Authors & publishing connections

Stories connected through Burnside.

Meet Jesse Mann, Piero Fiorentini, Marco Fiorentini, and Paolo Fiorentini—authors brought to Nightgrave Publishing through Brandon Burnside’s work with Burnside Literary Agency.

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Brandon Burnside founded both Burnside Literary Agency and Nightgrave Publishing. The authors below are featured as affiliated Nightgrave authors. These introductions are not presented as independently negotiated, third-party publishing deals.

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Jesse MannBefore They Grow Up book cover

Nightgrave Publishing author

Jesse Mann

Before They Grow Up

Horror · English

In a small town in 1994, children uncover a frightening pattern of disappearances beneath the familiar rituals of Halloween.

Piero FiorentiniIl Sangue tra i Castagni book cover

Nightgrave Publishing author

Piero Fiorentini

Il Sangue tra i Castagni

Family noir · Italian

A family story of loyalty, buried truths, and danger, rooted in the stone villages and chestnut forests of Tuscia.

Marco FiorentiniIl Patto di San Martino book cover

Nightgrave Publishing author

Marco Fiorentini

Il Patto di San Martino

Crime & suspense · Italian

A family and a community confront Mafia oppression in San Martino al Cimino, where courage comes at a cost.

Paolo FiorentiniI Lupi di San Martino book cover

Nightgrave Publishing author

Paolo Fiorentini

I Lupi di San Martino

Action & suspense · Italian

Four brothers and a Lazio village unite against a violent Mafia occupation in a story of family, identity, and resistance.

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