Sam Stoner

Sam Stoner Philip lives in Rome.

Born and raised in the capital, he has been nourished by:

- offal and giblets cooked according to Roman tradition

- crime news

- unconditional family love.

He only reads British and American authors and European classics. He watches American, British, and Chinese films, practices Qi Gong, and trains daily with his beloved nunchucks. He never misses a tennis or wrestling event and enjoys cooking traditional Italian regional dishes.

On his blog, “L'Inferno Noir” (The Black Hell), you will find the “Unauthorized Biography” by Angelica C. Gherardi, an extraordinarily talented pornographic writer.

He writes every day at dawn while listening to music.

Editor-in-chief of the gothic/horror culture magazine Mary Shelley Project Magazine, editorial manager of the romance literature magazine Pink Magazine Italia, editor for the online newspaper Dazebao News with over 100 articles.

Head of the literary competitions Storie Noir, Mysterias, Scrivendo and Incubi.

His short stories have been published in various anthologies (Bonsai, Natale in Noir, Italian Noir, Paesaggi letterari, Cronache dalla fine del mondo, Ricordi di giocattoli, Ventidue pallottole, 99 Rimostranze a Dio, Giallolatino 2013, Scrivendo racconto, Note in nero, Oltre la paura).

Awards: first place in the Noir “Corpifreddi” competition with the noir story “Elvis rosso sangue,” third place in the “That's Amore” (Chichili) competition, and finalist in the Giallolatino crime competition in 2013 and 2015.