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Interviewed by Mar Garcia

6/22/2019

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Mar Garcia interviewed me (for The Bold Mom) about my new novel in English 'Naraka - The Sadist Heaven' (Necro Publications, April 2019) and other stuff.
You can read the interview on The Bold Mom.
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SHANTI (Novel) Reviewed by Angela Yuriko Smith

6/12/2019

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My new novel in English 'SHANTI - THE SADIST HEAVEN' (Necro Publications) reviewed by Angela Yuriko Smith.
Read the review.

From the review:  Shanti is a wonderful, horrible story. It reads like poetry that spins the spasmodic dance of mortality into a ballet. The word play is beautiful (…) It is viscous, graphic, assaulting, brilliant and worth surviving. There is beauty in horror. This is beautiful horror (…)
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Praise for the book:
"Manzetti guides us through a depraved and soul-scouring journey into the brutal and apocalyptic world of South Paris 5, where human flesh is the entree du jour and body packaging services a thriving business. Here desperate degenerates play Meat Roulette, a hideous game of chance in which losers get to choose which body part will be hacked off, and teenaged girls are recruited to service the scum of an experimental detention program in the baking emptiness of the Sonoran Desert. A master of extreme horror, Manzetti describes a world steeped in cruelty and perversion with a lyricism that often verges on the sublime. For those undaunted by the subject matter, his work is an experience not to be missed!"
— Lucy Taylor, author of Dancing with Demons and Safety of Unknown Cities

"If, as Umberto Eco said, 'Reading is immortality backward,' then reading Alessandro Manzetti's Shanti — The Sadist Heaven is seeing mortality into a future coming apart at seams and stitches as civilization metastasizes before your eyes. The hyperreality of Manzetti's nitty-gritty prose gives a kaleidoscopic fly's-eye view of the Hell that is South Paris 5 and his poetic metaphors burrow into your psyche to lay mind-blowing oospores. This is an epic of stunning imagination, a veritable pleasure palace of perversion where humanity and cancer are indistinguishable."
— Randy Chandler, author of Bad Juju, HELLz BELLz, Duet for the Devil, and co-editor of Year’s Best Hardcore Horror

"China Miéville’s epic world-building meets Charlee Jacob’s beautifully brutal prose. Shanti is a horrifying look into a post-apocalyptic Earth and just what humans will do to each other just to survive."
— David G. Barnett, Necro Publications Owner and Editor
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Cover Reveal: THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS

6/8/2019

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Crystal Lake Publishing revealed just now the cover art (illustration by surreal painter Adrian Borda) of THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS, my new poetry collection written in collaboration with Linda D. Addison, coming out July 19th.

“There is no book of poetry quite like THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS! Linda Addison and Alessandro Manzetti spin dark magic! Highly recommended!”
— Jonathan Maberry, New York Times bestselling author of V-WARS and GLIMPSE

“Addison and Manzetti appear, here, as a songwriting team, certain tunes attributed to one, then the other, but regularly meeting, so that not only do we get to know where each great poet is coming from, but their electric union to boot. At turns gritty and aqueous, this book is totally alive. Addison and Manzetti have written a volume in which literally every line is worthy of being that book’s title.”
--Josh Malerman, Bestselling author of THE BIRD BOX

“Addison and Manzetti have teamed up to create a dazzling array of images, ideas, and emotions. When flying solo through the pages, their voices are distinct, knee deep in bravura and style. And yet, their collaborations are seamless. Powerful stuff, indeed. You will find yourself re-visiting the pieces in this book, each time discovering something new.”
--Thomas Monteleone, Award-winning author of FEARFUL SYMMETERIES


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Lucy Taylor about SHANTI - THE SADIST HEAVEN

6/4/2019

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Lucy Taylor about my new novel in English SHANTI - THE SADIST HEAVEN (Necro Publications, April 2019):
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"Manzetti guides us through a depraved and soul-scouring journey into the brutal and apocalyptic world of South Paris 5, where human flesh is the entree du jour and body packaging services a thriving business. Here desperate degenerates play Meat Roulette, a hideous game of chance in which losers get to choose which body part will be hacked off, and teenaged girls are recruited to service the scum of an experimental detention program in the baking emptiness of the Sonoran Desert. A master of extreme horror, Manzetti describes a world steeped in cruelty and perversion with a lyricism that often verges on the sublime. For those undaunted by the subject matter, his work is an experience not to be missed!"
— Lucy Taylor, award-winning author of 'The Safety of Unknown Cities' and 'Dancing with Demons'

Buy the book at Amazon (printed and digital edition)
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Monsters of Any Kind reviewed by Daphne Strasert for Horror Addicts

6/3/2019

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    Coming in January 2020, from Necro Publication, my new collection in English of short stories THE RADIOACTIVE BRIDE.
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    Released by Omnium Gatherum my new dark thriller/Sci-Fi novella in English THE KEEPER OF CHERNOBYL. The book is for sale at Amazon
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    Preordinabile sullo Store Independent Legions SHANTI '666 Special Edition', Edizione integrale del romanzo ricca di contenuti extra, a tiratura super-limitata (25 copie)
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    Disponibile su Amazon il mio nuovo romanzo NUOVA SODOMA - La Resurrezione del Re Osceno​
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    Preordinabile a prezzo speciale, sullo Store Independent Legions, il mio nuovo saggio HORROR GURU - Guida Essenziale alla Letteratura Moderna e Contemporanea (Giugno 2020)
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    My poetry collection WAR (Crystal Lake Publishing), written in collaboration with Marge Simon, won the 2019 SFPA Elgin Award.

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    Disponibile su Amazon il mio nuovo romanzo NUOVA SODOMA - La Resurrezione del Re Osceno
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    Edizione Kindle
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    Disponibile sullo Store dell'editore e su Amazon (in digitale) la Graphic Novel CALCUTTA HORROR, tratta da un racconto di Poppy Z. Brite, scritta e sceneggiata da me, illustrata da Stefano Cardoselli.
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    Disponibile in libreria e su Amazon, per Cut Up Pubishing, il nuovo romanzo dark thriller IL CUSTODE DI CHERNOBYL
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    Disponibile su Amazon, edizione cartacea e digitale, il nuovo romanzo SAMSARA
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    Disponibile su Amazon: I Figli di Uxor 77

    Latest Releases (in English)

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    Released by Omnium Gatherum my new dark thriller/Sci-Fi Novella THE KEEPER OF CHERNOBYL, available at Amazon.
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    Released by Crystal Lake Publishing my new dark poetry collection THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS, written in collaborations with Linda D. Addison. Available at Amazon
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    SHANTI, Novel (English Edition) April 2019. Necro Publications
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    CALCUTTA HORROR, Graphic Novel  (English Edition), May 2019, Independent Legions.
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    NARAKA, Novel (English Edition) - May 2018 Independent Legions Publishing 
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    WAR -Dark Poems (written in collaboration with Marge Simon). Crystal Lake Publishing, June 2018. Available at Amazon

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    MONSTERS OF ANY KIND Anthology - October 2018 - Available at Amazon

    Latest Awards and Nominations
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    My poetry collection WAR (Crystal Lake Publishing), written in collaboration with Marge Simon, won the 2019 SFPA Elgin Award.
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    The Anthology MONSTERS OF ANY KIND, edited by me and Daniele Bonfanti, has been nominated for the Splattepunk Awards 2019
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    My dark poetry collection WAR, written with Marge Simon, has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards 2018

    Latest Reviews (in English)
    THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS reviewed by Anton Cancre (Cemetery Dance)
    THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS reviewed by Voodoo Lynn (Horror Addicts)
    SHANTI - VideoReview by Ben Walker.
    THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS reviewed by Stephanie Wytovich.
    THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS reviewed by Pamela Scott
    Kate Jonez and Sara Tantlinger about THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS
    CALCUTTA HORROR Graphic Novel reviewed by Brian James Lewis
    THE PLACE OF BROKEN THINGS reviewed by Stephanie Ellis
    MONSTERS OF ANY KIND reviewed by Doris V. Sutherland
    SHANTI reviewed by Charlotte Hollingsworth
    SHANTI reviewed by Angela Yuriko Smith
    MONSTERS OF ANY KIND reviewed by Horror Addicts
    SHANTI reviewed by Horror Novel Reviews
    NARAKA reviewed by Buechergnomen (in German)
    NARAKA reviewed by Horror Bound
    WAR reviewed by Angela Yuriko Smith
    WAR reviewed by Lee Murray
    WAR reviewed by Judi Comeau
    NARAKA reviewed by Paul Dale Anderson
    NARAKA Bizzarre Video Review by B.L.U.R.B.
    THE GARDEN OF DELIGHT reviewed by Women Write About Comics
    NARAKA reviewed by Chantal Boudreau.
    NARAKA reviewed by Brian James Lewis
    WAR reviewed by Mike Thorn
    Sacrificial Nights Reviewed by Judy Comeau
    No Mercy reviewed at B.L.U.R.B
    No Mercy reviewed at The Tomb of Dark Delight
    No Mercy Reviewed at Always Trust in Books blog
    No Mercy Reviewed at Grim Reader Reviews
    No Mercy reviewed at Cedar Hollow Horror Reviews
    No Mercy reviewed by Brian Jame Lewis
    No Mercy reviewed by Paula Limbaugh
    The Garden of Delight reviewed by Emma Whitehall
    The Monster, the Bad and the Ugly reviewed by Judy Comeau
    Sacrificial Nights reviewed by Linda Addison
    Sacrificial Nights reviewed by Herb Kauderer
    Sacrificial Nights reviewed by Lee Murray
    Sacrificial Nights reviewed on Horror Novel Reviews
    The Monster, the Bad and The Ugly reviewed on Horror Novel Reviews

    Ultime Recensioni (Italiano)
    Recensione di Nuova Sodoma sul  Blog Metzengertein
    Recensione di Nuova Sodoma sul Magazine Off
    Recensione-Saggio di Francesco LaManno di Nuova Sodoma.
    Recensione di Il Custode di Chernobyl sul Flauto di Pan
    Recensione di Samsara su Infiniti Mondi
    Recensione di Samsara su Dimensione Parallela
    Recensione di Samsara sul Flauto di Pan
    Recensione di Eden Underground su Horror World.
    Recensione di Kiki The Beginning sul Flauto di Pan
    Recensione di Carne Cruda su Horror Magazine
    Recensione di Carne Cruda sul Flauto di Pan
    Recensione di Naraka su Weird Magazine
    Recensione di Parigi Sud 5 su Karasho
    Recensione di Racconti Volume 1 su Film Horror
    Recensione di Shanti su Karasho
    Recensione di Naraka su Karasho

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    Intervista su Nocturnia
    Intervista su La Zona Morta
    Intervista su Letteratura Horror
    Intervista sul Libro del Martedì

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