Art by Deron Douglas
This is a story about Mary, number one fan of the hottest cult vampire detective TV show, City By Night.… until it becomes all too real.
An accident with the Craft Services truck sends her hurtling into the world of the show, and Mary is thrilled – who wouldn’t want to live alongside their favorite TV characters? Unfortunately, living in TV-land isn’t all that Mary thought it would be. The charm fades when Mary realizes that the extras still don’t speak, the matte paintings don’t become real, and all the infuriating flaws in the writing are just amplified when you have to try to interact with the shallow characters.
And then, of course, the lead character Leondre DuNoir falls for her!
Sure, fine, he’s hot… but he’s also a bit, well, flat. And his admiration comes with its own set of problems: Antonio, Leondre’s psychotic stalker, has a habit of killing off the girls-of-the-week. Mary is disillusioned with what she thought was a lush world until she had to try to manoeuvre in it, and now she’s about to be murdered by one of the stupidest clichés in the history of television. Her only hope is to find a way home from a world that, pardon the pun, totally sucks.
Coming from Double Dragon Publishing in June 2012
Read the first chapter.
The book will be launched at Polaris 2012!
3 comments
Join the conversationLeah Petersen - January 20, 2012
That look so cool! Good luck!
K.W. Ramsey - January 26, 2012
Great first chapter J.M. Sets the scene nicely and does a great job of showing us the characters. I may have to pop into Polaris to get a signed copy. 🙂
JM Frey - January 30, 2012
@Leah – Thank you! I am so happy that this little exparament in Mary Sues is reaching the wider world.
@K.W. – Please do! I beleive the Dealer’s Room is free again this year. No idea of where I’ll be exactly that weekend, but I will be there.
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