Alex Grass

A post-apocalyptic Pittsburgh has become the epicenter of strange events. Strange events that Long War veteran, Frank Attanasio, is unwittingly tangled into. When the man-beast known as Dreck appears in Frank’s mortuary, his already-weird world veers into the downright bizarre and inexplicable. A supernatural blizzard. Disturbing nightmares that are too real. Vivid Dreamscapes outside of time. An underworld of sewer-dwelling mutants. Vampiric currency. As Frank navigates his new reality, he discovers that he may not be the man he thought he was.

"Grass’ prose displays a sharp, confident voice flavored with indelible metaphors." -Kirkus Reviews "Grass has the ability to find ideal moments for a good punchline or wisecrack." -Self Publishing Review A Romanian sorcerer. A nudist limo driver obsessed with Back to the Future. A ten-foot-tall vigilante who mutilates their victims. ...and one old man who has been keeping a secret for half a century. Out in the desert, a chasm opens that glows crimson below. The possessed, cellphones drilled into their heads, run wild through the streets of New York. And, a 24-hour MDMA-fueled dance party surrounding a site of ancient evil. All this and more, THE INFLUENCER!

"A darkly delectable, fresh blend of horror and Finnish myth."-Kirkus Reviews"Alex Grass is a master of tonal shifts, as A Boy’s Hammer veers between truly grotesque scenes of body horror and mass killing and hilariously off-kilter sections of goofy humor."-Self-Publishing Review"Filled with interesting characters and alternating POVs, Grass grips his reader’s attention and rarely lets it loose."-Independent Book Review20 years ago, Alan and his mother disappeared in a plane crash off the coast of Helsinki. 20 years later, a giant man with his whole body covered in tattoos appears amidst the rubble of an explosion at a Philadelphia oil refinery. He says that he’s Alan come back from the dead. Alan’s genius billionaire Aunt Mimi agrees. And the first thing the reappeared giant has to do? Return to Helsinki, Finland. All the while, strange happenings are underway in A resurrected serial killer. Hidden (oc)cult conspiracies. Bizarre murders that defy the laws of space and time. Aunt Mimi in a miraculous trance state that grants her unseen visions of prophecy, and telekinetic powers. The only person capable of unraveling this mystery? Detective Jefferson O’Brady, a dissolute alcoholic with a photographic memory…and absolutely no friends on the force. Something’s going down in the City of Brotherly Love.