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Nik V. Markevicius

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in The United States

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https://mymudwhistle.wordpress.com/

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Fantasy, Science Fiction, Humor and Comedy

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Joyce Carol Oates, John Steinbeck, Stephen King, Brandon Sanderson, Hu ...more

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What if there was a guy who enjoyed thinking about all those weird little what-ifs that go through our heads? What if that somebody turned them into engaging, imaginative fiction?

That weirdo is Nik V. Markevicius. He’s the author of a great many tales featuring strange and funny distortions of genre and expectation, most notably the Enchanted Forest State Forest saga.

A fan of the Oxford comma, Nik lives in Aurora, Illinois with his family, NSFW puppets, and his imaginary enemy. He also leads the Fox Valley Writers crew, loves hockey in the extreme, and blames ninjas whenever something goes sideways.

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	Head it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Expecting it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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
	Thong Sized Stories 4.50 avg rating — 2 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
	Foxtales: A Collection of Fiction & Poetry by Nik V. Markevicius (Goodreads Author), H. Adam Ruffalo, Amy Perry it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	Forelore: Tales of the Enchanted Forest State Forest it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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	Secret 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2012	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
	Phantasms' Door by Nik V. Markevicius (Goodreads Author), Dolores Whitt Becker, John Wesser 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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Breakfast Rock

I’m not only weird with words. I play with puppets, too (and only sometimes for the kids). This emerged from a random joke I made about what if there was a sub-genre of music called, “breakfast rock.” Y’know, like yacht rock or hard rock; then I thought it would be funnier if it was an actual rock you ate for breakfast. That led me to my puppets, which got me thinking about old 1980s-style commerc

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Other Worlds Than These (The Talisman, #3)

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Nik’s Quotes

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi

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“Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

tags: alice-in-wonderland, breakfast, carroll

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“Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.”
― Isabelle Eberhardt, The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt

tags: sun-drenched, travel

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“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.”
― W.H. Auden, New Year Letter

tags: poetry

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“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman

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