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S. Alessandro Martinez

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in The United States

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https://www.salessandromartinez.com

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Horror, Fantasy

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John Langan, H.P. Lovecraft, J.R.R. Tolkien, Clive Barker, Joseph Dela ...more

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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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	Helminth 3.43 avg rating — 134 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rootfingers 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreams of Decay by S. Alessandro Martinez (Goodreads Author), Asya Yordanova (Illustrator), Holly Hammond (Illustrator) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadman's Tome The Ancient Ones by Deadman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), S. Alessandro Martinez (Goodreads Author), Raven McAllister 3.86 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Little Coffeeshop of Horrors Anthology 3 by Paul Carro (Goodreads Author), Joseph Carro (Goodreads Author), S. Alessandro Martinez (Goodreads Author) 4.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadman's Tome Cthulhu Christmas Special: Other Lovecraftian Yuletide Tales by Deadman (Goodreads Author) (Editor), S. Alessandro Martinez (Goodreads Author), Shadrick Beechem 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All Roads Lead to Hell: The Winding Road Stories Horror Anthology by Alexander Nader (Goodreads Author), Tim Waggoner (Goodreads Author), Robert P Ottone 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jitter Issue #6 by Dan Allen (Goodreads Author), Kevin Andersen (Goodreads Author), Tiffany Michelle Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Enigmata: The Watcher from Within 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abomination liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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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!

Enigmata The Watcher from Within by S. Alessandro Martinez

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S. Martinez liked Nichol Jones's review of Rootfingers: "Rootfingers is the kind of horror story that gets under your skin and stays there. From the very beginning, it leans heavily into a deeply unsettling atmosphere, delivering a consistently creepy experience that never really lets up. The plot is intrig" Read more of this review »
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S. Martinez liked Kat M's review of Rootfingers: "I really enjoyed getting into the body horror elements of the novella. The concept was perfectly done in this setting and was glad the horror was there in the story. The characters were written in a way that worked together and enjoyed the artistic e" Read more of this review »
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S. Martinez liked Nikki Wilbur's review of Rootfingers: "The way this book gave me the absolute heebie jeebies while reading at night even with the lights on, especially in the beginning before the creature really makes himself known. Then there was quite a bit of gore that i found quite intriguing, especi" Read more of this review »
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S. Martinez and 2 other people liked N.J. Gallegos's review of Rootfingers: "S. Allesandro wastes no time in plunging the reader into a terrifying world along with Wren. Wren's family moved into a house formerly owned by a tortured painter and odd occurrences start happening. Wren has to figure out what's real and what's not," Read more of this review »
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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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