Andy Nowicki's Blog

                                 by Andy NowickiSuccessful brainwashing through indoctrination can have the most extraordinary effects on the human consciousness.Indeed, indoctrinal brainwashing, once it “takes,” can fundamentally alter one’s perceptions of his surroundings, much in the manner of a psychedelic drug. Being brainwashed can make a person unaware of what’s right under his nose, and, conversely, can cause him to hallucinate wildly.Red–to the brainwashed one–is clearly blue, and one is silly to think otherwise. Black is white, but of course; what simpleton would claim that black was black? Two plus two does add up to four– at least sometimes, he avers– except in those cases when when two and two actually adds up to five, and except for those other occasions when two and two in fact adds up to twenty-five.Reality, that is to say, is infinitely malleable to the brainwashed one, albeit only in the way he is instructed, by his mind-masters, to find it malleable. (The brainwashed one never rushes out on the limb of his own imagination; that would be impertinently arrogant; his delusions are the always exactly the ones he is instructed by his betters to entertain, no more and no less.)For a prime example, take this video segment, concerning a man who traveled to Charlottesville to salute his hero Robert E. Lee, and the gaggle of creeps and fanatics who accosted him as he stood before the now-notorious statue in Lee Park, site of the recently aborted  #UnitetheRight rally.Now the watcher of this video who sees plainly will apprehend one man standing solemnly and stoically in the midst of a sea of intolerable sanctimony, vitriol, and abuse.But the brainwashed viewer will somehow manage to see the one non-hater in this segment as the real hater, while those who surround him, filled with unsightly self-righteousness and demonic rage, will be rendered in his mind as pure-minded and good-hearted people.To him, in his brainwashed mind, it will be as plain as the nose on your face. Plain as the “fact” that (to him) two plus two equals twenty-five. Plain as the “fact” that (again, to him) red is blue, and black is white.Andy Nowicki, assistant editor of Alternative Right, is the author of eight books, including  Under the Nihil ,  The Columbine Pilgrim ,  Considering Suicide , and  Beauty and the Least . He occasionally updates his blog when the spirit moves him to do so. His author page is Alt Right Novelist.com

                                                         


I am pleased to announce that Heart Killer , my novel released by ER books in 2012 exclusively in electronic format, will soon be available in paperback!

The paperback version of the book will be published by Hopeless Books, the same scrappy indie outfit that released the 2nd edition of my collection The Doctor and the Heretic and Other Stories, and my novella Beauty and the Least. Plans are to release Heart Killer in late November/early December, just in time for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, but of course.

Hopeless CEO Ann Sterzinger, author of NVSQVAM and The Talkative Corpse (and editrix of Takimag) will once more be my partner in publication.

Stay tuned for more! And in the meantime, to whet your appetite, here the lovely Mrs. Nowicki reads a passage from the novel.

Hear Andy Nowicki read an excerpt from the short story "Morning In America," taken from the 2013 collection Lost Violent Souls.  Two alienated high school boys meet at a diner and talk about their big plan to get revenge on their enemies and seize the world's attention: 

 https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/lost-violent-souls-morning-in-america 

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Here are some past selections of readings from Andy Nowicki's work, currently posted on his Soundcloud page:

Hear Andy Nowicki read a selection from his 2011 novella,  Under the Nihil . In this passage, taken from section 1 of the book, "Before the Nihil," the narrator plunges into madness, almost dies, then recovers, much to his chagrin.
https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/under-the-nihil 


---A full reading of the entire short story, "Motel Memento Mori," from the collection This Malignant Mirage. A young woman meets up with her death-obsessed English professor in a motel room, and an unusual exchange of ideas takes place: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/motel-memori-3 

---An excerpt from the short story, "The Interview," from the collection This Malignant Mirage. You want this job badly, but you don't exactly know why. You get dressed up just right, hoping to impress your would-be new Boss, but things don't go exactly according to plan...: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/the-interview

-- An excerpt from the story "The Doctor and the Heretic," taken from the collection The Doctor and the Heretic and Other Stories. An exquistely beautiful, widowed therapist can't quite understand why she is so taken with her new patient, a brooding, troubled, suicidal young man. https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/doctorheretic

-- An excerpt from Andy Nowicki's intellectual autobiography, Confessions of a Would-Be Wanker, detailing the tragic onset of sexualization in early adolescence: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/wanker-confessions 

-- An excerpt from the story "Autobiography of a Violent Soul," from the collection The Doctor and the Heretic and Other Stories. A tormented narrator recounts incidents from his happy childhood, prior to the catastrophe of puberty: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/the-dream-group

-- An excerpt from the novel Heart Killer, read by the author's wife, Mrs. Nowicki: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/heart-killer-frances

Hear Andy Nowicki read a selection from his 2011 novella, Under the Nihil . In this passage, taken from section 1 of the book, "Before the Nihil," the narrator plunges into madness, almost dies, then recovers, much to his chagrin.

https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/under-the-nihil 

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Here are some past selections of readings from Andy Nowicki's work, currently posted on his Soundcloud page:

---A full reading of the entire short story, "Motel Memento Mori," from the collection This Malignant Mirage. A young woman meets up with her death-obsessed English professor in a motel room, and an unusual exchange of ideas takes place: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/motel-memori-3 

---An excerpt from the short story, "The Interview," from the collection This Malignant Mirage. You want this job badly, but you don't exactly know why. You get dressed up just right, hoping to impress your would-be new Boss, but things don't go exactly according to plan...: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/the-interview

-- An excerpt from the story "The Doctor and the Heretic," taken from the collection The Doctor and the Heretic and Other Stories. An exquistely beautiful, widowed therapist can't quite understand why she is so taken with her new patient, a brooding, troubled, suicidal young man. https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/doctorheretic

-- An excerpt from Andy Nowicki's intellectual autobiography, Confessions of a Would-Be Wanker, detailing the tragic onset of sexualization in early adolescence: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/wanker-confessions 

-- An excerpt from the story "Autobiography of a Violent Soul," from the collection The Doctor and the Heretic and Other Stories. A tormented narrator recounts incidents from his happy childhood, prior to the catastrophe of puberty: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/the-dream-group

-- An excerpt from the novel Heart Killer, read by the author's wife, Mrs. Nowicki: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/heart-killer-frances

"Yay, Andy!!!" (Actually, these girls have no idea who Andy is, and would NEVER cheer for him...)


So far, four bloggers have composed reviews of my corrosively explosive, unbearably earnest, kryptonically-powerful autobiography/manifesto, CONFESSIONS OF A WOULD-BE WANKER.

1) The always-wonderful "Nowickiphila" chimes in here: http://nowickiphilia.wordpress.com/2014/09/05/confessions-of-a-would-be-wanker-a-memoirmanifesto/


2) Then there is Gustav's review at the Treason and Treachery blog: http://treasonandtreachery.wordpress.com/2014/09/14/sex-is-dirty/


3) And Matt Forney offers his thoughtful analysis: http://mattforney.com/2014/09/23/confessions-of-a-would-be-wanker-by-andy-nowicki/

4) Finally, we cannot forget the lovely and talented Ann Sterzinger's invaluable contribution to WANKERphilia: http://takimag.com/article/the_terror_of_a_would_be_wanker_ann_sterzinger#axzz3ENFEjDFR


And if you have 36 minutes to spare, you also can hear Matt Forney interview me on his podcast concerning all things WANKER-ish: http://mattforney.com/2014/09/24/the-matt-forney-show-episode-54-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-wanker/

Many thanks to all of these peops for the pub!

Stay tuned.

The wankman cometh.. uh, no not like THAT...

                                                           

My wife, Jenny Nowicki, reads an excerpt from my 2012 published novel, HEART KILLER.

The excerpt is taken from the first section of the book, narrated by the character of Frances Lazarus, a beautiful and brilliant FBI agent forced to confront her own demons in a confounding criminal case that seems to defy all logic.

To listen to the excerpt, click here.


HEART KILLER is available for purchase as an ebook from ER Books and from Amazon. A paperback version of HEART KILLER will be released later this year.

                                                                 
                                           

Andy Nowicki reads an excerpt from his intellectual autobiography, Confessions of a Would-Be Wanker.

In this passage, Andy recounts the horrors of seventh grade, the onset of sexualization, the erosion of innocence, and the humilation of  faux-flirtation.


Listen to the excerpt here:
https://soundcloud.com/tags/wankerconfessions


Click here to purchase Confessions of a Would-Be Wanker at Amazon.com in paperback or on Kindle.

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NEW: Hear the author read a passage from "Autobiography of a Violent Soul," one of three stories featured in his book The Doctor and the Heretic. 

Listen to the excerpt from "Autobiography" here:
www.soundcloud.com/jnow1101/the-dream-group

Click here to purchase The Doctor and the Heretic at Amazon.com in paperback or on Kindle

New. Self-published. An intellectual autobiography and philosophical treatise from a fucker "who's tryin' Ringo, tryin' real hard..." to become a wanker.

Read an excerpt: http://alternative-right.blogspot.com/2014/08/be-wanker-not-fucker.html

Visit the promotional Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wankful

Purchase a copy in paperback, or on Kindle.

Andy Nowicki reads an excerpt from his short story, "The Interview," from his anthology THIS MALIGNANT MIRAGE.

An ambitious young professional woman badly wants to land a promising new job, but just what kind of position is she applying for, and just who is her mysterious new "Boss"? Hear the author read an excerpt from this sinisterly elegant tale: https://soundcloud.com/jnow1101/sets/the-interview


THIS MALIGNANT MIRAGE, now available on Amazon, and from the publisher, ER Books.

The 2nd Edition of The Doctor and the Heretic and Other Stories, published by Hopeless Books with cool new cover art from Mike Browarski, is now available from Amazon.com.
Click here to hear Andy Nowicki read from an excerpt from The Doctor and the Heretic , in which lovely widowed psychologist Dr. Carol Golden finds herself inexplicably mesmerized by her tormented young patient Fenton Balonsky.

Click here to read James J. O'Meara's insightful and laudatory review.