Eric Shapiro

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Eric Shapiro (b. June 26, 1978) is an American author, short story writer, essayist, and ghostwriter. He was born in New Jersey.

Eric Shapiro

Shapiro's first book "Short of a Picnic" (2002), a short story collection about mentally ill characters, was available from Be-Mused Publications before going out of print in 2005.

His second book, a short apocalyptic novel from Permuted Press titled "It's Only Temporary" (2005), depicts the world before it is destroyed by a meteorite, and was on the Preliminary Nominee ballot for the 2005 Bram Stoker Award in Long Fiction.

Shapiro's novella "Days of Allison" addresses technology and human relationships, and was released by Crowswing Books in November, 2006.

Another short novel by the author, titled "Strawberry Man," depicts apocalyptic happenings, and is due for release by Insidious Publications.

Short fiction by Eric Shapiro can be found in the fiction anthologies "The Elastic Book of Numbers" (British Fantasy Award Winner for Best Anthology, 2006), "Daikaiju!" (Ditmar Award Winner for Collected Work, 2006), and "Corpse Blossoms" (Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Anthology, 2006), among other speculative fiction anthologies.

The author's work is typically manic, characterized by extreme happenings within heightened realities, often to elicit amusement, terror, or both. He has penned many nonfiction essays regarding his own experience with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, which are widely available in non-subscriber venues on the Internet.

Eric Shapiro lives in Tarzana, California, with his wife.