Nick Antosca is an American

United States

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 author of literary fiction. He is the author of two novels: Fires (2006, Impetus Press; re-released in 2011 by Civil Coping Mechanisms) and Midnight Picnic (2009, Word Riot Press). Midnight Picnic was set to be published by Impetus Press, but the small publisher folded under financial pressure in the fall of 2008. Word Riot

Word Riot

Word Riot is an American online magazine that publishes poetry, flash fiction, short stories, novel excerpts, creative nonfiction, reviews, and interviews. The magazine was launched in March 2002 by author and publisher Jackie Corley with the help of the late Paula Anderson. In 2003, a publishing...

 Press stepped in and the novel was published in 2009. Antosca was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and currently lives in Los Angeles, California. He is a 2005 graduate of Yale University

Yale University

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His writing has appeared in literary journals, newspapers, and websites including The New York Sun, n+1

N+1

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, The Paris Review, nerve (website)

Nerve (website)

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, Short Fiction, Bookforum

Bookforum

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, Hustler

Hustler

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, Interview

Interview (magazine)

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, Film Threat

Film Threat

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, The Barcelona Review, The Huffington Post

The Huffington Post

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and The Daily Beast

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. In 2011, he wrote the screenplay for the horror film The Cottage

The Cottage

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, directed by Christopher Jaymes

Christopher Jaymes

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 and starring David Arquette

David Arquette

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Books

• Fires, novel (Impetus Press, 2006; re-released in 2011 by Civil Coping Mechanisms).
• Midnight Picnic, novel (Word Riot Press, 2009).

External links

• Official website
• "Predator Bait" - short story from n+1
  N+1
  n+1 is a New York–based American literary magazine that publishes social criticism, political commentary, essays, art, poetry, book reviews, and short fiction. It is published three times each year, and content is published on several times each week...
  
  
• "Reading Lolita at Twelve" - essay from The Paris Review
• "The Girlfriend Game" - short story from Metazen