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 Horror, SF, weird fiction and dark poetry writer, editorial consultant and editor. As a writer, he have published in Italian, using his name and the pseudonym Caleb Battiago, two novels (Naraka, Shanti), three long stories (Mictlan, Vessel, Kiki), five short stories collections (Malanima, Acrux, Parigi Sud 5, Limbus, I Giorni della Gallina Nera ), an interviews collection (Monster Masters) four anthologies (Naraka, Red, Black and Apocalyptic Kollection) and a dark poems collection (Uterus), as well as a lot of short stories published in anthologies. English publications: The Smaman and other shadows, a horror/weird short stories collection, Venus Intervention, a dark poems collection with Corrine De Winter as co-author, and stories and poems published on printed and online magazines, such as The Horror Zine Magazines and The Poetry Box. Coming out the short stories anthology Bones III (James Ward Kirk Publications) that contains his short story The Shaman. He managed the translation and editing service Probably King, and he have collaborated with some Italian publishers (Gargoyle Books, Edizioni XII, Mezzotints eBooks, Kipple Officina Libraria) as editor in chief, marketing and foreign rights manager, consultant. He is member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), The Science Fiction Poetry Association (SFPA) and the British Fantasy Society. He live in Rome, Italy, with his doppelganger. Website: www.alessandromanzetti.net 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.