Scott Nicholson

Scott Nicholson (born 24 June 1962, the United States) is an American writer who writes mainly horror novels and thrillers. Most of them play in the rural areas of the Appalachians. His first novel, The Red Church ( Red Church ), was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Awards.

Biography

The author and journalist Scott Nicholson lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the U.S. state of North Carolina. He has published more than 50 short stories and novels in six countries. He also writes screenplays and is vice chairman of the American Horror Writers Association. He is involved in the organizations Mystery Writers of America and International Thriller Writers, and won the 1999 Grand Prix in the literary contest " Writers of the Future".

Thank you for the Flowers

In the anthology Thank you for the Flowers is a collection of 13 short stories in which Nicholson " the macabre with science fiction and fantasy elements combines studded with various elements of style -. Of biting satire to gentle sentimentalism " In a review in The Dispatch Nicholson's work is partially attributed to an "apparent glorification of metaphor ". The collection includes, among other things, the award-winning short story Vampire Shortstop.

The Farm

The Farm is the fifth thriller written by Scott Nicholson. In this novel he processed experiences from his native North Carolina. In an interview with the newspaper "The Times News" said Nicholson, in the book were especially his fascination with the religions of the Appalachians as well as for the nature of goats incorporated:

" The story is all about the relationship between mother and daughter," Nicholson said in the article. " The daughter is taking drugs, and then pass all these strange things. I wanted to represent an outsider who comes to this small community in the mountains. She is rebellious and rebels against everything, because she wants to be different. And because they is so different, she thinks that no one will believe her, as happen these weird things with the goats .... Rather than hold in this situation, in order to overcome together, it brings mother and daughter apart even further. "

The Hunger

In an interview in The Times News Nicholson describes the book as "Deliverance with vampires".

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Bibliography

Novels

  • The Red Church, 2002 ( German: The Red Church, 2012)
  • The Harvest, 2003
  • The Manor, 2004 ( German: The tunnels of the soul, 2012)
  • The Home, 2005
  • The Farm, 2006
  • They Hunger, 2007
  • Disintegration, 2010 (German: disunion, 2012)
  • Drummer Boy, a sequel to ' The Red Church ", 2010
  • The Skull Ring, 2010 (German: The Skull Ring, 2011)

Short stories

  • Scattered Ashes, 2008 - Collection of short stories
  • Thank You For the Flowers, 2000 - Collection of short stories
  • " Heal Thyself " - published in the anthology Aegri Somnia
  • " Unnatural Disasters " 2011 Collection

Comics

  • Dirt, comic book series, 2009
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