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Monica Valentinelli

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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Horror, Nonfiction

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Edgar Allan Poe, Diana Wynne Jones, Shakespeare, James Baldwin, Tanith ...more

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Monica Valentinelli is a writer, editor, and game developer who lurks in the dark. She writes both original and media tie-in fiction and works on games and comics, too. To date, she has over seven dozen creative credits with more on the way.

Monica is best known for her work related to the Firefly TV show by Joss Whedon. She was the lead writer and developer for the award-winning line of Firefly RPG books, and also wrote the Firefly: The Gorramn Shiniest Language Guide and Dictionary in the ‘Verse which was released from Titan Publishing in April 2016.

Published stories and games include “Tomorrow’s Precious Lambs” for Extreme Zombies, “The Dig” for the Lovecraft Zine, Dread Names, Red List for Vampire: the Masquerade, and Unknown Armies Thir ...more

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Monica Valentinelli's Blog: booksofm.com

My 2025 Publications in Review

2025 was a quiet year of planting seeds, presenting at conventions like the Gen Con Writer’s Symposium, World Con: Seattle, and Game Hole Con while attending a writer’s retreat, House on the Rock, Paganomicon and Krampus Fest. Sometime in the middle of that I found out The Dagon Collection was nominated for a World Fantasy 2025 Award. Huzzah! I also traveled a bit to visit friends and family, too,

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	Firefly: The Gorramn Shiniest Language Guide and Dictionary in the 'Verse 4.39 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Haunted: 11 Tales of Ghostly Horror by Monica Valentinelli (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Afterword), Alex Bledsoe (Goodreads Author), Chuck Wendig (Goodreads Author) 4.73 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Firefly Encyclopedia 4.24 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Cainite Conspiracies by Monica Valentinelli (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Maurice Broaddus (Goodreads Author), Renee Ritchie 3.88 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Firefly Role-Playing Game: Gaming in the 'Verse by Monica Valentinelli (Goodreads Author), Margaret Weis, Dave Chalker 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	V20 Dread Names, Red List by Monica Valentinelli (Goodreads Author), Matt M. McElroy 3.25 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Queen of Crows by Monica Valentinelli (Goodreads Author) (Author), Leanne Buckley (Illustrator), Shari Hill (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Noumenon by Monica Valentinelli (Goodreads Author), Robert C. Hansen, Caias Ward 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Echoes of War: Thrillin' Heroics by Monica Valentinelli (Goodreads Author), Cam Banks (Goodreads Author), Margaret Weis 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunter: The Vigil Second Edition by Monica Valentinelli (Goodreads Author) (Developer), Chris Allen (Writer), Matthew Dawkins (Writer) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She sticks to the rules, because it's all she's got. It's like her feelings dried up and they were replaced with a pile of useless laws. Like my appendix. Don't know what I need it for, but it's still there.”
― Monica Valentinelli, The Zombie Feed, Vol. 1

tags: post-apocalyptic, zombies, zombies-life

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Monica’s Quotes

“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.”
― Frank Herbert, Dune

tags: bene-gesserit, fear, litany-against-fear, motivational, scifi

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