ECHOES FROM THE UNKNOWN

Echoes from the Unknown is the book I received as part of the Mari’s Manual online book fair.

I would like to thank the author: Cristiano Venturelli for the courtesy.

The anthology Echoes from the Unknown is his third publishing work.

What is the unknown?

Cristiano asks this question, emphasising a quote by H.Philip Lovecraft:
The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.

How do you deal with courage?

If you were confronted with something that could generally be called a paranormal phenomenon, how would you react?

Would you want to find out what it really was or would you run for your life?

With respect to the concept of the unknown, does your first immediately instinctive reaction lead you to consider something dark and negative?

Do you believe that everything must have a logical explanation?

Or, on the contrary, do you think the line that can lead you to intersect everyday situations with supernatural realms can also be thin?

Each of the protagonists faces the unknown in a different way, but even before that, each represents human weaknesses and fallibility.

Yet very important values emerge from each tale, offering food for thought on aspects that should be echoed.

Reading the author’s notes, the love for his daughter, to whom the book is dedicated, shines through.

As it will soon be 19 March, I take this opportunity to express my gratitude for all loving fathers.