Mary SanGiovanni
@marysangiovanni.bsky.social
Writer of cosmic horror, supernatural thrillers, dark fantasy, and occasionally sf/horror and comics. Likes to craft. She/her
Rep: Elizabeth Copps/Copps Literary Services
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Phone was hacked. If u get any weird texts/msgs/links from me, don’t click on them. Have to spend afternoon unfucking this mess.
I am hot-tears-&-swear-muttering seething right now. I want Biblical-style vengeance.
Instead, I get to go to Geek Squad. At the mall. The day before Christmas Eve.
I am hot-tears-&-swear-muttering seething right now. I want Biblical-style vengeance.
Instead, I get to go to Geek Squad. At the mall. The day before Christmas Eve.
December 23, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Phone was hacked. If u get any weird texts/msgs/links from me, don’t click on them. Have to spend afternoon unfucking this mess.
I am hot-tears-&-swear-muttering seething right now. I want Biblical-style vengeance.
Instead, I get to go to Geek Squad. At the mall. The day before Christmas Eve.
I am hot-tears-&-swear-muttering seething right now. I want Biblical-style vengeance.
Instead, I get to go to Geek Squad. At the mall. The day before Christmas Eve.
So sorry to hear about James Ransone's passing. He was great in everything he did. No one should ever feel so alone.
Rest in Peace, Deputy So-and-So. You were a light in the dark.
Rest in Peace, Deputy So-and-So. You were a light in the dark.
December 22, 2025 at 3:46 AM
So sorry to hear about James Ransone's passing. He was great in everything he did. No one should ever feel so alone.
Rest in Peace, Deputy So-and-So. You were a light in the dark.
Rest in Peace, Deputy So-and-So. You were a light in the dark.
I remember when I first got this new thing called email, & every time a cute little envelope appeared in my Inbox, I’d get so excited.
Now, I have approximately 8000 of them.
I am less excited than I used to be.
Not that I don’t appreciate hearing from people. It’s just overwhelming sometimes.
Now, I have approximately 8000 of them.
I am less excited than I used to be.
Not that I don’t appreciate hearing from people. It’s just overwhelming sometimes.
December 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I remember when I first got this new thing called email, & every time a cute little envelope appeared in my Inbox, I’d get so excited.
Now, I have approximately 8000 of them.
I am less excited than I used to be.
Not that I don’t appreciate hearing from people. It’s just overwhelming sometimes.
Now, I have approximately 8000 of them.
I am less excited than I used to be.
Not that I don’t appreciate hearing from people. It’s just overwhelming sometimes.
Working on writing/ghostwriting/teaching/household/symposium/book coaching stuff over the next two months. If I owe you something, I’m working on it. Please bear with me.
December 18, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Working on writing/ghostwriting/teaching/household/symposium/book coaching stuff over the next two months. If I owe you something, I’m working on it. Please bear with me.
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@briankeene.bsky.social is sharing pictures from Necon on his Patreon this week. Here's a pic from my first Necon, with Brian, @marysangiovanni.bsky.social @jeffstrand.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social James A. Moore and many other friends, at The Lobster Pot in Bristol RI.
December 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@briankeene.bsky.social is sharing pictures from Necon on his Patreon this week. Here's a pic from my first Necon, with Brian, @marysangiovanni.bsky.social @jeffstrand.bsky.social @cgolden.bsky.social James A. Moore and many other friends, at The Lobster Pot in Bristol RI.
So right now, @briankeene.bsky.social is making dinner. More accurately, he’s playing air-guitar across the kitchen and belting out Rush’s “Red Barchetta” and occasionally making the drum solo noises in his pjs and bathrobe, and it is as charming and adorable as it sounds.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
So right now, @briankeene.bsky.social is making dinner. More accurately, he’s playing air-guitar across the kitchen and belting out Rush’s “Red Barchetta” and occasionally making the drum solo noises in his pjs and bathrobe, and it is as charming and adorable as it sounds.
Remember, this programming is separate from the Women’s Symposium programming; just a heads-up
If you are attending @scaresthatcare.bsky.social's AuthorCon VI as a professional, and you would like to be involved in Programming, please fill out this brief questionnaire. Deadline is December 16. forms.office.com/r/ctEjc4cF8c
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Remember, this programming is separate from the Women’s Symposium programming; just a heads-up
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If you are attending @scaresthatcare.bsky.social's AuthorCon VI as a professional, and you would like to be involved in Programming, please fill out this brief questionnaire. Deadline is December 16. forms.office.com/r/ctEjc4cF8c
Microsoft Forms
forms.office.com
December 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
If you are attending @scaresthatcare.bsky.social's AuthorCon VI as a professional, and you would like to be involved in Programming, please fill out this brief questionnaire. Deadline is December 16. forms.office.com/r/ctEjc4cF8c
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The aim of the symposium is to offer practical, actionable advice, positive support, and to enable women to hold each other up whilst celebrating ourselves
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The aim of the symposium is to offer practical, actionable advice, positive support, and to enable women to hold each other up whilst celebrating ourselves
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I'm excited to announce my involvement in this Women in Horror Writing Symposium, open to any and ALL women, immediately prior to Authorcon VI (Which I'll also be at).
I'm running a course on confidence building skills for birds trying to navigate this industry.
Tickets:
shorturl.at/U3Fba
I'm running a course on confidence building skills for birds trying to navigate this industry.
Tickets:
shorturl.at/U3Fba
December 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I'm excited to announce my involvement in this Women in Horror Writing Symposium, open to any and ALL women, immediately prior to Authorcon VI (Which I'll also be at).
I'm running a course on confidence building skills for birds trying to navigate this industry.
Tickets:
shorturl.at/U3Fba
I'm running a course on confidence building skills for birds trying to navigate this industry.
Tickets:
shorturl.at/U3Fba
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@gemmafiles.bsky.social I think you'd dig this one. You too, @marysangiovanni.bsky.social, @amandaheadlee.bsky.social.
December 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
@gemmafiles.bsky.social I think you'd dig this one. You too, @marysangiovanni.bsky.social, @amandaheadlee.bsky.social.
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If you’re a woman and a writer and you read one thing this evening, make it this.
Hey! Psst. Hey! A new post. This is about as open and forthcoming as I get. Please read, particularly if you're a woman. This one is important to me.
msgwriterslife.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/h...
msgwriterslife.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/h...
December 5, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If you’re a woman and a writer and you read one thing this evening, make it this.
Hey! Psst. Hey! A new post. This is about as open and forthcoming as I get. Please read, particularly if you're a woman. This one is important to me.
msgwriterslife.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/h...
msgwriterslife.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/h...
December 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Hey! Psst. Hey! A new post. This is about as open and forthcoming as I get. Please read, particularly if you're a woman. This one is important to me.
msgwriterslife.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/h...
msgwriterslife.wordpress.com/2025/12/04/h...
Ok I’m gonna try going back to bed.
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Ok I’m gonna try going back to bed.
Demiurge: when you only kinda have a desire to create a material universe.
a green cartoon octopus with a bat shaped tail
ALT: a green cartoon octopus with a bat shaped tail
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November 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Demiurge: when you only kinda have a desire to create a material universe.
When I hoped I would always have a reason to get up in the morning, I didn’t realize it would be because I have to pee. 😒
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
When I hoped I would always have a reason to get up in the morning, I didn’t realize it would be because I have to pee. 😒
In continuing with tradition, I like to call out when students mention writers they admire or find inspiring. Right out of the gate, first week of classes, a student mentioned being inspired by @ramseycampbell.bsky.social. Good taste in fiction always warms the heart. ;)
November 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In continuing with tradition, I like to call out when students mention writers they admire or find inspiring. Right out of the gate, first week of classes, a student mentioned being inspired by @ramseycampbell.bsky.social. Good taste in fiction always warms the heart. ;)
If you admire a woman, if her strength, her inner beauty, her talents, and her dignity are an inspiration, tell her.
Tell her.
Tell her.
November 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
If you admire a woman, if her strength, her inner beauty, her talents, and her dignity are an inspiration, tell her.
Tell her.
Tell her.
Dignity. People deserve dignity, at least. And I dare say, the mark of a strong woman (or person of any sex or gender, really) is that despite whatever happens around her, her dignity and her belief that she deserves that dignity never wavers.
I aspire to that, too.
I aspire to that, too.
November 21, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Dignity. People deserve dignity, at least. And I dare say, the mark of a strong woman (or person of any sex or gender, really) is that despite whatever happens around her, her dignity and her belief that she deserves that dignity never wavers.
I aspire to that, too.
I aspire to that, too.
I aspire to be a woman like that.
November 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I aspire to be a woman like that.
I don’t think people give Betty White, Bea Arthur, & Dixie Carter enough credit for their eloquent, outspoken views of women’s equality & well-being. They championed beauty at any age, but more importantly, they championed women finding confidence, embracing their intelligence, 1/2
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I don’t think people give Betty White, Bea Arthur, & Dixie Carter enough credit for their eloquent, outspoken views of women’s equality & well-being. They championed beauty at any age, but more importantly, they championed women finding confidence, embracing their intelligence, 1/2
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HUNDREDS of new items just added to our online store! New books! Rare books! Signed books! Comic books! Audiobooks! And hundreds more being added in the weeks ahead. Order now and receive your shipment before the holidays! vortexbooksandcomicsonline.bigcartel.com
Vortex Books & Comics Online Shop
The online component of Vortex Books & Comics, featuring signed copies from authors who have visited the physical store.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
HUNDREDS of new items just added to our online store! New books! Rare books! Signed books! Comic books! Audiobooks! And hundreds more being added in the weeks ahead. Order now and receive your shipment before the holidays! vortexbooksandcomicsonline.bigcartel.com
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Mary inspires a frank and - at times - emotional discussion about Brian's friendship with J. F. Gonzalez, recounting how the two met, things they achieved together, what J. F. would think of things now, and his lasting legacy on the horror genre. www.patreon.com/posts/ido-pe...
November 21, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Mary inspires a frank and - at times - emotional discussion about Brian's friendship with J. F. Gonzalez, recounting how the two met, things they achieved together, what J. F. would think of things now, and his lasting legacy on the horror genre. www.patreon.com/posts/ido-pe...
I need a laugh. Let’s play a game.
Things you could say both at the Thanksgiving table and in the bedroom. I’ll start.
“Whew. I’m stuffed. And I could use a nap, after that…”
🤣
Things you could say both at the Thanksgiving table and in the bedroom. I’ll start.
“Whew. I’m stuffed. And I could use a nap, after that…”
🤣
November 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I need a laugh. Let’s play a game.
Things you could say both at the Thanksgiving table and in the bedroom. I’ll start.
“Whew. I’m stuffed. And I could use a nap, after that…”
🤣
Things you could say both at the Thanksgiving table and in the bedroom. I’ll start.
“Whew. I’m stuffed. And I could use a nap, after that…”
🤣
I have been a writing machine today and it feels good to be back.
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I have been a writing machine today and it feels good to be back.