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The Fading Place – A New Review, Interview, and Limited Offer

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Reader/Writer Gef Fox has been kind enough to review The Fading Place, and has said some pretty nice things — for example, that the story “doesn’t mince words and doesn’t slow down. It certainly served as a strong introduction to SanGiovanni’s work”.  Check out the full review HERE.

He also conducted an interview with me about the book, in which we talk about villains and monsters, Cujo, and being a mom.  You can check that out HERE.

Also, I have been informed that there are less than 10 copies left available of the hard cover version of The Fading Place.  If you’d like to buy one before this limited edition goes out of print, you can pick one up HERE.

The Anathema Cell Now Available!

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Anathema_CellKicking off a new chapbook line, “The Anathema Cell”, a brand-new 10k science fiction/horror short story by yours truly, is now available for purchase through Camelot Books.  You can either get the softcover version for $15 for the beautiful hardcover version for $50.  The eerie cover art, which I think is perfect for the story, is by Stephen Cooney.  As the Camelot Books website states, “As this is the first in the series, those that purchase a copy will have first right of refusal to same number (either softcover or hardcover) with the next publication in this line.

Softcover:  limited to 100 signed and numbered copies in wrappers with color cover artwork

Hardcover:  limited to 50 signed and numbered copies 1/2 bound in black leather binding with French Marble papers and color cover artwork tipped in.”

Since copies are limited, I’d suggest that if you want one, you pick it up right away.

Some Title Changes and Upcoming Books of Mine

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Just for those of you keeping track….

The novella I just finished, Solomon’s Girls, is now called The Fading Place. Interested folks should look for The Fading Place to be available sometime during the first quarter of 2014. There will be details and fun stuff to follow.

Also, the novel I am working to complete this month which I had tentatively been calling Bridgewood I have now decided to call Chaos. It fits the story and overall themes much better. And there will be cute free swag when this book becomes available later this year.

So, to sum up, for those looking to pick up my newest stuff over the next several months, we have:

“The Anathema Cell,” chapbook, 2013
The Hollower Trilogy, omnibus, 2013
Chaos, novel, 2013
The Fading Place, novella, 2014
TBA novel (about aliens and monsters and conspiracies oh my!), 2014
TBA novella (possibly about werewolves), 2014

Spring Has (Almost) Sprung Update

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Just wanted to post a quick update on currently available and upcoming works:

Thrall

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Right now, Thrall is available both as an e-book for Kindle and as an audio book.  While the hard cover version is more or less sold out, I will have copies with me to sell and sign for some upcoming appearances, to be announced soon.  F. Paul Wilson said of this book, “Thrall is a feast of both visceral and existential horror – the gut tightens and the mind reels. Mary Sangiovanni joins that select cadre of women writers who are ignoring the safe old tropes and pushing the genre in new directions.”

foremmy

For Emmy is also still available as an e-book for Kindle.  Likewise, while I will have a few of the remaining paperback copies with me at upcoming appearances, this is essentially sold out in print form.  Reviewers have said this novella is “chilling, heartbreaking, and quietly terrifying,” “brilliant and terrifying…SanGiovanni’s masterpiece,” and “poignant and creepy as hell.”

Both are reasonably priced and my two personal favorites, so if you’re looking for something to read, check them out.

Hollowernew FoundYounew Triumvirate  The Hollower Trilogy will be reprinted in a single, superfancy superlimited edition hardcover single volume.  Details to follow soon, but I can say that I just signed and mailed back the sig sheets for this and it’s going to be a beautiful book.  As for paperback and e-book versions, I am attempting to get all of my backlist back in print in both paperback and e-book editions.

Regarding upcoming work for 2013, a chapbook of mine will be published titled “The Anathema Cell.”  I don’t have a solid release date yet, but I’ll post it as soon as I know.

Another novella which I am turning in to the publisher this week, titled Solomon’s Girls, is due to be published in hard cover, paperback, and e-book in the first quarter of 2014 as well.  Again, I’ll post release date details once they are confirmed.

A new novel (in my opinion, one of my best and scariest to date) is near completion and due to the publisher soon for publication this year.  It will be a limited edition hard cover.  This book is called Chaos (formerly with the working title of Bridgewood) and to celebrate its release, there will be some free stuff and fun stuff.

In the meantime, readers might find the Locations of Interest section of this website browse-worthy.  It features free background material, history, and urban legends surrounding the places mentioned in all the books listed above, including the new Chaos.

Rounding out the work load, there is an upcoming story to be collected in an anthology and another novel, still in the planning stages but likely loosely based on mummy and ancient alien conspiracy stories, due out in 2014.

As always, I’ll report more information when I can.  I hope you’re looking forward to these as much as I’m looking forward to writing/finishing them for you.

In the meantime, why not check out these me-places on the web for fun and frolic?

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Etsy 

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Or you can check out some of the articles I have posted by following the links under Mary’s Nonfiction on the Web to the right of this post.

Thanks, as always, for your support of my work.  It means a lot.