title: Jokers Club
author:  Gregory Bastianelli 
description: <div><span>&quot;It isn't often I read a book that I have trouble putting down, but the <i>Jokers Club</i> grabbed my attention and wouldn't let go. Gregory Bastianelli is a master at creating rich and fully-developed worlds and then inviting us to explore them.&quot;</span><span> - Brett J. Talley, Author of the Award winning Novel, <i>That Which Should Not Be.</i></span> </div><br /><br /><div><b><span>&quot;</span></b><span>Imagistically, it echoes such equally successful horror tales as King's &quot;Gramma,&quot; with its bloated, bed-ridden, monstrous mother; and the famously ambiguous scene in Golding's <i>Lord of the Flies</i>, in which boys cluster almost reverently around a severed animal's head.... <span>Highly recommended</span>&quot; - </span><span>Dr. Michael Collings, literary critic</span></div><br /><br />Bastianelli's tale is brilliantly crafted. Jokers Club is an excellent read to rejuvenate the passion for all that goes bump in the night.<span> </span>Ladies and Gentlemen there is a new messiah of macabre and his name is Gregory Bastianelli.<span> </span>-<span> </span>Dave Gammon, HorrorNews.net<br /><br />&quot;Bastianelli does an excellent job of creating distinct identities for the former members of the Jokers Club. However, some of the book's ominous details (e.g., Shadow Drive; a funeral director named Mr. Under) are merely corny. Overall, the work is as tidy as the town and as pat as a familiar horror film.&quot; - Publishers Weekly<br /><br /><i>&quot;Gregory Bastianelli</i> creates an engrossing tale of a childhood that is forever changed and a mystery that does actually keep you guessing. Jokers Club is a good read that will keep you guessing, even to the very last pages.&quot;, Pzomb - PissedOffGeek.com
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  Gregory Bastianelli
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Copyright © 2011 by Gregory Bastianelli
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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