In more than two decades of independent bookselling since we opened our first store in 1993, Mysterious Galaxy has weathered many changes, including changes in our industry, the economy, and in our physical locations. We have worked to serve our community in varied ways beyond our storefront business: a new store in Redondo Beach, an increase in our outside events business, pop-up stores, and the creation of unique events that bring readers and authors together.The story continues with some new opportunities for Mysterious Galaxy in both locations.

Our San Diego business continues to grow and prosper. We have not only increased our bricks and mortar business, but we also  find ourselves increasingly involved in community events outside the store. In fact, we have outgrown our physical location and we are in conversation with a new landlord for a new, larger space in a location ... not so very far away. This new space will enable us to have larger events in the store, and accommodate our need for a warehouse to support our many outside events, including Comic-Con International, Men of Mystery, Bouchercon, and author events in support of numerous Southern California libraries and organizations, to name only a few.

In Redondo Beach, we will be expanding our events business to include more community-focused events in partnership with local businesses, conferences, authors, and publishers. We have decided to do this without a physical store that is open to the public. We will close our Artesia location on June 15, 2014. There will be a store-wide sale from June 5 to June 15 in order to honor to our loyal local customers and offer them some great deals before we close.

For the foreseeable future, we will retain our Redondo Beach warehouse at our current address to support our events business. We will continue creating and supporting events such as Ladies, Lunch, and Literacy, Literary Women of Long Beach, Mystery on the Menu at the Cerritos Library, Books Are Better Shared, Literary Orange, and many other conferences through which we have created wonderful partnerships in our community.

We know that many of our loyal customers and friends in the South Bay will be saddened by the news that we are closing our bookstore, but we will be actively looking for opportunities to serve them in other ways. We plan to create and host events at local venues, enabling readers and authors to come together to share their love of books and conversation. We will continue to reach out to our community to tell them what we are doing and hope that this new format will engage the enthusiasm of readers in Southern California.

In Store in San Diego   

Join us for events with Sarah Lotz, Jane Lindskold, and Paul D. Marks!  

Sarah Lotz and the Secret of The Three ...Tonight!
Find out the answers to one of summer's most intriguing thriller tonight at 7:00 PM, when novelist and screenwriter Sarah Lotz discusses The Three. Check out the voicemail that will change the world here. 

Suspenseful Saturday with
Paul D. Marks

 

MG Booth #2536 is conveniently located near the author autographing area. A partial list of guest authors include Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Christopher Golden, Laini Taylor, Carrie Vaughn, Vicki Pettersson, Greg Van Eekhout, Patrick Rothfuss, and John and Carole Barrowman.

Will MG's Patrick melt in the heat? Will John Scalzi break the interwobs again? Will the MG inventory fit in the booth without the help of a TARDIS? Join us to find out.

San Diego   

7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.
San Diego, California 92111
858.268.4747

Redondo Beach Store

San Diego Store

Redondo Beach Store