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Hollywood fiction from inside the entertainment biz... Short stories written by Hollywood film and television writers, executives, journalists, authors, critics... All stories are fictional and do not depict any actual person or event... Showbiz short stories and book excerpts posted here for free... Read the fiction on any device... Post your comments... Know that writers and their works will receive recognition for creating original content... All short stories are fictional and do not depict any actual person or event...
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In Memory Of Nikki

by Bobby Woods

Written by Bobby WoodsSun Oct 9, 2022Nikki Finke 7

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Hollywood Dementia: noun. Defined as the deterioration of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment, while working in the entertainment industry that causes someone to be unable to understand what is real and what is not real.

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  • Anonymous: "Godsspeed Nikki. I have no words for the education you gave me over the years. I’m eternally grateful to you. RIP."
  • Steven: "I was very saddened when I read of Nikki Finke’s passing, it was a headline none of us wanted to see. She published a few stories of mine here...."
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  • Michael Barrie: "I didn’t know Nikki well, but she enthusiastically ran my first short story here and I’m grateful to her. Sixty-eight is too young to go...."
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