Jet City Comic Show Oct. 31-Nov. 1st

I'll be at the Jet City Comic Show in beautiful downtown Tacoma, WA. over the Halloween Weekend! I'll be there along with Stan Shaw, my artist on the Sunglasses After Dark: Full-Blooded Collection graphic novel. A rare chance to get both our signatures--and in Stan's case, perhaps a lovely sketch--at the same time! Other guests include Mark Rahner, Brian Herbert, Terry Brooks, G. Willow Wilson, and Vernon Wells (aka Wez from Road Warrior) Oh, yeah! It's gonna be a party worth witnessing, y'all!

In The Blood, 2nd Book in the Sonja Blue Series, Now In Paperback

In The Blood, the direct sequel to the award-winning Sunglasses After Dark, is once more available in paperback from Open Road Integrated Media! Cover art by Sean Hartter.

William Palmer was just another private detective, spying on cheating spouses and working insurance fraud cases, until he fell for the wrong dame and woke up in the hospital to find himself framed for murder--and gifted with psychic abilities. A new client, however, is willing to pull a few strings and get the charges against him dropped, but only if he agrees to hunt down a certain missing person--a  mysterious, and possibly deadly woman known as Sonja Blue. It's not long before the psychic detective finds himself trapped in a haunted house, where the last thing he has to worry about is the ghost.

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DOZEN BLACK ROSES Now Available in Digital w/ New Cover, Publisher

A DOZEN BLACK ROSES, the 4th book in the acclaimed Sonja Blue series, is now available in digital from Amazon, Apple, Barnes & Noble, Google, IndieBound, and Kobo courtesy of Open Road Integrated Media.

Sunglasses After Dark Is (Paper) Back

The award-winning Sunglasses After Dark, which introduced the kick-ass female vampire/vampire-slayer Sonja Blue is back in physical print  for a new generation of readers to enjoy thanks to Open Road Integrated Media.

“Collins’ debut novel [Sunglasses After Dark] infuses the ancient myth of the vampire with a modern beat, embedding elements of the horror genre in a compelling psychological thriller.” —Publishers Weekly

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SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK Now On Audiobook!

 

Radio Archives is proud to announce the most recent addition to its Robert Weinberg Presents series of seminal dark fantasy & horror audiobooks: Sunglasses After Dark!   Read by professional actress and voice talent Melodee M. Spevack (Princess Diaries 2, The Mask, Dynasty, Silk Stalkings, Cowboy Bebop, World of Warcraft), the adventures of Sonja Blue are now available in both CD and digital formats! 

Sunglasses After Dark, by award-winning author Nancy A. Collins tells the story of Sonja Blue, a punk female vampire/vampire slayer searching for the man who made her one of the undead, and her battle to overcome her very real inner demon in time to rescue an innocent man from the clutches of an unholy faith healer.

 

Sonja Blue travels the globe, hunting down and disposing of the shadowy creatures that prey on the innocent while searching for the vampire who created her. But as dangerous as hunting vampires may be, it's nothing compared to the threat posed by The Other, the demonic personality Sonja is locked in constant battle with for control of their shared body.

 

Acknowledged as one of the first Urban Fantasy novels, Sunglasses After Dark has garnered wide-spread critical praise and won the Horror Writers Association's coveted Bram Stoker Award, as well as the British Fantasy Society's Icarus Award.

 

Out of print for several years, the Radio Archives edition of Sunglasses After Dark uses the new edition of this novel, which has been extensively revised and edited by the author. It is considered to be the preferred text.

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Sonja Blue On Sale! Get Paint It Black for $1.99 via Amazon, Apple & Nook!

Paint It Black, the 3rd book in the acclaimed Sonja Blue series, is on sale for $1.99 from February 1st through February 12th! Find out more about it and dozens of different ebook offers each day at Book Bub! 

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Revised & Updated Paint It Black Available From Premier Digital Publishing!

After decades spent roaming the globe in search for the undead monster who created her, vampire/vampire-hunter Sonja Blue has finally found in the psychic detective Palmer and the unearthly child called Lethe a family she can call her own. But the new world she has created for herself is forever changed by a brief affair in New Orleans that ends in madness and death, and leave the Other—the murderous, demonic aspect of her fractured personality—stronger than ever. When Sonja receives news that Sir Morgan is behind a string of murders of women found wearing sunglasses and leather jackets, she abandons her ‘family’ for New York City. Once she is face-to-face with the evil vampire lord, will she finally be able to destroy him once and for all? Or will she succumb to the darkness within her and become his queen?  

This ebook edition of PAINT IT BLACK is updated and heavily revised and is now the author's preferred text. It also features an original cover by the talented graphic artist Sean Hartter, who passed away earlier this year.

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A Very Sonja Blue (And Swamp Thing And Golgotham) Christmas Sale

The Holiday Season is upon us once for--and what better time than to treat your loved one--or yourself--to farm-fresh comic books and quality fiction, in both mass-market and rare limited collectors' editions.

Everything I sell is signed and can be personalized upon request. Prices include Shipping & Handling.

Swamp Thing Mojo Bag

Four copies of  my run on Swamp Thing (#110-#138, plus Annuals) signed and sealed in protective bag w/board. Fine to Near Mint. Your choice, although, given limited quantities on certain issues, I reserve the right to make substitutions. Personalized upon request.  $20 for US orders/ $30 for foreign/overseas.

ST Mojo Bag

ST Mojo Bag $20.00 USD ST Mojo Bag/Foreign $30.00 USD

Sonja Blue/Swamp Thing Team-Up 

One Sonja Blue T-shirt (any size), featuring artwork by the late, great Martin Emond and  two copies from my run on Swamp Thing.  Signed and in protective bags & boards. Personalized on request. $20 within the United States/$30 for foreign/overseas sales. Quantities Are Limited! 

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Medium $20.00 USD Large $20.00 USD XL $20.00 USD 2XL $20.00 USD Foreign $30.00 USD

Two-Handed Golgotham Gift Pack 

Bring home a little bit of Golgotham--the strangest little neighborhood in the Big Apple--this Holiday Season! Get signed copies  of RIGHT HAND MAGIC and LEFT HAND MAGIC for $15, shipping included! Please indicate if you want the books personalized.

         

                                 

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United States $15.00 USD Foreign/Overseas $25.00 USD Option 3 $15.00 USD

Sonja Blue On Kickstarter

KILL CITY is the first  Sonja Blue novel in 10 years. But don't go looking for it at your local bookstore or Amazon. That's because the Big 6 Publishers have decided that it is ‘uncommercial’—largely due to a biting take on a certain popular series of vampire novels aimed at the Young Adult market, therefore consigning it to limbo.  So I have  decided to forego drastically re-tooling the plot and appeal directly to the fans of the Sonja Blue series for financing to complete and publish KILL CITY.

While mainstream publishers might not feel there’s enough demand to warrant the outlay for KILL CITY, I believe otherwise. I know there’s an audience out there for this novel. Every day I get emails and posts on my Facebook page from different fans throughout the world, wanting to know when Sonja Blue will be making her return. In today’s radically changing publishing world, there is no longer any need for the author of a widely read series—one that won awards and has been reprinted in ten different languages—to simply accept the say-so of a publisher as to what is commercially viable and worthy of production.

   

Incentives offered to potential supporters range from DRM-free ebook editions and T-shirts to the distinction of being killed (in print, that is) by vampire slayer Sonja Blue. The Kickstarter page also provides fans a chance to read a never-before seenexcerpt from the unpublished KILL CITY,  as well as new music video showcasing the character of Sonja Blue that includes a wide array of artwork from both professional creators and fans.

SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK, the debut novel in the Sonja Blue series, won the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Award for First Novel, the British Fantasy Society’s Icarus Award, and the Dal Coger Memorial Hall of Fame Award, and was nominated for the James Tiptree Award and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. It was also adapted into a comic book series by Glenn Danzig’s Verotik Publications.

As Kickstarter is all-or-nothing funding, the more people involved the better, so please spread 

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The Kill City Kickstarter Campaign runs from October 29^th to the 28^th of November.  

Happy Halloween From Sonja Blue

Sonja Blue On Kickstarter!

I have launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise money to fund the completion and publication of KILL CITY, the first new novel in the Sonja Blue series in ten years.

 Should the Kickstarter campaign meet its stated goal amount, KILL CITY will be the first traditional ‘physical’ novel published by  Hopedale Press, a self-publishing venture I created primarily  to release ebooks and audiobooks from my back catalog.

After the initial book proposal for KILL CITY was deemed as ‘uncommercial’ by traditional publishers—largely due to a biting take on a certain popular series of vampire novels aimed at the Young Adult market—I have decided to forego re-tooling the plot in favor of taking  my case directly to the fans of the Sonja Blue series.

 I know there’s an audience out there for this novel. Every day I get emails and posts on my Facebook page from different fans throughout the world, wanting to know when Sonja Blue will be making her return. While mainstream publishers might not feel there’s enough demand to warrant the outlay for KILL CITY, I know otherwise. In today’s radically changing publishing world, there is no longer any need for the author of a widely read series—one that won awards and has been reprinted in ten different languages—to simply accept the say-so of a publisher as to what is commercially viable and worthy of production.

   

Incentives offered to potential supporters range from DRM-free ebook editions and T-shirts to the distinction of being killed (in print, that is) by Sonja. 

The Kickstarter page also provides fans a chance to read a previously unpublished excerpt from  KILL CITY,  as well as  new music video showcasing the character of Sonja Blue that includes a wide array of artwork from both professional creators and fans.

The Kill City Kickstarter Campaign runs from October 29^th to the 28^th of November.  

IN THE BLOOD $2.99 Thru Halloween--And More!

PREMIER DIGITAL PUBLISHING (PDP) is holding a LIMITED TIME HALLOWEEN HORROR AND PARANORMAL PROMOTION! From Thursday October 18th until Thursday, Nov.1st,  IN THE BLOOD, sequel to SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK, starring Sonja Blue, is only $2.99  (down from $4.99) on Kindle, Nook & iTunes.

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Also, as part of the same promotion, SUNGLASSES AFTER DARK, ANGELS ON FIRE &TEMPTER have been reduced to .99 via Kindle and Nook. If you've been waiting to buy my revised novels in ebook format, now's the time to act!

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Introducing the True Sonja Blue Shop!

Looking for a Sonja Blue t-shirt? Or a signed copy of one of my books? Maybe even an e-book or two? Then check out the True Sonja Blue Shop! for your one-stop shopping needs! I also accept Paypal. Shop Now

Interview And Contests @ Literal Addiction & Book Monster Reviews July 11th!!

Literal Addiction & Book Monster Reviews are featuring an interview with Yours Truly on Wednesday, July 11th. They're also running a contest, where the lucky winner(s) get their choice of  either RIGHT HAND MAGIC or LEFT HAND MAGIC,  the first and second books in the Golgotham series, signed by me.

Sonja Blue's DNA Part 4

The last major 'donors' to the creative DNA that resulted in Sonja Blue are millionaire socialite & kidnapping victims Patty Hearst and John Paul Getty III. The stories of these two scions of America's super-class--only slightly older than myself--who were snatched off the street and subjected to torture, rape and mutilation, before being returned to their families forever changed--had a deep impact on me at the time (1973-1974). The fact Getty's family refused to negotiate for his release until the kidnappers sent them his ear was particularly shocking, as it was the first time I realized that some families place more value on their money than their children. Even more disgusting/shocking was how the boy's grandfather, billionaire J. Paul Getty, shunned him following his release and blamed him for what happened. Its not too hard to see the paralells between the real-life Hearst famiily & Getty clan, and Denise Thorne's family in Sunglasses After Dark.

 While Patty Hearst has seemed to be able to put the horror of what was done to her by the Symbionese Liberation Army behind her, Getty III was swallowed alive by his own version of The Other, spending the rest of his life as an alcoholic junkie. He was paralyzed and partially blinded by a stroke in 1981 after ingesting a cocktail of drugs.He died in 2011 at the age of 54.

Patty Hearst circa 1974

                              John Paul Getty III circa 1973    

Patty Hearst circa 2008                                         John Paul Getty III prior to his death in 2011

Sonja Blue's DNA, Par t2

Another contributor to the primal creative soup that resulted in Sonja Blue is proto-punk musician/force of nature Iggy Pop, who combines Sonja's anguish and The Other's anger, gleeful chaos and fondness for self-destruction.

Sonja Blue's DNA: Part 1

One question I've gotten a lot in the 23 years since Sunglasses After Dark was first published is "where did you get the idea for Sonja Blue?" Like all things, she evolved over time. She was essentially born from my dissatisfaction with the role models provided to me as a young girl. There were precious few smart, witty, competent, kick-ass  strong women on the pop culture scene in the 1960s. With the very obvious exception of Diana Rigg's Mrs. Emma Peel, on the British spy-adventure show THE AVENGERS.

Wash Away The Sparkle With Sonja Blue

Photo Courtesy Hailey Pfingsten of Wicked Hailey Photography

Some Velvet Morning Now Available via Kindle & Nook

The Sonja Blue novella Some Velvet Morning is now available from Biting Dog Publications in ebook format from both Kindle and Nook for $3.99, with a new cover by Psycho Sako Studios.

Once upon a time there was an Contessa who kept herself eternally beautiful by bathing in the blood of those she butchered. For years and years she traveled around the world, luring innocent and sinner alike to their doom in order to feed her monstrous vanity, with no one to stop her. Then, one day, the Contessa met the dreaded vampire hunter, Sonja Blue, with her mirrored-eyes and dreadful silver switchblade. The Contessa survived their fateful first encounter, only to lose her legs. No longer able to hunt or kill on her own, she sought out a partner to help her draw her bath of blood. She finally found the perfect companion in Phaedra, a young runaway with a troubled past, who she schooled in the arts of seduction and murder, until she became the world's deadliest female serial killer. Together they have left a trail of death and destruction across the globe, always managing to be just a step or two ahead of their hated nemesis. But all fairy tales must have their end. And now that Sonja Blue knows where the Contessa is hiding, living happily ever after is not an option.


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Sunglasses After Dark Now On iTunes

Sunglasses After Dark is now available via iTunes for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch.