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All The Meaner Things

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Pub Date Jan 5 2027 | Archive Date Jan 5 2027


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Description

Hitman Kieran Russe thinks he’ s the deadliest man in town. But he’ s about to find out that the crime family he works for is full of vampires, and they’ re not afraid to get their blood in-house. “ All the Meaner Things” is a noir vampire novel that explores the black, white, and red world of undead mobsters in a Prohibition-era California city. Kieran is a World War I veteran who finds himself embroiled in a new conflict between a group of vampire hunters, the crime family, a budding romance, and his own fractured mind. It’ s a debut novel that moves as swiftly and dangerously as a switchblade in the night, slicing through smoky speakeasies, dark mine tunnels, and graveyards teeming with bloodsucking wise guys. “All the Meaner Things” is ideal for readers of hard-boiled and horror, specifically Sylvia Moreno-Garcia’ s “Certain Dead Things” and Laird Barron’s Isaiah Coleridge series. If Raymond Chandler were to tell an Anne Rice story, it might go something like this.

Hitman Kieran Russe thinks he’ s the deadliest man in town. But he’ s about to find out that the crime family he works for is full of vampires, and they’ re not...


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Pre-Publication Publicity and Review Campaign. Review campaign for trade and other media reviews, including pitches with advance review copies to: 

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EDITION Paperback
ISBN 9781639512614
PRICE $19.99 (USD)
PAGES 300

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BISAC Codes

FIC062000 FICTION / Noir
FIC015030 FICTION / Horror / Monsters & Creatures
FIC015040 FICTION / Horror / Occult & Supernatural
FIC050000 FICTION / Crime
FIC014080 FICTION / Historical / 20th Century / General
FIC030000 FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense