Matthew Pungitore – författare

In "e;The Report of Mr. Charles Aalmers,"e; Matthew Pungitore crafts a spine-chilling story about a surreal chain of maddening events surrounding a historian and his beloved friend. Encounter a lurid report written in a disturbing manuscript found in a Gothic crypt guarded by strange rumors and an indescribable being. Additionally, this anthology includes many more thrilling yarns most grotesque, most sublime, wonderfully Gothic, charmingly dreamy, and certainly weird: "e;Black Torque Demon,"e; "e;Dubhdris Abbey,"e; "e;Fetch of Prismatic Froth,"e; "e;Grumocruth,"e; "e;Idyll For An Allhallowtide Masque And Romance,"e; "e;Jade Gorget Hex,"e; "e;O Tumult Unearthly,"e; "e;Platinoid Pearl Rapture,"e; "e;Ultramundane Numina in the Forbidden Tomb,"e; and "e;Zynzblazoth."e;

A young man, Moneo, hears about a city that only can be found in the summer. He goes there, looking for love and romance, but he is seduced and captured by a demon. The demon takes him to a haunted castle to torture him. When he escapes his prison, he realizes that Time has somewhat stopped and become twisted inside the castle. Moneo can not communicate with the outside world and he fears that he is losing his mind. Moneo discovers a trapped demon goddess, Nerina, who is looking for a way to escape, too. Together, Moneo and Nerina struggle to be free and escape the castle's curses, ghosts, monsters, and tragic past. Nerina gives Moneo a cat, Galeazzo, and a dog, Nerezza, who are magical animal friends that will help him on his journey through the dangerous castle. They must hurry before it is too late and the curses trap them forever.

Theodemir Fiendilkfjeld has been having strange dreams for many months. In his dreams, he sees a beautiful woman who is trapped in a castle. Theodemir learns that a missing heiress, Alison, who looks exactly like the woman he has been seeing in his dreams, was last seen at his family's Gothic castle, Fiendilkfjeld castle, in northern Italy. Theodemir goes there to investigate her disapearance with a detective, Roman, who is Alison's friend. The castle rests in the region of Fiendilkfjeld, which was dedicated to Theodemir's ancestors. Believing that Alison could be in danger, Theodemir and Roman want to rescue her, and they hope that she is still alive. During this quest, Theodemir hears rumors about how this region is haunted.