Andrea Morstabilini was born in Lodi, in the misty middle of the Po Valley, in Northern Italy, in 1983. He studied Modern Literature at the University of Milan with a thesis on the Fantastic in late 19th century Italian literature. He (predictably) loves Gothic novels and architecture, the theatre, cats, and cemeteries. A Blood as Bright as the Moon, forthcoming from Titan Books, is his English-language debut. He is the author of two previous novels in Italian and various essays and short stories. He also works as an editor. He lives in Milan, and sometimes Kraków, with his husband.
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A Blood as Bright as the Moon
"We lived in Frankenstein, which is ironic, I guess."
Frankenstein, Germany. Ambrose, a young vampire, lives a life secreted away from the modern world with the rest of his clan, all of them under the spell of the charismatic Regina, who spins stories of salvation for their kind. Their grand plan? To build makeshift wings and fly to the moon where a safe haven awaits for all vampires.
Aldilà
"What is more frightening than childhood?"
A writer rents a house to write a ghost story. The house is an ugly thing nobody could ever want to live in, which is probably why the rent is so low. That, and a clause in the agreement, which allows the enigmatic Institute of Applied Psycholalia to convene once a week in the dining room downstairs.
Il demone meridiano
"He didn’t know yet that the mummies had disappeared…"
When the mummies housed in a museum in Lodi, Northern Italy, mysteriously vanish overnight, the museum curator embarks on a mystical quest to find out what happened. Meanwhile, in a nearby high school, two students are getting ready for a séance.