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Yrs, Nick!

COVERS FOR THE DEEP

Hello!

Here are a few covers for The Deep, the US and UK versions.

Yrs,

Nick.

ANOTHER SIGHTING OF THE TROOP

... this time in sunny ole Canada. More likely unseasonably cold and cloudy Canada, but you get the drift. Courtesy my good bud, Brett Savory. Unlucky number, but it fits the book!

Yrs,

Nick.

THE TROOP PB SIGHTING IN THE WILD

... sent to me by my intrepid editor, who is out and about. JFK airport, NYC.

Yrs,

Nick.

THE TROOP OUT IN MASS MARKET PAPERBACK!

Hello Gang,

It's out in its cheapest—and I think, best and most appropriate—version. I mean, the pulpy horror of The Troop available for seven bucks! Or nine, in Canada! But still!

Great googly moogly. It's actually the first book I've ever had released as a mass market paperback. And really, most of the horror books I've read have been MMPBs. There's just something about reading a horror book that way that fits, right? I mean, my folks used to buy me the Stephen King hardcovers when I was a teenager, for my birthday or Christmas (sometimes both; that King fellow is hella prolific!) and I loved them and appreciated them, but really, when it came to my own buying, it was mass market paperbacks all the way.

So if you've been holding off, what's your excuse now? You have none—NONE, I tell you! Go forth and purchase.

You can find links to your online bookseller of choice here:

THE TROOP WEBSITE

Yrs,
Nick.

PB of THE TROOP, with new arc of THE DEEP

Hello Gang,

Went to New York this weekend to meet with the folks at Simon and Shuster/Gallery Books and ended up snagging a copy of The Troop as a massmarket paperback. Coming your way in a few weeks for, like, seven bucks! Plus review copies of the new book, The Deep, are ready to go, too. That's out next January. I stuck a copy of The Troop's review copy in there, too, just for scale. So sue me!

Yrs,

Nick.

PEN NAME

Hello Youse Guys,

Some people have asked how I came up with "Nick Cutter" as a pen name. My son's Diaper Genie holds the key!

So there you have it. One of my many dirty secrets. Plus a shot of my weirdlooking, abnormally long toes as an added bonus. You're welcome!

Yrs,

Nick.

PREORDER THE DEEP

Hello All and Sundry, or Few, or Whomsoever might stumble across yon humble blog,

You can now preorder my upcoming book, The Deep, via Amazon and other online book vendors, should you prefer to do it via another bookseller.

PREORDER THE DEEP IN THE US

Coming soon: preorder links for Canada, the UK, and Germany.

All best,
Nick.

Podcast at The Labyrinth

Hello All,

Thanks to Cesar for sitting me down for a chat!

LABYRINTH PODCAST

Yrs, Nick.

TOILET TRAINING CALAMATIES

Oh Hellllll-ooooo,

Well, I don't imagine this blog will ever turn into one of those "Daddy Blogs" where I recount the minutae of the parental life. Not that I have any issues with blogs of that nature—and not that my role as a father hasn't already crept into my fictional output—but I guess I'm not always as attuned to the day-to-day oddities of fatherhood as others.

But we've been trying to toilet train our son recently. It's an interesting experience. Apparently it's instuctive for Nicholas to watch people ... well, peeing. Guys especially, because the plumbing's the same. He won't be standing up to pee for quite some time—that's high-level-of-difficulty stuff for a toddler. And it's not like I'm taking him to public urinals and saying:

"Now watch this guy's technique—it's stellar! That's some great, great pissing on display there! Good shaking off, too, after the deed: not too showy, just enough to get the job done and get the tool back into the toolshed with no wetting."

No, no, there's none of that. I'm not saying it would scar him, I'm not saying it would not. Just doesn't seem the thing to be done.

But that means it falls to me. So now any time I feel the urge I announce with great fanfare:

"Time for Daddy to go pee-pee!"

Nicholas is greatly enthused by this. He puts down whatever he was doing and toddles on into the bathroom to watch. Now it's a weird sensation to pee in front of someone else—I recognize certain fetishists pay a pricey penny for the thrill, but for me, aside from standing beside dudes at the public urinals, it's not my thing. But now I've got this pint-sized gawker watching me pee. He's very intent, too, his eyes burning practically a hole in the toilet. He looks at my ... uh, thingie as I suppose I might refer to it for him, then into the toilet with the splashing and whatnot, then back up, then down, then up again and down like he's watching a ping-pong match. It's all very strange but hey, the boy's gotta learn somehow.

But then yesterday I announce it's pee-pee time and Nick follows me in and I'm halfway done and he kind of sighs and wanders back into the main room to play with his train set. I don't know if it was simply a weak showing on my part or, more likely, that he's like: I got it, Dad. Pee goes in the big white bowl. Check. Not to be a jerk about it, but it's kind of passe now. Booooooring.

I felt just a little hurt. Stung. I finished with a sad trickle and zipped up and looked in the mirror and said: "You still got it, baby" just to buck myself up after this ego-sapping blow.

So I guess my job is done on that front. I can check it off on the list. I'm sure I'll be doing something weird in the service of fatherhood again soon, however.

Yrs, Nick.

THE TROOP E-BOOK ON SALE THIS WEEK

... for $3.99. That's a load of words for such a cheap price! That's like, 1/16th of a cent per word, or less! You really won't find a better deal than that, folks, nosirree bob! So go grab a copy wherever fine book are e-vended!

THE TROOP ON SALE

Yrs, Nick

JOE ROGAN PODCAST

Hello All,

Big thanks to Matt Staggs, who put my book into the hands of Joe Rogan, which led to an appearance on his podcast. It was a marathon 3 hours, a marathon Joe has run nearly 500 times now but which was a new experience for me; my own interviews, the few times they they occur, usually run a modest 2-15 minutes. So I'm not sure how I did, really, but Joe was very gracious about maneuvering me through my first longform podcast experience. Really a cool guy, very thankful to have had the opportunity.

JOE ROGAN PODCAST

All best, Nick.

SNEAK PEEK OF BOOK #2

INTERVIEW AT THE GINGER NUTS OF HORROR

Hello All,

If'n you please, check out this interview conducted by Jim Mcleod over at the Ginger Nuts of Horror.

INTERVIEW

Yrs,
Nick.

ARIZONA REPUBLIC INTERVIEW AND REVIEW IN SF CHRONICLE

Hello All,

Here's an interview with yours truly in the Arizona Republic. A big thanks to Randy Cordova for taking the time!

INTERVIEW

... and also, a review in the San Francisco Chronicle, along with two other very good books. So I'm fortunate to be in good company.

SF CHRONICLE REVIEW

Yrs,
Nick.

HORROR HONEYS PODCAST

Hello There,

Would you like to hear me babble on like a maniac about The Troop and sundry other topics? Well, here's your chance! My deepest thanks to the Horror Honeys for taking the time to interview me.

HORROR HONEYS INTERVIEW

Yrs,
Nick.

HEY-YO!

It's been awhile since I've posted. My bad. There was a little tour here in Canada (which was a really good time), and then I got sick as a dog when I got back. Real sick. My body was ejecting substances that held shades and textures as I've not heretofore encountered. But now I'm better. My bodily emissions have returned to their regular, humdrum shades. You probably didn't want to know that. Well, you do now regardless. You're welcome.

Also, read this if you'd like:

NICK CUTTER PROFILE

Yrs,
Nick.

Interviews and Etc

Hello All,

Huge thanks to Eric Volmers, tireless (and very thorough!) reporter for the Calgary Herald for taking the time to record and later coalesce my rambling, nonsensical diatribe into a very nice interview. He also unearthed one of my ancient pen names! I'll be reading in Calgary this coming Tuesday the 18th as part of the Dark Side Tour, with some other really great writers. Check the link out for more info!

CALGARY HERALD

DARK SIDE TOUR

Also, an interview with the Ottawa Citizen. I think this is the first interview I've ever done where at least one of my answers might be termed "snippy." I hope not, I am always grateful to anyone for taking the time to ask questions and I always try to give interesting answers—but not pissy ones. Maybe I did so, just this once. I won't make a habit of it.

OTTAWA CITIZEN

Yrs,
Nick

INTERVIEW AT SUVUDU

Hello Everyone,

Here's a short interview. Thanks to Matt Staggs for taking the time and asking some cool questions.

INTERVIEW

Yrs,
Nick.

THE TWO PILL SOLUTION

Hello,


So, if you've read The Troop you'll get the meaning of this advert. If you haven't, you won't—but you can rectify that by, y'know, reading the book!

Yrs,
Nick