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ALESSANDRO MANZETTI (Rome, 1968) is an Italian author of horror, weird fiction, science fiction, dark fantasy, pulp, speculative fiction, and dark poetry. He is a three-time Bram Stoker Award winner and a fourteen-time finalist, an Elgin Award winner, and has received nominations for several other major international awards, including the Splatterpunk Awards, This Is Horror Awards, and Rhysling Awards.

He is the author of more than forty books published in Italian and English, including novels, novellas, short story collections, poetry, graphic novels, and nonfiction. His short fiction and poetry have appeared in magazines and anthologies across Italy, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Russia, and Poland. His English- ...more

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	150 Exquisite Horror Books 4.07 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Eden Underground by Alessandro Manzetti (Goodreads Author), Paolo Di Orazio (Illustrations) 4.05 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Naraka 4.03 avg rating — 39 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 Beauty of Death by Alessandro Manzetti (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Peter Straub (Contributor), Ramsey Campbell (Contributor) 3.83 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2016	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
	No Mercy 4.19 avg rating — 27 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
	Whitechapel Rhapsody: Dark Poems 4.24 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Enter Boogeyman 3.96 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2024 — 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 2021 Rhysling Anthology by Alessandro Manzetti (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Linda D. Addison, Colleen Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2021	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
	Monsters of Any Kind by Alessandro Manzetti (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniele Bonfanti (Editor), David J. Schow 3.67 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2018 — 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 Inhabitant of the Lake by Alessandro Manzetti (Goodreads Author), Stefano Cardoselli, Ramsey Campbell (Introduction) 3.38 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2021 — 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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KUROREI - Lo Spirito di Nagasaki

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Akiko sopravvive alla bomba atomica sganciata su Nagasaki, che però continua a vivere dentro di lei: nella schiena segnata dall’esplosione, nei ricordi scomparsi, negli anni trascorsi in Read more of this blog post »

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