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Be sure to bookmark this page because every now and then we feature classic columns from Tom Monteleone's timeless column, "The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association," which appears in every issue of Cemetery Dance magazine.

If you haven't read Monteleone's non-fiction before, you're in for a treat. This is the most irreverent, entertaining, and longest-running column in the history of horror and dark fantasy, dealing with all things publishing -- Monteleone has written about breaking in, breaking out, being successful, and being a failure. He tells it like it is in the book biz, television, film, and popular culture. If you want the inside scoop on the genres you love, this is the column for you!

Also, don't forget to subscribe to Cemetery Dance for future columns AND add a copy of The Mothers and Fathers Italian Association hardcover, which features 27 YEARS worth of columns, to your collection today!

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Tom Monteleone has published 25 novels, the most recent of which is The Eyes of the Virgin, and more than 100 short stories. His third collection of short fiction, Fearful Symmetries, recently won the Bram Stoker Award. His omnibus collection of columns about writing, genre publishing, television, film and popular culture entitled The Mothers And Fathers Italian Association from Borderlands Press also won the Stoker for non-fiction. He is also co-editor of the award-winning anthology series of imaginative fiction, Borderlands. Recent short fiction is scheduled to appear in anthologies such as Brimstone Turnpike, Masques 5, Midnight Premiere, and Evermore. He is also the author of the very successful Complete Idiot’s Guide to Writing a Novel. With his wife, Elizabeth, and daughter, Olivia, he lives in Maryland and likes it a lot. If you like or despise his work, e-mail him at tfm@borderlandspress.com