Three local authors join us to share tales of horror, psychological thrills, and postapocalyptic dystopia. Following the readings will be a Q&A and book signing session.

Henry Corrigan describes his debut horror novel, A Man In Pieces, as “a book that began with my nightmares and ended with catharsis”: Driven by bad choices and worse options, a desperate father-to-be must battle his abusive boss for the last slot at a dead-end job, but the fight may lead one of them to murder. Henry is a bisexual, omnivore author, poet, and playwright who writes every kind of story. Whether it’s horror or science fiction, erotica or poetry, high fantasy or children’s books, he writes it all because every story matters to him.

Mia Dalia is an internationally published author, a lifelong reader, and a longtime reviewer of all things fantastic, thrilling, scary, and strange. Her debut novel, Estate Sale, is a tale of gothic horror revolving around a collection of occult objects: It has been said that every small town has a house on a hill, the one the witch lives in. But what if there is more to the story? The devil, after all, is in the details. The old lady of the Koshmaroff estate is finally gone. In life, she was a mystery; in death, she leaves behind a house full of strange, yet seemingly ordinary objects. Objects, which the curiosity-driven locals rush in to buy, only to see their lives take nightmarish turns as a result. Come, see for yourself. Step inside for a bargain of a lifetime.

Joseph A. Turkot’s bleak, relentless novel The Rain brings us a chilling look at survival in the face of a catastrophic climate disaster and the collapse of civilization as we know it. What if it started raining… and just never stopped? Brace yourself for a thrilling journey through a rain-soaked world where survival is paramount. Joseph is an author, teacher, and musician who previously self-published several novels; The Rain is his first traditionally published book.