BOOK REVIEW | New York at Twilight | by Richard LaManna

Another great (but shorter) review of New York at Twilight by NYC author (Bring Me the Real) Richard LaManna

"𝙱𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚊𝚒 𝚃𝚊𝚒𝚜! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚈𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚃𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢. 𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚛 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚛. 𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔𝚜—𝚝𝚎𝚡𝚝𝚜, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎, 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍—𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖, 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚎𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚡 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢𝚎𝚛 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚎𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚈𝚘𝚛𝚔 (𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚀𝚞𝚎𝚎𝚗𝚜) 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚗 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚚𝚞𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚐 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 (𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚘𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎, 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎) 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚌 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚣𝚎𝚗𝚛𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚘𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜. 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝙸 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍 “𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜?” 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚊 𝚐𝚎𝚖 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚕𝚎 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚊𝚐𝚎𝚜: “𝙷𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚍𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝙳𝚁, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚕 𝚋𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚐𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚜𝚔𝚎𝚍, ‘𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚏𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚐𝚊𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚖𝚢 𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝙻𝚎𝚔𝚊?’” 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜, 𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢, 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚒𝚛𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚎𝚜.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚎𝚙𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚍𝚒𝚌, 𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚒-𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕. 𝙾𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛(𝚜) 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚜 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙶𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚘𝚗’𝚜 𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚙𝚜, 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢. 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚕𝚢, (𝚎𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢?) 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚜 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚙𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜. 𝙸 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚢𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚈 𝚝𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝, 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗, 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙, 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚢, 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚗𝚘 𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚑𝚘𝚕𝚍, 𝚗𝚘 𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚗-𝚍𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚝-𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚒𝚝𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚝𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚘𝚙𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚔𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚍𝚘𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢."

⚡️ LaManna perfectly captures the magic and mystery of New York at Twilight. His words take us on a journey through Gordon’s kaleidoscopic narratives—stories that are as unpredictable and vibrant as the city itself. The tales intertwine with the lives of characters caught in the twilight, blending the familiar and the surreal, the real and the imagined.

📖 Dive into the stories that make you question, reflect, and lose yourself in the strange beauty of New York’s darkened veins. If you haven’t yet explored the pages of New York at Twilight, now’s the time.

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New York at Twilight

Selected Tales of Gotham’s Weird & Eerie

A collection of twilight-zone NYC tales—eerie, lyrical, and strange.

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