Review
If you are just starting out as a writer, listen to this man. You can trust what he tells you. --
Jack Cady, author of The American Writer Piccirilli tells, in a concise and often amusing fashion, what he has learned in over a decade of writing... --
Richard Laymon, author of A Writer's Tale Tom Piccirilli doesn't mess around... No nonsense. Here's what works. This is a must for the neophyte's bookshelf --
James Van Pelt, John W. Campbell Award nominee
About the Author
Tom Piccirilli is the author of eight novels, including HEXES, SHARDS, DARK FATHER, THE NIGHT CLASS, THE DECEASED, and his "Felicity Grove" mystery series consisting of THE DEAD PAST and SORROW'S CROWN. He's sold over 100 stories to the anthologies FUTURE CRIMES, BAD NEWS, HOT BLOOD: STRANGER BY NIGHT, HOT BLOOD: FEAR THE FEVER, HOT BLOOD: CRIMES OF PASSION, BEST OF THE AMERICAN WEST II, THE CONSPIRACY FILES, STAR COLONIES, NEW MYTHOS LEGENDS, GOING POSTAL, SONG OF CTHULHU, HORRORS: 365 SCARY STORIES, WHITE HOUSE HORRORS, CAT CRIMES THROUGH TIME, TERMINAL FRIGHTS, BEST OF PIRATE WRITINGS, BEST OF PALACE CORBIE, and the magazines Cemetery Dance, Deathrealm, The Third Alternative, CrimeWave, Talebones, Pirate Writings, Fantastic, Terminal Fright, Lore, TransVersions, and Hardboiled, among others. He grew up on the south shore of Long Island and attended a year at Suffolk Community college before moving on to graduate from Hofstra University. Just across the street from SCC is Pilgrim State Psychiatric Hospital, which became the basis for the chilling Panecraft Asylum featured in several of his novels and short stories. He's also the creator of the cult favorite "Self" tales featuring a modern-day necromancer and his demonic alter-ego. An omnibus collection of 40 stories entitled DEEP INTO THAT DARKNESS PEERING was recently released by Terminal Fright Press. Tom divides his time between New York City and Estes Park, Colorado. He's currently working on a "Self" novel, another mystery, and a western
