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It appears that Nicky has lost his CreateSpace account. All 12 of his books there display a message that reads “This title is currently on hold. This title has been retired and is no longer for sale.”
https://www.createspace.com/4886505 Nickolaus Albert Pacione Delivers: A Library Of Unknown Horrors
https://www.createspace.com/4850763 Legend Keeper
https://www.createspace.com/4878129 An Eye In Shadows
https://www.createspace.com/4923298 Nickolaus Albert Pacione Delivers: More From A Library Of Unknown Horrors
https://www.createspace.com/4893587 Collectives In A Forsaken Landscape
https://www.createspace.com/5581058 Collectives In A Forsaken Metascape
https://www.createspace.com/4906282 Suburbanite’s Confessional
https://www.createspace.com/5547089 Dirty Black Winter
https://www.createspace.com/5302990 The Iliad of Homer
https://www.createspace.com/5760296 Game Over
https://www.createspace.com/5356770 Ethereal Gazette Issue 5
https://www.createspace.com/4904631 Tabloid Purposes
Here’s what his “namesake” shows:
The other pages display the same message.
Amazon lists most of these as out of print, although a few appear as having either used Lulu editions for sale, or limited availability through third party sellers (one in Japan).
If you search “Nickolaus Pacione” on CreateSpace sitewide, only some old forum discussion items appear. Restricting the same search to the CreateSpace store yields the GothicFest documentary, but nothing published by Nicky.
I thought something must be happening, given some bitterness creeping into his Twitter postings. I know the vanity press business is booming, but Nicky’s running through them at a pretty fast clip, there. And CreateSpace is a biggie.
I know he doesn’t have many other options for “employment,” but pretend-“publishing” really isn’t one either, for him. I’m pretty sure he could make more panhandling on a street corner, and I’m not even joking. He should do himself, and everybody else, a favor and take this as a sign that he just needs to find something else to do. If he enjoys writing, keep it up as a hobby (you don’t have to be good at hobbies for them to be fun), but he should quit thinking he has “rivalries.” It’s only making him, and his targets, miserable. It’s weird seeing someone fight so hard to keep doing something that is of no benefit to them.
But, there I go, trying to talk rationality about a crazyperson…
Except that making his “rivals” miserable is just about the only small joy he has in life. Sad, but true.
Very true. He’s like a terrorist — willing to destroy himself just to bring pain to others.
According to this I found linked on Twitter – https://www.facebook.com/ununseptimus/posts/10205034744614891 – he got kicked off for libel. Which only makes me wonder… which case? The boy’s whole life is libel!
And if that worked to shut down one place, it’ll likely work on others.
He’s already crowing on Twitter about using new publishing platforms/calling CreateSpace losers. His lack of self awareness never ceases to amaze!
He’s burning through these self-publishing outfits like a Santa Ana driven wildfire. If it weren’t for Publish America, he wouldn’t still have Game Over available.
And yea, verily, did Napoleon Peckerwood continue to dig downward with a great fervor while all the while screaming at the unjust earth to stop burying him.
Lady Karma is a bitch.
But but but “Elder Statesmen” … oh this is tragic indeed … woe alack alas.
I wonder how much severance pay the ‘elder statesman’ got. I wonder if he can use Create Space as a reference when he applies for one of his other imaginary jobs?
“Elder StatesMEN” … he always got that wrong, too. 😀
I think everyone who was with createspace before the name change got the honorific “elder statesmen”; only Nick took it as a job title.
Wow, holy crap. They don’t even want to take his money.
He’d have to actually sell something for them to make money.
Wow. Guess Nicky will have to find another toilet to float his turds in.
It is one thing that he floats them in his books.
I think what Createspace found objectionable was he was floating them in his book blurb pages on their website. Profane and libelous.
Yes, saw this coming a mile off. Serves Nickers right.
What do you bet he’s calling them up and screaming at them to give him his stuff back because dumbass didn’t back up his work yet again.
I’d put the chances at 50:50.
99% certain he will be. We know how good he is at keeping his own back-ups.
I never understood that. He loves his work above all things, including his family, yet he refuses to back it up. Does he think there’s a cosmic god that takes care of that for you?
He actually demands that a Print On Demand service provider act as his personal backup archive site.
NAP repeatedly re-tells the saga of him besieging Lulu over the 4th of July weekend for return of his files when they broke up. To hear NAP, they only returned his files because he pulled out the Obama-Burns-Constitution painting.
I suspect that, when Lulu returned to work after the holiday weekend (Sat-Sun 4-5 July), they found their email flooded with NAP dreck in Pacionese. To be finally rid of him, Lulu went through all available backups.
Sigh. These relationship break-ups and the accompanying he said/she said stories. Tragic. “I Love Lulu … Not. Starring Lulu.com and Nicky Retardo.”
NAP was lucky to get back what Lulu could find. Lulu was not obligated to be his backup site. The prenup (Lulu Membership Agreement and Terms of Use) seems clear to me: Lulu will retain any part of your Personal Data for as long as is reasonably required to fulfill the purposes for which it was collected. Data retained in backups will be removed only as the backups are purged in the normal course of Lulu’s backup procedures. … Lulu strongly recommends that you do not rely upon Lulu as a storage site for your Content. (emphasis added)
I’m having so much fun on his shelfari
That Shelfari is a Work of Art. Hasselhoff erotica, oh lol!
The fact that in more than one of the dozens of emails I received until recently he told me that I’d started an edit war on Shelfari that I would never win… and he’s apparently given up now… makes it so much more fun
I can’t claim ownership for the Hasselhoff erotica – as much as I’d like to.
I’m afraid I’m responsible for the Hasselhoff erotica, kind of surprised at how easily he gave up on restoring that listing to be honest.
I can’t believe a thing such as “hasselhoff erotica” exists… shit the world doesn’t need!
Just buy a copy of Styorms of Armgeddon. Oh no you can’t any more can you. Nicky can’t even get self published any more
It’s a myth that Hasselhoff is hot, hot, hawt! I never thought he was, but then again, my taste in men is reserved for what’s inside.
The pancreas?
Given the lack of screeching on his Twitter, I wonder if he electricity has finally been cut off.
Something’s afoot. Checking disqus.com/by/napacione/ Nickolaus Pacione at the Disqus commenting system, I find he last posted:
9 days ago at The Hollywood Reporter commenting on “Christopher Lloyd: Id Do Back to the Future: Part IV” and
10 days ago at The Dirty (Chicago gossip) on “Peter Propaganda” at Crushable on fanfic of E.L. James.
http://lousybookcovers.com/?p=273484
I don’t know if anyone picked up on this at the time…
Nicky’s rolodex was on overtime when he pulled this one
Pacione’s Mental Rolodex
15 Feb 2013 Nathan Shumate’s Lousy Book Covers critiqued the Oompa-Loompa Skater cover of The Namesake (Nickolaus Albert Pacione Delivers: A Library of Unknown Horrors, the museum in the library at the museum) and NAP showed up to raeg.
http://lousybookcovers.com/?p=424
(Rusty, Stinkycat, Robin E., Marc, Naaman commented) Shumate closed further comments.
Jul 2014 Shumate passed on doing “Legend Keeper” at LBC, closed comments on the Oompa-Loompa thread and declared NAP off-limits, he did not want any more of that craziness.
13 Jun 2015 NAP looked up Shumate’s phone number via WHOIS, called his house and started ranting at his child, who gave the phone to her mother. He f-bombed her, she hung up. Call trace showed Michael Pacione 815-513-3387. (thread linked by Marc above)
I wonder if NAP was more peeved by Shumate’s decision to ignore NAP and not publicize any more of his lousy covers?
Oh, I remember that incident. My hits went through the roof for a few days after Nathan posted that entry. Nicky was oblivious to the fact that he was driving mega-traffic to my site, and Nathan’s. Blinded by his RAEG, I guess …
He did once post a screenshot of the WHOIS page for this site, but also seemed oblivious to the fact that all it showed was who my web host is, and some phone numbers for them. I can only assume they dealt with his inevitable angry phone calls in an appropriate manner, because they never contacted me about him, or his complaints against me, and my site has remained online ever since I contracted with my host (barring scheduled server maintenance at their end).
I bought one of Mr. Shumate’s books after that, enjoyed reading it, and recommended his writing to others. Nicky is good at generating publicity for other, actually competent writers!
Kinda odd seeing almost everything of Nicky’s on Amazon listed as “out of print, unavailable.”
http://www.amazon.com/This-Crowded-Earth-Robert-Bloch/dp/1517237572/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446047502&sr=1-1&keywords=nickolaus+pacione
http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Keeper-Nickolaus-Albert-Pacione/dp/1500156701/ref=sr_1_7?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1446047502&sr=1-7&keywords=nickolaus+pacione
Guess that’s what ticking off CreateSpace’ll do for ya! Oddly, a few are being sold at crazy prices by some marketplace seller in Japan. They must’ve bought some bulk warehouse trash they’re high-pricing just because there aren’t many left in the world; the one person insane enough to want it will have to pay fifty bucks. I’m surprised there are even that many actual print copies stocked of Nicky’s junk, though. When there’s no demand, there’s no need to print ahead of time…
There’s one eccentric in my state who does self-published stuff, most of which are weird “mathematical equations” he draws trying to prove the existence of God. They’re total nonsense, basically “this is what math looks like to a guy who knows nothing about math,” kinda like Nicky’s “this is what Lovecraft looks like to someone who can’t read at a functional level.” The guy’s legitimately schizophrenic (he even brags about it in his author bios), but he’s harmless — he’s an egomaniac, like Nicky, but without any of the stalking or mean-spiritedness. But that guy’s “books” are everywhere because his parents left him a ton of money, and he buys up thousands of copies himself and basically hands them out on street corners, just to fulfill his fantasy of being an “author.” Given Nicky’s limited income, I’m surprised there are any of his “books” around at all, much less selling from Japan.
Seems to have taken the wind out of Nicky’s sails… looks like he’s gone into kind of a remission. The only thing I’ve seen him post lately is this dumb thing on Twitter – https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/658981052745150464 Only Nicky would consider a version of “I’m a little teapot” to be “dark.”
Checking Amazon this morning, a lot of Nickolaus Pacione titles are “Currently unavailable”.
http://www.amazon.com/This-Crowded-Earth-Robert-Bloch/dp/1517237572/
Robert Bloch “This Crowded Earth” the Gutenberg version copied by Nickolaus Pacione
Unavailable. Out of Print–Limited availabilty.
http://www.amazon.com/Iliad-Homer-750-B-C/dp/1507880367/
Homer “The Iliad” the Gutenberg version copied by Nickolaus Pacione
Two copies available one at Langton (England) and one at Kelindo (Japan).
(These may be the two copies Nick recently crowed about selling.)
I haven’t checked them all. There’s three places I did check a few titles on. You can get different listings for “Emanations” and “Reality Check” (two anthologies edited by others who included a Pacione story):
30 results Nickolaus Pacione author page
http://www.amazon.com/Nickolaus-Pacione/e/B004LZFZ6Y/
33 results Search Books Nickolaus Pacione
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Nickolaus+Pacione
21 results Search Books Nickolaus Albert Pacione
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Nickolaus+Albert+Pacione
I finally put my finger on who Nick reminds me of in his YouTube videos.
Bobcat Goldwaith.
Great. Thanks for that puke-worthy reminder. *snerk*
Nicky always reminds me of the hitchhiker in Texas Chainsaw Massacre. https://youtu.be/UigJRwvnUaU
It’s all there, the twitchiness, the darting eye movements, the awkward craziness, the vindictiveness, the total lack of hygiene… probably the same diet of meat of dubious origin…
Nicky has admitted that he eats a “lot of greasy food,” including, but not limited to, pizza and fried chicken. A former roommate of his complained that he always “smells like ass.” Heck, a super high fat diet can do that to a person, as can a spicy diet, although I don’t think Nicky’s ever mentioned having a thing for spicy food (other than pepperoni or maybe sausage on his pizza). If he’s into deep dish pizza, the fat content goes through the roof compared to thin crust.
By this logic, everybody in New Orleans should smell like ass … OR DO WE???
I never thought of New Orleans food as being overly fatty. Even beignets aren’t greasy if the oil’s hot enough. It doesn’t take much roux to thicken a sauce, even if it’s a simple béchamel, although a cheese sauce will up the fat content quite a bit. NOLA food tends to be spicy, sure, but people who eat spicy food fairly often get used to it, and don’t have that reaction.
For a home cook, I make a decent étouffée that’s mouth numbingly spicy, but not stack-blaster hot like, say, a Goan vindaloo. We do eat a lot of spicy food (our kitchen garden wouldn’t be complete without a half dozen different kinds of chilis), but we go easy on the greasy stuff.
Yeah, I’d agree it’s the grease that would cause a “like ass” smell rather than the spice. I cook and eat a lot of Indian, Vietnamese and Thai food (yum!) and no one’s ever complained about the smell to me.
Then again, maybe eau de ass is NAP’as natural scent.
He may simply be one of those people who has his own special formula.
Very likely. Hopefully it’s one I’ll never encounter in person. Yeuch!
Hee hee hee.
Soap would help immensely.
I will not have you eschew teh spicy! I’ll have you know, I make a spicy, to-die-for turkey chili that’s practically fat free and may be used as a weapon of mass destruction. 😀
So, if I show up on your doorstep with my own plastic quart sized container, my best begging face, and a few dog biscuits for your rotties, can we work a trade for a six-pack of Yueng?
Or, would you be willing to send me an approximation of your recipe? Please, please, pretty please, with sugar on top?
Sure! This is from my co-written cookbook, btw, and uses a 3-step seasoning method.
First step:
4 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 large yellow onion
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 large green bell pepper
19.2 oz. ground turkey or beef
1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
2 beef bouillon cubes
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large pot or Dutch oven set to medium/high heat. Roughly cut and add the yellow onion and bell pepper, as well as the minced garlic. Cook until the onions are translucent. Add the ground turkey, 2 tablespoons of olive oil (you can leave this step out if you are using beef as turkey is leaner and needs more fat added), the worcestershire sauce, beef bouillon, salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder. Cook until the meat browns and is no longer pink.
Second step:
Browned and seasoned meat mixture
1 28 oz. can of diced tomatoes
1 15 oz. can kidney beans
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon garlic powder
1 tablespoon fresh or dry parsley or cilantro
1 tablespoon paprika
2 tablespoons oregano
2 tablespoons cumin
2 tablespoons chili powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Combine all the above ingredients and reduce chili to a simmer for a half an hour.
Third step:
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon parsley or cilantro
1 teaspoon chili powder
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon oregano
1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
Add the above spices and continue to cook for 45 minutes. Serve bowls with shredded cheddar or Colby cheese on top.
Ooh, thanks! That sounds good. Normally, I’ll use dried pinto or black beans boiled separately then added, but sometimes it’s a matter of whatever I’ve got on hand. Mom used canned kidney beans, though. Yours is fairly similar to mine, but I add freshly ground chipotles morita instead of Worcestershire, and a “house blend” of ground cayenne/bhut jolokia/arbols instead of straight cayenne. Sometimes, I’ll add a ground ancho, because I like that smoky flavor. I see you use oregano, like I do; from the recipes I’ve seen, most people don’t.
There are probably more ways to make chili than there are people making it. I’m sure I make it a slightly different way each time, especially since I eyeball the herb/spice amounts in the palm of my hand, rather than measuring them. Plus, in the summer, I use whatever peppers are ready to be picked, whether that’s Caribbean Red, serrano, jalapeño, poblano, or even sweet minis. There’s something nice about being able to use a lot of ingredients I grew in my own garden, whether fresh or canned/dried for later use, which is one reason chili is such a favorite.
I tend to use diced meat rather than minced when I make a chilli, and I slow cook it in my crockpot overnight. The effect is awesome. the meat just melts in your mouth and you have all the lovely spices – my spice mix is not much different to the one above – it’s heavenly to say the least
For those who hadn’t heard, T.M. Wright, another favorite target or Nikita passed away yesterday. http://thesupernaughts.com/opinion/rip-t-m-wright-remembering-terry/