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Nicholas Belardes

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in San Jose, Calif., The United States

October 04

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Publishers Weekly says shiningly about TEN SLEEP: “Belardes adroitly keeps readers guessing about whether his protagonists will survive their harrowing journey, while demonstrating a mastery of daylight terror." And that's not all. Library Journal cheers Belardes's latest eco-horror as a “coming-of-age, visceral Weird Western marked by palpable terror and populated by uncanny creatures."

TEN SLEEP is now available for preorder.

A writer of the American West, Nicholas Belardes’s books often combine elements of horror, fantasy, eco-horror, and science fiction.

And don't forget THE DEADING. The New York Times calls this debut a “dystopian eco-horror that perfectly balances social critique, lyricism and ghastliness. It’s a claustrophobic mosaic ...more

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	The Deading 2.57 avg rating — 666 ratings — published 2024 — 7 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
	Ten Sleep 3.21 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2025 — 6 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
	A People's History of the Peculiar: A Freak Show of Facts, Random Obsessions and Astounding Truths by Nicholas Belardes (Goodreads Author), Varla Ventura (Goodreads Author), Brad Listi (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 2.96 avg rating — 227 ratings — published 2009 — 11 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
	Speculative Fiction for Dreamers: A Latinx Anthology by Alex Hernandez (Editor), Matthew David Goodwin (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sarah Rafael García (Editor) 4.01 avg rating — 76 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
	Stories We Tell After Midnight by Rachel A. Brune (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jane Hawley, M.P. Giddings 4.09 avg rating — 67 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
	Lords, Part One by N.L. Belardes, Nicholas Belardes (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2005	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
	El Porvenir, ¡Ya! - Citlalzazanilli Mexicatl - Chicano Science Fiction Anthology by Scott Russell Duncan (Editor), Jenny Irizary (Editor), Armando Rendon (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 10 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
	Afterlives of the Writers by Dylan Forsyth (Goodreads Author) (Editor), George Salis (Goodreads Author), Michael McCormick 4.75 avg rating — 8 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
	Ranting Out Loud: Life, Pop Culture & How We Sometimes Don’t Get Along 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Songs of the Glue Machines it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	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 Deading Trade Paperback Giveaway!

A 100-book trade paperback giveaway has started thanks to Kensington Books and Erewhon Books! Enter here to win!

May the dead rise and shine!

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Wild Massive

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The House on Via Gemito

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The Morning Star (Morgenstjernen, #1)

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