Horrorscope

About the Book

In these pages shadows do not merely linger-they crawl, slow and deliberate, from the velvet dark into the thin ring of light that pretends to protect you. The air thickens with the weight of twisting terrors you can almost-but never fully-know. You walk a road that refuses to end where you expect. Every step feels like a decision you never consented to. The promises made to you along the way grow more unsettling the closer you get to understanding them, and through it all the dark surrounds you. It watches. It waits. It hopes you will finally turn to face it.

About the Author :
I was born on June 15th, 1984, in New Britain, Connecticut. The oldest son of David and Linda Bertolini, I grew up with one passion: dinosaurs. My earliest dreams were of moving to Montana to become a paleontologist. As time passed, though, my dreams of becoming a paleontologist began to fade, and my love of history grew. When it came time to apply for college admission I decided to study to become a high school-level history teacher. I graduated from New Britain High School in 2002 and went to Central Connecticut State University. It was at CCSU that I was first introduced to the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. It became a mild obsession for me; even after the weekly game sessions ended, I was filling my time with fantasy books. I read all of R.A. Salvatore's early work and The Lord of the Rings Trilogy for the first time. During this time, I wrote the first version of The Cold Tower and created Amras Oronar. As my time at school progressed, I decided that teaching was not for me. Now needing to take a minor I chose archaeology, a course of study that reminded me of my early dreams of paleontology. Both history and archaeology gave me insight into the human world and inspired much of Scyllia. I graduated from CCSU on December 22nd, 2007. In 2006, I first attempted to write at least 50,000 words for NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month competition. In 2008, I won NaNoWriMo and completed the first draft of The Cold Tower, although it would be nearly a year before I returned to edit it for publication. I live in Connecticut, where I continue to write. Aside from the story of Amras Oronar, I have also been expanding my writing into the areas of horror and science fiction (including 'Creatures of the Night', which was inspired by the first short story I ever wrote, and 'M.O.T.H.E.R.', which was my first sci-fi story).