{"id":32174,"date":"2020-09-01T16:55:14","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T23:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookfest.com\/?p=32174"},"modified":"2023-08-24T09:06:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-24T16:06:59","slug":"john-palisano","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookfest.com\/speaker\/john-palisano\/","title":{"rendered":"John Palisano"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"32174\" class=\"elementor elementor-32174\" data-elementor-post-type=\"speaker\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5cd2af9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5cd2af9a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3564c3d9\" data-id=\"3564c3d9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f1cea6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7f1cea6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b5381e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b5381e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">Author John\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">Palisano<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">\u00a0has a pair of books with Samhain Publishing, DUST OF THE DEAD, and GHOST HEART. NERVES is available through Bad Moon. STARLIGHT DRIVE: FOUR HALLOWEEN TALES was released in time for Halloween, and his first short fiction collection ALL THAT WITHERS is available from\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;\">Cycatrix<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">\u00a0press, celebrating over a decade of short story highlights. NIGHT OF 1,000 BEASTS is also now available.\u202f<\/span><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: #111111; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: #111111; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" data-ccp-props=\"{\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; overflow: visible; cursor: text; clear: both; position: relative; direction: ltr; caret-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.847); font-family: 'Segoe UI', 'Segoe UI Web', Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; word-wrap: break-word; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; color: windowtext; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\"><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">He won the Bram Stoker Award\u00a9 in short fiction in 2016 for \u201cHappy Joe\u2019s Rest Stop\u201d. More short stories have appeared in anthologies from Cemetery Dance, Weird Tales, Space &amp; Time, PS Publishing, Independent Legions,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;\">DarkFuse<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">, Crystal Lake, Terror Tales, Lovecraft\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;\">eZine<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">, Horror Library, Bizarro Pulp, Written Backwards, Dark Continents, Big Time Books, McFarland Press,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: transparent; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important; background-position: left bottom; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat;\">Darkscribe<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">, Dark House, Omnium\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">Gatherum<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">, and more.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-family: WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: #111111; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; white-space: pre !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; white-space: pre !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" \/><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-family: WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Calibri, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; white-space: pre !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">\u00a0<\/span><br style=\"margin: 0px; padding: 0px; -webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; white-space: pre !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" \/><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">Non-fiction pieces have appeared in BLUMHOUSE, FANGORIA, BACKSTREETS and\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-CA\" style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; color: #111111; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-variant-ligatures: none !important; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\" xml:lang=\"EN-CA\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; background-color: inherit; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\">DARK DISCOVERIES magazines.\u202f<\/span><\/span><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 20.504166666666666px; font-family: WordVisiCarriageReturn_MSFontService, Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif; color: #111111; -webkit-nbsp-mode: normal !important;\"><span style=\"-webkit-user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; 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