{{Short description|American writer}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see :Template:Infobox writer/doc --> |image = |imagesize = 200px |name = Victor Heck |caption = |pseudonym = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|7|20|mf=y}} |birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri |death_date = |death_place = |occupation = Novelist, Short story writer, Editor |genre = Horror fiction |movement = |notableworks = |website = {{URL|myspace.com/victorheck}} }}
'''Victor Heck''' is the pen name of '''David Nordhaus''', born July 20, 1967 in St. Louis, Missouri, an American editor and horror fiction author. He is the former owner/operator of DarkTales Publications. In 1999, Heck's ''The Asylum Volume 1: The Psycho Ward'' was nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Anthology.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20061005035239/http://www.britishfantasysociety.org.uk/info/nom/1999.htm The British Fantasy Awards]</ref>
Nordhaus's DarkTales published books such as J. Michael Straczynski's ''Tribulations'' ({{ISBN|1-930997-0-35}}), Mort Castle's ''Moon on the Water'' ({{ISBN|0-9672029-9-X}}), Yvonne Navarro's ''DeadTimes'' ({{ISBN|0-967202-9-57}}), and Robert Weinberg's ''Dial Your Dreams and Other Nightmares'' ({{ISBN|1-930997-11-6}}).
In 2007, Nordhaus began to shift gears by making a move into film in various capacities. He is the President of the independent film company Eris Films, LLC.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.erisfilms.com/Home/Staff.html |title=Executive staff |access-date=2007-11-19 |archive-date=2011-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710195735/http://www.erisfilms.com/Home/Staff.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Eris Films' short film ''Midget Chainsaw Zombie''.,<ref>[http://www.kansasfilm.com/festival/presskits/ifc_midgetchainsawzombie.html ''Midget Chainsaw Zombie'' presskit]</ref> which Nordhaus wrote the script and dialogue for, won the Troma Team Award for Best Short Film at the 2007 Kansas International Film Festival - a competition which was judged and awarded by Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment.<ref>[http://www.erisfilms.com/Home/Awards.html Eris Films award]</ref> In April 2008 Nordhaus worked with the director Steve Balderson and Dikenga Films on the movie Watch Out, based on the novel by Joseph Suglia, as a production assistant and performed a small role as The Priest in the film.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2971135/ Internet Movie Database]</ref>
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