NIGHTFLESH: Volume One of THE PORPHYRRICON [Paperback]

Joseph Armstead (Author)

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About the Author

Joseph Armstead is a horror/suspense thriller author and poet living in Oakland, California, where he works as a computer technologist. He is a member of the Horror Writers of America organization, a member of the Speculative Literature Foundation and a member of the American Mathematical Society.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (November 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595419143
• ISBN-13: 978-0595419142
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,022,701 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Joseph Armstead has been a lifelong fan of horror, science fiction and suspense fiction, in both the printed media and in cinematic form. He has always enjoyed creating interesting characters and telling stories. His education and training in the sciences inspired him to develop a more Reality-based and plausible outlook on traditional horror-suspense storytelling tropes. Cliches annoy him. The more a novel or story is firmly rooted in Reality, the more easily a reader can connect with the events and characters therein. He decries the "gore-for-gore's-sakes" school of horror fiction, seeing torture-porn as an easy cop-out for lazy storytelling. His writing centers on the themes of personal and societal alienation, xenophobia and interspecies racism, dark conspiracies, criminal violence and renegade scientific technologies. As a post-postmodernist poet, he has been published in various literary publications. Mr. Armstead is also a member of both the American Mathematical and World Futurist societies.

He currently lives in northern California, near the shark-frequented waters of the Pacific