ABOUT

Writing is sleight of hand – or a con game, if you prefer – in which the author (with the readers’ permission) tricks the readers into believing the story they are reading is plausible, by placing a selection of correct, factual details into what remains a made-up narrative. Get the factual bits wrong, and you get caught while you switch cards or pull a rabbit from a hidden pocket.

In other words, fail your essential research, and your story won’t work.

The readers will snigger.

And nobody wants a sniggering audience.

Big name authors and big publishers have their research teams – but what about the small guy?

What about self-publishers and small presses?

What about game designers?

What about the tiny bit of info you need to spice up a short story?

That’s where we come in.

RE:CON is a small freelance operation.

A flexible, agile and cheap solution for writers in need of some quick fact checking for their work.

Need to know the color of the crime scene tape in Turkey?

… The basic workings of an atmospheric circulation system?

… Where you could get your shoes repaired in Shanghai, in 1936?

… What’s the actual name of that swingy-thingie they used in Egypt to haul water up from a well?

Drop us a line – we’ll work out a deal.

Fast.

TEAM

DAVIDE MANA

. holds a PhD in Geology, and has been a researcher and a lecturer in the field of Earth Sciences for fifteen years
. his specializations are Stratigraphy, Applied Micropaleontology, Ecological Modelling, Statistical Analysis of Environmental Data and Renewable Energies
is a published author of genre fiction (pulp adventure, fantasy and science fiction) and of non-fiction
is a member of the Horror Writers Association
as a game designer, he contributed scenarios, settings and tie-in fiction to a number of major brands
is a committed anglophile, an amateur orientalist and an armchair archeologist
is a history buff with a twin obsession for the Elizabethan era and the British Raj.

ALESSANDRO MANA

holds a Proficiency certificate for the Japanese language and is a university-trained orientalist
and is an aircraft engineering expert
as a musician, he has performed live in Italy and abroad for over ten years
he's been an event manager for concerts and art shows
has managed an online radio station
as a game designer, he contributed scenarios to a number of professional products
has a long-standing interest in Egyptology
is an amateur criminologist and as a hobby, he set up what is considered the best Italian-language website about Jack the Ripper