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An old friend and a great short horror film. THEY WILL COME FOR YOU!!!

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I was cleaning out some old bookmarks tonight when I happened across this link — it’s a trippy-cool short horror film, and it includes an appearance by my great old friend and Mary Washington College alumnus, Travis Clements.

It title is “They Will Come for You,” and it was featured in the 2008 Virginia Film Festival.  It delivers a darn good dose of creepiness for a film that is less than five minutes long — I think Travis and his friends did a great job with it.

If you’re wondering, Travis is the tall drink of water in the back.  (I have always wanted to refer to someone as “a tall drink of water” after Red describes Andy that way in “The Shawshank Redemption,” and Travis is the tallest guy I know.)

 

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My latest mention in the University of Mary Washington Magazine’s “Class Notes”

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I am also quite grateful to see that the University of Mary Washington Magazine’s “Class Notes” section mentioned Illumen Magazine’s publication of my “Three Dreamers” set of poems this past winter.

http://magazine.umw.edu/spring2014/class-notes/1990s/

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A big step for “Next Steps.”

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My Mary Washington College “Big Brother,” Russell Morgan, has an imdb page for his planned television series, “Next Steps!”

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3481774/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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“La Befana: An Italian Night After Christmas”

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Well, I had a nice holiday treat today — I got acquainted with the children’s stories of my old friend and Mary Washington College alum, Sunday Frey-Blanchard. Sunday was kind enough to share her work with me, and I was charmed by her natural talent as an engaging storyteller.

Sunday actually published her first children’s book in 2007, entitled “La Befana: An Italian Night After Christmas.” I peeked inside using Amazon’s “Look Inside” option, and the illustrations, by Sunday’s father, are adorable. If you’re looking for a new tale to share with your little ones this holiday season, give it a look:

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Cover Artwork for “The Dogs Don’t Bark In Brooklyn Any More” to be Revealed Next Week.

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Thanks to Dagda Publishing for another kind mention in its weekly newsletter today; the cover artwork for my upcoming novel, “The Dogs Don’t Bark In Brooklyn Any More,” should be revealed next week.

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“Confession” receives very positive reader response.

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I received a very gracious note today from the good folks over at Dead Beats Literary Blog.  They informed me that my poem, “Confession,” which was published there yesterday, received more than 70 “notes” — “likes,” “reblogs” and positive comments.  This is an unusual amount for a single piece, they explained.

I am very grateful — both to Dead Beats and to their readers who reacted so kindly to my work.  🙂

“Confession” can be viewed here:

http://www.deadbeats.eu/post/63481494199/confession-by-eric-robert-nolan#notes

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Every Day Fiction features “The Silver Leaf”

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Every Day Fiction today featured my very short story, “The Silver Leaf.”  This is an extremely short vignette about two lost souls in the Irish Republican Army, on the eve of a midnight mission, who briefly ponder the perils of being “real.”
This will be my first professionally published short story, and the staff of Every Day Fiction was quite gracious and easy to work with.  I’m grateful to them for welcoming me into the community there.
The story can be viewed here:
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Dead Beats Literary Blog features my poem, “Confession”

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PUBLICATION NOTICE.

I am honored to be able to share that Dead Beats Literary Bog today kindly published my poem, “Confession.”

This is a poem that is not for everybody, due to its darker themes and sexual imagery, as well as its criticism of organized religion. It definitely drew mixed reactions from people to whom I had shown it before submission.

I still stand by the piece, however, and I am quite grateful for Dead Beats for allowing me a forum for a poem like this.

THANK YOU, DEAD BEATS!

http://www.deadbeats.eu/post/63481494199/confession-by-eric-robert-nolan

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“Iridescent Green Sharks” attracts readers.

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My self-published long story, “Iridescent Green Sharks,” drew at least a moderate following on Wattpad.com, attracting 70 readers in the two days since it appeared on Sunday. This wasn’t quite as wide an audience that I had hoped for, but at least there was a good number of people out there who read the story.

I’m grateful for the indispensable support and feedback from good friends like Michael Stanhope, Tina Zabbo and Doug Mann, who were quite generous toward me as always.

“Iridescent Green Sharks” can be found here:

http://www.wattpad.com/26952420-iridescent-green-sharks-this-story-is-dedicated?d=ud

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Quick note — I added a “Stories” page here following my self-publication yesterday of “Iridescent Green Sharks” at Wattpad.com. The next entry on the page will be Every Day Fiction’s publication of “The Silver Leaf” on Thursday.

I’ve been lucky to find some success with poetry since first seeking publication last November (as well as my upcoming novel), and I would like to focus more on publishing short stories. I have a few submitted at various markets; I’ll post links if they are accepted for publication.