About
S. Alessandro Martinez is a Bram Stoker Award-nominated horror and fantasy writer living in Southern California. His work has appeared in several magazines and anthologies. He was first published in Deadman’s Tome with the story ‘The Corruption in the Deep’. He enjoys writing about all sorts of horror, especially unspeakable creatures, body-horror, and supernatural terror. He also enjoys writing high fantasy. He has a fantasy world all his own with many mystical and terrible creatures, fantastic races, and powerful magic. Helminth is his debut novel.
Featured Work
Helminth
Nominated for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel
Rei would do anything for those she loves.
As her best friend, Abby, struggles to cope with the sudden loss of her husband, Rei and her closest girlfriends take her to a beautiful lakeside house nestled in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, hoping that a weekend of support from long-time friends will help Abby along her road of emotional recovery.
But as the girls get settled, Rei begins to notice there’s something wrong with the place. Could this peaceful, idyllic location be hiding an ancient evil below the waters of the lake? Or are the problems wholly within Abby herself, who seems to be losing her grip on reality? When unexplainable, nightmarish things begin to occur, Rei realizes this weekend getaway may turn into their last outing.
Other Works
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Ardenter – From Day One: The Year 47 Omnibus
2021
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The Darkness from the Ground (Deadman’s Tome: The Ancient Ones)
2017
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Waters of the Abysm (The WiFiles)
2017
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Blackmouth
2016
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Dreams of Decay
2016
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The Last Stop (The Siren’s Call issue #28)
2016
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When the Cat’s Away (Indiana Horror Review 2016)
2016
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The Watcher Through the Window
2015
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The Corruption in the Deep
2015
Awards and Recognition
- Bram Stoker Award Nomination for Superior Achievement in a First Novel - Helminth