Danilo Arona is an Italian writer,

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and

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, born in

Alessandria Alessandria (; ) is a city and commune in Piedmont, Italy, and the capital of the Province of Alessandria. It is also the largest municipality of the region. The city is sited on the alluvial plain between the Tanaro and the Bormida rivers, ...

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, where he currently lives. He has also been involved for years with

fantasy Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, ...

literature and

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, and has followed any reference or appearance of fantasy in the news and in Italian society.

Works

Essays

*''Guida al fantacinema'', Gammalibri *''Guida al cinema horror'', Ripostes *''Nuova guida al fantacinema - La maschera, la carne, il contagio'', Puntozero *''Tutte storie - Immaginario italiano e leggende contemporanee'', Costa & Nolan 1994 *''Vien di notte l'Uomo Nero - Il cinema di

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'', Falsopiano 1997 *''Satana ti vuole'', Corbaccio *''Possessione mediatica'', Marco Tropea Editore, 1998 *''

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- Il buio oltre la siepe'', Falsopiano, 1999

Novels

Arona has also written a number of fanta- noir novels, all set in Italy, including: *''La penombra del gufo'', Amnesia *''Un brivido sulla schiena del Drago'', Amnesia *''La pianura fa paura'', Editoriale AGP *''Il vento urla Mary'', PuntoZero *''Rock'', Solid Books 2002 *''L'ombra del dio alato'', Marco Tropea, 2003 *''L'esorcista, il cinema, il mito'', Falsopiano, 2003 *''Palo Mayombe'', Dario Flaccovio, 2004 *''La stazione del dio del suono'', Larcher, 2004 *''Cronache di Bassavilla'', Dario Flaccovio, 2006 *''Black Magic Woman'', Frilli, 2006 *''Finis Terrae'', Mondadori, 2007 *''Melissa Parker e l'incendio perfetto'', Dino Audino, 2007 *''Santanta'', Perdisa, 2008 *''L'estate di Montebuio'', Gargoyle Books, 2009 *''Ritorno a Bassavilla'', Edizioni XII, 2009

References

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