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William Massa

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Born

in New York City, The United States

January 28

Website

http://www.williammassa.com/

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Horror, Science Fiction, Fantasy

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Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Robert McCammon, Clive Barker, Vince Flynn

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William Massa is a produced screenwriter and bestselling Amazon author who writes monsters, magic, and mayhem with a cinematic edge.

His screen credits include Return to House on Haunted Hill, and he has sold scripts and pitches to Warner Bros., Sony, USA Network, Silver Pictures, Dark Castle Entertainment, and Maverick Films.

Drawing on a lifelong love of horror, action movies, pulp adventure, and the supernatural, William specializes in Dark Urban Fantasy, Action-Adventure Horror, and supernatural thrillers—a blend he likes to call Heroic Horror: ordinary and extraordinary heroes facing impossible evil and fighting back.

His series include The Hexecutioner, The Paranormalist, Shadow Detective, Night Slayer, Occult Assassin, and The Exorcist ...more

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	Damnation Code (Occult Assassin, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 1,192 ratings — published 2015 — 9 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
	Cursed City (Shadow Detective #1) 3.69 avg rating — 1,117 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	The Exorcist Code (The Exorcist Code, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 539 ratings — published 2025 — 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
	Silicon Man (Silicon World, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 502 ratings — published 2014 — 7 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
	Game of the Wolf (The Hexecutioner #1) 3.97 avg rating — 472 ratings — published 2020	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
	Soul Catcher (Shadow Detective #2) 4.01 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Servants of the Endless Night (The Paranormalist, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 449 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
	Fear the Light 3.89 avg rating — 363 ratings — published 2013 — 10 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
	Blood Rain (Shadow Detective #3) 4.06 avg rating — 342 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Midnight War (Night Slayer #1) 4.06 avg rating — 320 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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Series by William Massa

Shadow Detective (11 books)
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Occult Assassin (5 books)
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The Hexecutioner (10 books)
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The Paranormalist (4 books)
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The Exorcist Code (4 books)
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The Benson (Experiment in Terror, #2.5)

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John Sinclair 2508: Im Würgegriff der Geisterfrau (German Edition)

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Ghost Hour (CUSP FILES Book 3)

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“We think… therefore we are. They had chosen to be no more.”
― William Massa, Silicon Man

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“PLEASE ENJOY A SPECIAL SAMPLE OF OCCULT ASSASSIN BOOK 2: APOCALYPSE SOLDIER CHAPTER ONE FATHER ROBERT CABRERA was deep into the Eucharistic prayer when a loud banging noise cut through the quiet of the church, followed by a shrill scream. A”
― William Massa, Damnation Code

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“Applying makeup took energy and choosing the perfect outfit drained mental faculties”
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