History DarkerAndEdgier / Literature

* ''Discworld/IShallWearMidnight'' is much, MUCH darker than any previous Tiffany book, involving teenage pregnancy, domestic violence and the [[NightmareFuel Cunning Man]], a truly terrifying AnthropomorphicPersonification of violent persecution of "outsiders".

** As the series progresses, it becomes less quippier and starts to focus more on how MI6 forcing Alex into missions is affecting him personally. As each book passes, it has a further emotional impact on Alex's life, slowly affecting his school life and his interaction with friends. The book ''Crocodile Tears'' even ends with [[spoiler: Alex and Jack contemplating about his future in hospital (after Alex is badly burned following his final encounter with Desmond Mc-Cain).]]

*** From the start of the novel to the finish, Alex is [[spoiler: being led into a trap by his enemies who are constantly watching him and manipulating him. Everything that Alex and MI6 think they're doing right is unknowingly all part of Scorpia's master plan, so the villains have Alex in their clutches before the mission even begins!]]

*** Almost as if to add insult to multiple injuries, it's revealed at the very end of the book that [[spoiler: Alan Blunt, the head of MI6, actually staged the attack on Alex near the start of the book to simply get him out of school and go on the ill-fated mission to Cairo. Poor Alex can't trust anyone - even those who claim to be on "his side"! It's also important to note that the attack on Alex ''was at his own school'', nearly killing Alex and injuring his friend, Tom.]]

* ''Literature/TheWickedYears'' and ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a fluffy, heartwarming story of a few friends in a magical country. ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'', the novel, doesn't go more than a few pages without some swear word or mention of sex, or just sex. Gregory Maguire had a pretty dirty mind... there is a lot of weird romance in it, like Elphaba's father and mother were both in love with the same man, Elphaba's roommate was in love with her (but married a older rich guy, who all Gelphie shippers insist is an abusive ass), Elphaba's guy friend and his friend may have had a hint of romance... it never ends.
** And yet this isn't the [[FracturedFairyTale actual thrust of the plot]]. [[spoiler: The Wizard is a tyrant, using a secret police and assassination to suppress dissension and many ethnic groups. Conscious, sapient Animals are sent to farms and stripped of their rights, resulting in many Animals going into hiding. Elphaba herself is willing to commit murder to help her cause, and works for what can only be called a terrorist group at one point. Her mentor, Doctor Dillamond, is brutally murdered for coming close to proving the minor point that Animals (the sapient kind) and animals (the normal kind) and humans are made from the same stuff. Religious tensions between Tick-tokism (straw-man science), Lurline (straw man paganism), and the Unionists worshiping the Unnamed God tears apart society. The Wizard's projects come at severe cost in life, such as the destruction of the Quadlings' country for ruby mines. Racism between humans - especially towards Winkies and Quadlings, is common (though Munchkinlanders of means always "marry into height)." The land is caught in a terrible drought. The Yellow Brick Road and Emerald City are both wasteful boondoggles. Witch sex is hardly the 'darker and edgier' in Wicked.]]
** And the original ''Wizard Of Oz'' book isn't as "fluffy and heartwarming" as many might think from seeing the 1939 musical film. In the book, for instance, the Tin Woodsman is made of tin because when he was a normal human, the witch enchanted his axe to repeatedly cut off various parts of his body which he kept replacing with tin. Also, the witch enslaves Dorothy and her friends at one point.
** Another Gregory Maguire novel, ''Mirror Mirror'', about Literature/SnowWhite has lots of kink. (Menstruation ''does not work that way!'')
** Creator/NeilGaiman gave Snow White a similar treatment in his short story "Snow, Glass, Apples."

* ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' and ''Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz''. ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' is a fluffy, heartwarming story of a few friends in a magical country. ''Wicked'', the novel, doesn't go more than a few pages without some swear word or mention of sex, or just sex. Gregory Maguire had a pretty dirty mind... there is a lot of weird romance in it, like Elphaba's father and mother were both in love with the same man, Elphaba's roommate was in love with her (but married a older rich guy, who all Gelphie shippers insist is an abusive ass), Elphaba's guy friend and his friend may have had a hint of romance... it never ends.

* Although the ''Franchise/StarWars'' films had their share of dark and edgy moments (Han and Leia's respective torture scenes, Anakin being burned alive, the death of Shmi, the death of Owen and Beru ect), the ''Literature/StarWarsLegends'' books still manage to get even darker and edgier. There's a lot more torture and gruesome death and bloody war, especially with ''Literature/NewJediOrder'', which was DarkerAndEdgier than some of the previous novels. The next two series, ''Literature/LegacyOfTheForce'' and ''Literature/FateOfTheJedi'' continue the trend, as do some of the comics.

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* While not exactly full on grimdark, the ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' series gets darker as it progresses, starting with a silly, lighthearted adventure and ending with some incredibly grim and hopeless situations including [[spoiler: war, grievous injury, and the depiction of a child being tortured.]]

* While not exactly full on grimdark, the ''Literature/HowToTrainYourDragon'' series gets darker as the it progresses, starting with a silly, lighthearted adventure and ending with some incredibly grim and hopeless situations including [[spoiler: war, grievous injury, and the depiction of a child being tortured.]]

** As the series progresses, it becomes less quippier and starts to focus more on how MI6 forcing Alex into missions is affecting him personally. As each book passes, it has a further emotional impact on Alex's life, slowly affecting his school life and his interaction with friends. The book ''Crocodile Tears'' even ends with [[spoiler: Alex and Jack contemplating about his future in hospital (after Alex is badly burned following his final encounter with Desmond McCain).]]

*** Understandably, by the end of ''Scorpia Rising'', [[spoiler: Alex is broken, traumatized and changed, a mere shadow of who was at the start of the series in ''Stormbreaker''. The book ends with him heading off to the USA for a better life, away from the memories of his past.]] Keep in mind that for readers of the series from 2011 to 2017, this was initially supposed to be the [[DownerEnding final book in the series]]! However the newer books, ''Never Say Die'' in 2017 and the still-unreleased ''Nightshade'', are appearing to veer back to the original spirit and tone of the first four books.

*** Understandably, by the end of ''Scorpia Rising'', [[spoiler: Alex is broken, traumatized and changed, a mere shadow of who was at the start of the series in ''Stormbreaker''. The book ends with him heading off to the USA for a better life, away from the memories of his past.]] Keep in mind that for many readers of the series from 2011 to 2017, this was initially supposed to be the [[DownerEnding final book in the series]]!

*** In a misunderstanding, Alex is captured by the CIA who interrogate him about things he genuinely doesn't know about. When he can't answer their questions, they try to force the non-existent answers from him - by torturing him using waterboarding! It's only the timely arrival of Joe Byrne that saves him.

*** Still not enough? When Alex confronts [[spoiler: Julius near the end of the book,

** The ninth - and from 2011 to 2017, the ''final'' book in the series ''Scorpia Rising'' is by far the darkest, most emotional, and most violent of them all.

* The Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novel series, initially conceived as the main ''Doctor Who'' continuity following the 1989 cancellation of the TV series, is one of the most notoriously Darker and Edgier sub-sections of the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse, concentrating on and intensifying the theme (introduced in the last two TV seasons) of the Seventh Doctor as a ruthless big-picture ManipulativeBastard who callously uses everyone around him as tools, including his closest friends, causing them genuine suffering and, when they work things out, outrage and disgust. There's an essay in which Kate Orman, one of the regular writers on the line, talks about researching domestic abuse in order to realistically depict it in a novel, as her most defining experience of what the series was about.

* The Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures novel series, initially conceived as the main ''Doctor Who'' continuity following the 1989 cancellation of the TV series, is one of the most notoriously Darker and Edgier sub-sections of the Franchise/DoctorWhoExpandedUniverse, concentrating on and intensifying the theme (introduced in the last two TV seasons) of the Seventh Doctor as a ruthless big-picture ManipulativeBastard who callously uses everyone around him as tools, including his closest friends, causing them genuine suffering and, when they work things out, outrage and disgust. There's an essay in which Kate Orman, one of the regular writers on the line, talks about researching domestic abuse in order to realistically depict it in a novel was her most emblematic experience of what the series was conceived as being.

* ''Discworld/IShallWearMidnight'' is much, MUCH darker than any previous Tiffany book, involving teenage pregnancy, domestic violence and the [[NightmareFuel Cunning Man]].

* [[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/advocate_christ_hospital_the_p_o_d.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:Where the story, The Pattern Of Diagnosis, starts after being carted off into an ambulance. Author was packed in a sleeping bag with a hoodie sweatshirt (no undershirt,) sweat pants, and sock feet in 2006. It was about 20 degrees and had some snow in the era. The hospital was in Oak Lawn, Illinois, as it concluded in Justice, Illinois. In 2009, it has a HarsherInHindsight when one of his local far-off friends, [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143765063/kristopher-p.-kemp die of cancer]] and a church mate from First Assembly [[http://wheatonaofg.blogspot.com/2009/02/sad-news.html also died]] a month later also of The Big-C. The [[http://members.tripod.com/~Edison_1/index.html one room mate]] played an album who became one of the longtime friends from the period as [[https://leper.bandcamp.com/track/photosensitive this is often paired up]] with the story. Some circles when seen it in [[http://www.lulu.com/shop/cinsearae-santiago/dark-gothic-resurrected-fall-07/paperback/product-1719906.html the magazine out of Philly]] coined it a brooding HopeBringer. RealSongThemeTune applies to this one too.]] The creative nonfiction short story [[https://www.facebook.com/notes/nickolaus-pacione/the-cabbie-homicide-october-13-1993/431032530432929/ The Cabbie Homicide: October 13, 1993]] introduced in 2002 when it emerged the collective gasp of the Goth Community. When introduced was BigOMG as it being read back to back with TheTellTaleHeart. (One of contributors to [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1453170.Chimeraworld_2 Chimeraworld #2]] coined this a SpiritualSuccessor to the famed EdgarAllanPoe story but much harder hitting as he was a hold out from TheNineties. Forerunner of what's known as CreepyPasta and TurnOfTheMillennium as it's related in November of 2000 and written in June of 2002.) It's got a MohsScaleofLyricalHardness of ten because of the CrypticConversation between the author and the nameless cab driver. The more frightening aspects is the story was written from memory and cited the high school news paper on the subject. The [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs reaction]] of the [[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-11-11/news/9411110313_1_addison-sentence-penalty subject in the story]] was beyond pissed. He pissed off the GoshdangItToHeck set when he decided to troll Mormons on Wattpad and make some of their comments available on his page where he edits "darn" to "damn" and where they say "F-word" to "Fuck." As a teenager he was the nerd that had elements of the ByronicHero and BlessedWithSuck as he tried to distance himself from this piece but more as he got older. It became a calling card. He got the brunt for being two things, nerdy and Italian -- the latter he points out, UnacceptableTargets when it comes to him. Though factions in the industry ignore the OnceAcceptableTargets rule. The author himself is a noted FamilyUnfriendlyAesop. 'GothicHorror' taking cues from {{Tales From The Hood}} and RealLifeWritesThePlot as it was a your example of Darker and Edgier when applied to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_nonfiction Creative Nonfiction]] with frightening results. Frightening character study as it portrayed a criminal's addiction leading into {{Start Of Darkness}}. It's vibe is akin to H.P.Lovecraft co-writing with Anne Rule. IronicEcho to film RiversEdge and discusses being a teenager with AdultFear, as his classmates also discuss being in the homeroom with a convicted murderer. He caught a contemporary snagging a client, he did a whamline reminding him what he wrote in the era as this [[http://www.writerscafe.org/writing/UncleFossil/1547466/ the whamline of the new 10s]] as the contemporaries followers were caught lifting his work as the story mentioned below. He quipped of him, "I never invoked a cussing Scooby-Doo trope but you did." The whamline became a DehumanizingInsult to that author reminding him of pastshame; as he was backpedaling like a dog with a tail between his legs. It turned into an ethnic slur laced flamewar; as he pointed out that this one is an AcceptableEthnicTargets for Italians as he implied some crushing insults in Italian.
* Penned on Thanksgiving Weekend 2006 and twice-published in 2007. ''[[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/160440805453586192/ Creative Nonfiction]]'' story, "The Pattern of Diagnosis" in comparison to The Cabbie Homicide might be LighterAndSofter with GallowsHumor, but plays up akin to DavidFosterWallace (''IronicEcho of [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/05/good-people Good People, also dealt with Evangelical undercurrents from the same era]]'' with the literary analysis of the story. Ramsey Campbell suggested he lifted the story to write his but he pointed out he didn't see Wallace's story until after he reissued 'The Pattern of Diagnosis' as he pointed out if he drained the lizard on this one. Then he really drained the lizard on Oak Lawn, Illinois. Noted it doesn't quote the Good Neighbor Parable but it refers to this within an UrbanHellscape and another play that also takes from TheFourGospels. It has traits of Urban Fiction as in it has the strong language in there as it discusses AssholeVictim in the beginning of the narrative; noted for testing it out on [[https://www.modelmayhem.com/358333 Tragic Wrath]] who appeared the cover with a horror short story he did which was exclusive in the U.K. when it was just completed. He still remembers her reaction was akin to when he showed this to Gitane Demone a few years later. ''Discussed on [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/964368952431292417 Quora as this is tweeted with a modern painting based on the parable]].'' In depth, answering the question "What is the most powerful literature you have written?" He points out he's got a few examples but explains "The Pattern Of Diagnosis" was special. It's the one that got him a BadassCrew where each one has AuthorAppeal as [[https://medium.com/3-to-read/spotlight-the-movie-a-personal-view-f0fa39900afc#.3u4wx5g1e one of them]] was portrayed in Spotlight as a few of them came from Myspace in the era. The story is a contributor favorite; as it became well received in Chicago when introduced in his magazine. He took readers further into the era and the news stories to give the story it's nonfiction. For it's gloomy and atmospheric elements the story itself had gained some appeal with AmericanChurches who read R-rated literature; it has the elements of GonzoJournalism like The Cabbie Homicide years earlier much like the previous, RealLifeWritesThePlot as it came from a conversation with his late grandmother and one of his [[http://www.reverbnation.com/biocarbon13 friends in the city]] during the time he lived in Justice, Illinois. The writer behind the story and some of the contributors are noted as PromotedFanboy being all well versed in the Bloody Pulp and Penny Dreadful periods. Two emerged as EdgarAllanPoe AscendedFanfic circles in 2007. They were handpicked by the publisher. This happens often in The Twilight Zone fandom as well as the Poe fandoms. A rival author from Rockaway, New Jersey, accused him of being Derivative when he caught her [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/698441247724331008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhat-is-the-most-powerful-literature-you-have-written enabling a plagiarism]] of the twice published short. {{Graying Morality}} from a narrative where he shows that {{Real Men Love Jesus}} with HopeIsScary but comes off as {{Drill Sergeant Nasty}} (aka Petty Officer Nasty if in Great Lakes.)

* The creative nonfiction short story [[https://www.facebook.com/notes/nickolaus-pacione/the-cabbie-homicide-october-13-1993/431032530432929/ The Cabbie Homicide: October 13, 1993]] introduced in 2002 when it emerged the collective gasp of the Goth Community. When introduced was BigOMG as it being read back to back with TheTellTaleHeart. (One of contributors to [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1453170.Chimeraworld_2 Chimeraworld #2]] coined this a SpiritualSuccessor to the famed EdgarAllanPoe story but much harder hitting as he was a hold out from TheNineties. Forerunner of what's known as CreepyPasta and TurnOfTheMillennium as it's related in November of 2000 and written in June of 2002.) It's got a MohsScaleofLyricalHardness of ten because of the CrypticConversation between the author and the nameless cab driver. The more frightening aspects is the story was written from memory and cited the high school news paper on the subject. The [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs reaction]] of the [[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-11-11/news/9411110313_1_addison-sentence-penalty subject in the story]] was beyond pissed. He pissed off the GoshdangItToHeck set when he decided to troll Mormons on Wattpad and make some of their comments available on his page where he edits "darn" to "damn" and where they say "F-word" to "Fuck." As a teenager he was the nerd that had elements of the ByronicHero and BlessedWithSuck as he tried to distance himself from this piece but more as he got older. It became a calling card. He got the brunt for being two things, nerdy and Italian -- the latter he points out, UnacceptableTargets when it comes to him. Though factions in the industry ignore the OnceAcceptableTargets rule. The author himself is a noted FamilyUnfriendlyAesop. 'GothicHorror' taking cues from {{Tales From The Hood}} and RealLifeWritesThePlot as it was a yourexample of Darker and Edgier when applied to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_nonfiction Creative Nonfiction]] with frightening results; as it portrayed a criminal's addiction leading into {{Start Of Darkness}}.
* Penned on Thanksgiving Weekend 2006 and twice-published in 2007. ''[[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/160440805453586192/ Creative Nonfiction]]'' story, "The Pattern of Diagnosis" in comparison to The Cabbie Homicide might be LighterAndSofter with GallowsHumor, but plays up akin to DavidFosterWallace (''IronicEcho of [[https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2007/02/05/good-people Good People, also dealt with Evangelical undercurrents from the same era]]'' with the literary analysis of the story. Ramsey Campbell suggested he lifted the story to write his but he pointed out he didn't see Wallace's story until after he reissued 'The Pattern of Diagnosis' as he pointed out if he drained the lizard on this one, he really drained the lizard on Oak Lawn,
Illinois.[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/advocate_christ_hospital_the_p_o_d.jpg]][[caption-width-right:350:Where the story, The Pattern Of Diagnosis, starts after being carted off into an ambulance. Author was packed in a sleeping bag with a hoodie sweatshirt (no undershirt,) sweat pants, and sock feet in 2006. It was about 20 degrees and had some snow in the era. The hospital was in Oak Lawn, Illinois, as it concluded in Justice, Illinois. In 2009, it has a HarsherInHindsight when one of his local far-off friends, [[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143765063/kristopher-p.-kemp die of cancer]] and a church mate from First Assembly [[http://wheatonaofg.blogspot.com/2009/02/sad-news.html also died]] a month later also of The Big-C. The [[http://members.tripod.com/~Edison_1/index.html one room mate]] played an album who became one of the longtime friends from the period as [[https://leper.bandcamp.com/track/photosensitive this is often paired up]] with the story. Some circles when seen it in [[http://www.lulu.com/shop/cinsearae-santiago/dark-gothic-resurrected-fall-07/paperback/product-1719906.html the magazine out of Philly]] coined it a brooding HopeBringer. RealSongThemeTune applies to this one too.]]Noted it doesn't quote the Good Neighbor Parable but it refers to this within an UrbanHellscape and another play that also takes from TheFourGospels. It has traits of Urban Fiction as in it has the strong language in there as it discusses AssholeVictim in the beginning of the narrative; noted for testing it out on [[https://www.modelmayhem.com/358333 Tragic Wrath]] who appeared the cover with a horror short story he did which was exclusive in the U.K. when it was just completed. He still remembers her reaction was akin to when he showed this to Gitane Demone a few years later. ''Discussed on [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/964368952431292417 Quora as this is tweeted with a modern painting based on the parable]].'' In depth, answering the question "What is the most powerful literature you have written?" He points out he's got a few examples but explains "The Pattern Of Diagnosis" was special. It's the one that got him a BadassCrew where each one has AuthorAppeal as [[https://medium.com/3-to-read/spotlight-the-movie-a-personal-view-f0fa39900afc#.3u4wx5g1e one of them]] was portrayed in Spotlight as a few of them came from Myspace in the era. The story is a contributor favorite; as it became well received in Chicago when introduced in his magazine. He took readers further into the era and the news stories to give the story it's nonfiction. For it's gloomy and atmospheric elements the story itself had gained some appeal with AmericanChurches who read R-rated literature; it has the elements of GonzoJournalism like The Cabbie Homicide years earlier much like the previous, RealLifeWritesThePlot as it came from a conversation with his late grandmother and one of his [[http://www.reverbnation.com/biocarbon13 friends in the city]] during the time he lived in Justice, Illinois. The writer behind the story and some of the contributors are noted as PromotedFanboy being all well versed in the Bloody Pulp and Penny Dreadful periods. Two emerged as EdgarAllanPoe AscendedFanfic circles in 2007. They were handpicked by the publisher. This happens often in The Twilight Zone fandom as well as the Poe fandoms. A rival author from Rockaway, New Jersey, accused him of being Derivative when he caught her [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/698441247724331008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhat-is-the-most-powerful-literature-you-have-written enabling a plagiarism]] of the twice published short. {{Graying Morality}} from a narrative where he shows that {{Real Men Love Jesus}} with HopeIsScary but comes off as {{Drill Sergeant Nasty}} (aka Petty Officer Nasty if in Great Lakes.)

* The creative nonfiction short story [[https://www.facebook.com/notes/nickolaus-pacione/the-cabbie-homicide-october-13-1993/431032530432929/ The Cabbie Homicide: October 13, 1993]] introduced in 2002 when it emerged the collective gasp of the Goth Community. When introduced was BigOMG as it being read back to back with TheTellTaleHeart. (One of contributors to [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1453170.Chimeraworld_2 Chimeraworld #2]] coined this a SpiritualSuccessor to the famed EdgarAllanPoe story but much harder hitting as he was a hold out from TheNineties. Forerunner of what's known as CreepyPasta and TurnOfTheMillennium as it's related in November of 2000 and written in June of 2002.) It's got a MohsScaleofLyricalHardness of ten because of the CrypticConversation between the author and the nameless cab driver. The more frightening aspects is the story was written from memory and cited the high school news paper on the subject. The [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs reaction]] of the [[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-11-11/news/9411110313_1_addison-sentence-penalty subject in the story]] was beyond pissed. He pissed off the GoshdangItToHeck set when he decided to troll Mormons on Wattpad and make some of their comments available on his page where he edits "darn" to "damn" and where they say "F-word" to "Fuck." As a teenager he was the nerd that had elements of the ByronicHero and BlessedWithSuck as he tried to distance himself from this piece but more as he got older. It became a calling card. He got the brunt for being two things, nerdy and Italian -- the latter he points out, UnacceptableTargets when it comes to him. Though factions in the industry ignore the OnceAcceptableTargets rule. The author himself is a noted FamilyUnfriendlyAesop. 'GothicHorror' taking cues from {{Tales From The Hood}} and RealLifeWritesThePlot as it was a you're example of Darker and Edgier when applied to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_nonfiction Creative Nonfiction]] with frightening results; as it portrayed a criminal's addiction leading into {{Start Of Darkness}}.
* Penned on Thanksgiving Weekend 2006 and twice-published in 2007. The ''[[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/160440805453586192/ Creative Nonfiction]]'' story, "The Pattern of Diagnosis" in comparison to The Cabbie Homicide might be LighterAndSofter with GallowsHumor, but plays up akin to DavidFosterWallace with the literary analysis of the story. Noted it doesn't quote the Good Neighbor Parable but it refers to this within an UrbanHellscape and another play that also takes from TheFourGospels. It has traits of Urban Fiction as in it has the strong language in there as it discusses AssholeVictim in the beginning of the narrative. ''Discussed on [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/964368952431292417 Quora as this is tweeted with a modern painting based on the parable]].'' In depth, answering the question "What is the most powerful literature you have written?" He points out he's got a few examples but explains "The Pattern Of Diagnosis" was special. It's the one that got him a BadassCrew where each one has AuthorAppeal as [[https://medium.com/3-to-read/spotlight-the-movie-a-personal-view-f0fa39900afc#.3u4wx5g1e one of them]] was portrayed in Spotlight. The story is a contributor favorite; as it became well received in Chicago when introduced in his magazine. He took readers further into the era and the news stories to give the story it's nonfiction. For it's gloomy and atmospheric elements the story itself had gained some appeal with AmericanChurches who read R-rated literature; it has the elements of GonzoJournalism like The Cabbie Homicide years earlier much like the previous, RealLifeWritesThePlot as it came from a conversation with his late grandmother and one of his [[http://www.reverbnation.com/biocarbon13 friends in the city]] during the time he lived in Justice, Illinois. The writer behind the story and some of the contributors are noted as PromotedFanboy being all well versed in the Bloody Pulp and Penny Dreadful periods. Two emerged as EdgarAllanPoe AscendedFanfic circles in 2007. They were handpicked by the publisher. This happens often in The Twilight Zone fandom as well as the Poe fandoms. A rival author from Rockaway, New Jersey, accused him of being Derivative when he caught her [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/698441247724331008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhat-is-the-most-powerful-literature-you-have-written enabling a plagiarism]] of the twice published short. {{Graying Morality}} from a narrative where he shows that {{Real Men Love Jesus}} with HopeIsScary but comes off as {{Drill Sergeant Nasty}} (aka Petty Officer Nasty if in Great Lakes.)

* The creative nonfiction short story [[https://www.facebook.com/notes/nickolaus-pacione/the-cabbie-homicide-october-13-1993/431032530432929/ The Cabbie Homicide: October 13, 1993]] introduced in 2002 when it emerged the collective gasp of the Goth Community. When introduced was BigOMG as it being read back to back with TheTellTaleHeart. (One of contributors to [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1453170.Chimeraworld_2 Chimeraworld #2]] coined this a SpiritualSuccessor to the famed EdgarAllanPoe story but much harder hitting as he was a hold out from TheNineties. Forerunner of what's known as CreepyPasta and TurnOfTheMillennium as it's related in November of 2000 and written in June of 2002.) It's got a MohsScaleofLyricalHardness of ten because of the CrypticConversation between the author and the nameless cab driver. The more frightening aspects is the story was written from memory and cited the high school news paper on the subject. The [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs reaction]] of the [[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-11-11/news/9411110313_1_addison-sentence-penalty subject in the story]] was beyond pissed. He pissed off the GoshdangItToHeck set when he decided to troll Mormons on Wattpad and make some of their comments available on his page where he edits "darn" to "damn" and where they say "F-word" to "Fuck." As a teenager he was the nerd that had elements of the ByronicHero and BlessedWithSuck as he tried to distance himself from this piece but more as he got older; it became a calling card. He got the brunt for being two things, nerdy and Italian -- the latter he points out, UnacceptableTargets when it comes to him. Though factions in the industry ignore the OnceAcceptableTargets rule. The author himself is a noted FamilyUnfriendlyAesop. 'GothicHorror' taking cues from {{Tales From The Hood}} and RealLifeWritesThePlotas it was a you're example of Darker and Edger when applied to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_nonfiction Creative Nonfiction]] with frightening results; as it portrayed a criminal's addiction leading into {{Start Of Darkness}}.
* Penned on Thanksgiving Weekend 2006 and twice-published in 2007, The ''[[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/160440805453586192/ Creative Nonfiction]]'' story, "The Pattern of Diagnosis" in comparison to The Cabbie Homicide might be LighterAndSofter but plays up akin to DavidFosterWallace with the literary analysis of the story. Noted it doesn't quote the Good Neighbor Parable but it refers to this and another play that also takes from TheFourGospels. It has traits of Urban Fiction as in it has the strong language in there as it discusses AssholeVictim in the beginning of the narrative. ''Discussed on [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/964368952431292417 Quora as this is tweeted with a modern painting based on the parable]].'' In depth, answering the question "What is the most powerful literature you have written?" He points out he's got a few examples but explains "The Pattern Of Diagnosis" was special. It's the one that got him a BadassCrew where each one has AuthorAppeal as [[https://medium.com/3-to-read/spotlight-the-movie-a-personal-view-f0fa39900afc#.3u4wx5g1e one of them]] was portrayed in Spotlight. The story is a contributor favorite; as it became well received in Chicago when introduced in his magazine. He took readers further into the era and the news stories to give the story it's nonfiction. For it's gloomy and atmospheric elements the story itself had gained some appeal with AmericanChurches who read R-rated literature; as it has the elements of GonzoJournalism like The Cabbie Homicide years earlier. The writer behind the story and some of the contributors are noted as PromotedFanboy being all well versed in the Bloody Pulp and Penny Dreadful periods. Two emerged as EdgarAllanPoe AscendedFanfic circles in 2007 as they were handpicked by the publisher. This happens often in The Twilight Zone fandom as well as the Poe fandoms; as a rival author accused him of being Derivative when he caught her [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/698441247724331008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhat-is-the-most-powerful-literature-you-have-written enabling a plagiarism]] of the twice published short. {{Graying Morality}} from a narrative where he shows that {{Real Men Love Jesus}} but comes off as {{Drill Sergeant Nasty}} (aka Petty Officer Nasty if in Great Lakes.)

* The creative nonfiction short story [[https://www.facebook.com/notes/nickolaus-pacione/the-cabbie-homicide-october-13-1993/431032530432929/ The Cabbie Homicide: October 13, 1993]] introduced in 2002 when it emerged the collective gasp of the Goth Community. When introduced was BigOMG as it being read back to back with TheTellTaleHeart. (One of contributors to [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1453170.Chimeraworld_2 Chimeraworld #2]] coined this a SpiritualSuccessor to the famed EdgarAllanPoe story but much harder hitting as he was a hold out from TheNineties. Forerunner of what's known as CreepyPasta and TurnOfTheMillennium as it's related in November of 2000 and written in June of 2002.) It's got a MohsScaleofLyricalHardness of ten because of the CrypticConversation between the author and the nameless cab driver. The more frightening aspects is the story was written from memory and cited the high school news paper on the subject. The [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs reaction]] of the [[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-11-11/news/9411110313_1_addison-sentence-penalty subject in the story]] was beyond pissed. He pissed off the GoshdangItToHeck set when he decided to troll Mormons on Wattpad and make some of their comments available on his page where he edits "darn" to "damn" and where they say "F-word" to "Fuck." As a teenager he was the nerd that had elements of the ByronicHero and BlessedWithSuck as he tried to distance himself from this piece but more as he got older; it became a calling card. He got the brunt for being two things, nerdy and Italian -- the latter he points out, UnacceptableTargets when it comes to him. Though factions in the industry ignore the OnceAcceptableTargets rule. The author himself is a noted FamilyUnfriendlyAesop. 'GothicHorror' taking cues from {{Tales From The Hood}} as it was a you're example of Darker and Edger when applied to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_nonfiction Creative Nonfiction]] with frightening results; as it portrayed a criminal's addiction leading into {{Start Of Darkness}}.

* The creative nonfiction short story [[https://www.facebook.com/notes/nickolaus-pacione/the-cabbie-homicide-october-13-1993/431032530432929/ The Cabbie Homicide: October 13, 1993]] introduced in 2002 when it emerged the collective gasp of the Goth Community. When introduced was BigOMG as it being read back to back with TheTellTaleHeart. (One of contributors to [[https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1453170.Chimeraworld_2 Chimeraworld #2]] coined this a SpiritualSuccessor to the famed EdgarAllanPoe story but much harder hitting as he was a hold out from TheNineties. Forerunner of what's known as CreepyPasta and TurnOfTheMillennium as it's related in November of 2000 and written in June of 2002.) It's got a MohsScaleofLyricalHardness of ten because of the CrypticConversation between the author and the nameless cab driver. The more frightening aspects is the story was written from memory and cited the high school news paper on the subject. The [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs reaction]] of the [[http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-11-11/news/9411110313_1_addison-sentence-penalty subject in the story]] was beyond pissed. He pissed off the GoshdangItToHeck set when he decided to troll Mormons on Wattpad and make some of their comments available on his page where he edits "darn" to "damn" and where they say "F-word" to "Fuck." As a teenager he was the nerd that had elements of the ByronicHero and BlessedWithSuck as he tried to distance himself from this piece but more as he got older; it became a calling card. He got the brunt for being two things, nerdy and Italian -- the latter he points out, UnacceptableTargets when it comes to him. Though factions in the industry ignore the OnceAcceptableTargets rule. The author himself is a noted FamilyUnfriendlyAesop.
* Penned on Thanksgiving Weekend 2006 and twice-published in 2007, The ''[[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/160440805453586192/ Creative Nonfiction]]'' story, "The Pattern of Diagnosis" in comparison to The Cabbie Homicide might be LighterAndSofter but plays up akin to DavidFosterWallace with the literary analysis of the story. Noted it doesn't quote the Good Neighbor Parable but it refers to this and another play that also takes from TheFourGospels. It has traits of Urban Fiction as in it has the strong language in there as it discusses AssholeVictim in the beginning of the narrative. Discussed on [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/964368952431292417 Quora]] answering the question "What is the most powerful literature you have written?" He points out he's got a few examples but explains "The Pattern Of Diagnosis" was special. It's the one that got him a BadassCrew where each one has AuthorAppeal as [[https://medium.com/3-to-read/spotlight-the-movie-a-personal-view-f0fa39900afc#.3u4wx5g1e one of them]] was portrayed in Spotlight. The story is a contributor favorite; as it became well received in Chicago when introduced in his magazine. He took readers further into the era and the news stories to give the story it's nonfiction. For it's gloomy and atmospheric elements the story itself had gained some appeal with AmericanChurches who read R-rated literature; as it has the elements of GonzoJournalism like The Cabbie Homicide years earlier. The writer behind the story and some of the contributors are noted as PromotedFanboy being all well versed in the Bloody Pulp and Penny Dreadful periods. Two emerged as EdgarAllanPoe AscendedFanfic circles in 2007 as they were handpicked by the publisher. This happens often in The Twilight Zone fandom as well as the Poe fandoms; as a rival author accused him of being Derivative when he caught her [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/698441247724331008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhat-is-the-most-powerful-literature-you-have-written enabling a plagiarism]] of the twice published short.

* The creative nonfiction short story [[https://www.facebook.com/notes/nickolaus-pacione/the-cabbie-homicide-october-13-1993/431032530432929/ The Cabbie Homicide: October 13, 1993]] introduced in 2002 when it emerged the collective gasp of the Goth Community when introduced was oh crap as it being read back to back with TheTellTaleHeart (coined SpiritualSuccessor to the famed EdgarAllanPoe story but much harder hitting as he was a hold out from TheNineties. Forerunner of what's known as CreepyPasta. TurnOfTheMillennium as it's related in November of 2000 and written in June of 2002.) It's got a MohsScaleofLyricalHardness of ten because of the CrypticConversation between the author and the nameless cab driver. The more frightening aspects is the story was written from memory and cited the high school news paper on the subject. The [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs reaction]] of the subject in the story was beyond pissed. He pissed off the GoshdangItToHeck set when he decided to troll Mormons on Wattpad and make some of their comments available on his page where he edits "darn" to "damn" and where they say "F-word" to "Fuck." As a teenager he was the nerd that had elements of the ByronicHero and BlessedWithSuck as he tried to distance himself from this piece but more as he got older; it became a calling card. He got the brunt for being two things, nerdy and Italian -- the latter he points out, UnacceptableTargets when it comes to him. Though factions in the industry ignore the OnceAcceptableTargets rule.
* Penned on Thanksgiving Weekend 2006 and twice-published in 2007, The ''[[https://www.pinterest.com/pin/160440805453586192/ Creative Nonfiction]]'' story, "The Pattern of Diagnosis" in comparison to The Cabbie Homicide might be LighterAndSofter but plays up akin to DavidFosterWallace with the literary analysis of the story. Noted it doesn't quote the Good Neighbor Parable but it refers to this and another play that also takes from TheFourGospels. It has traits of Urban Fiction as in it has the strong language in there as it discusses AssholeVictim in the beginning of the narrative. Discussed on [[https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-most-powerful-literature-you-have-written Quora]] answering the question "What is the most powerful literature you have written?" He points out he's got a few examples but explains "The Pattern Of Diagnosis" was special. It's the one that got him a BadassCrew where each one has AuthorAppeal as [[https://medium.com/3-to-read/spotlight-the-movie-a-personal-view-f0fa39900afc#.3u4wx5g1e one of them]] was portrayed in Spotlight. The story is a contributor favorite; as it became well received in Chicago when introduced in his magazine. He took readers further into the era and the news stories to give the story it's nonfiction. For it's gloomy and atmospheric elements the story itself had gained some appeal with AmericanChurches who read R-rated literature; as it has the elements of GonzoJournalism like The Cabbie Homicide years earlier. The writer behind the story and some of the contributors are noted as PromotedFanboy being all well versed in the Bloody Pulp and Penny Dreadful periods. Two emerged as EdgarAllanPoe AscendedFanfic circles in 2007 as they were handpicked by the publisher. This happens often in The Twilight Zone fandom as well as the Poe fandoms; as a rival author accused him of being Derivative when he caught her [[https://twitter.com/nickwashere1976/status/698441247724331008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.quora.com%2FWhat-is-the-most-powerful-literature-you-have-written enabling a plagiarism]] of the twice published short.