Love Stories About Death

Name: Love Stories About Death
Author: https://www.simonandschuster.net/authors/Dirk-Manning/184283368
ISBN: 9798888760314

By Dirk Manning

LIST PRICE $24.99

About The Book

“Seven stories that will tug at your heartstrings… and then tear them right out of your chest!” Three star-crossed lovers are trapped on an alien-infested spaceship with one final two-person escape pod left. A guardian angel begins overzealously protecting a teenage girl who may be powerless to stop him. A man discovers the love of his life is an immortal cryptid. Vikings versus vampires. A professional wrestler is charged with killing his aging mentor in the ring to save his son. A dejected pirate sees a ravenous mermaid as his last hope for a better life. A rural zombie apocolypse forces a ragtag group of survivors to make desperate and destrictive choices. This graphic novel, which was also featured on the hit TV series CHICAGO FIRE, will make ever horror-lover shout, cheer... and then cry. These are LOVE STORIES ABOUT DEATH.

LOVE STORIES ABOUT DEATH is written by Dirk Manning, illustrated by Owen Gieni, Howie Noel, Austin McKinley, Rich Bonk, Seth Damoose, Christopher Marchman, and Anthony Peruzzo, with addional colors by Sean Burres, Anthony D. Lee, and Colin Johnson, additional letters by James Reggington, book design by Dave Lentz, and cover by Nei Ruffino.

About The Author

Dirk Manning

Dirk Manning is the four-time Ringo Award nominated writer/creator of comic series such as the supernatural noir TALES OF MR. RHEE and the genre-bending horror anthology NIGHTMARE WORLD.

More of Dirk’s comic work includes the official graphic novel adaptation of the classic lost horror film LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT (with the estate of Lon Chaney), RSVP: E.S.P. (with New York Times #1 bestselling author Josh Malerman), BUTTS IN SEATS: THE TONY SCHIAVONE STORY (a #1 Best-Selling Graphic Novel on Amazon), HOMESTEAD, (Ringo Award Finalist for Best Original Graphic Novel in 2025), BURIED BUT NOT DEAD (Ringo Award finalist for Best Original Graphic Novel in 2021), TWIZTID HAUNTED HIGH-ONS (Ringo Award finalist for Best Humor Comic in 2020 and 2022), HOPE, THE ADVENTURES OF CTHULHU JR. AND FRIENDS, and ARN ANDERSON: MY LIFE AS THE ENFORCER among others. Dirk was an early adapter in using crowdfunding to launch his comics and graphic novels, with his works having raised over half a million dollars and counting in pre-sales on Kickstarter alone.

Dirk is also the author of the inspirational/how-to column turned book series WRITE OR WRONG: A WRITER'S GUIDE TO CREATING COMICS and has contributed several short stories to the RPG game series CLOCKWORK: DOMINION for Reliquary Game Studios. His screenplay writing credits include the YouTube horror series BLACKBOX TV episode “The Hunger” (directed by Drew Daywalt and featuring Bonnie Aarons and Jon Gries).

When not at his desk writing, touring the comic convention circuit, sampling his way across the best ice cream shops in the world, or proudly serving as Publisher at Source Point Press helping usher in a new era of creator-owned graphic novels in the genres of horror, speculative fiction, and pulp from a variety of cutting-edge creators, Dirk can be found online at www.DirkManning.com and on most social media platforms as @dirkmanning.

He does not wear a top hat and scarf in real life.