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Michael Laimo

Goodreads Author

Born

in Brooklyn NY, The United States

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http://www.laimo.com

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Genre

Horror, Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction

Influences

Stephen King, Clive Barker, Dean Koontz

Member Since

March 2008

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MY NEW NOVEL, THE EROTIC THRILLER MISSED CONNECTION, IS NOW AVAILABLE!

Michael Laimo's novels include the erotic thriller MISSED CONNECTION, as well as the horror novels DEEP IN THE DARKNESS, RETURN TO DARKNESS, THE DEMONOLOGIST, SLEEPWALKER, FIRES RISING, ATMOSPHERE, and DEAD SOULS.

ATMOSPHERE & DEEP IN THE DARKNESS were nominated for a Bram Stoker Award.

DEAD SOULS & DEEP IN THE DARKNESS have been made into feature-length films.

His short fiction has found its way into the pages of A WALK ON THE DARKSIDE, LOST ON THE DARKSIDE, HOT BLOOD XII: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS, SURREAL MAGAZINE, INHUMAN MAGAZINE, LI PULSE MAGAZINE, plus many more anthologies and magazines. He has four short story collections, including the acclaimed DARK RIDE, from Borderland ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 2,763 ratings · 466 reviews · 47 distinct works • Similar authors

	Deep in the Darkness 3.69 avg rating — 690 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Missed Connection 3.99 avg rating — 596 ratings — 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
	Dead Souls 3.53 avg rating — 318 ratings — published 2007 — 13 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 Demonologist 3.42 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2005 — 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
	Atmosphere 3.30 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 2002 — 8 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
	Fires Rising 3.10 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Sleepwalker 4.26 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2004 — 11 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
	Return to Darkness by Michael Laimo (Goodreads Author), GAK (Illustrator) 3.78 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2011 — 4 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
	Dark Ride by Michael Laimo (Goodreads Author), Brian Keene (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 3.94 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Demons, Freaks and Other Abnormalities 3.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1999 — 4 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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Douglas Preston is one of my favorite authors. I have read over 20 of his books and have the rest on my TBR. He was also kind enough to blurb my novel Dead Souls years ago. When I won a GR giveaway for this one with his daughter, I dove right in, and ...more
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Michael and 114 other people liked Rachel's review of Dark Matter: "Clearly I am in the minority here, but it just... wasn't good. I mean our narrator Jason Dessen was dumb as a freaking rock. He is a physicist who almost made a huge scientific breakthrough, in fact, the breakthrough that the book was based on, yet " Read more of this review »
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If you enjoyed Dark Matter, please check out my novel Sleepwalker, which is essentially the same story/premise, but told in a very different way. I enjoyed this fast read, but I kept comparing it to my novel, which I released over 20 years ago. I thou ...more
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“The angel and devil are at a loss for words but agree I’m in trouble, good trouble, the kind that fills your heart with promise, but promises to empty it if the truth comes out.”
― Michael Laimo, Missed Connection

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“I know it’s only been two hours and it’s cringy as fuck, but I don’t give a shit, it’s how I feel.”
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“Dave’s thirty-seven going on twenty-two looking forty-eight.”
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