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Tag: Matthew Sorrento

New Collection Becoming Nosferatu Features Noir, Horror, and SF/Fantasy

BLOGS: “A new collection featuring stories and poems in the tradition of Nosferatu and other silent expressionist classics….”

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RFO Editor to Introduce a Screening of Double Indemnity

BLOGS: “Matthew Sorrento to introduce a screening of Double Indemnity (Billy Wilder, 1944) at The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA on Sunday, April 28, as part of The Road to Noir City Philadelphia 2024….”

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Somebody’s Done For by David Goodis (Excerpt)

NOVEL EXCERPT: “What it all amounts to, he told himself, is you’re not in shape for a deal like this. You get involved in this sort of thing, you should be properly prepared. I mean mentally, too. It’s a cinch you’re not prepared mentally, because now I’d say you’re just about ready to give up….”

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“No Escape: Three Noir Executions” by Matthew Sorrento

PROSE POEM: “They live on to die, forever….”

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“Hard Case Crime, April 2022: It’s Westlake!” by Matthew Sorrento

NONFICTION: “As the renown imprint presents the last unpublished novel by the author, it delivers one of his most unique and rewarding….”

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“Writing from an Illusion: Dashiell Hammett (1894-1961)” by Matthew Sorrento

NONFICTION: “The Hammett detective seeks any clues he can but is unable to recreate narratives through induction/deduction, hence his need to shake things up and unlock loose parts in the disorder he has confronted….”

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“She Walks” by Matthew Sorrento

POETRY: “She’ll keep things swift, dialed up…as they want it….”

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“Geek” by Matthew Sorrento

POETRY: “The pit of fire in me was right there with death….”

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“Hard Case Crime, December 2020: Unlikely Masters” by Matthew Sorrento

NONFICTION: “On a few surprising releases from the noir fiction mainstay.”

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“The Girlfriend Problem” by Matthew Sorrento

POETRY: “And I would kill for him, still would, ever since we met….”

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