Author of "The House That Smelled Like Urine and Other Short Stories.", "Goblin", the six book novel He is a writer whose career I will follow with interest."
Here's what some insanely smart, and certainly good looking, people have had to say about my work...
The House That Smelled Like Urine and Other Short Stories:
"In spite of its title, [this book] is not dark humor. It is serious, something-is-going-to-kill-you, unapologetic horror." "Russano's writing reminded me of a marriage of Richard Laymon and Elmore Leonard - dark, gruesome, tense - but wi
th a touch of the sardonic. "Giovanni Russano's HOUSE THAT SMELLED LIKE URINE is a clever novel that evokes equal parts Clive Barker and Michael Moorcock while forging a unique style for itself." "What begins as a puzzle box story slowly reveals an unexpected cohesion (not unlike Satoshi Kon's anime class PARANOIA AGENT). Some of the joy (all for the reader, little for the characters) is in seeing how Russano connects the dots and delivers an ending with impact. Not for the faint of heart but clearly possessing elements of mastery that transcends expectations from such a macabre tale." "Definitely one for anyone interested in human psychology and psycho-analysis, as troubled characters battle their demons and seek truth from imagery." "A roller-coaster of things nightmares and bizarre dreams are made of." "The House that Smelled Like Urine and Other Short Stories is a demented fun-house of strangeness, definitely not for the squeamish or easily offended!"
"Edger Allen Poe evolved into the new millennium." "You probably won't like any of these characters but you will be deeply invested into what happens next." Meet the Moseleys: Book One:
"This is Deliverance without the canoe attached by unmentionable human bodily fluids to The Beans of Egypt Maine gathered in the Twilight Zone. I give it one star only because I can’t figure out how to make half a star." "Sorry, I just can’t recommend this book, unless, that is, the reader is into such depraved and gory descriptive detail, "betcher’ass’muther’fugger" dialogue that spews nonstop like a flooded sewer drain and language that would make Howard Stern blush." "If you like explicit language, s*x and extraordinary violence that is truly gruesome, you will love this book." "The first thing that has to be said here is WARNING: This is strong meat. Not for the easily offended. A mutant story born of Texas Chainsaw forcibly mated with Hills Have Eyes. And from that unholy conception seeing how far the boundaries can be pushed." "Just for a start there's explicit language, le***an r**e, gore-splattered horror, perverted, in**ed, cult, cannibalism.... I could go on but if you can't guess what the rest might be this probably isn't your kind of book. But assuming this is your kind of s***f then you'll have a whale of a time; and even if it isn't you'll have to admit it's powerfully written at a driving pace." "A masterpiece of darkness."
