Mario Guslandi
Mario Guslandi was born and raised in Milan, Italy, where he’s currently living. He became addicted to horror and supernatural fiction (too) many years ago, after accidentally reading a reprint anthology of stories by MR James, JS Le Fanu, HP Lovecraft and A Machen. Since then his collection of horror books has expanded to the point of requiring continuous addictions of new shelves to his library, in order to avoid the collapse of the whole structure. Most likely the only Italian who regularly reads (and reviews) dark fiction in English, his reviews have appeared in a number of genre sites such as The Agony Column, Horrorworld, The Alien Online, Emerald City, The SF site, The Harrow etc.
Remember You’re a One-Ball!, by Quentin S Crisp
Reviewed on June 16, 2010
In spite of the rather inelegant title of his new novel, Quentin S Crisp is a renowned stylist whose literary production, although confined within the world of small, indie press, has been widely praised for its beautiful narrative fashion and its exquisite phrasing. My personal enthusiasm for Crisp’s superb writing style has been sometimes attenuated [...]
Literary Remains, by RB Russell
Reviewed on May 11, 2010
After his amazing debut collection Putting the Pieces in Place and his intriguing novella Bloody Baudelaire (both published by Ex Occidente Press), RB Russell returns with a new volume of short stories, mostly never published before. If you’re not familiar with Russell as a writer (he is the proprietor of a renowned small imprint) then [...]
Strange Tales, Volume III, edited by Rosalie Parker
Reviewed on January 29, 2010
The World Fantasy Award winning anthology Strange Tales is back with a third volume of seventeen weird or unusual tales, encompassing a variety of subjects and writing styles, but sharing a distinct character: good quality. Predictably, not every story pleases this reviewer to the same extent, but that’s just a matter of personal taste. I [...]
They That Dwell In Dark Places, by Daniel McGauchey
Reviewed on December 14, 2009
If you’re fond of classical ghost stories such as those penned by MR James, the Benson brothers and other British masters of the genre, here’s good news for you. Habemus papam: we have found a worthy heir of that long gone tradition, today a bit out of fashion in the heterogeneous small world of dark [...]
The Double Eye, by WF Harvey
Reviewed on October 22, 2009
Although not as widely famous as other genre masters (e.g. MR James and Walter de la Mare), William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937) has been defined as “one of the greatest ghost story writers of the twentieth century.” Actually, only a portion of his short fiction output (overall, sixty-four stories) can be classified under the label of [...]
Passing for Human, edited by Michael Bishop and Steven Utley
Reviewed on September 4, 2009
The idea that aliens live among us masked as human beings is not new and has been fascinating both writers and readers of SF and fantasy for decades, inspired by antique myths of gods and supernatural creatures taking human form to alter and influence the fate of mortals. It was high time to assemble in [...]
Midnight Walk, edited by Lisa Morton
Reviewed on August 6, 2009
A horror anthology just when horror seems to be out of fashion, and, on top of that, featuring none of the usual “big names”? The Editor and Publisher must be stark crazy… or tremendously ambitious. Whatever the truth, here we are with fourteen new tales “of terror and suspense” mostly from comparatively new writers trying [...]
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Kat Falls
Kat Falls grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and now teaches at NU, where she is continually inspired by her students’ creativity. She started writing Dark Life as a writing exercise. Knowing that her 12-year-old son loved reading about the ocean, Wild West pioneers and, of course, the X-Men, she combined his interests and created the premise for a story that kept her up nights plotting and world-building.
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Robert Lloyd Parry: The Book I Would Like To Be Buried With…
This special twentieth Bury Me… features grand panjandrum and actor Robert Lloyd Parry, the man behind the Nunkie Theatre Company, responsible for many an uneasy evening with the master of English supernatural stories…
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Richard T. Kelly
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