THE GOBLIN PITCHER
by Paul Lonardo

Annual family vacation at Watch Hill

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OTHER BOOKS FEATURED ON THIS WEBSITE:

HOMEGROWN: The Making of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars (click HERE to access HOMEGROWN book page)

Providence College has a long history of great basketball teams and beloved players, but there has never been anything like the talent and allure of Coach Dave Gavitt's 1972-73 Friars.

With the 50-year anniversary of the 1972-73 Providence College Friars basketball team a couple years away, this book is a celebration of Providence College's basketball program and a tribute to Coach Dave Gavitt, the players, and all the fans of 1973 Friars.

STRIKE IX - The Story of the Big East College Forced to Eliminate its Baseball Program and the Team that Refused to Lose (click HERE to access STRIKE IX book page)

It has been more than twenty years since the last game of baseball has been played at Providence College, a program that had produced numerous Major Leaguers, including Lou Merloni and John McDonald. This book was written as a tribute to the 1999 Friars baseball team. The players, knowing they would be the last to wear a Friar baseball uniform, went out and had the best season in the 80-year history of the school's baseball program. Playing with a lot of heart, talent and emotion, the Friars won the Big East Championship and entered the NCAA Division I Tournament with a lot more to prove.

FROM THE ASHES - Surviving the Station Nightclub Fire (click HERE to access FROM THE ASHES book page)

On the night of February 20, 2003, a crowd of nearly five hundred people were packed inside a small nightclub in West Warwick, Rhode Island to listen to the music of 80's rock band, Great White. During their opening song, a pyrotechnic display ignited a stage wall. A rampaging fire spread quickly, engulfing the interior and trapping many people inside before they could escape. Within minutes, the incident became the fourth deadliest fire in U.S. history, killing 100 people and injuring 200 others.

From the Ashes is Gina Russo's personal story of survival and the aftermath of the worst catastrophe's the state of Rhode Island ever suffered.

~ BIOGRAPHY ~

With my son, Jake

I've had a variety of books published, both fiction and nonfiction, over the past two decades, beginning in 2000 when Barclay Books, Inc. published THE APOSTATE, an apocalyptic sci-fi/fantasy novel.

I collaborated on two true crime books, THRILL KILLERS, published in 2007 by New Horizon Press, with the paperback version released by Berkley Books in 2008, and CAUGHT IN THE ACT, published in 2011 by Penguin.

LIFE, WITH CANCER, published in 2012 by Health Communications Inc., and THE NEW DEBTORS' PRISON, published in 2019 by Skyhorse Press, were two nonfiction collaborative efforts.

REUNION OF SOULS (Liquid Silver Books, 2015) and SOUL AWAKENING (Inkspell Publishing, 2017) are more recent novellas. My short story, THE WALL was published by ARIA (Association of Rhode Island Authors) in their 2019 anthology, "Past, Present and Future." In 2020, Fantastic Fory Publishers released an anthology featuring H.P. Lovecraft-themed tales by Rhode Island authors, incluing my short story, THE WINNING STREAK, about an aging ballplayer and superstition taken to an extreme level.

While coninuting to collaborate with first time authors to help them share their own amazing true stories and experiences, I am pursing fiction writing, including devloping a new book series for middle grade readers.

With Raymond Pingitore, MURDER WITHOUT MOTIVE: The Amy Shute and Jason Burgeson Story

With Jeannie McDonough, CAUGHT IN THE ACT: A Courageous Family's Fight to Save Their Daughter from a Serial Killer

With John Cagno, BOY IN A BOX

With Frank Terrazzano, LIFE, WITH CANCER: The Lauren Terrazzano Story

WEIRD RHODY: Five Tales From The Ocean State That Aren't Quite Right

Our family dogs, Dak and Ash

Jake, my goblin pitcher

Jake, December, 2007