Location: United States
Member Since: Dec. 15, 2009

Thomas M. Sipos


Where to find Thomas M. Sipos online

Website: http://www.communistvampires.com
Blog: http://horrorfilmaesthetics.blogspot.com/

Books

Pentagon Possessed: A Neocon Horror Story    by Thomas M. Sipos
Price: $1.99 USD. 18630 words. Published on May 14, 2011. Screenplays.
In this X-Files parody set against recent history, two FBI agents discover that dark supernatural forces were behind the Patriot Act, and America's entry into the Iraq War. A satirical horror story that reminds us that governments will use fear of a foreign enemy to suppress civil liberties at home. That war is the health of the state. And that questioning authority is patriotic.
Jonathan Frid: Interview with the Dark Shadows Vampire    by Thomas M. Sipos
Price: $0.99 USD. 8630 words. Published on May 14, 2011. Nonfiction.
This interview with actor Jonathan Frid (Barnabas Collins on TV's Dark Shadows) first appeared in Filmfax #83 (February/March 2001). An expanded version was later published in Halloween Candy (2001), incorporating additional material about Frid's childhood. This Smashwords ebook edition is the expanded version -- about 8,600 words.
Hollywood Witches    by Thomas M. Sipos
Price: $1.99 USD. 112440 words. Published on May 13, 2011. Fiction.
Hollywood claims to love equal opportunity and multicultural diversity. Development executive Diana Däagen thinks the studio's hiring is based more on ageism, sexism, and nepotism. And so Diana's coven of New Age witches plots to infiltrate and diversify the entertainment industry until Hollywood "looks like America" -- no matter how many eggs must be broken along the way.
Manhattan Sharks    by Thomas M. Sipos
Price: $1.99 USD. 72930 words. Published on May 12, 2011. Fiction.
A satire of corporate culture, job-hunting, and America's obsession with status and career success. In the tradition of Bonfire of the Vanities, Clockwatchers, Dilbert, and The Office.
Vampire Nation    by Thomas M. Sipos
Price: $1.99 USD. 69200 words. Published on May 10, 2011. Fiction.
A young American visits Communist Transylvania during the closing years of the Cold War, discovering that Communism is vampirism and a man is better dead than undead. A dark fantasy/satire of both Nicolae Ceausescu's Romania and of Communism itself.

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