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Interests
General
Progressive rock and synthesizers, exotic weapons, alternate history, military history, reading and writing (go figure).Music
Music has helped shape my work, and most of my influences span the progressive rock genre -- starting with ELP, Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd, through Rick Wakeman's solo works, Camel, Kansas, King Crimson, and Tangerine Dream, Synergy, Isao Tomita, Vangelis, and all the way to the neo-Progressive music of Fish & Marillion, Spock's Beard, Porcupine Tree, Jordan Rudess, Liquid Tension Experiment, and Transatlantic, with a special place in my heart for the concept works of Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson. I love the solo work of many fine prog musicians: Rick Wakeman, Keith Emerson, Steve Hackett, Steve Howe, Peter Gabriel, David Gilmour, Roger Waters, and so many more. The romanticism of the Progressive movement in rock -- with its blending of various styles such as classical, jazz, and R&B -- lends itself well to the Fantastic in its many literary forms. Also, it's adventurous and challenging music which tends to resist "backgroundization." I'm interested in vintage keyboards, especially the synthesizer in all its variations, the Hammond B-3 organ, and the Mellotron, but I'm well-versed in MIDI sequencing and notation technology, too.Movies
My movie influences range from Alfred ("Psycho") Hitchcock to Brian ("Body Double") dePalma, George ("Dawn of the Dead") Romero to David ("Blue Velvet" and "Twin Peaks") Lynch, Ken ("Gothic" and "Lisztomania") Russell to Sam ("Straw Dogs") Peckinpah, the Coen ("Fargo" and the masterpieces "Blood Simple" and "No Country for Old Men") Brothers (of course!), Don ("Phantasm" & "Bubba Ho-Tep") Coscarelli, Dario ("Inferno") Argento to Tim ("Sleepy Hollow") Burton, Quentin ("Pulp Fiction") Tarantino, and many others. I'm also a diehard fan of the entire James Bond canon, though I acknowledge the many flaws evident in the series, and reserve the right to rank them in ways that may offend other Bond-ites.Television
Currently: The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Big Love, Real Time with Bill Maher, Entourage, Monk, Burn Notice, Californication (Showtime), Weeds (Showtime), John From Cincinnati (HBO), Mad Men (AMC), Hustle (AMC), the occasional CSI, Law and Order, and Las Vegas episode, Weeds (DVD), Veronica Mars (DVD), Desperate Housewives (DVD). Recent: Millennium, The X-Files, Carnivale, Deadwood, Homicide, Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., Jack of All Trades, and occasional Buffy/Angel episodes. Classic: Seinfeld, Twin Peaks, Night Gallery, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Forever Knight, Friday the 13th: The Series, The Persuaders, The Saint, the original Mission: Impossible, The Wild Wild West, The Rockford Files, McCloud, Magnum PI, (cheesy) B.L. Stryker and Nash Bridges (!), Gilligan's Island (no, really!), Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twilight Zone, Ghost Story, Time Tunnel, and on. It's amazing what turns out to be an influence!Books
My literary influences span from the works of Jules Verne to the mind-blowing fantasy tales of Tim Powers, with stops in between for Edgar Allan Poe, Harlan Ellison, James P. Blaylock, Karl Edward Wagner, Charles de Lint, Robert Bloch, Charles Grant, Philip K. Dick, Stephen King, Richard Laymon, Joe R. Lansdale, F. Paul Wilson, David Morrell, Gary A. Braunbeck, Matthew J. Costello, Ray Garton, Doug Clegg, Tamara Thorne, Brian Hodge, Lawrence Block, Donald Westlake (Richard Stark), Alistair MacLean, Duncan Kyle, Desmond Bagley, Adam Hall, Wilbur Smith, Ian Fleming, Len Deighton, Charles Spain Verral, George Wyatt, Robert Arthur, and too many more to name. Even good old "elusive" Franklin W. Dixon made an impact! And Mark Twain, Ernest Hemingway, Rod Serling, Richard Matheson, and so many more. Some new influences include Lee Child and Barry Eisler.Heroes
Writers who challenge their readers, disturb their audience, and question the status quo. I think Art and Literature should push the boundaries and evoke a reaction -- any reaction -- in order to be relevant. Blandness is the Enemy of art.
Details
- Status: In a Relationship
- Here for: Networking, Friends
- Orientation: Straight
- Zodiac Sign: Aries
- Children: Love kids, but not for me
- Smoke / Drink: No / Yes
- Education: Grad / professional school
- Occupation: Writer and Library Supervisor
Networking
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I write novels and short stories, as well as book reviews and other nonfiction. Member: Horror Writers Association (HWA) and International Thriller Writers (ITW). Please see full bio and bibliography at my website, www.williamdgagliani.com.
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Occasional freelance editing, but prefer to focus on dark fiction and only as time and other projects allow.
Blurbs
About me:
I'm the author of WOLF'S TRAP, a horror/noir crime novel published by Leisure Books, and WOLF'S GAMBIT, its sequel which is due in September 2009! And also WOLF'S BLUFF, third in the series of Det. Nick Lupo WOLF novels, which recently sold to Leisure and is due sometime in 2010. As you might imagine, they all feature werewolves ... but lots of other stuff, too, including serial killers, some colorful thugs, some creepy ex-military/ex-"contractors", and - well, even more. **** WOLF'S TRAP is a North Woods noir -- a thriller set in Wisconsin with one foot squarely in the thriller/crime camp and the other squarely in horror. It's a hybrid, however, of various elements and many influences. For movie fans, I describe it as: "The Wolf Man" meets "No Way to Treat a Lady," by way of "Deliverance" and with a nod to "Body Double." Fair disclosure: it's rated R+ for sex and violence. **** Read more about WOLF'S TRAP and an excerpt at my website: http://www.williamdgagliani.com ! There are also excerpts at HorrorWorld and at Horror News Network, not to mention the Leisure Books website (www.dorchesterpub.com). **** WOLF'S GAMBIT is also a North Woods noir horror/thriller hybrid, but it gives Nick Lupo and Jessie Hawkins even more challenges and obstacles. Look for excerpts coming soon in various venues. **** The plot of WOLF'S BLUFF arises directly from that of GAMBIT. **** I write horror, thrillers, adventure, mystery -- anything and everything with a dark edge. Right now I also have a historical horror/pulp adventure story, "The Great Belzoni and the Gait of Anubis," available for purchase at Amazon.com. It's only 49 cents, so it's a steal for 8600 words (well, if you like the words!). **** I've also published many short stories in anthologies such as DARK PASSIONS: HOT BLOOD 13 (a story co-written with Dave Benton), and the upcoming MALPRACTICE: ANTHOLOGY OF BEDSIDE TERROR (also with collaborator Dave Benton), ROBERT BLOCH'S PSYCHOS, MORE MONSTERS FROM MEMPHIS, THE MIDNIGHTERS CLUB, WICKED KARNIVAL HALLOWEEN HORROR, THE BLACK SPIRAL: TWISTED TALES OF TERROR, THE ASYLUM 2, EXTREMES 3: TERROR ON THE HIGH SEAS, and more. When I'm not writing my own fiction, I write book reviews for Cemetery Dance, Chizine.com, HorrorWorld, Hellnotes, Crimespree, Flesh & Blood, and others. I also had a short how-to piece in ON WRITING HORROR, a great book edited by Mort Castle (WD Books). **** I love to hear from readers, so if you read WOLF'S TRAP or any of my fiction, feel free to drop me a note. **** Shop the Shocklines Bookstore on-line!
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..Who I'd like to meet:
Tim Powers and James Blaylock, favorite American fantasists. Oh, you mean here on MySpace? Why, like-minded folks, of course! BTW, I've finally met Tim Powers -- a true gentleman.Friend Space (Top 23)
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Milwaukee Metal Dave
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Mark Zirbel
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Sad Nomad
Don Adams
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John Everson
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Jul 6 2009 11:54 PM
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Jul 4 2009 10:03 PM
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Jul 4 2009 2:02 PM
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Jul 1 2009 10:20 AM
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Jun 27 2009 3:53 PM
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Jun 26 2009 9:48 PM
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Jun 20 2009 1:53 PM
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Jun 20 2009 3:58 AM
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Put Her In The Trunk, The Killer Dolphin With Rabies, Meth Tooth, [the] Commuter Exit, Fall Out Fracture, Diemertus, Time To Kill, Burial Ritual, Failed The Fire Drill, A Pale Ghost, Dear Astronaut, Festerfuck, and Corpse Donor.
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“SACRIFICE is a full frontal assault on your senses. It is a dark, brutal, bloody and terribly frightening book. Everson went deep into some dark abyss to bring this book to the light of day.... I highly recommend SACRIFICE.”
—Famous Monsters of Filmland
“John Everson manages in SACRIFICE to dispense buckets of blood, provide edgy perversity, and walk the tenuous tightrope of horror and sex without falling: It’s rather an amazing feat.” –Hell Notes