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Whitechapel Rhapsody reviewed by Herb Kauderer

My latest dark poetry collection Whitechapel Rhapsody reviewed by Herb Kauderer.
Excerpt from the review: (...) Alessandro Manzetti’s Whitechapel Rhapsody is a magnificent whirlwind of twenty-six poems, a book to be read while drinking a glass of blood-red wine. (...) Manzetti expands the timeframe of the mythos in both directions, reaching back to Poe with several references, and at the end, reaching forward to Bukowski, then to today.  But readers don’t need to invest time looking up allusions.  In the end, this poetry is neither references nor mythos.  It’s experience.  Reading this book, without knowledge or interest in Jack the Ripper, is still a dark, emotional journey full of music as implied by the rhapsody of the title. (...)
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Cover Reveal: 2021 Rhysling Anthology

Cover Reveal of the SFPA 2021 Rhysling Anthology, edited by me, including my poem Lovely Ludwig Van. Illustration by artist Adrian Borda. Link to the Rhysling Award Web Page.

My poems 'LOVELY LUDWIN VAN' and 'ALICE' nominated for SFPA 2021 Rhysling Awards

My poems 'Lovely Ludwig Van' (published in Space and Time Magazine Issue #139), freely inspired by 'A Clockwork Orange', and Alice (published in the collection Whitechapel Rhapsody) have been nominated for the 2021 Rhysling Awards.

My poems 'LOVELY LUDWIN VAN' nominated for SFPA 2021 Rhysling Awards

My poem 'Lovely Ludwig Van' (published in Space and Time Magazine Issue #139), freely inspired by 'A Clockwork Orange', has been nominated for the 2021 Rhysling Awards.

My story THE SAINT to be reprinted in 'Year's Best Hardcore Horror Vol. 6' anthology

My story THE SAINT, from 'The Radioactive Bride' Collection (Necro Publications, January 2020) will be reprinted in 'Year's Best Hardcore Horror Vol. 6' anthology, edited by Randy Chandler & Cheryl Mullenax (Red Room Press), coming in May 2021.

Joe Lansdale about 'Whitechapel Rhapsody'

"Cool poetry by Alessandro Manzetti. Powerful and clever and quite rewarding. You need this book for dark October and early mornings and late nights. It tells a story more fully than a novel."
— Joe R. Lansdale

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Whitechapel Rhapsody Random Reading!

Signed the contract for the first English edition of my novel SAMSARA (Necro Publications)

Just signed a contract with Necro Publications for the first English edition of my novel SAMSARA, third volume of my Naraka Trilogy (following NARAKA and SHANTI), to be released in Q3 2021 (trade paperback, digital and hardcover signed limited edition)

Firmato il contratto con l'editore statunitense Necro Publications per la prima edizione in lingua inglese del mio romanzo SAMSARA, in uscita il terzo quadrimestre del 2021, in edizione cartacea, digitale, limitata e firmata con copertina rigida, che seguirà dunque le precedenti opere già pubblicate dall'editore: i romanzi NARAKA e SHANTI e la raccolta di racconti THE RADIOACTIVE BRIDE.

In uscita a Febbraio 2021 GUIDA AI MIGLIORI 150 LIBRI HORROR

In uscita a Febbraio 2021 in libreria, per l'editore Cut Up Publishing, la mia GUIDA AI MIGLIORI 150 LIBRI HORROR (1986-2020), con contributi di Joe R. Lansdale, Ramsey Campbell, Ellen Datlow, Stephen Jones, Paula Guran, S. T. Joshi, Richard Christian Matheson, David J. Schow, Craig Spector, Steve Rasnic Tem, Eric Guignard, Kate Jonez, David Barnett, Lisa Morton, Edward Lee, Brian Evenson e tanti altri.

My new poem 'Lovely Ludwig Van' to be published in Space and Time Magazine Issue 139

My new poem 'Lovely Ludwig Van', freely inspired by 'A Clockwork Orange', will be published in the forthcoming Issue #139 of Space and Time Magazine.