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Vince Darcangelo

Goodreads Author

Born

in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, The United States

Website

http://www.gatheringflies.com

Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Stephen King, Albert Camus, Ian McEwan, Joyce Carol Oates, Irvine Wels ...more

Member Since

August 2008

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/vdarcangelo

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Vince Darcangelo is the author of The Red Tags (Comet Press) and dozens of short stories.

Recent publications include Dark Yonder Issue 6, the NoSleep Podcast, and the anthology, This is Not a Horror Story.

Enjoy his fiction and artwork at his website, Gathering Flies (www.gatheringflies.com).

He occasionally posts book reviews and articles on Ensuing Chapters literary blog (www.ensuingchapters.com). ...more

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Average rating: 3.84 · 325 ratings · 58 reviews · 13 distinct works

	Lost Signals by Max Booth III (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lori Michelle (Goodreads Author) (Editor), James Newman (Goodreads Author) 3.59 avg rating — 370 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
	Frightmares: A Fistful of Flash Fiction Horror by Stan Swanson (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Max Booth III (Goodreads Author) (Foreword), Cindy Little (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Coming Back by Dorothy Davies (Editor), Evan Purcell (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Kevin L. Jones (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Dark Yonder: Issue 6 by Dark Yonder, Katy Munger (Goodreads Author) (editor), Eryk Pruitt (Goodreads Author) (editor) 4.73 avg rating — 11 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
	This is Not a Horror Story by J.D. Keown (Goodreads Author), Thomas Kodnar, Vince Darcangelo (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — 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
	The Red Tags it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2015	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
	From Shadows and Nightmares by James Dorr (Goodreads Author), Jeff Wooten (Goodreads Author), Michele Wyan 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011	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
	Black Ink Horror (#7, Voume 3) by Tom Moran (Illustrator), Erik T. Johnson (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David E. Greske (Contributor) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012	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
	Whispers from the Past: Fright and Fear by S.R. Generette, Gwendolyn Kiste (Goodreads Author), Jason Downes 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Skull City (The Gallery of Discarded Things Book 1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2012	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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Review: Jawbone, Monica Ojeda

Books like Jawbone are why I love reading: Elaborate and evocative worlds that pull you into their dark waters and hold you under. Brash and flawed characters who reflect our own shortcomings and desires. Extraordinary circumstances that somehow feel familiar.

Monica Ojeda is the spellmaster who conjured up this horror gem that was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2022 (translated by Sara

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Top-notch collection. So many killer stories, but Amy Drayer's "No Gods" deserves special attention. Amazing story. ...more
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Vince’s Quotes

“And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.”
― John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath

tags: repression, strength

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“Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
― Desmond Tutu

tags: goodness, incrementalism, kindness

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“To do the useful thing, to say the courageous thing, to contemplate the beautiful thing: that is enough for one man's life.”
― T.S. Eliot, The Use of Poetry and the Use of Criticism

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