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The Great Belzoni and the Gait of Anubis

(2006)
A Novella by

 
 
Regarding GB

Giovanni Battista Belzoni was an Italian circus strongman who became one of the earliest European antiquities procurers. He was one of the first Europeans to enter the Great Pyramid. He was also one of the first of the so-called "grave robbers" to take copious notes and expand the day's knowledge of ancient Egyptian culture and burial practices. He was a fearless giant of a man, a dreamer, and an adventurer in the old-fashioned sense. Rumor has it the character of Indiana Jones was based partly on Belzoni. I decided he needed a "chronicler" in the Sherlock Holmes vein and a new set of supernatural adventures fit for an explorer of his caliber. The result is "The Great Belzoni and the Gait of Anubis," a story the title of which also pays tribute to one of my favorite writers, Tim Powers, and his classic fantasy novel, The Anubis Gates. Included after the novella is the short-short "The Great Belzoni and the Monster of Goa," taken from the anthology Small Bites. As they say at the end of the Bond movies, "Belzoni will return." (Cover art by Deena Warner)

About the Author

W.D. Gagliani is the author of the horror/thriller WOLF'S TRAP, a past Bram Stoker Award nominee, as well as the Nick Lupo series WOLF'S GAMBIT, WOLF'S BLUFF, WOLF'S EDGE, WOLF'S CUT, and WOLF'S BLIND, plus the novella WOLF'S DEAL. Gagliani is also the author of the hard-noir thriller SAVAGE NIGHTS, the collection SHADOWPLAYS, the novella THE GREAT BELZONI AND THE GAIT OF ANUBIS, and various holiday-themed short stories such as "The Christmas Wolf," etc.

Gagliani has written various short stories published in anthologies such as FEARFUL FATHOMS, ROBERT BLOCH'S PSYCHOS, UNDEAD TALES, MORE MONSTERS FROM MEMPHIS, THE MIDNIGHTERS CLUB, etc. The creative team of David Benton and W.D. Gagliani has published fiction in THE X-FILES: TRUST NO ONE, SNAFU: AN ANTHOLOGY OF MILITARY HORROR, SNAFU: WOLVES AT THE DOOR, ZIPPERED FLESH 2, MASTERS OF UNREALITY, DARK PASSIONS: HOT BLOOD 13, and more. Their novel KILLER LAKE is out from Deadite Press in mid-2019. 

He has also written book reviews, articles, and interviews that have been published in places such as THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, CHIZINE, CEMETERY DANCE, HORRORWORLD, PAPERBACK PARADE, CINEMA RETRO, HELLNOTES, FLESH & BLOOD, BOOKPAGE, BOOKLOVERS, THE SCREAM FACTORY, HORROR MAGAZINE, SF CHRONICLE, BARE BONES, and others. Also published in the Writers Digest book ON WRITING HORROR, THEY BITE!, ZOMBIE WRITING!, and in the Edgar Award-nominated THRILLERS: 100 MUST READS. THE WRITER magazine published his article on writing werewolf epics (Oct 2011).

His interests include old and new progressive rock, synthesizers, weapons, history (and alternate history, secret history, and steampunk), military history, movies, book reviewing, and plain old reading and writing. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA), the International Thriller Writers (ITW), and the Authors Guild. He lives and writes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Find him on Facebook and Twitter.



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