David Nickle

SF/horror author of Monstrous Affections, Eutopia and others. Represented by @roneckel. Follow me on Bluesky: (at)

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

A heads-up for anyone following my very occasional updates here: I am not exactly leaving X, but I am posting a lot more fulsomely over at @davidnickle.bsky.social.

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

Aujourd'hui, Eutopie, la traduction française de mon roman d'horreur sur l'eugénisme, l'utopisme américain et un monstre terrible, est disponible en Europe et au Royaume-Uni.

https://t.co/apBiSi3NlW

[Mayor Olivia Chow 🇨🇦 @MayorOliviaChow]

It is with sadness that I am letting the community know of the death of Howard Moscoe – my former Councillor colleague for many years, and friend to many people in the Toronto area and beyond.

Howard was born on November 28, 1939. His working life started as a high school art teacher in the former North York where he became the President of the North York Teachers’ Federation and a governor of the Ontario Teachers’ Federation. His art background later fed a very successful election sign business. As a member of the New Democratic Party, he ran three times to become the MPP in the riding of Wilson Heights.

Howard had a long and illustrious 31-year career as an Alderman, Metro Councillor and City Councillor starting in 1978 and ending with retirement in 2010 representing the western half of the Eglinton-Lawrence riding. Some key moments in his early political career include:

- Promoting a municipal housing corporation in North York to support rent geared to income housing

- In the 1980s, attending rallies against the apartheid regime in South Africa and supporting human rights efforts in Nigeria

- Being an early supporter of LGBTQ issues in the early 1990s at the TTC when the community sought ad space on TTC vehicles

With municipal amalgamation in 1997, Howard became the first amalgamated City of Toronto Chair of the TTC. Building a vibrant public transit infrastructure and promoting ridership growth were his key passion. He read virtually every City Council and TTC report and had an encyclopaedic memory of their content that he brought to Council and TTC meetings. He was particularly keen in his advocacy for the Wheeltrans community and taxi drivers. An example of his creative thinking was demanding condo developers to include in their sales agreement a free Metropass for the first year of residency. An example of his tenacity was the purchase of the new subway vehicles built in Thunder Bay now serving Line 1. Howard was an early and strong supporter of the move to upload the Don Valley Parkway and Gardiner Expressway to the province.

His Councillor colleagues will remember him as a tenacious fighter for social justice, whether it was people living with disabilities, tenants, people without homes, transit users, and so many equity-deserving communities. He never attacked people personally but would debate urban policy with great enthusiasm, and frequent humour. And yes, he was mischievous from time to time to the delight of friend and to the fury of foe, all of which made for entertaining media. At the root of all his pranks, clever strategies and tactics, he had a lifelong commitment to struggle for a fair, just and equitable Toronto. He did it all in a “larger than life” manner which made him a complete pleasure to work with on Council.

Howard’s contribution to a better Toronto has been enormous. The memory of Howard Moscoe is a blessing to us all. Rest in Peace, dear colleague and friend.

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

A deal! My novel Rasputin's Bastards is on sale in Canada, the U.S. and the U.K., is on sale for $1.99 for the e-book! https://t.co/qqUFdw4c6T

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

My novel Eutopia drops in June from Fleuve éditions' Styx line, in a French translation by Laurent Philibert-Caillat, and I've just seen the amazing cover! The book drops June 4, and the e-book's up for pre-order at the usual places. So go get it! Pre-orders help!

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

In June, my novel EUTOPIA: A Novel of Terrible Optimism will be available in a French translation, from Fleuve Styx. And today, the English-language ebook's on sale in Canada, the U.S. and Great Britain for $1.99. https://t.co/IOLlkUMt11

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

It is publication day for @EllenDatlow's 17th Best Horror of the Year anthology, and for the second one in the series to contain a story of mine, "Fancy Dad." #4 had my first, so it's been awhile!

https://t.co/4T43talu4H

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

For American readers looking to read a horror novel set just prior to the rise of Nazi Germany, a deal: my novel VOLK: A Novel of Radiant Abomination is just that, and also on sale for $1.99 for the e-book today.

https://t.co/mllCdJwS18

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

For the completist: All of my books with @OpenRoadMedia - The 'Geisters, Rasputin's Bastards, Eutopia and Volk, Monstrous Affections and Knife Fight - are available for $1.99 for the ebook in the U.S., until October 17. https://t.co/NIoRPMYLfc

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

A deal, in Canada, the U.S. and Great Britain, for the e-book of my novel VOLK: A Novel of Radiant Abomination, is on sale for $1.99 (or two quid) today.

https://t.co/mllCdJxpQG

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

I'm not at the Seattle Worldcon in person, but I will be there online, reading a story alongside fellow Canuck authors Derek Kunsken and Geoff Ryman to support the 2030 Edmonton bid for the convention. The readings are at 3 p.m. PST, 6 p.m. EST Aug. 16.

https://t.co/o2fOBTUnnG

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

@joe_cressy @WaterfrontTO Congratulations Joe!

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

A deal for U.S.-based readers: EUTOPIA: A Novel of Terrible Optimism (about eugenics, monsters and an early 20th-century version of the American dream) is available for $1.99 for the e-book today.

https://t.co/lKJpcIp7Jy

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

My novel VOLK (sequel to EUTOPIA) is on sale in the U.S. today for $1.99. For the first chapter, reviews-and-blurbs, and purchase links:

https://t.co/KW1ba1TSq7

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

Here's an excellent authorized fan recording by Jeff Clark, reading my short story "Knife Fight." I wrote the story more than a decade ago, inspired by a certain Toronto Mayor of my acquaintance, but it stubbornly remains more timely each passing day.
https://t.co/vM0VjlmdPB

[xavier garcia @xavier_agarcia]

@twinpieslit Eutopia by David Nickle is elite!

[Jack Finn @TheRealJackFinn]

What better place for a horror story than the land of Rasputin...

The End of the Line – Gray Williams @gray_books

Little Sister – Elana Gomel @ElanaGomel

Night Watch - Sergei Lukyanenko

The Final Cut - Seamus McGuire

30 Days of Night: Red Snow - Ben Templesmith @Templesmith

The Witches of St. Petersburg - Imogen Edwards-Jones

Dyatlov Pass- Alan Baker

Return to Dyatlov Pass - J.H. Moncrieff

Master of the Forest - Artyom Dereschuk

Outside - Artyom Dereschuk

Matryoshka - Artyom Dereschuk

The Siberian Incident - Greig Beck @GreigBeck

The Siberian Incident - Andrew Gille

The Fatal Eggs - Mikhail Bulgakov

It's the End of the World, My Love Paperback - Alla Gorbunova  / Elina Alter

The Nosferatu Conspiracy -  Brian James Gage @brianjamesgage

To The Center Of The Earth- Greig Beck

The Haunting of Moscow House - Olesya Salnikova Gilmore @OlesyaAuthor

Prey Upon the Lambs – Jack Finn @TheRealJackFinn

The St. Petersburg Confessions - Ty Hutchinson

Rasputin's Bastards - David Nickle @DavidNickle

Road of Bones -  Christopher Golden @ChristophGolden

Operation: Siberia - William Meikle

The Viy - Nikolai Gogol

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[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

@TheRealJackFinn @gray_books @ElanaGomel @canelo_co @crystallakepub @IDWPublishing @severedpress @OpenRoadMedia @lume_books @StMartinsPress @BerkleyPub @deepvellumbooks Thank you for the mention!

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

VOLK, my novel about eugenics and mind control set in early 1930s Bavaria (do the math), is on sale for $1.99 in the U.S. and Canada, and two quid in the U.K., for the e-book. The book is a sequel to my novel EUTOPIA. https://t.co/KW1ba1TkAz

[HorrorDNA.com @HorrorDNA]

#kindle deals are (finally) here! Nothing over $2.99 w/ works by @outfortune, @timlebbon, @amandaheadlee, @DavidNickle, @ania_ahlborn, @StephenKing, @RealCliveBarker, @BrennanLaFaro, @userbits & more! #books #ad #bookdeals

https://t.co/cSB3mdUwRa

[David Nickle @DavidNickle]

In Toronto today I came upon an old man in the street who was yelling at the sky: "Fuck off everybody!"... then saw me, and added: "Not you. You're cool." I told him he was cool too, I wouldn't be fucking off today, and we went on our ways. A good omen in a weekend of bad ones.