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S. Alessandro Martinez

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Born

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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Average rating: 3.88 · 300 ratings · 95 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Helminth 3.41 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
	Rootfingers 4.32 avg rating — 38 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) 4.71 avg rating — 14 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
	Enigmata: The Watcher from Within 4.75 avg rating — 8 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
	Mori Quinn and the Coffin Game by S. Alessandro Martinez (Goodreads Author), Crystal Lake Publishing 4.50 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
	The Witch of Tongues by S. Alessandro Martinez (Goodreads Author), Crystal Lake Publishing, Maarten van Vuuren (Illustrator) 4.71 avg rating — 7 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
	Abomination 2.86 avg rating — 7 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 rated a book it was amazing If It's the Birds, We're in Trouble by L. Marie Wood (Goodreads Author)	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
Wow, what a read. If It's the Birds, We're in Trouble by L. Marie Wood is a fantastic epistolary book presented as a top secret case file containing documentation about an enigmatic event in a small town. The dread just builds and builds as you turn ...more
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S. Martinez liked Robert Messersmith's review of Helminth: "4.0 some truly messed up shit I just read, in a good way"
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S. Martinez liked Nicole Miletta Schilling's review of Abomination: "I love cheesy horror. This is cheesy horror to me. it’s probably more like 3-3.5 stars but something about it made me rate it higher. If there had been more development into the lore on the “Presence” I may have liked it more. Also if the Presence ha" Read more of this review »
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S. Martinez liked Tragic Heroine's review of Rootfingers: "This story is told from the POV of seven year-old Wren who has just moved in to a house once occupied by a disturbed painter. One night, things descend into a fever dream of madness. I liked that while the author didn’t write as if a child were narrat" Read more of this review »
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A thrilling and page-turning cyberpunk/heist novel full of awesome tech, thrilling mysteries, and colorful, intriguing characters.
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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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