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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, a native Southern Californian, avid gamer, bat fancier, and necromancer enthusiast who writes horror and fantasy for adults and children. His work has appeared in several magazines, anthologies, and websites such as Aphotic Realm, Sanitarium, Jitter, and Indiana Horror Review. Helminth is his debut novel. You’re always welcome to contact Alessandro 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 — 135 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
	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
	Rootfingers 4.39 avg rating — 23 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 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 4.75 avg rating — 8 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
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	Enigmata: The Watcher from Within 4.50 avg rating — 2 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

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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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