The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association

Thomas F. Monteleone. Borderlands Press, $50 (488pp) ISBN 978-1-880325-20-9

The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association, by Stoker-winner Thomas F. Monteleone (The Blood of the Lamb), collects the ""MAFIA"" columns this outspoken commentator on the horror field has published over 27 years in a range of genre publications, most recently Cemetery Dance. As his friend Richard Chizmar says in the introduction, ""Tom tells it like it is."" This provocative and amusing chronicle is a must-read for anyone interested in the ups and downs of a professional horror writer.

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