Howdy, ghouls! It’s October, the most wonderful month of the year, and here at Ghoulish Books we have a lot of fun events scheduled for your entertainment. Check them out over on our EVENTS calendar. Also, let’s take a look at them here, too:
Ghouls Night Out: A Celebration of Spookiness
October 7 @ 6:00 pm – 11:00 pm (CST
Location: Ghoulish Books
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.
The story readings will not all be kid-friendly, but you’re welcome to bring your kid if you think they can handle it.
Authors lined up to perform: Max Booth III, RJ Joseph, Celso Hurtado, Grace R. Reynolds. Michael Louis Dixon, Johnny Compton, Sanford Allen, LP Hernandez, R.C. Hausen, Ryan C. Bradley, Shane McKenzie, Andrew Hilbert, Lucas Mangum, and Susan Snyder.
Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies – Book Launch
October 10 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm (EST)
Location: Longfellow Books
Please join us at Longfellow Books in Portland, ME on Tuesday, October 10 at 6pm EST for a very special launch of E. M. Roy’s debut novel, Let the Woods Keep Our Bodies (published by Ghoulish Books)!
Friday the 13th Horror Book Sale
October 13
Location: Ghoulish Books
This October we are blessed with a rare Friday the 13th! What better way to celebrate than by offering 13% discounts on all purchases in our bookstore? Come on down to Ghoulish Books on the 13th for a fun, generous discount all day long!
Writing Club
October 13 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Ghoulish Books
Come join our writing club at Ghoulish Books (the only horror-themed bookstore in the Greater San Antonio Area). This is a free event and anybody is welcome to attend.
The current plan is for everybody to spend the first hour of the night quietly working on their own creative writing projects, then the second hour everybody will get a turn to read something they’ve recently finished or are still working on and receive critiques from the rest of the attendees.
Bring something to write with (notebook, laptop, up to you) and something to read. You do not have to read anything if you do not feel comfortable, but if you do choose to read, please ensure you do not take more than 15 minutes.
Snacks & drinks will be available to purchase in the lobby.
Halloween Book Donation Drive for Texas Prisons
October 14
Location: Ghoulish Books
Ghoulish Books is partnering with the Inside Books Project for a fun, important horror book drive.
On Saturday, October 14th, from 10am-8pm, we will be accepting horror book donations for those incarcerated in Texas. Simply drop them off at our bookstore in Selma and we’ll take care of the rest. We will also give out a gnarly BANNED BOOKS ONLY MAKE US SCARIER sticker to anybody who chooses to donate.
For this donation drive, we are only really interested in literature that can be labeled horror, as this genre is often requested by prisoners and we would love to help satisfy that demand.
For those who are not local and wish to contribute, please send your donations to Ghoulish Books, 9330 Corporate Drive, Suite 702, Selma, TX 78154.
Books we CANNOT accept as donations:
- Books in poor condition (water damaged, ripped or missing cover, old/falling apart)
- Hardcover fiction – these books are too heavy to mail
- Encyclopedias – these are too heavy to mail
- Blank journals / composition books – these have sadly been banned
- Books with nudity or partial nudity (i.e. string bikinis) – these are banned
- Spiral bound books – these are banned
- Martial Arts books – these are banned
- Books that contain detailed maps of Texas – these are banned
Ghoul-r-Treat
October 21 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Ghoulish Books
Let’s trick r’ treat early this year at Ghoulish Books! Bring your children in their spooky Halloween costumes and let us give them a handful of delicious, teeth-destroying candy. Get their picture taken with THE GHOUL! Stick around for fun craft events, such as pumpkin decorating and drawing time.
Saturday Night Spookies (FREE Horror Movie Screening)
October 28 @ 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm
Location: Ghoulish Books
Saturday Night Spookies is our monthly movie screening event! On the last Saturday every month, we host a FREE secret movie screening in our bookstore. The movie title is always a secret until showtime at 8pm CST. Sometimes we offer a fun pre-show at 7:30pm. Saturday Night Spookies is typically hosted by Miguel Myers of the My Horror Confessional podcast. Although these screenings are free, we do have limited seating, so show up earlier rather than later to reserve your spot. We also sell snacks & drinks in the lobby.
The Ghoulish Show
October 31 @ 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Location: Radio Coffee & Beer (Austin, TX)
On the last Tuesday of every month, we host a spooky comedy variety show at Radio Coffee & Beer in Austin, TX. Live performances! Interviews! Book fairs! This month we’ll also have a Halloween COSTUME CONTEST!!!
