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SUMMARY:January First Friday Frights - Compton\, Julien\, Booth
DESCRIPTION:First Friday Frights is a new monthly reading event at Ghoulish Books (San Antonio’s very own horror bookstore)! On the first Friday of every month\, three different writers will read spooky stories to an audience in the backyard area of Ghoulish Books. This is an OUTDOOR EVENT\, so please dress accordingly. The readings will begin at 7pm. If applicable\, we will also have the writers’ books for sale which the audience can get signed. This event is FREE TO ATTEND but\, depending on turnout\, we may not be able to seat everybody\, so consider showing up slightly early. \nFB event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/25067319532950177 \nJanuary 2026’s FFF will feature readings from Johnny Compton\, Lesly Julien\, and Max Booth III! \nMore about them below: \nJohnny Compton is a Stoker Award nominated author whose short stories have appeared in Pseudopod\, Strange Horizons\, The No Sleep Podcast and several other publications. His fascination with frightening fiction started when he was introduced to the ghost story “The Golden Arm” as a child. He is the author of The Spite House\, Devils Kill Devils\, and Dead First\, as well as the short story collection\, Midnight Somewhere. \nLesly Julien is the indie comic writer of the spooky comedy Ghost Gauntlet\, slapstick fantasy miniseries Savage Wizard\, crime thriller miniseries Headcases as well as long gestating horror drama Lost Lake. \nMax Booth III is the publisher and editor of Ghoulish Books. This is their bookshop. They are hosting the event. And also reading. Their ego is huge. \n___ \nEvent art by Betty Rocksteady.
URL:https://ghoulish.rip/event/january-first-friday-frights-compton-julien-booth/
LOCATION:Ghoulish Books\, 628 S. Saint Marys\, Suite 102\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Signings,First Friday Frights,Readings
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SUMMARY:In-Person Signing with Local Horror Writer Johnny Compton
DESCRIPTION:San Antonio local horror writer Johnny Compton will be in-person at Ghoulish Books on Friday\, December 12th from 1pm-4pm to sign copies of his new story collection MIDNIGHT SOMEWHERE and his previous two novels DEVILS KILL DEVILS and THE SPITE HOUSE. \nGHOULS! We have had to reschedule Johnny Compton’s book signing tomorrow to Friday\, January 2nd. He will be at the shop signing books from 5pm-7pm\, followed by a live reading after 7pm during our monthly First Friday Frights series. Sorry for the inconvenience! See ya next month. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nJohnny Compton is a Stoker Award nominated author whose short stories have appeared in Pseudopod\, Strange Horizons\, The No Sleep Podcast and several other publications. His fascination with frightening fiction started when he was introduced to the ghost story “The Golden Arm” as a child. He is the author of The Spite House\, Devils Kill Devils\, and Dead First\, as well as the short story collection\, Midnight Somewhere.
URL:https://ghoulish.rip/event/in-person-signing-with-local-horror-writer-johnny-compton/
LOCATION:Ghoulish Books\, 628 S. Saint Marys\, Suite 102\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Signings
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SUMMARY:In-Person Signing with William Sterling
DESCRIPTION:William Sterling will be in-person at Ghoulish Books on Thursday\, December 4th from 5pm-7pm to sign copies of his KILLER BE KILLED books and his anthology PUNK GOES HORROR. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\nWilliam Sterling is an author\, editor\, screenwriter\, and sometimes actor from Dacula\, Georgia. \n\nABOUT KILLER BE KILLED\nBoone Hampton had been dreading this day forever. The day when his baby girl would leave “the nest” to embark into the world on her own. He had hoped this moment wouldn’t come until college\, or maybe a rebellious streak in high school\, yet here he was\, leaving her at a pre-teen summer camp. Boone squeezes his daughter’s hands one last time and lets her go.\nThe day would have been hard enough if it had just ended there.\nBut now the counselors at Camp Tall Pines have begun sacrificing the campers to resurrect a long-slumbering demonic entity\, and Boone will have to risk everything to avenge his daughter.\nKiller Be Killed takes the traditional camp serial killer formula and turns it on its head in a Splatterpunk-light homage to the slashers of the 80s with healthy doses of demonic possession and anti-cult related sub-plots cooked in for good measure.\nLanyards On. Masks Up.\nIt’s time to play some camp games. \nABOUT PUNK GOES HORROR\nPUNK goes HORROR is a mixtape anthology\, full of terrifying tales inspired by some of your favorite authors’ favorite punk\, or punk adjacent\, songs. Get ready for hymns of rebellion and stories of musical mayhem which connect body horrors to bass drums\, rhythm guitars to psychological terrors\, and microphones to human monsters.
URL:https://ghoulish.rip/event/in-person-signing-with-william-sterling/
LOCATION:Ghoulish Books\, 628 S. Saint Marys\, Suite 102\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Signings
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SUMMARY:In-Person Author Signing with Jess Hagemann
DESCRIPTION:Jess Hagemann will be in-person at Ghoulish Books on Saturday\, October 25th from 12pm-4pm to celebrate the release of her new novel Mother-Eating (published by Ghoulish Books!). Copies will be available for purchase at the shop. Readers can also pre-order signed copies ahead of time HERE. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nJess Hagemann’s recent work has appeared in Last Girls Club\, Ghoulish Tales\, and Sky Island Journal. Her debut novel Headcheese (2018) won an IPPY Award in Horror. Her sophomore novel Mother-Eating (2025) is forthcoming. She holds an MFA from the Jack Kerouac School\, and is the proud recipient of writing residencies at McNeese State and Dear Butte. Austin\, Texas is home. \nMore at www.jesshagemann.com. \nABOUT THE BOOK\nA modern retelling of Marie Antoinette’s reign as the queen of France\, set in Austin\, Texas. Instead of marrying her daughter off to King Louis\, Resa Habsburg sells Mary Toni to a pseudo-religious torture-happy sex cult in exchange for a TV contract.
URL:https://ghoulish.rip/event/in-person-author-signing-with-jess-hagemann/
LOCATION:Ghoulish Books\, 628 S. Saint Marys\, Suite 102\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Signings
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SUMMARY:In-Person Author Signing with Ryan C. Bradley
DESCRIPTION:Ryan C. Bradley will be in-person at Ghoulish Books on Saturday\, October 04th from 2pm-5pm to celebrate the recent release of his new novel Say Uncle (published by Ghoulish Books!). Copies will be available for purchase at the shop. Readers can also order copies ahead of time HERE. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\n\nRyan C. Bradley (he/him) is a musician\, podcaster\, and the author of Saint’s Blood\, Bad Connections: Horror Stories\, and co-author of Dumb Bullshit for Brilliant Idiots. His short fiction has appeared in NoSleep\, Tales to Terrify\, and Dark Moon Digest among others. He co-hosts Horror Hangover with Cass Clarke. You can learn more about him at ryancbradley.com. \n\n\n\nABOUT THE BOOK\nIt’s 2005 and 15-year-old Braden O’Riley is hoping for the best summer of his life. Instead\, he finds himself sleeping on an air mattress next to his brother. In the wake of a marriage separation\, their vulgar\, misogynist uncle has moved in\, bringing along a mysterious book full of strange occult symbols. What could this book mean? Who\, exactly\, is this man sleeping in Braden’s bedroom? And what other devastating secrets could he be hiding?
URL:https://ghoulish.rip/event/in-person-author-signing-with-ryan-c-bradley/
LOCATION:Ghoulish Books\, 628 S. Saint Marys\, Suite 102\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Signings
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SUMMARY:BURY YOUR GAYS... IN NEW YORK! Book Signing + Reading Feat. Charlene Adhiambo & LC von Hessen
DESCRIPTION:ORDER BURY YOUR GAYS FROM THE GHOULISH WEBSTORE \nFacebook Event Page. \nWhere: Carroll Hall\, 2 Vandervoort Pl\, Brooklyn\, NY 11237\, United States. \nWhen: Tuesday\, June 18th | 7-9pm \nWho: Charlene Adhiambo & LC von Hessen\, two contributors from the recent Ghoulish Books publication Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror edited by Sofia Ajram. \nWhat: Authors Charlene Adhiambo & LC von Hessen will be signing and reading from Bury Your Gays: An Anthology of Tragic Queer Horror at Carroll Hall in Brooklyn\, NY. \nHow: To attend the event\, folks will need to purchase a copy of Sofia Ajram’s Bury Your Gays anthology. You may order a copy through the Ghoulish webstore HERE and we will ship your copy ASAP\, or order anywhere else books are sold. A limited supply of copies will also be available at the event\, which you’ll need to still purchase digitally through the Ghoulish webstore. \n \nAbout Bury Your Gays: A manifestation of ecstasy\, heartache\, horror and suffering rendered in feverish lyrical prose. Inside are sixteen new stories by some of the genre’s most visionary queer writers. Young lovers find themselves deliriously lost in an expanding garden labyrinth. The porter of a sentient hotel is haunted within a liminal time loop. A soldier and his abusive commanding officer escape a war in the trenches but discover themselves in an even greater nightmare. Parasites chase each other across time-space in hungry desperation to never be apart. A graduate student with violent tendencies falls into step with a seemingly walking corpse. Featuring stories from Cassandra Khaw\, Joe Koch\, Gretchen Felker-Martin\, Robbie Banfitch\, August Clarke\, Son M.\, Jonathan Louis Duckworth\, M.V. Pine\, Ed Kurtz\, LC Von Hessen\, Matteo L. Cerilli\, November Rush\, Meredith Rose\, Charlene Adhiambo\, Violet\, and Thomas Kearnes.
URL:https://ghoulish.rip/event/bury-your-gays-in-new-york-book-signing-reading-feat-charlene-adhiambo-lc-von-hessen/
LOCATION:TX
CATEGORIES:Author Signings,Off-Site Events,Readings
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SUMMARY:Ghouls Night Out: A Celebration of Spookiness
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate everything spooky with us at our bookstore Ghoulish Books in the Greater San Antonio Area. GHOULS NIGHT OUT will include 10+ local horror authors doing live readings & signing books\, followed by a FREE MOVIE SCREENING of an infamous 1990s haunted house documentary. \n \nThe story readings will not all be kid-friendly\, but you’re welcome to bring your kid if you think they can handle it. \nAuthors lined up to perform: \n\nMax Booth III\nRJ Joseph\nCelso Hurtado\nGrace R. Reynolds\nMichael Louis Dixon\nJohnny Compton\nSanford Allen\nLP Hernandez\nR.C. Hausen\nRyan C. Bradley\nShane McKenzie\nAndrew Hilbert\nLucas Mangum\nSusan Snyder\n\nFACEBOOK EVENT PAGE
URL:https://ghoulish.rip/event/ghouls-night-out/
LOCATION:Ghoulish Books\, 628 S. Saint Marys\, Suite 102\, San Antonio\, TX\, 78205\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Signings,Movie Screenings,Readings
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