Writing Updates

BUSY BUSY BUSY! It's always good to be busy. On my writing front:

- Closing in on the ending to my second novel LOVERS, which is the heartwarming tale of an Emergency Medical Technician who becomes fascinated with a young woman who dies while in his care...
- Have started a top secret bizarro novel with a co-author (who shall not be named as of yet). We're intending to aim for the fence with this one.
- 2017 will see the release of my 4th exploitation novella from Dynatox Ministries. I have so far dealt with Nunsploitation, Cannibalsploitation, and Blaxsploitation, and now throw my hat into the rape/revenge subgenre. DEATH WITCH is basically DEATH WISH meets THE CRAFT on the set of MS. 45. Had a blast writing this and it will first be released as a limited edition, then as an unlimited trade paperback with a different cover. More news soon...


- I have three (count 'em) short stories coming out in new anthologies this year, the first titled THE DWELLERS in what promises to be a fun book full of stories written in tribute to the 1984 cult classic C.H.U.D. The second (brace yourself here) is titled THE SMALL INTESTINES OF LOWER MANHATTAN (OR, HOW THE REVEREND HAROLD'S LAUNDROMAT WAS ALMOST ACCUSED OF BLASPHEMY) and will be featured in Bizarro Pulp Press' latest antho MORE BIZARRO THAN BIZARRO, and finally, I'm thrilled to be included in an antho to be released through Cemetery Dance. My tale, LOVE THY NEIGHBOR, looks at why an abandoned ice cream truck has become haunted.
- My first non fiction film book SUBURBAN GRINDHOUSE (a collection of my columns from Cinema Knife Fight along with some all new interviews) is rolling along. Hope to post an official announcement from the publisher soon.


- My return to the fanzine world, THE MIDNIGHT GRIND, didn't sell as well as we hoped (and by WE I mean myself and the several writers who contributed to the debut issue). We had fun and tested the waters, but a second issue is doubtful at this point. You can still get the debut issue via paypal. Email NickYak@aol.com for details.