Bibliography of all my published work, from books to journal articles to content on other websites.
Books – As Editor

Horror Literature from Gothic to Post-Modern: Critical Essays. McFarland, 2020.

The New Peplum: Essays on Sword and Sandal Films and Television Programs Since the 1990s. McFarland, 2018.
Contributions to Anthologies – Academic
“Animi Scrinium Servitus: Westworld as a Sword and Sandal Slave Revolt Film”
Forthcoming from McFarland

“Dance or Dēcēdere: Gladiator and Industrial Music Sampling” in A Hero Will Endure: Essays at the Twentieth Anniversary of Gladiator. Ed. Rachel Carazo. Vernon Press, 2023.
Purchase at Vernon Press
“Hic Sunt Leones: Peplum Strongmen and the Nemean Lion Legacy”
Forthcoming from ???

“Lost Nights and Dangerous Days: Unraveling the Relationship Between Stranger Things and Synthwave” in Uncovering Stranger Things: Essays on Eighties Nostalgia, Cynicism and Innocence in the Series. Ed. Kevin Wetmore. McFarland, 2018.

“Meteor Madness: Lovecraftian Horror and Consumerism in the Battle for Small Town USA” in Horror in Space: Critical Essays on a Film Subgenre. Ed. Michele Brittany. McFarland, 2017.

“Permission to Kill: Exploring Italy’s 1960s Eurospy Phenomenon, Impact and Legacy” in James Bond and Popular Culture: Essays on the Influence of the Fictional Superspy. Ed. Michele Brittany. McFarland, 2014.

“Strange Realities: Twilight Zone-sploitation in Encounter with the Unknown” in The Many Lives of the Twilight Zone: Essays on the Television and Film Franchise. Ed. Ron Riekki and Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. McFarland, 2022.
Contributions to Anthologies – Souvenir Books

“Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference Furthers Horror Studies Scholarship for Second Year” in Stokercon Anthology: 2018 Souvenir Book. Ed. Michael Bailey. Co-written with Michele Brittany.

“Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference: Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference Showcases Horror Studies’ Scholarship for a Third Year” in StokerCon 2019 Souvenir Anthology. Ed. Linda D. Addison. Co-Written with Michele Brittany.

AnnRadCon essay in Stokercon Anthology 2021: The Phantom Denver Edition. Ed. Joshua Viola. Co-written with Michele Brittany.

AnnRadCon essay in StokerCon 2022 Souvenir Anthology. Ed. Cynthia Pelayo. Co-written with Michele Brittany.
Journal Articles / Thesis

“Book Review: The Comic Book Story of Video Games: The Incredible History of the Electronic Gaming Revolution” in Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. Taylor and Francis, Vol 10 Number 1, August 30, 2019.

“Book Review: Drawn and Dangerous – Italian Comics of the 1970s and 1980s” in Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics. Taylor and Francis, Vol 6 Number 4 December 2015.
Cullzathro Fhtagn! Magnifying the Carnivalesque in Lovecraft through the Comic Book Series Vinegar Teeth (Essay at Academia Letters)

“Danza Macabra: The Reevaluation of Antonio Margheriti Through His Film Castle of Blood” (Thesis)
Snippets of my thesis can also be found in the booklet for the Artus 2024 Blu-ray release of Danse Macabre.

“Dreams of the House of the Worm: Gary Myers’ Debut Dreamlands Story” in Dead Reckonings. Hippocampus Press, Issue 23, Spring 2018.
Magazine – Exotica Moderne

“Adventure to Isle of Diablo: An Interview with Will Penny and Nik Poliwko on Tiki Surf Witches Want Blood” in Exotica Moderne #5.

“Invaders from Easter Island! A Bibliography of Lithodia Rexian Marvel Comics” in Exotica Moderne #6. January, 2020.

“Playing Tourist: A Puzzle Paradise for Tiki Aficionados” in Exotica Moderne #12. Summer 2021.

“Return to Blood Island” in Exotica Moderne #3. February, 2019.

“Review: Bring me the Head of F. W. Murnau by Zeena Schreck” in Exotica Moderne #10, Winter 2021.

Review of Cuban Cocktails: 100 Classic and Modern Drinks in Exotica Moderne #13.

“Review: La Maldicia” in Exotica Moderne #4. 2019.

“Review: Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader)” in Exotica Moderne #2. November 2018.

“Review: Nightcap” in Exotica Moderne #8, Fall 2020.

“Review: Tiki: Tropical Cocktails” in Exotica Moderne #7. April 2020.

Tiki-Noir in Fritz Lang’s While the City Sleeps” in Exotica Moderne #1. August 2018.

“Tiki Arachnids, German Style!: Horrors of Spider Island Revisted” in Exotica Moderne #9, late 2020.

“Glamour in the Magic City: Interview with Miss Pinup Miami” in Exotica Moderne #11, Spring 2021.

“White Cloud Dreams and Stocking Seams: An Interview with Miss Corsair Debonair” in Exotica Moderne #14, February 2022.

Book Review
Zine – National Capital Panthans Journal

Comic Book Review: “Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond #1″ reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #326.

Comic Book Review: “Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond#2″ reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #327.

Comic Book Review: “Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond#3″ reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #328.

Comic Book Review: “Carson of Venus / Warlord of Mars #1″ reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #329.

“Wondercon 2019 Coverage: Tarzan, John Carter, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.: What’s New?” reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #330.

Comic Book Review: “The Moon Maid: Catacombs of the Moon #1″ reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #331.

Comic Book Review: “The Moon Maid: Catacombs of the Moon #2″ reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #332.

Comic Book Review: “The Moon Maid: Catacombs of the Moon #3″ reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #333.

“Tarzan Cocktail: Deconstructed – Reconstructed” reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #335.
Magazines, Zines, and other Periodicals

“Analisi Della Cosa: Found Footage in Caltiki and Italian Theater Going Practices” in Footage Fields #1.
More info at the Footage Fiends Patreon.
Note: This is the original cover, it says Dec 2022. The Zine was published in March and the updated cover says Q1 2023.

“An Imperial Decree? Soitenly! Matri-Phony as Proto-Toga and Sandal Comedy” in The Journal of Stoogeological Studies, Nov/Dec 2023.

“Correlating the Contents: Mimetic Desire in H. P. Lovecraft’s ‘The Call of Cthulhu’.” in Dark Dead Things #2, August 2023.

“Tagliolini al Tarzan: Interview with Actress Bella Cortez on Taur the Mighty” in The Burroughs Bulletin #109. Edited by Henry Franke III. February, 2025.

“When the Stars are Right” in Weird Tales #367, May 2023.
Fiction

“Journey to Agharti” in Trickster’s Treats 3: The Seven Deadly Sins. Edited by Lee Murray and Marie O’Regan. Things in the Well, 2019

“Nix’s Night About Town” in Kill Those Damn Cats: Cats of Ulthar Lovecraftian Anthology. Ed. Khurt Khave. First United Church of Cthulhu, 2016.

“Seamed Stocking Summoning Circle” in Guilty Pleasures and Other Dark Delights. Ed. Steve Dillon. Things in the Well, 2019.

“There’s Always Room” in Merry Creepsmas: The Red Book. Edited by Parth Sarathi Chakraborty. Wicked Shadow Press, 2025.

“Tiki Mug from R’lyeh’ in 100 Word Horros: Part 2. Ed. Kevin J. Kennedy. 2019

“Will-o’-the-wisp” in 100 Word Horrors. Ed. Kevin J. Kennedy. 2018.
Miscellanea

Mark My Words: Read the Submission Guidelines and Other Self-editing Tips. Yuriko Publishing, 2021.
Contributed blurbs/advice that was incorporated into this reference guide, page 89 specifically.
Online Articles
Listing of articles I’ve written over the years at various online venues.
Fanbase Press
From 2016 to 2019 I was a writer from online news outlet and comics publisher Fanbase Press. Here is a list of all the articles I’ve contributed to for the Fanbase Press website:
- 2001: An Antonio Margheriti Odyssey
- 2016 Retrospective: Retconning the 80s in 2016
- Book Review: Beyond Night
- Book Review: The Children of Gla’aki
- Book Review: The Chronicles of Royal High: The Lost Noble
- Book Review: Cold Cuts
- Book Review: Daughters of Arkham
- Book Review: The Lupanarium: Book 1 of the Many Trials of Matt-Lin and Jak
- Book Review: On the Night Border
- Book Review: The People’s Republic of Everything
- Book Review: Sabbath
- Book Review: Star Wars Memories: My Time in the (Death Star) Trenches
- Book Review: Tales of the Lost Vol 1 We All Lose Something!
- Book Review: Weird Tales #363
- Book Review: Whispers from the Abyss 2
- Comic Book Review: Berserker Unbound #1
- Comic Book Review: Berserker Unbound #2
- Comic Book Review: Berserker Unbound #3
- Comic Book Review: Berserker Unbound #4
- Comic Book Review: The Call of Cthulhu (concertina book version)
- Comic Book Review: Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond #1
- Reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #326
- Comic Book Review: Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond #2
- Reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #327
- Comic Book Review: Carson of Venus: The Flames Beyond #3
- Reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #328
- Comic Review: The Colin’s Godson Annual
- Comic Review: Enchanted Tiki Room
- Comic Book Review: Hercules: Wrath of the Heavens
- Comic Review: Hex11: The Magic Rises
- Comic Review: Kelly Green: The Complete Collection
- Comic Book Review: Moon Maid: Catacombs of the Moon #1
- Reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #331
- Comic Book Review: Moon Maid: Catacombs of the Moon #2
- Reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #332
- Comic Book Review: Moon Maid: Catacombs of the Moon #3
- Reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #333
- Comic Book Review: Polis: The Trail of Socrates – Part 1 (The Restoration)
- Comic Review: Sherlock Frankenstein and the Legion of Evil #2
- Comic Book Review: Sons of Chaos
- Comic Review: Stalkings
- Comic Book Review: Sword of Ages #1
- Comic Book Review: Sword of Ages #2
- Comic Book Review: Sword of Ages #3
- Comic Book Review: Sword of Ages #4
- Comic Book Review: Sword of Ages #5
- Comic Review: Time Corps #12
- Comic Review: Vinegar Teeth #01
- Comic Review: Vinegar Teeth #02
- Comic Review: Vinegar Teeth #03
- Comic Review: Vinegar Teeth #04
- Comic Book Review: Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #1
- Comic Book Review: Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #2
- Comic Book Review: Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #3
- Comic Book Review: Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #4
- Comic Book Review: Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander #5
- Comic Book Review: Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander (Complete)
- Convention Report: Comic Con Revolution – Ontario 2018 – Ready Set Geek!: Intro to Podcasting
- Convention Report: Long Beach Comic Con 2015: Pros Discuss Independent Publishing And Social Media
- Convention Report: Long Beach Comic Con 2017 – Fanbase Press Presents: Things that Go Bump in Horror Comics
- Convention Report: Long Beach Comic Con 2017 – Howard Chaykin Spotlight
- Convention Report: Long Beach Comic Expo 2017 – IDW Creators Unite!
- Convention Report: Long Beach Comic Expo 2017 – The Podcast Advocates Present: The Podcast Gathering
- Convention Report: Long Beach Comic Expo 2017: Writer Seeking Artist – Finding and Maintaining a Healthy Collaboration
- Convention Report: Power-Con 2018: Creating the Stories of Filmation’s He-Man
- Convention Report: Power-Con 2019: Inside the Writers’ Room of She-Ra and the Princess of Power
- Convention Report: SoCal Retro Gaming Expo Winter 2017
- Convention Report: Stan Lee’s LA Comic Con 2016: Shannon Purser (Barb from Stranger Things)
- Convention Report: Stan Lee’s LA Comic Con 2017: The 35th Anniversary of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Panel and Reunion
- Convention Report: WonderCon 2017 – @!#?@!: The Oral History of Q*bert
- Convention Report: WonderCon 2017 – Make a Nerdy Living!
- Convention Report: WonderCon 2017 – Spotlight on Olivia De Berardinis
- Convention Report: WonderCon 2019 – Tarzan, John Carter, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.: What’s New?
- Reprinted in the National Capital Panthans Journal #330.
- Don’t be a Tuna Head!: Survival Horror in Maniac Mansion
- Dry Hair is for Squids: Exploring the Relationship Between Trancers and Blade Runner
- Film Review: Ben-Hur (2016)
- Film Review: King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
- Film Review: Mandy (note: note really a review, but an article diving into its metal elements)
- Fundamental Comics: How Star Wars: Dark Empire Expanded the Star Wars Universe and Continues to Shape it Today
- Fundamental Comics: Tintin: The Crab with the Golden Claws
- Geek Love Letters: A Love Letter to Ark of the Sun God
- Harley’s Vengeance: Video Game Depictions of the Maid of Mischief 1994 – 2002
- Halloween Retrogaming: The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree
- In Memoriam: George Romero
- In Memoriam: Sir John Hurt
- Interview: Beth Cato, author of Call of Fire
- Interview: Fred Phillips (Wayback Machine Archive 2021)
- Interview: Lee Murray, author of Into the Mist
- Interview: Nick Mamatas (author of Sabbath)
- Retrospective on Aliens: Thanatos Encounter
- Return to Dinosaur Island: Revisiting the Choose Your Own Adventure Version of Jurassic Park
- Star Wars: The Phantom Affair as Parable for Propaganda and Alt-Right Clashes in a Trumpian America
- Sticky Faces and Alpha Rays – We’re in Dangers!: The Italian Alien Knock Off Legacy
- Video Game Review: Assassin’s Creed Odyssey
- The Void and Retro-Modern Horror
Heathen Harvest
Heathen Harvest was taken offline a few years ago. I hope to revisit my articles from there at some point and re-write/update them to have a more critical stance.
Horror Writers Association
- Gamers Guide to Halloween Video Games (That Actually Take Place on Halloween)
- Horror and Academics Do Mix
We Are the Mutants
- Assimilate and Manipulate: Industrial Music and Cyberpunk in the Comic Series Shatter
- Welcome to the Jungle: Fun and Games in Antonio Margheriti’s 1980s Mercenary Films
Nickdiak.com
This will be a list of all the articles, essays, interviews, and other written work I’ve published here, at my website.
NOTE (5/26): Will be adding these in reverse order as I work on my Alt-text updates.
Comics Related
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Reviews of Alicia Carter
- Salvaged Goods: Alicia Carter and Robot Issue 01
- Hyper[Sex]Drive: Alicia Carter and Robot Issue 02
Reviews of Becca Boo
- Putting the “Boo!” into…: Becca Boo: The Bimbo Ghost Issue One
- Just Here for the Boo!s: Becca Boo Issue Two
- Feeling Fa-Boo!-lous: Becca Boo Issue Three
Articles/Reviews of Born of Blood
- Fitness to Purpose: Born of Blood Issue One
- Back in Blood: Born of Blood Issue 2 Kickstarter and Interview
- The Perfume of Traitors: Born of Blood Issue 2
Reviews of Rome Eternal
- The Dream That Was Rome: Rome Eternal #1
- Et tu, Mithra?: Rome Eternal #2
Reviews of the Neo-jungle girl comic Vanya:
- She’s Got the Killer Instinct: Vanya Issue 01
- Hunter – Lover – Killer: Vanya 02
Reviews of Yor, The Hunter from the Future
- Yor’s [Comic] World: Yor, The Hunter From The Future #01
Articles/Reviews of other Comics
- Houston, We Have a Problem: The Tiki Melange
- Maiden Voyage: Hearteater #1
- Pillage! Plunder! Possession!: Viking Horror in Seidr #1
- Reborn With The Strength Of Stone: Interview With Ben Lacy On Samson #1: Nazi Smasher
- [S]extra Curricular Activities: Death Nell Issue One
- Surprise Delivery: Interview with D. J. Kirkbride on Errand Boys
- We Are Barbarians: Interview with Mike Dubisch and Tom Simmons on I Am a Barbarian
Peplum Ponderings
A list of all my articles under the “Peplum Ponderings” series, which are essays devoted to sword and sandal films and other media.
- Gladiator II (2024)
- In the Name of the King 2: Two Worlds (2011)
- The Tartars (1961)
- Vulcan, Son of Jupiter (1962)
Music Related
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- Aut Caesar Aut Nihil: Twenty Year Retrospective of the XII Caesars Industrial Compilation
- Down to the Underground: Claus Larsen on Leæther Strip’s Last Station
- Resurrected and Reloaded: Interview with Flesh Field’s Ian Ross
- Return of the Mother(s): Interview with Joan Jocson-Singh and Julie Turley on Heavy Music Mothers: Extreme Identities, Narrative Disruptions
- Review and Interview: Zeena Schreck and Her Debut Bring Me the Head of F. W. Murnau
- A Savage World: Awen’s The Hollow in the Stone
- Your Mountain Is Waiting: Review Of Zeena’s Transcend Album
Other
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- Banging Against the Wall: The Galliano Mai Tai
- Bottling the Theater-Going Experience: The Cinema Highball
- Bubbled Up from the Cauldron: Interview with Fred Phillips
- Cinema of Lust: Sylvia Kristel: From Emmanuelle to Chabrol
- Claws From the Bulkhead Walls: Deep Space Horror in Ness Brown’s The Scourge Between Stars
- The Codex of Cool: Interviews with Retroists in Vilioti Vintage
- Combat Zone Drop: V. Castro on Aliens: Vasquez
- Crimes under the Crux: Andrew Nette’s Orphan Road
- Game of the Year: Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore
- A Good, Fair Deal: Lora Senf’s The Clackity
- Heart of [a Rocks] Glass: The Bacardi Mai-Tai
- Heavenly Voices and Flickering Images: Interview with Matthew Page on 100 Bible Films
- Hidden Inside: Unpacking the Troy Director’s Cut Boxset
- In His Image: Supplemental Material to “Strange Realities”
- Invasive Species: Cryptid Horror in Robert P. Ottone’s Nocturnal Creatures
- Literary Libations: Jennifer Croll’s Buzzworthy
- Magnificent Maleficarum: Severin’s All the Haunts Be Ours and Howard David Ingham Interview
- Museum Quality Cocktails: Jennifer Croll’s Art Boozel
- New Tales of Heroic Fantasy: Sword and Sorcery Stories in Weird Tales #366
- Piercing the Veil of Reality: Cosmic Horror Stories in Weird Tales #367
- Scandalous Swords: Interview with J. Manfred Weichsel
- Sheer Delights: Bachelor Pad Nylon Nightcap #1
- Straight From the Forge: New Edge Sword and Sorcery Magazine #00
- Traveling First Class: The Sensual World of Black Emanuelle Boxset
- Weekend Rental: 80s Sword and Sorcery and Retrogaming in A Game Called Quest
- Victory Lap: Unpacking the Ben-Hur Fiftieth Anniversary Boxset