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“Nicole Cushing is one of my faves…There’s a focused intelligence and clarity at play throughout even the deepest patches of delirium — a genuine method to the unadulterated madness — that makes it so much more than merely weird.”
– New York Times Bestselling Author John Skipp
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Nicole Cushing is an author of dark, weird fiction.
The Black Dog & Leventhal anthology Werewolves & Shapeshifters: Encounters With The Beast Within includes Nicole’s short fiction (alongside stories by Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, Charlaine Harris, and Chuck Palahniuk). Her work also appears in the Cemetery Dance anthology In Laymon’s Terms. In 2010, Eraserhead Press published her first collection of dark satire, How to Eat Fried Furries.
She invites correspondence via Facebook, Twitter, or (if one must be old-fashioned about it) email at nicolecushingwriter (at) gmail (dot) com.
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“Fun Facts” About Nicole
Nicole cites Thomas Ligotti, Gary Braunbeck, and Phillip K. Dick as some of her influences.
She frequently writes while listening to the music of Phillip Glass.
All of this creates cognitive dissonance, as Nicole is actually quite the redneck woman at heart.
Nicole can be found stumbling around the lands of Facebook and Twitter, tapping the microphone and repeatedly asking “Is this thing on?”
