Archive - Underwhelmed

A Nightmare of Our Own Making: Crafting Ecological Themes In Our Writing

Recent lecture given to San Luis Obispo writing group

Jul 9 •

Nicholas Belardes

June 2025

Yeehaw! Launch Day for Ten Sleep!

My second eco-horror greets the world during uncertain times

Jun 24 •

Nicholas Belardes

April 2025

Get Signed Copies of Ten Sleep & Bonus Stories!

The reviews are coming in and readers love Ten Sleep

Apr 28 •

Nicholas Belardes

February 2025

Ten Sleep cover reveal & brief discussion of the American West

Reactor Magazine reveals eco-horror illustration by Brynn Metheney

Feb 12 •

Nicholas Belardes

January 2025

The Intellectual Ethnic Cleansing of America

Ideologies, histories, jobs are being abolished, wiped, scraped, while a physical ethnic cleansing has begun, and more is sure to come in this twisted…

Jan 28 •

Nicholas Belardes

A Year Not Quite On Fire, But Almost...

Thinking about 2024 and what's to come in 2025

Jan 9 •

Nicholas Belardes

December 2024

Blending Genres in Fiction

Also includes building a glossary and using horror as an anchor in cross-genre

Dec 16, 2024 •

Nicholas Belardes

October 2024

October Surprises Abound

Two book events, a new cocktail called The Baywood, and a monster bird essay make for a fun end to spooky month

Oct 22, 2024 •

Nicholas Belardes

September 2024

Malevolent forces, that weird feeling, avoiding despair, and keeping on

A lot of things and a lot of nothings

Sep 22, 2024 •

Nicholas Belardes

August 2024

'The Deading' Reviewed in both New York Times and WIPO

Novel excerpt appears in Reactor Mag, formerly Tor

Aug 5, 2024 •

Nicholas Belardes

July 2024

Publication Day for The Deading (one day early)

Books are on the way, essays on the way, new happenings underway, and lots of secrets unveiled...

Jul 22, 2024 •

Nicholas Belardes

May 2024

End-of-May Vibe

Bird lifer and yearbird ushers in The Deading and Ten Sleep excitement

May 27, 2024 •

Nicholas Belardes

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