prevent the turning...
Are about to trigger it."
The Turning is available NOW digitally on Amazon. Print version coming in the next few days! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I7JX7Q4
Now, after a terrible tragedy has taken Celine's life, Brandon boards a cruise ship bound for Alaska, intending to venture into the cold white north and never return.
But when Brandon meets Ginny, he gains a second chance at love. Nevertheless, circumstances align against him: a storm is building, a hunter is on his trail, and the pills that are meant to prevent the turning...
Are about to trigger it."
The Turning is available NOW digitally on Amazon. Print version coming in the next few days! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01I7JX7Q4
July 13, 2016
The Turning
On August 2nd, there will be no escape.
My first self published horror novel will arrive on August 2nd! The Turning, both digital and print versions will be available exclusively through Amazon. Available for preorder now!
https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Micky-...
*Warning: The Turning contains graphic depictions of sex and violence* Enjoy!
My first self published horror novel will arrive on August 2nd! The Turning, both digital and print versions will be available exclusively through Amazon. Available for preorder now!
https://www.amazon.com/Turning-Micky-...
*Warning: The Turning contains graphic depictions of sex and violence* Enjoy!
June 13, 2016
My Autobiography
My Autobio is finally here!
Lost and Found, the autobiography of N.Y. Times best-selling author Micky Neilson, a 20 year-veteran of the World of Warcraft franchise, is The Glass Castle meets Of Dice and Men.
Lost and Found: An Autobiography of Discovering Family, is the harrowing and inspirational memoir of the successful contributor to World of Warcraft and N.Y. Times best-seller Micky Neilson, who was kidnapped by his schizophrenic father as a toddler, spending his earliest years on the run and his teenage years as a foster child. This autobiography chronicles Micky’s experience serving in the first Gulf War, the meteoric rise of Blizzard Entertainment and, most triumphantly, his reuniting with the family that was stolen from him as a child.
“No one who reads my fiction today or plays the video games I've contributed to knows that I was kidnapped at eight months old, that I grew up with a schizophrenic father, that I didn't attend school until 7th grade, or that I never knew my true identity until I was reunited with my family after 38 years,” said the author. “It's such an honor to finally be able to share my life story.”
Lost and Found is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold!
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Found-Aut...
Lost and Found, the autobiography of N.Y. Times best-selling author Micky Neilson, a 20 year-veteran of the World of Warcraft franchise, is The Glass Castle meets Of Dice and Men.
Lost and Found: An Autobiography of Discovering Family, is the harrowing and inspirational memoir of the successful contributor to World of Warcraft and N.Y. Times best-seller Micky Neilson, who was kidnapped by his schizophrenic father as a toddler, spending his earliest years on the run and his teenage years as a foster child. This autobiography chronicles Micky’s experience serving in the first Gulf War, the meteoric rise of Blizzard Entertainment and, most triumphantly, his reuniting with the family that was stolen from him as a child.
“No one who reads my fiction today or plays the video games I've contributed to knows that I was kidnapped at eight months old, that I grew up with a schizophrenic father, that I didn't attend school until 7th grade, or that I never knew my true identity until I was reunited with my family after 38 years,” said the author. “It's such an honor to finally be able to share my life story.”
Lost and Found is available on Amazon and wherever books are sold!
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Found-Aut...
March 7, 2016
Wattpad and Radish
Hello dear readers! I have two ongoing, online books I want to tell you about: first is my werewolf story Legacy of the Wolf, on Wattpad. It's about a female detective working to solve a murder while uncovering secrets from her past. You can find it on my WP home page here: https://www.wattpad.com/user/MickyNei...
The next is for an app called Radish Fiction. For more information on Radish, go here: https://radishfiction.com/
My story is called I Am Chosen, and can be found under Mystery or by searching the title once you download the app. I update there once a week. First 3 chapters are free, then readers can pay read chapters as soon as they post, or wait 3 weeks to view them free.
I Am Chosen is about a series of killings in Washington, where residents are killing each other, seemingly at random. Before murder is committed the killer says "I Am Chosen."
That's the latest! Thanks for your support!!!
The next is for an app called Radish Fiction. For more information on Radish, go here: https://radishfiction.com/
My story is called I Am Chosen, and can be found under Mystery or by searching the title once you download the app. I update there once a week. First 3 chapters are free, then readers can pay read chapters as soon as they post, or wait 3 weeks to view them free.
I Am Chosen is about a series of killings in Washington, where residents are killing each other, seemingly at random. Before murder is committed the killer says "I Am Chosen."
That's the latest! Thanks for your support!!!
August 18, 2015
Press Start to Play is out now!
Press Start to Play is an anthology which I contributed a short story to. Grab your copy today!
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1101...Press Start to Play
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1101...Press Start to Play
June 28, 2015
Newsletter!
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Major thanks to Heino and Chris Brand for the site design and newsletter setup!
Major thanks to Heino and Chris Brand for the site design and newsletter setup!
May 1, 2015
Press Start to Play
Hi All! Very excited to announce the Press Start to Play anthology, a video game-themed series of short stories which I contributed to. See the press release below, and for pre orders, go here:
http://www.amazon.com/Press-Start-Pla...
NEWS: PRESS START TO PLAY Cover & TOC Reveal
Now that Kotaku has made the big reveal for us, I'm free to also share the final cover, (not final) cover copy, and table of contents for PRESS START TO PLAY, a mostly-original anthology of stories about and inspired by video games I edited (with Daniel H. Wilson) for Vintage. It's forthcoming in August 2015, but you can pre-order it now.
COVER:
Press Start to Play
COVER COPY (not final):
Achievement unlocked! In the spirit of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, here are twenty-six works of fiction that put video games---and the people who play them---in the spotlight. Whether these authors are tackling the humble pixelated coin-op arcade games of the 70s and 80s, or the vivid, immersive form of entertainment that abounds today, you'll never look at phrases like "save point," "first-person shooter," "dungeon crawl," "pwned," or "kill screen," in quite the same way again.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Foreword—Ernest Cline
Introduction—John Joseph Adams
God Mode—Daniel H. Wilson
NPC—Charles Yu
Respawn—Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Desert Walk—S.R. Mastrantone
Rat Catcher's Yellows—Charlie Jane Anders
1Up—Holly Black
Survival Horror—Seanan McGuire
REAL—Django Wexler
Outliers—Nicole Feldringer
—Chris Avellone
Save Me Plz—David Barr Kirtley (reprint)
The Relive Box—T.C. Boyle (reprint)
Roguelike—Marc Laidlaw
All of the People in Your Party Have Died—Robin Wasserman
RECOIL!—Micky Neilson
Anda’s Game—Cory Doctorow (reprint)
Coma Kings—Jessica Barber (reprint)
Stats—Marguerite K. Bennett
Please Continue—Chris Kluwe
Creation Screen—Rhianna Pratchett
The Fresh Prince of Gamma World—Austin Grossman
Gamer’s End—Yoon Ha Lee
The Clockwork Soldier—Ken Liu (reprint)
Killswitch—Catherynne M. Valente (reprint)
Twarrior—Andy Weir
Select Character—Hugh Howey
http://www.amazon.com/Press-Start-Pla...
NEWS: PRESS START TO PLAY Cover & TOC Reveal
Now that Kotaku has made the big reveal for us, I'm free to also share the final cover, (not final) cover copy, and table of contents for PRESS START TO PLAY, a mostly-original anthology of stories about and inspired by video games I edited (with Daniel H. Wilson) for Vintage. It's forthcoming in August 2015, but you can pre-order it now.
COVER:
Press Start to Play
COVER COPY (not final):
Achievement unlocked! In the spirit of Ernest Cline's Ready Player One, here are twenty-six works of fiction that put video games---and the people who play them---in the spotlight. Whether these authors are tackling the humble pixelated coin-op arcade games of the 70s and 80s, or the vivid, immersive form of entertainment that abounds today, you'll never look at phrases like "save point," "first-person shooter," "dungeon crawl," "pwned," or "kill screen," in quite the same way again.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Foreword—Ernest Cline
Introduction—John Joseph Adams
God Mode—Daniel H. Wilson
NPC—Charles Yu
Respawn—Hiroshi Sakurazaka
Desert Walk—S.R. Mastrantone
Rat Catcher's Yellows—Charlie Jane Anders
1Up—Holly Black
Survival Horror—Seanan McGuire
REAL—Django Wexler
Outliers—Nicole Feldringer
—Chris Avellone
Save Me Plz—David Barr Kirtley (reprint)
The Relive Box—T.C. Boyle (reprint)
Roguelike—Marc Laidlaw
All of the People in Your Party Have Died—Robin Wasserman
RECOIL!—Micky Neilson
Anda’s Game—Cory Doctorow (reprint)
Coma Kings—Jessica Barber (reprint)
Stats—Marguerite K. Bennett
Please Continue—Chris Kluwe
Creation Screen—Rhianna Pratchett
The Fresh Prince of Gamma World—Austin Grossman
Gamer’s End—Yoon Ha Lee
The Clockwork Soldier—Ken Liu (reprint)
Killswitch—Catherynne M. Valente (reprint)
Twarrior—Andy Weir
Select Character—Hugh Howey
