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Out Now: DANCING WITH MARIA'S GHOST

12/30/2021

Out now my new dark poetry collection DANCING WITH MARIA'S GHOST - Dark Encounters with the Ghost of Maria Callas (Independent Legions). Buy your copy at Amazon

The line between love and obsession is thin—thinner when love looks like madness, and perhaps thinnest when the object of that love is no longer living. These dark and lyrical poems detail the desire and descent of a man who falls in love with the impossible: the ghost of the great coloratura soprano, Maria Callas. Once dubbed the ‘ultimate diva’, the tumult of this tragic beauty beckons to him from the underworld, and in shades of exquisite darkness she lures him deeper into sweet insanity and toward his own gorgeous destruction.
Greek islands, Roman ruins, Parisian apartments. A quiet room in the chaos of war-ravaged Europe. On the stage, through the body, in the body that is a stage—these settings are the backdrop of this cursed romance. Through drama, theatre, the ache of broken genius and the strength of timeless art, the poems in this collection celebrate the memory of a beloved icon, and serenade the victims of doomed love.
Cover art by Pierluigi Abbondanza, interior illustrations by Barbara Monacelli

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Interviewed on the forthcoming issue of Rue Morgue Magazine

12/26/2021

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Monica Kuebler interviewed me on the forthcoming issue (#204, Jan/Feb 2022) of Rue Morgue Magazine, about my guide '150 Exquisite Horror Books' (Crystal Lake Publishing). I'm honored to be a guest of such a popular magazine.

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Disponibile l'Edizione Hardcover di CALCUTTA HORROR

12/24/2021

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Disponibile sullo Store Independent Legions (a prezzo scontato) e su Amazon l'Edizione Hardcover (copertina rigida) della graphic novel in nomination al Bram Stoker Award 2019 CALCUTTA HORROR, scritta e adattata da me e illustrata da Stefano Cardoselli, tratta dal racconto 'Calcutta, Signora delle Impudenze' (Calcutta, Lord of Nerves) di Poppy Z. Brite.
Questa edizione contiene un finale esteso a colori, e copertina variant.
Edizione Hardcover, collana High Voltage, formato 21x29 cm, 82 pagine.
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OUT NOW: THE INHABITANT OF THE LAKE Graphic Novel

12/21/2021

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Out now THE INHABITANT OF THE LAKE Graphic Novel, written and adapted by me and Stefano Cardoselli (who also illustrated it), based on the story by Ramsey Campbell. Grab your copy at Amazon.

Synopsis:
The first adaptation in the form of a graphic novel of the lovecraftian story 'The Inhabitant of the Lake' by Ramsey Campbell.
A young artist escapes the crowded city to create in the peace and quiet of his new home in a remote, abandoned area. Drawn to the solitude and atmosphere of the thick woods and large, dark lake, he has no idea that far from being alone, he in fact has many, many new neighbours. Strange beings stare across at his home from behind the shadowed tree line, and he can’t shake the sense that something in the lake is watching him. When Cartwright’s dreams turn dark and vivid, he discovers a set of arcane books titled ‘The Revelations of Gla’aki’ and realises at last how much danger he faces. The presence in the lake is an ancient one of cosmic terror, and its servants—beset with the ‘green decay’—are beckoning him to join them as Gla’aki, the three-eyed being crashed to earth from outer space, rises again from the depths of the ebon lake.

From Ramsey Campbell's Introduction:
"I wrote “The Inhabitant of the Lake” in 1962, when I was sixteen years old. It was my first attempt to create a Lovecraftian deity—that’s to say, an alien entity taken for a god by its human worshippers. He has become central to the Brichester mythos, my small contribution to the Lovecraft tradition. He started life as Glaaki, but a later revelation made it clear that the correct spelling is Gla’aki, needlessly simplified by the Victorian editor Percy Smallbeam to make it easier for human speech. In almost sixty years Gla’aki’s influence in the world has grown beyond anything I could have imagined as a teenager. He has lent his name to Facebook profiles and Twitter ones too, and has been the subject of songs and games, and depicted by painters and sculptors. An entire anthology, The Children of Gla’aki, was assembled in tribute to him, and I feel touched and humbled by all this. I recently revived him in a novella (The Last Revelation of Gla’aki) and tried to do him the justice I didn’t have in me as a teenager. Now the excellent Alessandro Manzetti and Stefano Cardoselli have adapted my tale into a graphic novel, with splendidly expressionistic art by the latter gentleman, and I’m inspired all over again. You can’t keep a good monster down."

Samples

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Disponibile NUOVA SODOMA Edizione Extra Limited 'All Black'

12/17/2021

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Disponibile l'Edizione Extra Limited 'All Black' del mio romanzo Nuova Sodoma, acquistabile sullo store Independent Legions.
Si tratta di un'Edizione a Tiratura Limitata (sole 66 copie, firmate da me), Estesa (finale inedito alternativo) e All Black (stampa dell'opera su carta nera patinata), incluso un segnalibro personalizzato omaggio, con illustrazioni interne di Barbara Monacelli (autrice anche della copertina).
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In uscita a Dicembre l'antologia da me curata HORROR ACADEMY Vol. 1

12/7/2021

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In uscita a Dicembre, per Independent Legions, l'antologia di racconti horror, dark e supernatural thriller HORROR ACADEMY Vol. 1, contenente racconti di grandi autori internazionali ospiti, e i migliori racconti degli autori italiani della mia Accademia di Scrittura Creativa. Edizione Collection a tiratura limitata (299 copie numerate), traduzioni del racconti in lingua inglese di Francesca Noto, illustrazione di copertina e interne di ben Baldwin, collana Black Spring, 244 pagine.

I racconti degli autori ospiti, tutti inediti in Italiano:
'Lo Spettacolo Continua' di Ramsey Campbell; 'L'Assassino Evanescente' di Jonathan Maberry; 'Un'Ultima Trasformazione' di Josh Malerman; 'Il Film' di Richard Christian Matheson; 'Il Lungo Velo Nero' di David J. Schow; 'Depresso Il Clown' di John Skipp,'In Un Pallido Mattino di Pioggia' di Ramsey Campbell e Nicola Lombardi.
Inoltre, è incluso il mio racconto inedito 'Fai Correre il Sangue dove Vuole', che sarà pubblicato, in inglese e italiano, nella'antologia Classic Monsters Unleashed in uscita il prossimo anno.

I racconti degli autori italiani selezionati della mia Accademia di Scrittura Creativa
'Graffiti' di Liana Africa; 'Lampo. Buio' di Anna Silvia Armenise; 'Voglio Farti una Sorpresa' di Andrea Berneschi; 'Il Signore dei Venti' di Paolo Bertoglio; 'Infernòt' di Enrico Graglia; 'Orme' di Sergio Mastrillo; 'Sa Reula - Il Ballo dei Morti' di Andrea Mungiello; 'Il Verde Esatto' di Niccolò Ratto; 'Il Mangiagranchi' di Andrea Guido Silvi; 'L'Eredità' di Salvatore Vivenzio.
Tutte opere inedite in italiano tranne l'ultimo racconto citato, pubblicato sul terzo numero di Molotov Magazine.
Link al sito web della mia Accademia di Scrittura Creativa