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Giovanni Russano

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Horror, Psuedo Sci Fi, Psychology, Philosophy, Surreali

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June 2013

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Giovanni Russano is an asshole, at the very least, asshole adjacent. Born somewhere in New Jersey, Giovanni has
spent the last 3 decades in search of something... substantial. Forever walking
down dark avenues seeking light. An optimistic-nihilist, Mr. Russano has a very
unique world-view which makes for writing that can be sometimes hostile,
sometimes hopeful but always honest. Having worked on the outskirts of the
horror film industry for years and then spending even more years traveling the
country with nothing but good company and goodwill as a political activist and
self-proclaimed revolutionary, it may have seemed odd when he settled into a
job in national politics working alongside some of the biggest political celebrities
of our tim ...more

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Giovanni Russano's Blog

Unexpected time to work = AWESOME!!

I just got myself a free hour to do some writing on my next (super-awesome, of course) novel. I'm keeping most of the details under wraps for now but as time goes more will be revealed.

I will tell you this...

What i am writing now is very different from my first 2 novels. (First ON SALE NOW :P Second coming Xmas 2013) The voice is subdued, the art is mild in flavor and the gloves are off.

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Published on July 15, 2013 17:43 • Tags: awesome, clockwork-orange, jesus, shameless-self-promoter, the-moselys, ultra-violence, urine

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	The House That Smelled Like Urine and Other Short Stories 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	Scattered Voices: A Collection of Poems Shared by Strangers on the Internet. by William H.W. Smithe (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Darryl Mouzone, Fergus Martin (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2014	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
	Meet the Moseleys: Book One 2.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	They Call Me Jesus 2.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013	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
	Meet the Moseleys: Book Two did not like it 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 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
	Rotting Horse Publishing Double Feature #1: Boundless Flight II & Meet the Moseleys: Book Two by Giovanni Russano (Goodreads Author), Marley Sheen 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Gnarly Gnarlyisms: Words of a Vatican Assassin Warlock: Second Edition 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Fuck. by Giovanni Russano (Goodreads Author), William H W Smithe (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Fuck. by Giovanni Russano (2015-11-28) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Scattered Voices: A Collection of Poems Shared by Strangers on the Internet. by Darryl Mouzone, Doug Metz, Fergus Martin (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014	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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“Nobody likes a clown at midnight”
― Stephen King

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“I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be”
― Douglas Adams

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