Davey Boy simply doesn’t know when to take a powder. From a Shocklines thread started by Ramsey Campbell:
I don’t normally start this kind of thread on here, but I’ve received an email from David Boyer/Byron/Cook/(insert aliases ad nauseam), claiming that Jeani Rector is sending abusive emails to him and including my name in them. I don’t believe him, and I’d hope nobody else would. In his email he also says
Firstly, let me point something out to you: Who in the HELL would be crazy enough to be guilty of all the things I’ve been accused of? And, as you can see, I am still online, selling books, publishing books. It doesn’t add up…
I’m lost for words.
He removed the story from his books and went back to stealing again from others. I’ve gotten two more emails from him.
There are some who would call him… Dave?
I’m reading that “The Psychopath Test” book and goodness me maybe we should just go through the checklist.
— C.
Priceless! “Obviously I didn’t do all the things I did because no single person could do that many bad things. Now excuse me while I go do even more illegal/unethical things as a way of convincing people that I didn’t do any of the bad things of which I’m accused.”
Also, is it wrong that my mind wants to read Mr. Campbell’s post in the voice of the Dos Equis guy?
— C.
Fine by me!
“Obviously I didn’t do all the things I did…”
Heh, he gives himself away right there. I don’t think he is ever going to stop, just keep trying to reinvent new personas and keep on truckin’.
OT: But is anyone else getting spammed to death by Nicky’s AOL account?
I haven’t gotten an e-mail from Nicky in months, but that’s a good thing he just make himself look more idiotic each time he sends me one.
Not to make light of the situation, but has he ever made money or received any benefit from plagiarizing stories? He seems so much on the periphery that he’s the literary equivalent of the homeless guy who steals your recycling for the five cent deposit. I have difficulty seeing how much of a threat he is.
Hardly. If someone nicks your recyclables, he’s helping himself to things you’ve thrown away. Annoying, technically theft but pretty small beer as far as larceny goes.
In the case of plagiarists like Boyer, what he’s doing is taking people’s current work and trying to pass it off as his own, affecting the work’s saleability, eligibility for awards and leeching recognition for their own work.
Phil nailed it on the head. When a story is plagiarized it often hurts the original author’s ability to make sales. People who are unfamiliar with Boyer’s antics might even think that the true author is the plagiarist.
It badly damages both the author and his/her publishers.
And he does no good to the reputations of the publishers he dupes, even though it certainly isn’t their fault.
Sorry! Didn’t see your post, Janrae!
No problem at all, Ramsey.
I agree with all points. But is he profiting? Are those works being sold anywhere? If he’s creating publications and no one is buying, then there’s little harm. Of course I don’t mean to belittle anyone’s work. But I’ve only ever heard of Nikita and Dave from this site and shocklines.
I suppose it’s a tree falls in a forest argument. If some twit nobody rips off your work and nobody pays for it or knows about it, then why worry?
Now, if I’m told he has made money, and won credit where none was due, i will stand corrected.
…aaaand now that I think of it, I should get MY work – which is up for free on my blog – under a CC license. Just in case, because I now have a feeling I will be sternly corrected, and that Dave just might be a real threat. Come to think of it, Dave and Niikita have threatened people, haven’t they? Well, I’ve just corrected myself. Thanks folks! I’ll be here all week!
He’s been paid six times for the story he stole from Rick Moore, each time by otherwise reputable publishers. He used those sales to get him street cred to contact people for interviews.
In the long run, he is benefiting from those sales in many more ways than one.
Alrighty then. What a collosal prick. Good on THe Rusty Nail. Apologies for my ignorance. And holy crap, it’s Ramsey Campbell. Who will be stopping by next, Stephen King?
Ha. Hardly, but folks like Brian Keene, Mary SanGiovanni, Poppy Z. Brite, Ray Garton, and a few others of whom you may have heard do stop by to read from time to time. Most don’t comment very often, and normally use an alias when they do. Understandably, they’d rather not have Nicky’s mental Rolodex spin back around to their names for the umpteenth time, and have to deal with his renewed harassment.
I need to come up with a good alias!
someone mention my name?
Wait… Didn’t Boyer blatantly insult Mr. Campbell several months ago. Is that prick changing his assault tactics or is he just being stupid.
He blatantly attacked Ramsey, both here on Rusty and on Shocklines. He called him something along the lines of a burnt out old has been.
I don’t recall the specific insult, but that’s exactly the sort of thing he calls any author who’s older than he, and has a well-established career. An ankle-biting chihuahua never wins against a grizzly.
And nobody’s grizzlier than me!
You have up and coming horror superstars posting here too…
Wink-wink, nudge-nudge…..HA! Who am I kidding, I’ll go stand in the corner now.
LOL!
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