Victor Heck is the
pen name
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of David Nordhaus, born July 20, 1967 in
St. Louis, Missouri
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, an
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editor and
horror fiction
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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.
Nordhaus's DarkTales published books such as
J. Michael Straczynski
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's ''Tribulations'' (),
Mort Castle
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's ''Moon on the Water'' (),
Yvonne Navarro
Yvonne Navarro (born 1957 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American author who has published over twenty novels. Of those twenty, the titles ''AfterAge'', ''deadrush'', ''Final Impact'', ''Red Shadows'', ''DeadTimes'', ''That's Not My Name'' and ''M ...
's ''DeadTimes'' (), and Robert Weinberg's ''Dial Your Dreams and Other Nightmares'' ().
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. Eris Films' short film ''Midget Chainsaw Zombie''., 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
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of
Troma Entertainment
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. In April 2008 Nordhaus worked with the director
Steve Balderson
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Early life
Balderson was born in Manhattan, Kansas, and raised in nearby Wamego, Kansas, until the age of twelve, when his family moved to Manhattan. Balderson attende ...
and Dikenga Films on the movie
Watch Out, based on the novel by
Joseph Suglia
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Career
In 2008, Suglia wrote the screenplay for Steve Balderson’s film ''Watch Out (film), Watch Out'' in collaboration with the director.
The film, which was ...
, as a production assistant and performed a small role as The Priest in the film.
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References
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1967 births
Living people
American horror writers