Nicola Lombardi has published in Italy the novels The Gypsy Spiders, Black Mother, Night Calls, The Red Bed, The Tank, and i, as well as seven collections of stories since 1989. In addition, he has published novelizations from the films of Dario Argento (Profondo Rosso and Suspiria) and translated works by Jack Ketchum, Seabury Quinn, Charlee Jacob, F.B.Long and many others for the Italian market. In 2021 UK’s Tartarus Press published his collection The Gypsy Spiders and Other Tales of Italian Horror. Full bibliography at www.nicolalombardi.com.

J. Weintraub’s work includes fiction, essays, translations, poetry along with over 50 dramatic works produced in the USA, Australia, India, and New Zealand. His translation of Eugène Briffault’s classic gastronomic text Paris à table: 1846 was published by Oxford University Press. More at: https://jweintraub.weebly.com/

Nicola Lombardi’s story, translated by Joe Weintraub, appears in UA24 : ‘Monster’