Horror, movies and books, as well as progressive rock and ambient-techno music.
Music
Marillion, Fish, Dream Theater, The Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, Neal Morse, Transatlantic, Porcupine Tree, Roine Stolt, Kaipa, Life Of Agony, Queen, Uriah Heep, Asia, Nektar, Foghat, IQ, Pendragon, OSI, Yes, H-Band, Pain Of Salvation, System 7, King's X, Threshold, Ayreon, Magellan, Pallas, Enchant, Timeshard, Banco de Gaia, Moby, Ozric Tentacles, Eat Static, Steve Hillage, The Orb, Judas Priest, Kiss, Godsmack, Tool, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, etc etc.
Movies
The Exorcist, Night of the Living Dead, Saw, Hellraiser series, The Thing, The Ring, Italian horror flicks, all sorts of scary stuff as long as it's SERIOUS horror. I HATE campiness.
Television
The Dead Zone television series!!!! The Shield, The Office, Nip Tuck, Survivor, Big Brother, Seinfeld, Lost, Amazing Race. I also really dig Nova, and the National Geographic Channel. Anything to do with space exploration, as well as true-life horror paranormal stuff. And concert DVD's. Got tons of them.
Books
Anything by Arthur C Clarke, Tad Williams, Stephen King, Clive Barker, Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, Greg Iles, Preston and Childs, and all my friends too (you know who you are). I also urge you to check out the works of Konstantinos (in my top friends). The rituals in DEAD SOULS are real, and can be found in his book SUMMONING SPIRITS.
"Dead Souls is creepy, atmospheric, and explosive -- keep a light on and a gun loaded when you crack this baby. Another outstanding thriller from Michael Laimo."
Douglas Preston, author of The Monster of Florence.
Agent: Brendan Deneen at OBJECTIVE ENTERTAINMENT: Brendan@objectiveent.com
Hi--my name is Michael Laimo, and I am a horror fiction author. I have written and published five novels, plus over 100 shorts stories, all horror. My first novel ATMOSPHERE was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award in the category of first novel, and my second novel, DEEP IN THE DARKNESS was nominated in the novel category. My third horror novel, THE DEMONOLOGIST, was published in May, 2005. MY NEW NOVEL, DEAD SOULS, IS IN STORES NOW!
MY NEW NOVEL FIRES RISING, IS NOW AVAILABLE!
I'm also the author of the dark S/F-Suspense novel, SLEEPWALKER, which came out in Limited Edition hardcover from Delirium Books, publisher of my two short story collections, DEMONS, FREAKS, AND OTHER ABNORMALITIES, and DREGS OF SOCIETY.
More recently, my short fiction has found its way into the pages of IN DELIRIUM, A WALK ON THE DARKSIDE, LOST ON THE DARKSIDE, HOT BLOOD XII: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, SURREAL MAGAZINE, INHUMAN MAGAZINE, THE BEST OF EPITAPHS, plus many more anthologies and magazines.
Some of my work has been optioned for film, including my short story ANXIETY, and my novel DEEP IN THE DARKNESS, both of which are in development, and will be filmed by Burning Grounds Motion Entertainment.
I can be contacted through my website at www.laimo.com, or at Michael@Laimo.com
New Novel FIRES RISING coming MARCH 2008!
Who I'd like to meet: Readers!
Go to your local bookstore and pick up a paperback copy of one of my novels. You'll be supporting a new writer, and you'll get a cool read out of it.
I'll even sign it for you...e-mail me and I'll tell you where to send it.
Dear Michael Laimo: World Peace Before 2021 is honored to be YourFriend. My eight-year-old-peace-activist son Axil’s quest for World Peace Before 2021 is gaining momentum! I'm so proud of him. Please embrace him AND his song "World Peace Before 2021" which he sings beautifully. His performance can be seen on MySpace, his webpage worldpeacebefore2021.com and/or YouTube (by searching his name Axil Kollist.) It is my intention to post a new video of him singing his song every few months so people can watch his talent grow as impressively as the momentum for his quest! Best regards, Axil Kollist’s mom
Ave Michael, We Meet Once Again~Greetings & Salutations from The Metal Goth Queen & The Coven~I Thank Thee for Becoming a Cherished Friend of The Coven~I Pray That Thou Joineth My Other Spaces~I Most Enjoyed Thy Graven Images in Thy Picture Gallery~The Blood In My Veins Warmeth~And I Thank Thee~Gothick Illuminaten~Thy Friend...LHP Jinx of the Coven
