Al Sarrantonio, Author . Cemetery Dance $40 (0p) ISBN 978-1-58767-077-0
Samhain, the scheming Lord of Death, is back for more Halloween mischief in Sarrantonio's lackluster sequel to Orangefield
(2001). Thanks to misdeeds in the historical past, the quaint pumpkin-farming community of Orangefield is the locus for...
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Al Sarrantonio, Author . Cemetery Dance $40 (230p) ISBN 978-1-58767-098-5
Sarrantonio's second collection of short fiction (after 1999's Toybox
) offers a heady blend of stories from the extremes of the horror spectrum. Some feature apocalypses that begin as local phenomena before spreading globally: "The Ropy
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Al Sarrantonio, Author Cemetery Dance Publications $40 (260p) ISBN 978-1-881475-81-1
Although best known as a novelist (House Haunted) and anthologist (999), Sarrantonio has been writing short tales of horror and dark fantasy for nearly two decades. The 18 stories in this first collection are gems of weirdness that mostly sidestep...
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Al Sarrantonio, Author Tor Books $14.95 (181p) ISBN 978-0-312-93147-6
Sarrantonio's mystery debut suggests the influence of Ross MacDonald's moody private eye Lou Archer, but his story is original in concept and execution. The new investigator, Jack Paine, is battling alcoholism after a troubled youth, and his current
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Al Sarrantonio, Author Simon & Schuster $12.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-671-70833-7
This anthology's release coincides with the 20th anniversary of Lampoon. As Sarrantonio ( The Fireside Treasury of New Humor ) explains, it is ``arranged as closesic as possible to a giant issue'' of the magazine; it comprises samples from the...
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Al Sarrantonio, Author Walker & Company $19.95 (141p) ISBN 978-0-8027-3235-4
Boasting more beatings per page than a Philip Marlowe story, this complex mystery stars ruminative Yonkers PI Jack Paine, an unjustly fired cop. During the worst heat wave in 34 years, Paine is torn away from his fat Gore Vidal novel, his Keith...
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Al Sarrantonio, Author, Thomas Robert Reynolds, Jr., Foreword by . Cemetery Dance $35 (180p) ISBN 978-1-58767-064-0
This wobbly spinoff from Sarrantonio's novella "Hornets" falls short of the haunting Halloween spirit that he evoked effectively in the novel October
(1990) and the stories collected in Toybox
(1999). In upstate Orangefield, N.Y., the...
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