S. Alessandro Martinez

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S. Alessandro Martinez

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S. Alessandro Martinez is a Bram Stoker Award® -nominated author of Mexican and Spanish descent who writes horror and fantasy from middle grade to adult. He lives in a haunted manor and loves playing video/board games, practicing necromancy, watching bat videos, collecting skulls, visiting cemeteries, and generally lurking in the dark. The author of several books, as well as short stories and poetry which have appeared in magazines, anthologies, and websites. You’re always welcome to contact Alessandro here or by email at salessandromartinez@gmail.com with any comments, questions, esoteric rituals to bring forth ancient evil from times untold, or whatever you’d like.

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S. Alessandro Martinez If I get writer's block on a story, I just start working on another. I usually have multiple stories going at the same time. There's never a shortage …moreIf I get writer's block on a story, I just start working on another. I usually have multiple stories going at the same time. There's never a shortage of writing to be done.(less)
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New Horror Series

Do you like monster hunting? Dangerous artifacts? Anomalous locations? Then you should check out my novel Enigmata: The Watcher from Within.

It is the first book in my new horror-adventure series. Available on Amazon.

Book 2 will be out later this year!

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“Despite their name, my grandma always told me those birds were psychopomps; birds that carry the souls of the innocent off to heaven.”
S. Alessandro Martinez, Helminth

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