{{short description|American horror author (born 1966)}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2010}} '''Michael Laimo''' (born 1966 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American horror author. He has been nominated for several Bram Stoker Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.horrormagazine.it/notizie/1823/|title=Michael Laimo al cinema|date=21 December 2005|work=Horror Magazine|language=Italian|accessdate=7 September 2010}}</ref> Two of his works, ''Deep in the Darkness'' and ''Dead Souls'', have been made into feature films; his short story ''1-800-Suicide'' was adapted into a short film.<ref>{{cite news|last=ROXBOROUGH|first=SHANNON|title=AN EASYGOING SMALL TOWN|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-210630830.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924175545/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-210630830.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 24, 2015|accessdate=23 May 2014|newspaper=The Record (subscription required)|date=November 18, 2012}}</ref>
==Awards== *''Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel'' for ''Atmosphere'' (2002, nominated)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bram Stoker Awards|url=http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/awards/bram_stoker.htm|publisher=Fantastic Fiction|accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> *''Bram Stoker Award for Novel'' for ''Deep in the Darkness'' (2004, nominated)<ref>{{cite web|title=Bram Stoker Awards Nominations|url=http://www.locusmag.com/2005/News/04_StokerNominations.html|publisher=Locus magazine|accessdate=19 May 2014}}</ref>
==Bibliography== *''Atmosphere'' (2002) *''Deep in the Darkness'' (2004) *''Sleepwalker'' (2004) *''The Demonologist'' (2005)<ref>{{cite web|last=Butane|first=Johnny|title=Demonologist, The (review)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/demonologist-the-book#axzz32WUc2zmK|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> *''Dead Souls'' (2007, published in Germany as ''Dämonenfeuer'' in 2010)<ref>{{cite web|last=Butane|first=Johnny|title=Dead Souls (review)|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/dead-souls-book#axzz32WUc2zmK|publisher=Dread Central|accessdate=23 May 2014}}</ref> *''Desecration'' (2007) *''Dark Ride'' (2008) *''Fires Rising'' (2008) *''Return to Darkness'' (2011) *''Dregs of Society'' (2011) *''The Potato'' (2012)
===Collections=== *''Demons, Freaks And Other Abnormalities'' (1999) *''A Walk on the Darkside: Visions of Horror'' (2004, contributor) *''Strange Bedfellows'' (2004, contributor) *''Lost on the Darkside: Voices From The Edge of Horror'' (2005, contributor) *''In Delirium'' (2006, contributor) *''The Best of All Flesh: Zombie Anthology'' (2010, contributor) *''Demons, Freaks & Other Abnormalities'' (2010) *''Best New Vampire Tales Vol 1'' (2011, contributor) *''RARE CUTS, a short story collection'' (2012) *''Morpheus Tales: The Best Weird Fiction Volume 1'' (2012, contributor) *''Zippered Flesh: Tales of Body Enhancements Gone Bad!'' (2012, contributor) *''Best New Werewolf Tales Vol. 1'' (2012, contributor) *''Splatterlands: Reawakening the Splatterpunk Revolution'' (2013, contributor) *''Lucky 13: Thirteen Tales of Crime & Mayhem'' (2014, contributor)
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==External links== *{{official website|http://laimo.com/}} *{{isfdb name|id=Michael_Laimo|name=Michael Laimo}}
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