Plutonia Publications Podcast · Alessandro Girola e Alberica Sveva Simeone

Lost Boys Show 93: Il ritorno dei Lost Boys (parliamo di libri)

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After a long hiatus, the Lost Boys Show returns with hosts Alessandro and Sveva discussing their recent book finds and publications.

1. Lost Boys Show hosts (two co-hosts, a man and a woman) record their first video together in a long time after meeting in Rome over three days. 2. The male host is described as based in a time zone two hours ahead of Rome; the female co-host is apparently Rome-based; both are writers and publishers for Plutonia Publications. 3. The episode's premise is a 'haul and update' format: they share flea-market book finds and then preview their recent and upcoming publications. 4. At a Mercatino secondhand market near Conca d'Oro, Rome, they found limited material but came away with a few notable items. 5. The male host found number 1 of the Berserk Collection, noting he owns some scattered volumes and the large two-volume 'human skin' edition, and observes the posthumous continuation of Berserk by Miura's studio raises the same question as Game of Thrones: can a story survive without its creator. 6. He finds a copy of Dylan Dog issue 49 ('Il Mistero del Tamigi,' designed by Roy) — the first Dylan Dog he ever read at age 11 — and buys the reprint as a sentimental purchase. 7. The female co-host finds a micro-essay by Danilo Arona, 'Come di notte, l'uomo nero: il cinema di Stephen King,' a small booklet tied to the newspaper L'Unità covering King film adaptations before 1997. 8. She also acquires 'Il Libro dei Morti Viventi,' described as the first Italian-published zombie anthology, with stories by King, McCammon, Campbell, and Lansdale and a preface by George Romero, published around 1988-89. 9. The male host finds 'Angelart' by William Hjortsberg — the source novel for the film 'Angel Heart' — noting the novel is set entirely in 1950s New York whereas the film only partially is, and praising both as strong but distinct works. 10. He also picks up a cellophane-sealed 1977 Urania issue, 'Gli uomini nelle pareti' by William Tenn, about post-human-invasion survivors living hidden in walls to escape enormous aliens, paid 1.45 euros. 11. Among Plutonia Publications releases, the female co-host describes her dark-romance thriller 'Quello che non sai di me' — a 1990s New York story where a woman accidentally begins an email correspondence with a serial killer — at nearly 400 pages. 12. She also previews 'Drama,' a novella about a toxic couple who, despite loving each other, progressively destroy one another psychologically and physically, with a thin layer of 'weird' fiction running beneath the romance. 13. The male host describes 'La notte del mind flayer,' a novel he frames as nostalgic D&D fiction about three friends who played their final Dungeons and Dragons session in the 1990s before life separated them, and who 30 years later accidentally reopen the unfinished adventure with lethal consequences. 14. He mentions a sequel in progress, 'La notte del Dungeon Master,' featuring one character from the first novel, and notes both books contain autobiographical material about his own 1990s gaming group near Varese. 15. He reports continuing his Backrooms horror series (now at Level 611), while the female co-host notes an upcoming American Horror Story Backrooms episode starring Michael Imperioli that neither of them has been able to locate online. 16. They recommend 'L'impero delle stanze' by Miguel de Bellota, a Backrooms novel set in the late 19th century, noting it relocates the mythology away from internet-era technology into something more philosophical. 17. They preview an upcoming Plutonia release of 'Undead Samurai,' a fantasy novel set in feudal Japan with zombie-horde combat, compared loosely to the Korean series Kingdom. 18. The episode is casual and freewheeling, with the hosts joking about camera positioning, eating habits, and frequently breaking into tangents; the tone is warm and in-crowd. 19. Best suited for Italian-speaking listeners interested in genre publishing, secondhand book hunting, horror fiction, and indie press releases. 20. Listeners who do not read Italian or who are unfamiliar with Italian horror publishing culture will find the episode's references largely inaccessible.

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