David Nickle

The Devil's Exercise Yard

 


Welcome to the yard. You've got 20 minutes a day here. Let's make it count.

So - with apologies to you-know-who - 

- please allow me to introduce myself...

I'm David Nickle, and I write stories. Most of them are what you'd call horror stories. But in the mix are science fiction, fantasy, and some stories that are just stories. Not one of t

hem is true. I've had some of these stories published  in places like The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, the Northern Frights series, the Queer Fear series, Cemetery Dance, On Spec, and a whole bunch others. I've got  five novels out (Volk: A Novel of Radiant Abomination, The 'Geisters, Rasputin's B

astards, Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism, and The Claus Effect, with Karl Schroeder), and two story collections (Knife Fight and Other Struggles and Monstrous Affections, all my own, available from ChiZine Publications). 

In 1997, I won a Bram Stoker award for short fiction, with my pal Edo Van Belkom. That story, "Rat Food," isn't on this site now. "The Sloan Men", which won no prizes but got a fancy Year's Best reprint and was adapted for television and audio, is. For people who like lists, there's also a CV. And links for people who like to link. 

There'll be more stuff on the site as time goes on. In the meantime - the clock is ticking...


  • Free Lies. Some of this is creative commons licensed, some is strictly look-but-don't-touch. 

  • All the Lies To Date. Here's a list of all the fiction I've published - where it's been, what's happened to it, whether it's won awards. 

  • The Claus Effect. This is the part of the website where we talk about spending some disposable income. The Claus Effect is a novel that Karl Schroeder and I wrote about ten years ago, and its Amazon numbers could sure use a boost. At the very least, you can read a review and a chapter and see what the cover looks like.  

  •  The Devil's Exercise Yard. This is the blog of the website. Go here to find out new things.

  • The Devil's Media Kit. Very boring part of the website, to help journalists who might be stopping by the yard get their stories straight.

  • Monstrous Affections. This being the other part of the website where we talk about spending your disposable income - this time, on my first collection of short fiction. There are samples of each story and links to anything remotely related to those stories online. And, of course, the cover. Plus a pitch. Because I should like for you to buy one and don't mind saying so.

  • Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism. Here are some treats and tidbits from my first solo novel, Eutopia: A Novel of Terrible Optimism. 
  • Rasputin's Bastards. This link takes you on a little trip, to the domains whatiscity512.com and rasputinsbastards.com, which serve to give a taste of my novel of psychic spies, giant squid and outdoor sporting equipment retail (not really too much of that last bit). The site is actually run by ChiZine Publications, the book's excellent publisher. Which means you can expect, you know... graphics, and video and some very un-Yard-like sense of design. Come back real soon!

Contact: davidnickle(at)gmail(dot)com

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at the Cooke-McDermid Agency

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Author photo copyright 2009 by Karen Fernandez