Mary SanGiovanni

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Mary SanGiovanni

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Born
in West Orange, NJ, The United States
January 28

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Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, Peter Straub, HP Lovecraft

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Mary SanGiovanni is the author of over twenty books in horror and supernatural thrillers. Her fiction has appeared in periodicals and anthologies for the last decade. She has a Masters degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, Pittsburgh, where she studied under genre greats. She is currently a member of The Authors Guild, The International Thriller Writers, and Penn Writers, and was previously an Active member in the Horror Writers Association.

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Mary SanGiovanni Brian Keene's Darkness on the Edge of Town, Peter Straub's Ghost Story, William Sleator's Intersteller Pig, Stephen King's It, and any short story col…moreBrian Keene's Darkness on the Edge of Town, Peter Straub's Ghost Story, William Sleator's Intersteller Pig, Stephen King's It, and any short story collection by Ramsey Campbell. :)(less)
Mary SanGiovanni A novel for Kensington tentatively titled THE ELEMENTAL. It's about a woman who gets lost in a very haunted, very dangerous part of the Pine Barrens. …moreA novel for Kensington tentatively titled THE ELEMENTAL. It's about a woman who gets lost in a very haunted, very dangerous part of the Pine Barrens. Part NJ weird, part Native American Legend, and as usual, at least a touch of the cosmic horrors of the great beyond. ;)(less)
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I’ve been giving this a lot of thought, and I have something to say to all the little girls, whether cis, non-binary, trans (as well as trans men), ace, gay, of all races, orientations, and genders. I hope you all will forgive me if for the sake of brevity and simplicity, I refer to all in this post as little girls. I see you all, acknowledge your diversity, and support your right to discover your

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“Thanks.” Dave put the car in reverse. Backing carefully around the workers, he parked in the nearest lot, then sprinted across the roadway to the side entrance of Sisters of the Holy Rosary Hospital.”
Mary SanGiovanni, The Hollower

“It's... no, nothing." She grunted, turning from the screen with her vodka. "I'm starting to think Morris is right. We're just f---ed. Us, Colby, the whole human race."

"Maybe," Teagan said noncommittally. "Some days I believe that. I look at this f---ed up bloody world and see we don't be needing the likes of monster-gods with unpronounceable names to come and do the job for us. We do just fine screwing ourselves, don't we?”
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“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.”
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“Levi," Maria called. "Come back. We're not finished yet."
He paused
"What, Maria?"
"You asked me what I believe in? I believed in you."
He nodded his head sadly. "Yes, you did. And before you met me, you believed in nothing. But that's the thing with belief, Maria. It's easy to believe in something when it doesn't require anything from you. It's much harder, though, when the object of your belief requires something of you or asks for something you don't want to give. That's when real belief occurs.”
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Mary SanGiovanni Mike wrote: "Love the new Hollower Covers!!!"

Thanks, Mike! That's David Ho's work. I love them, too - he did such a beautiful job. :)

Hey, see you in November?


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Mike Mehalek Love the new Hollower Covers!!!


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