Dark Gates

A short stories collection in which the visions of the authors guide us towards the “dark gates”, the hidden doors of unexpected hells and limbo gnawed by the blue rust of the apocalyptic and dystopian future, painted by the thick blood of horror and cannibalism, covered by the green, rotten, phosphorescent virus of the weird. The way out, sorry about this, is not allowed. Introduction by Gene O'Neill.

Una raccolta di racconti tramite i quali gli autori ci guidano attraverso gli oscuri budelli che portano alle porte nascoste di inaspettati Inferni, rosicchiate dalla ruggine azzurra di un futuro apocalittico e distopico, dipinte dal sangue denso dell'horror e del cannibalismo, ricoperte dal virus verde, marcio, fosforescente, del weird. L'uscita, siamo spiacenti, non è consentita. Prefazione di Gene O'Neill.

Authors profile
Alessandro Manzetti is a horror, science fiction, weird fiction, and dark poetry writer. His published work in Italian includes novels, long stories, short story and dark poem collections, as well as many short stories published in anthologies. English publications include The Shaman and Other Shadows, Venus Intervention with Corrine De Winter as co-author, Dark Gates with Paolo Di Orazio as co-author and stories and poems which appeared in both print and online USA and UK magazines and anthologies. His works has been nominated for the Bram Stoker Awards 2014, the Rhysling Award 2015 and the Elgin Award 2015.

Paolo Di Orazio
Born in Rome in 1966, musician, writer, comic book writer, editor. Since 1987 his short stories, novels and graphic novels were published by many Italian publishers: Acme, Granata Press, Castelvecchi, Heavy Metal, Clair de Lune, Mondadori – Urania, Coniglio Editore, Rizzoli, Cut Up. In 1989 his  book Primi delitti was denounced by the Italian Parliament for incitement to murder. Among his fiction works: Primi delitti, Madre mostro, Prigioniero del buio, Il dipinto ucciso, Fantasmi con la testa, Chiruphènia, Che hanno da strillare i maiali?, L’incubatrice, Vloody Mary, Debbi la strana e le avventure bipolari del coniglietto Ribes. He lives in Rome, Italy, with many monsters trapped in the closet.