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Nicholas Kaufmann

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Horror, Urban Fantasy, Thriller

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Nicholas Kaufmann is the Bram Stoker Award-, Thriller Award-, Shirley Jackson Award-, and Dragon Award-nominated author of numerous books and stories. In addition to his own work, he has written for such properties as Zombies vs. Robots, The Rocketeer, and Warhammer. He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife.

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Average rating: 3.73 · 2,787 ratings · 562 reviews · 37 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dying Is My Business (Trent, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 674 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Die and Stay Dead (Trent, #2) 3.87 avg rating — 219 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chasing the Dragon 3.70 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hungry Earth 3.68 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2021 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spawning Season by Nicholas Kaufmann (Goodreads Author), Ramón de Ocampo (Narrator) 3.78 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Child Foretold (Black Library Advent Calendar 2019 #11) 3.47 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stone Serpent 4.45 avg rating — 29 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mind Worms (Dr. Laura Powell Book 3) 4.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Shadow of the Axe 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	General Slocum's Gold 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 4

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Nicholas Kaufmann is currently reading The EC Archives: Tales from the Crypt Volume 4 by Al Feldstein	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nicholas Kaufmann rated a book it was amazing Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS is another triumph of heartfelt character-driven horror from Grady Hendrix. Along with his previous novel, HOW TO SELL A HAUNTED HOUSE, I feel like Hendrix has entered the second phase of his novel-writing career, a phase ...more
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Nicholas Kaufmann wants to read America’s Most Gothic: Haunted History Stranger Than Fiction by Leanna Renee Hieber (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Nicholas Kaufmann rated a book it was amazing Another by Paul Tremblay (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
A creepy, pitch-perfect tale that will appeal not just to younger readers but to Paul Tremblay's adult fans as well. The loss of self and the fear of being forgotten are universal anxieties, and Tremblay plays them up here in insidious and imaginativ ...more
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“You're telling me a shape-shifting demon just walked out onto Fifth Avenue and blended in with the crowd?" I asked. "Hailed a fucking cab after tearing everyone to pieces down here?”
― Nicholas Kaufmann, Die and Stay Dead

tags: demons, new-york-city, urban-life

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“It’s not as easy as it looks to come back from the dead.”
― Nicholas Kaufmann, Dying Is My Business

tags: inspirational, living, overcoming-obstacles

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“Oatmeal Face, Jawless, and the other revenants dragged me out of the van by the zip tie between my hands. The sharp plastic bit painfully into my wrists.
"All right, all right, I'm coming," I said. "Keep your faces on."
There was no reaction from any of them. Humor was wasted on the dead.”
― Nicholas Kaufmann, Die and Stay Dead

tags: humor, zombies

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Nicholas’s Quotes

“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.”
― Anatole France

tags: books, lending, library

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“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
― William Shakespeare, As You Like It

tags: wisdom

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“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
― H.P. Lovecraft, Supernatural Horror in Literature

tags: fear-of-unknown

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“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

tags: broken-glass, glass, moon, moonshine, show-don-t-tell, writing

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“Good books don't give up all their secrets at once.”
― Stephen King

tags: books

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