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ST. MARTIN'S PRESS OCTOBER 2012<br />
FORTHCOMING!<br />
Father Gaetano's Puppet<br />
Catechism<br />
A <strong>Novel</strong>la<br />
Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden<br />
From the creator of Hellboy, an illustrated novella that brings<br />
Twilight Zone originality to the written page<br />
FICTION / HORROR<br />
St. Martin's Press | October 2012<br />
9780312644741 | $19.99/$22.99 Can.<br />
Hardback | 176 pages | Carton Qty: 28<br />
8.25in H | 5.50in W<br />
Includes 50 b&w illustrations throughout<br />
Other Available Formats:<br />
Ebook ISBN: 9781250018595<br />
MARKETING<br />
* Social Media Campaign<br />
* Promotion at San Diego & NY Comic<br />
Con<br />
* Co-Promotion with Dark Horse Comics<br />
* Co-Promotion with Tor.com<br />
* Author Websites: artofmikemignola.com<br />
& christophergolden.com<br />
* Available as an eBook: 978-1-250-<br />
01859-5<br />
In the aftermath of a critical World War II battle, Father Gaetano is assigned as<br />
the sole priest at the Church of San Domenico in the small, seaside Sicilian village<br />
of Tringale. The previous pastor has died and there is a shortage of clergy at the<br />
moment, so until another can be spared, the young priest must say all of the<br />
masses himself.<br />
Mass is not Father Gaetano’s only responsibility, however. The war has created<br />
many orphans, and thus the San Domenico rectory has been converted into an<br />
orphanage which is also his domain. The children are a joy to him, but they have<br />
lost so much, and many have begun to question their faith and their God, and his<br />
attempts to teach them catechism are in vain . . . until he finds an old puppet<br />
theatre and an ornate box of puppets in the basement. Handcrafted by the<br />
building's former caretaker, now absent, the puppets seem the perfect tool to get<br />
the children to pay attention to their lessons. But after dark the puppets emerge<br />
from that ornate box, without their strings. While the children have been<br />
questioning their faith, the puppets believe Father Gaetano's Bible stories<br />
completely. But there is such a thing as too much faith. And the children's lives<br />
will never be the same again.<br />
PRAISE<br />
Praise for Baltimore:<br />
“That rarest of supernatural novels: an original vampire tale.” —Rocky Mountain News<br />
“Outstanding . . . a gorgeous, haunting tale that may well become a classic.” —Fangoria<br />
"A new classic of vampire literature." —Booklist (starred review)<br />
"A haunting allegory on the nature of war, fusing the poignancy of Hans Christian<br />
Anderson's The Steadfast Tin Soldier, the supernatural chills of Dracula, and the<br />
horrors of WWI and the subsequent influenza epidemic." —Publishers Weekly<br />
MIKE MIGNOLA is best known as the award-winning creator/writer/artist of Hellboy. Mignola<br />
lives in southern California with his wife, daughter, and cat. CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the<br />
award-winning, bestselling author of such novels as The Myth Hunters, The Boys Are Back in Town,<br />
Strangewood, and Of Saints and Shadows. He co-wrote the lavishly illustrated novel Baltimore, or,<br />
The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire with Mike Mignola, and the comic book series featuring<br />
the same character.<br />
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