Benjamin Allocco ’09 of the English and creative writing faculty earned bestseller status in a very modern format—the Amazon Kindle charts—with his futuristic novel, Deathform.
Photo: Jim Russell ’83
The adjunct professor’s sci-fi thriller, featuring a crew of interplanetary smugglers trying to survive an alien monster loose on their spacecraft, already had captured an audience, but when Amazon made it a 99-cent Kindle download as a promotion, the book rocketed to the top of horror, science fiction and other genre charts.
More from Campus Currents
University Celebrates Third Annual Founder’s Weekend
University Celebrates Third Annual Founder’s Weekend Several hundred members of the Laker community gathered together on campus to learn about the …
Laker Community Surpasses Giving Challenge Goal
Laker Community Surpasses Giving Challenge Goal The Laker family successfully reached the goal of the 1861 Giving Challenge, securing the $60,000 …
SAVAC Captain, Biology Major Named 2023 Outstanding Senior Award Winner
SAVAC Captain, Biology Major Named 2023 Outstanding Senior Award Winner Shannon Harris ’23, a biology major from Webster, N.Y., was selected …
