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Serena Valentino

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Serena Valentino has been weaving tales that combine mythos and guile for the past ten years with her work on the comic book series GloomCookie and Nightmares & Fairy Tales published with SLG Publishing. Nightmares & Fairy Tales: 1140 Rue Royale has earned her critical acclaim in both the comic and horror domain, where she is known for her unique style of storytelling, bringing her readers into exquisitely frightening worlds filled with terror, beauty and extraordinary female protagonists. On her most recent work on Nightmares & Fairy Tales with Camilla d' Errico, Serena has returned to the fairy tale format with a modern retelling of Sleeping Beauty and a grisly tale about a mermaid, both of which have become fan-favorites. Amo...more


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I don't make updates here as often as I should. If you're interested in what I'm currently working on please visit my facebook page and the News section on my website.

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Average rating: 3.83 · 2,136 ratings · 282 reviews · 17 distinct works
Fairest of All: A Tale of t...
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Nightmares & Fairy Tales Vol. 4 by Serena Valentino
" 3 1/2

Really liked the artwork for this one, and the stories. Big change of tone from the first story to the second. I find myself liking the ones with Gwen in them the best. "
Nightmares & Fairy Tales Vol. 4 by Serena Valentino
" Let's face it, I bought this for the second story that had a mermaid in it. But I have to say, I did enjoy both tales. The artwork was well done, and I liked the sketch look it had to it. Both tales were dark, more so the mermaid one (which was al... "
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Fairest of All by Serena Valentino
" Everybody knows the tale of Snow White and her evil stepmother. What nobody knows is what exactly made her stepmother evil.
What happened that this person, the inspiration for every other evil stepmother in fiction, that she became so hating and ev... "
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""Disney would do right to publish similar tales, such as the tales of Maleficent and Cruella De Vil."

We in fact have plans to do that very thing. I'm...more
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"Thank you for lovely review. I'm so happy you enjoyed the dream sequences, as they were my favorite to write. I would have liked to name the queen, ho...more "
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