Philip Fracassi – Carol's Notebook

Author: Philip Fracassi

Philip Fracassi is the author of the novels Don’t Let Them Get You Down, A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic, Boys in the Valley and The Third Rule of Time Travel. His upcoming books include the novels Sarafina and The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre.

Other work includes the story collections No One Is Safe!, Beneath a Pale Sky (named “Best Collection of the Year” by Rue Morgue Magazine and a finalist for the Bram Stoker award), and Behold the Void (named “Best Collection of the Year” by This Is Horror).

His short stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including Best Horror of the Year, Nightmare Magazine, Black Static, Dark Discoveries, Cemetery Dance, and others.

As a screenwriter, his feature films have been distributed by Disney Entertainment and Lifetime Television, with several projects in various stages of development.

Philip lives in Los Angeles, California.

It's always so weird saying I loved a book that's full of murder and torture, but The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre was fabulous. There's a serial killer stalking the residents of the Autumn Springs Retirement home, but the cops and the administrators seem to think that the deaths, at least the first couple, are just accidents. Old people die. Rose DuBois is convinced otherwise, and she and a few of her friends start investigating. Rose is a fabulous character. She's smart and tough. She has flaws, of course, but she makes a great final girl. All the residents we are introduced to are so well drawn, so full of life and character. I actually had to skip a chapter because I didn't want to read about that particular character's death. And a lot of them die. We get the requisite amount of blood and gore and terror for a slasher novel. It's funny and surprisingly emotional for me. We also...