Nick Hertzberg

is a horror writer whose fiction twists your guts as much as your mind. He’s driven to invent grotesque worlds he’s never seen or read before, often rooted in outsider culture of the early 2000s. His graphic and cinematic prose uses both violence and media as lenses into the genre’s darker corners, with a long-term goal of seeing these stories adapted for film.Nick currently has stories available from Flitter Mouse Press, Godless, and The Submission Pit.See below for more information on releases - and follow Nick on Instagram for news, memes, and more. Thanks for stopping by!

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The Submission Pit

Smart Mouth

Told through a series of blog entries, this story follows a jaded marketing manager with a chip on his shoulder about his lackluster smile. After being targeted by online ads to beta test a revolutionary nanotech toothpaste, he's stunned by the immediate results, but each brush leaves him feeling less like himself and more like part of the company’s marketing machine.

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Flitter Mouse Press

Champs Like Us

Part of the Post Mortems AnthologyA troubled outcast seeks salvation in the world of online simulated pro wrestling leagues, only to find the violence he is crafting on-screen could be manifesting in the flesh.

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Godless

Soil Solutions

"...an absolute masterclass in poetic and brutal prose!"
- Klaus Kinion, author of Eternal Flower of Your Soul.A strung-out drifter, a mysterious skull, and Adirondack dread collide in a slow-burning disintegration of the American dream.