Written by Sebastiano Tuccitto, the anthology of horror stories. 11:00 p.m. - There is something in the dark. is already available in digital format on the official website of IVVI Publisher and will soon enjoy a print edition before arriving in all bookstores in October 2020.
11:00 p.m. - There is something in the dark. will be published by IVVI Editore of Nicola Pesce, already known for its established publishing house NPE (Nicola Pesce Editore).
11 p.m. - There is something in the dark. consists of 11 short stories, a number that refers to that of the time in the title (11 p.m.), and is embellished with a preface by Andrea Cavaletto, an Italian screenwriter, cartoonist and graphic designer, best known to the public for his collaboration with Sergio Bonelli Editore as the screenwriter of Dylan Dog and Martin Mystère.
In filmmaking, on the other hand, Andrea Cavaletto has been responsible for the screenplay of several horror and extreme films: Dirty Love, Hidden in The Woods, Doll Syndrome, Beautiful People, Hyde's Secret Nightmare, Xpiation, The Obsessed And many others.
A creepy elderly grandmother, a hallucinating train ride, a trip to the lake in which horror dominates the scene, macabre encounters in an office during a job interview, the exorcism of a condemned man, an imaginary friend who becomes a terrible reality, these are the themes addressed in the stories featured in Sebastiano Tuccitto's anthology.
In the first part of this literary work, the author dusts off the classic figures of the horror genre (zombies, dolls, werewolves, haunted houses, clowns) seasoning everything with good doses of splatter.
These are tales that turn back the clock to when such horrors enriched days in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s.
This is followed by a second part that probes disturbing terrain and veers into the extreme, focusing on strong and brutal themes (cannibalism, rape, violence, exorcisms, sex), in line with what is the author's passion that is horror cinema with particular regard toward extreme independent cinema films.
Short biography of Sebastiano Tuccitto:
Born in Catania in 1981, Sebastiano Tuccitto grew up in Sortino (Syracuse), his family's hometown.
At the age of eight he took up music and graduated in clarinet in 2001 from the Musical Institute of Caltanissetta. In 2009 he graduated in electronic engineering from the University of Catania.
He currently lives and works in Rome as a project manager in the ICT field.
A fan of horror films, in recent years he has approached the hardcore/extreme genre in both film and comics/literature.
11 p.m. - There is something in the dark.
