Atmosphere

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Frank Ballaro, police detective, is retiring shortly. Or is he? A trail of blood on the curb outside his apartment leads to an alley where two young men have been severely mutilated. But they're not dead. Something keeps them alive. In the hands of one is a strange object, something he holds onto for dear life. Something he calls...atmosphere.Review"Michael Laimo is a writer on the rise. his stories are filled with effective intensity and oddity." -- Tom Piccirilli, author of Hexes and The Deceased** "Michael Laimo is able to draw out the tension and suspense until it is almost unbearable" -- Edo van Belkom, author of Death Drives a Semi, and Writing Horror** "Michael Laimo, in my mind, is the Alpha Male in the pack of new horror/dark suspense writers." -- P.D. Cacek, author of Canyons**About the AuthorMichael Laimo is a 36 year-old author from Melville, New York. He has authored over 100 short stories in the horror genre, all of which have seen print in a variety of magazines and anthologies, including The Book Of All Flesh, Dark Whispers, Whispers And Shadows, The Asylum 2, Darkness Rising, Redsine, Unnatural Selection, and many others. Two collections, both published in hardcover formats, brought together a selection of these stories, Demons, Freaks, and Other Abnormalities, published by Delirium Books, and Dregs Of Society, published by Prime Books. He has completed his second novel, Sleepwalker, and is currently working on a third, entitled Deep In The Darkness, based on his cult-favorite Golden-Eyes Trilogy published by Flesh & Blood Press. His third collection, as yet untitled, will be released by Delirium Books in the near future. Michael also edited the hardcore horror anthology Bloodtype, published by Lone Wolf Publications, and co-edits Space & Time Magazine. He is an active member of the Horror Writers Association.