There is a legend in the town of
Sabbath that tells of a haunted car lost somewhere in the local junkyard. Young Jim Honeycutt and his friends have decided that they're going to find it today.
Unfortunately for them, they do.
And the ghost stories of that old
Commodore can't even touch the horrors they are about to experience...
"Fracassi does small-town horror with the best of them." -
Laird Barron, author of
Swift to Chase“Fracassi's sly novella takes recognizable horror tropes, smooshes them together, twists them apart, and recalibrates them into something utterly new that only he could write. Commodore
runs hot, rushing inexorably toward its dark conclusion. Think Stephen King’s "The Body"
meets Christine
.” –
Brian Evenson, author of
Song for the Unraveling of the World
“A dark coming-of-age tale about a town equally filled with wonders and horrors. Put Lovecraft, Bradbury, and King into a blender, mix well, and you get Commodore
– a tasty horror cocktail with one a hell of a kick. Move over, Castle Rock! Horror has a new hometown!” - Bram Stoker Award-winning author
Tim Waggoner“Commodore”
is the classic 1970s horror story you’ve never read. It’s got all the sleek lines and the chrome you love in the old models, with a weird new engine under the hood, full of growling horsepower. It’s compulsive, scary, and heartbreaking. But most of all it's a ton of fun. Philip Fracassi nails it again. I love it." -
Nathan Ballingrud, author of
Wounds: Six Stories from the Border of Hell"This is a two-toned, chrome-plated, V-8 monster of a story. Fracassi continues his tradition of taking his readers on a journey through a landscape of the bizarre and terrifying." -
Ronald Malfi, author of
Bone WhiteAbout Philip FracassiPhilip Fracassi is an award-winning author and screenwriter.
His debut collection of stories, BEHOLD THE VOID, was named "Story Collection of the Year" by both This Is Horror and Strange Aeons Magazine. LOCUS Magazine said it "...recalls the work of writers such as McCammon, King, and Bradbury."
His second collection, BENEATH A PALE SKY, received a starred review from Library Journal, and Booklist called it a "must read collection." In his introduction, Josh Malerman calls it "a book for the ages."
His debut novel, BOYS IN THE VALLEY, will premier on Halloween, 2021, from Earthling Publications.
His stories have appeared in multiple magazines and anthologies, including BEST HORROR OF THE YEAR, BLACK STATIC, CEMETERY DANCE, and NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE. His work has been favorably reviewed by The New York Times, Rue Morgue Magazine, LOCUS Magazine and many others.
His produced screenplays have been distributed by Lifetime Television and Disney Entertainment.
Philip lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.
You can follow Philip on Facebook, Instagram (pfracassi) and Twitter (@philipfracassi), or at his official website at www.pfracassi.com.
