@cmd102 Question from AtticusJackson : What story do you think you're best known for and why?

Dalek-Emperor oiy, rough question. I'd say in the horror community it's likely Borrasca. It's certainly the story I get the most mail about.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : "EXTERMINATE?"
(He just HAD to get in a goofy question)

Dalek-Emperor yeah...I get that quite a bit. I am not caught up on Doctor Who at all

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : What was your worst story and why?

Dalek-Emperor Ugh, something called After Image. It was...it was just heinous. it's deleted now, I don't even have a copy of it.

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : What's your writing process?

Dalek-Emperor I usually concept on the long drive I have to and from work. After I have something I like I sit down and outline it and then a few days later I'll start writing it

@cmd102 Question from AtticusJackson : How long have you been active in nosleep? What prompted you to start writing there?

Dalek-Emperor maybe...3 years? Or coming up on 3 years. I haven't been active really in over a year. I started writing there because my book was numbing my brain and I wanted to try something short and fun.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Do you ever see something that reminds you of a previous work?

Dalek-Emperor Well I still go to the cabin that Paradise Pine and Blue Ridge are based on. so yes!

Dalek-Emperor not really, it's our drinkin cabin. I don't have the sobriety to be unnerved

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Do you remember all of your previous work or only the stuff you deem as rememerable?

Dalek-Emperor I've been setting up my website so I've had to go back through everything I've written. Its fun seeing some of the stuff I haven't read in years
like Betsy the Doll, Afterlife, Paradise Pine etc

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : How do you feel about being politically correct within horror? Is this a good thing?

Dalek-Emperor ehhh not really. I don't believe in censoring so...I mean you have to know your audience I guess.
tough question

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : When did you realize horror was your genre?

Dalek-Emperor When I realized I was good at it. Perhaps after my 3rd or 4th story.

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : How does your family feel about your horror writing?

Dalek-Emperor Most of them think it's really neat other than my dad who is proud of my (limited) successes but doesn't like to read my stories since so many of them are based on real life and events that happened in my childhood.

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : If you were to pick an album to soundtrack your life, what would it be?

Dalek-Emperor I really, really like the Tron:Legacy soundtrack so I'll go with that.

@cmd102 Question from Jenn-Ra : So many of your stories are setting driven. How many of these locations inspired by places you've visited?

Dalek-Emperor I want to say all of them. Other than Deepwood, because I've only been to Pittsburg. I did noticed recently that a crazy percentage of my story titles are the name of a place.

@cmd102 Question from AtticusJackson : Do you have a favorite nosleep author?

Dalek-Emperor favorite nosleep author...hmm.
I like a lot of iia's stuff lately.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : How do you feel about horror comedy? Tucker and Dale versus Evil was all right, right?

Dalek-Emperor I wouldn't say I have a favorite author though
I love it. Love it. I love that movie.
I even loved when Child's Play got stupid.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : What lasting effect do you think some NoSleep stories have had on the community? Good or bad ones.

Dalek-Emperor Some are legitimately scarring.

@kneeoq Do tell

Dalek-Emperor Some I still think about years later and it bothers me
As for the community, I'm not sure about lasting but we seem to roll with some themes

@cmd102 Which brings us to our next question...
Question from AustinPowerPlant: What do you feel about clichés slipping into nosleep?

Dalek-Emperor Alright well there was the crushing story that BW wrote over, I think Christmas? The Oddkids was one of the best stories I read on NOsleep and I thought Her Name was Emma was a very novel idea for a story. Very originalI still think about that one.

Dalek-Emperor Cliches are everywhere. We've been dealing with a vampire insurgence for like 12 years. I think we just need to embrace them.
That said, there is nothing like reading something new and original.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : How much research do you do for your stories?

Dalek-Emperor It depends on the story. July 10th, 1982 needed a ton of research.

Dalek-Emperor Borrasca needed some. Afterlife, too.. But tons of stuff needed no research, which is my favorite kind.

@cmd102 Question from Jenn-Ra : When are we going to see a novel?

Dalek-Emperor Maybe by the end of the year. I might try to push this one at some publishing houses to see if I can get some help there

@cmd102 Question from AtticusJackson : What do you do to relax if you are over stressed?

Dalek-Emperor I drink or run. Or both.

@cmd102 Question from caymus11 : Any ideas for when you get writer's block? I often find myself struggling with this. I want to make my stories longer, but they never get past 2000 words.

Dalek-Emperor Yeah, when that happens to me I just play the story out in my head like a movie. And then I write down what happened. Then inevitably go back later and edit it

caymus11 thanks

Dalek-Emperor But it keeps things flowing. Nothing is worse than losing your interest/passion in a story before it's finished. It becomes like a chore. I dealing with that right now, actually.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : What do you feel about other medias of horror? And would you work on them?

Dalek-Emperor I love it. I'd work in pretty much any media that got to tell a story
I love online horror games

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Can horror be romantic? I'm trying to impress my girlfriend with my collection of skulls.

Dalek-Emperor with the right person, absolutely.

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : If you were to collaborate with a nosleep author, who would it be?

Dalek-Emperor I'd be interested to work with Faust or Bloodworth. I'm sorry, I don't know many of the new authors!

@cmd102 Question from kneeoq : If you had to choose between losing your sight or losing your fingers, which would you choose?

Dalek-Emperor well...f*ck. I guess...my fingers because at least I could get prosthetics.

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : You said you love horror games, which is your favorite?

Dalek-Emperor Silent Hill and Five Nights at Freddy's. But I'm open to suggestions.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Can horror movies be as subtle as horror books?

Dalek-Emperor With a good enough script and director...sure. But I don't think they would get the exposure that the stuff coming out of Platinum Dunes and Blumhouse do.

@cmd102 Question from kneeoq : Do you think Zodiac will kill again now that he's dropped out of the presidential race?
((send me questions, folks!))

Dalek-Emperor I think now he has nothing but time and rage on his hands.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Are you ever surprised by a new writer?

Dalek-Emperor Yes. Sometimes I am surprised by how confident and no-fucks-given some of these new writers can be. They write about crazy, cringy, sometimes controversial stuff. It's impressive.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Which is the best compliment you got off another writer?

Dalek-Emperor I like the "you've inspired me to write again" type stuff.

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : What would you be writing if you weren't writing horror?

Dalek-Emperor I write aside from horror. I write fantasy and sci-fi but not under this pen name.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Do you have some lines you will not cross in the horror writing? why?

Dalek-Emperor I don't like to detail any sort of sexual violence. I will include it in stories since nothing is out of bounds for me, but I won't write that kind of stuff in detail. I don't think you'll find many writers who will.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : If you could go on a roadtrip with any one of your characters, who would it be and why?

Dalek-Emperor The little kid from Rocking Horse Creek. I've got some questions.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : What is the most controverisal thing you believe you've seen in a NoSleep story?

Dalek-Emperor Also, I want to know why she never told her parents

Dalek-Emperor Somebody once wrote about MH17 while it was happening. I thought that was a bit ill-timed.
but ballsy

@cmd102 Quesion from Konnor : Is there any famous writer(s) that you have modeled your style after? If so, who?

Dalek-Emperor I don't know, that's a good question. I don't think so, though I am definitely inspired by GRRM and JK Rowling. There's a reason they're so popular!

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant (slightly edited because I accidentally closed the PM): How would you survive the Y2K bug of 2017?

Dalek-Emperor I live in a city where every other person is a doomsday prepper. I've made some friends.

cmd102 Question from theephemera : What's your favorite meal?

Dalek-Emperor Any sort of pasta dish, really. Especially with red sauce

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : If you were able go back in time for a single day, what year and what day? Same for the future.

Dalek-Emperor ahhhhhh hmm. I would go back to the 80's and buy so much Apple stock. Yes, all the cosmos at my hands and I go for the money. The future? I would go about 500 years and watch all the star wars movies they'd made.

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : What do you keep in your purse, if you carry?

Dalek-Emperor I just had to check: lip gloss, wallet, pen, little notebook, phone charger, Clif bar, headphones, keys.

@cmd102 Question from XylonEx : What is your alcoholic beverage of choice when writing?

Dalek-Emperor Oh man, it depends. usually if I'm drinking while I write it's some sort of IPA. But I've been working on a dark fairy tale and for some reason poured a whiskey the other night

@cmd102 Question from Jenn-Ra : Who would win in a fight Mecha Abraham Lincoln or Jesus Riding a T-Rex?

Dalek-Emperor I think Jesus has powers so I'm going to go with Jesus on a trex
t-rex

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : What things do you believe horror shouldn't make scary? (as in topic)

Dalek-Emperor Nothing. I believe everything is on the table.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Any good horror movies for a horror film nooby? (http://goo.gl/forms/TgDHl0d2ny dodle4 needs some)

Dalek-Emperor Oh man. Recently I would say Babbodduk (spelling?). But for the classics: Hellraiser, Amityville, etc

@kneeod Babadook*

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : What's your favorite poem?

Dalek-Emperor I'm a wus when it comes to horror movies so I'm not a great person to ask

Dalek-Emperor Annabel Lee and Beowulf.

@cmd102 Question from XylonEx : What is your favorite type of pen? Favorite paper?

Dalek-Emperor Interesting side note, Beowulf was considered horrible writing at the time. Like Twilight today. I don't have a source on that though

Dalek-Emperor It's a G2 something I think. dammit I know it when I see it
paper would be no paper. I like a screen.

@cmd102 Question from theephemera : Do you have any pets?

Dalek-Emperor I have 3 dogs. I love dogs.

@cmd102 Question from KPants : What, if any, is your favorite perfume?

Dalek-Emperor I like Dazzling Silver from Estee Lauder. I think it's discontinued though.

@cmd102 Question from kneeod : You're trapped on an island. You have only 3 objects you can have with you, none of which can be used as a flotation device. What objects do you have?

Dalek-Emperor I'm going to assume charged satellite phone is off the table, too. Ok, I would bring antibiotics, books, and a toothbrush.

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : What type of a dress would you assume is good for the first try at being in drag? It's prom soon.

Dalek-Emperor heart shaped neckline, A-line, floor length

@cmd102 Question from samsilly12345 : What kind of dogs do you have?

Dalek-Emperor they are all Chihuahuas. I don't love Chihuahuas but until recently I lived in Phoenix and I only adopt shelter dogs and, well, our shelters are wall to wall chi's and pit bulls.

Dalek-Emperor I know but I already had one chi so I figured I would stick with the theme.

@cmd102 Question from kneeod : You can gain superhuman abilities in one of your senses in exchange for permanently losing another sense. Which do you choose?

Dalek-Emperor Super strength and I'll give up sense of smell.

@cmd102 Question from KPants : How many times a day do you think it is healthy to pee?

Dalek-Emperor I'm not a doctor but...I don't know, 7?

@cmd102 Question from KPants : What kind of phone do you have?

Dalek-Emperor iPhone something. 6 I think?

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Do you think games like Hatred perpetuate a bad stereotype of people with alternative lifestyles (such as horror writers) and do you believe the negative press surrounding these kind of games causes people like horror writers to be further shunned?

Dalek-Emperor sorry, I had to read up on that. Haven't heard of that game. No, I can't imagine that would be the case. Then again, I'm not clear on what that game is

@cmd102 Question from kneeod : You have a button in front of you that has a 50/50 chance of granting you one wish of whatever you choose, no strings attached of any kind.. Or horribly murdering you. Do you press it?

Dalek-Emperor If it's like GTA as is my understanding then I certainly hope not
hell. f*cking. no.

@cmd102 Question from Jenn-Ra : What do you listen to when you write, do you change of genres for different types or parts of stories?

Dalek-Emperor I listen to movie scores when I brainstorm or outline in my head. I write in absolute silence though.
Yes, the track changes depending on the scene I am forming.

@cmd102 Question from KPants : How much money, in postage do you think it would take to ship Donald Trump 37lbs of hot pink glitter in the mail from where you live?

Dalek-Emperor $23.95 ground

@cmd102 Question from Jenn-Ra : Do you write anything other than fiction?

Dalek-Emperor No. I don't like the natural limitations of writing non-fiction!

@cmd102 Question from samsilly12345 : What is your favorite movie?
and why

Dalek-Emperor I don't know that I have one but Top Gun is close because I just fucking love Top Gun

@cmd102 Question from kneeod : If you had one shot, or one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted in one moment, would you capture it, or just let it slip? Follow up question: Favorite kind of spaghetti?

Dalek-Emperor Yo. Mom's.

@cmd102 Question from cmd102 : Do you prefer to be too warm or too cold?

Dalek-Emperor cold. Warming up is a lot more fun than cooling down

@cmd102 Question from kneeoq : Coffee, tea, energy drinks or no caffeine at all?

Dalek-Emperor Coffee. The only time I drink energy drinks is when they're mixed with vodka

@cmd102 Question from samsilly12345 : What is your favorite story you've written? (This may have already been asked)

Dalek-Emperor Probably still Paradise pine.

@cmd102 Question from KPants : Do you prefer a trampoline or a bounce house and why?

Dalek-Emperor trampoline is way better. more opportunity for injury

@cmd102 Question from kneeoq : Ice cream or frozen yogurt? Favorite flavor?

Dalek-Emperor ice cream. mint choc chip

@cmd102 Question from KPants : Have you ever gone tubing down the salt river while in Phoenix? If so, did you jump at the cliffs?

Dalek-Emperor Yes and no I didn't. The salt river is pretty gross, lots of chemicals and trash!

@cmd102 Question from Cravethepasta : how old are you?

Dalek-Emperor ah, come on really?
early 30s

@cmd102 You don't have to answer if you don't want to

Dalek-Emperor haha it's fine

@cmd102 Question from AustinPowerPlant : Which Nosleep authour would you cook meth with?

Dalek-Emperor what a question.

Dalek-Emperor probably miss chrissy here. she's pretty much the most fun.

cmd102 Question from kneeoq : (another one that may have already been answered) What piece of advice would you offer to new or aspiring writers?

Dalek-Emperor find your thing, your voice. don't write it unless you enjoy what you're writing. It shouldn't be a chore!

@cmd102 Alright folks! That concludes our AMA!
Thank you so much Dalek for joining us and letting us grill you!

Dalek-Emperor Thanks for having me guys, Happy Star Wars Day!

@cmd102 Everyone check out /r/nosleepinterviews, and keep an eye out for our next victim, /u/Manen_Lyset!