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My BayCon Schedule

I’m dipping my toe into in-person programming again this weekend at BayCon, the Bay Area’s major science fiction/fantasy/horror/gaming/costuming convention.

Here’s my schedule:

Creating your own anthology
Saturday, July 2, 2022 @ 13:00 – 14:30, Synergy 4 (San Mateo Marriott)
How do you get submissions, where do you advertise, how do you handle the subs when they come in, how do you vet the subs, should you do blind submissions, how do you pay and contract the authors, and how to do a charity anthology? Whether you want to start a small ‘zine, publish a print book, or go eBook format, this panel will discuss all the ins and outs.

The participants are: Emerian Rich (HorrorAddicts) (M), Loren Rhoads (Automatism Press), and J. Scott Coatsworth (Other Worlds Ink)

Afterward, I’ll be at the Liminal Fiction table in the Dealers Room, if you’d like to pick up a copy of Tales for the Camp Fire, Tales of Dread, Morbid Curiosity Cures the Blues, or one of my novels. Come say hi!

Pitch Perfect
Sunday, July 3, 2022 @ 10:00 – 11:30, Synergy 5 (San Mateo Marriott)
A chance to pitch your story idea(s) live to industry experts and receive instant (and constructive) feedback. I did one of these panels a couple of years ago at FogCon and it was really fun! I’m looking forward to it again.

The participants are: Steven Radecki (Water Dragon Publishing) and Loren Rhoads (Automatism Press)

HorrorAddicts.net
Sunday, July 3, 2022 @ 13:00 – 14:30, Synergy 1 (San Mateo Marriott)

Come geek out with us horror-style! We will also be talking about our new book Horror Addicts Guide to Life 2, a mostly non-fiction horror anthology. Prizes and spooky fun to be had by all!

The participants are: Emerian Rich (HorrorAddicts) (M), Loren Rhoads, R.L. Merrill, Laurel Anne Hill, and Mark Orr

The updated Alondra Stories

Four years ago, I published 3 short collections of stories about Alondra DeCourval, a witch who travels the world to protect humans from supernatural creatures — and vice versa.

I was never happy with the covers I made for those books. I don’t have much in the way of design skills. I always wanted to work with a real artist to create something beautiful that did justice to the stories.

Then I met Lex from Huntress Studios. Lex created a social media icon for me that I truly love. They were amazingly easy to work with. I asked for the skeleton to be working at a silver laptop with a cup of tea. They added the lovely patterned wallpaper and the exquisite china pattern. I couldn’t have been happier.

When I got this spring’s installment of my 199 Cemeteries royalties, I decided to funnel some of it into something that would make me truly happy: new covers for the stories I love so much.

Lex was able to take my ramblings about images to represent each book and turn them into the beautiful covers you see at the top of this post. I’ve been busy correcting the text and getting the books uploaded to Amazon again.

The first book in the series, Alondra’s Experiments, is now on sale at Amazon. In this book, Alondra discovers in San Francisco that vampirism requires sacrifices she doesn’t expect. She solves the Philosopher’s stone in Prague. She searches for the perfect valentine in Oslo.

For the next week, you can step into Alondra’s world for only 99¢. Check out the ebook here: https://amzn.to/3mA6q9J

If you like those stories, the following books Alondra’s Investigations and Alondra’s Adventures are also available.

Alondra’s Exploits, containing three previously uncollected stories and essays about how they were written, is available now for preorder. It will be published on June 23.

I can’t wait to hear what you think of these little books. Do you like the new covers? Where would you like to see Alondra travel next?

 

Horror Addicts Guide to Life interview

I have three essays in the newest book from Horror Addicts Publishing, The Horror Addicts Guide to Life #2. Here’s the pitch:

Do you love the horror genre? Do you look at horror as a lifestyle? Do the “norms” not understand your love of the macabre? Despair no longer, my friend, for within your grasp is a book written by those who look at horror as a way of life, just like you. This is your guide to living a horror addict’s life. Our month-by-month almanac with important dates, movie lists, puzzles, crafts, articles, and recipes will guarantee your whole year is occupied with delightful horror activities. Don’t miss our monster guide with articles about vampires, zombies, ghosts, and some creatures that just can’t be categorized. Enjoy interviews with creators of horror content and hear perspectives from different cultures and backgrounds. Read stories of real hauntings, nightmares, and vile vacations. Allow us to curate your horror lifestyle.

With articles by: Angela Yuriko Smith, Carrie Sessarego, Chantal Boudreau, Courtney Mroch, D.J. Pitsiladis, Dan Shaurette, Daphne Strasert, Geneve Flynn, H.E. Roulo, H.R. Boldwood, J. Malcolm Stewart, Jaq D Hawkins, Jonathan Fortin, Kate Nox, Kristin Battestella, Ksenia Murray, Lee Murray, Lionel Ray Green, Mark Orr, Martha J. Allard, Naching T. Kassa, Pamela K. Kinney, Priscilla Bettis, R.L. Merrill, Rena Mason, Selah Janel, Sumiko Saulson, Valjeanne Jeffers, and so many more!

Available now on Amazon.

I sat down with Emerian Rich, the mastermind behind the Horror Addicts empire, and asked the questions I’ve always wanted to.

Author, artist, voice actress, and editor, Emz is best known for being the Horror Hostess of HorrorAddicts.net, an internationally acclaimed horror podcast, now its 17th season. She is the author of the Night’s Knights vampire series and has been published in over 40 fiction anthologies. Find out more at emzbox.com.

When – and why – did you create Horror Addicts?

Emerian: I had been podcasting my vampire novel Night’s Knights. When I got a few chapters away from the end, I didn’t want to lose all my “Biters,” the affectionate name I made up for my vampire listeners. So I decided to start a horror podcast that they could follow me over to. I’m so glad I did it, because otherwise I wouldn’t have all these great horror fans to chat with today. Although the cast has grown and mutated over the years, I’ve always had the readers in my mind. I am a Horror reader and I want to promote, produce, and curate Horror for readers like me.

What came first for Horror Addicts: the podcast, the blog, or the publishing company?

The podcast came first and then—due to different staff that wanted to grow the site in different ways—it grew into a blog, a site, a publishing house, and we are still growing every year. This year, we are branching out into Audible productions and a new magazine called Horror Curated.

Can you reveal any of the details about the magazine?

Yes! Some. I can tell you it will be a full-color, digital magazine, and each issue will focus on a theme important to Horror Addicts. I’ve got some of the staff lined up. The sub call for the first issue will go out in June. Our first issue will release this winter with the “Gothic Holiday” theme. Interested authors and readers should check horrorcurated.com where more info will be coming later in the year.

The podcast has changed a lot over the years. It hosted the Next Great Horror Writer contest, The Deadbringer audio drama, and all the great interviews and music.

I’m one of those people who get bored with repetition, so every year I try to update, change, and better the show. The Next Great Horror Writer contest was something I wanted to do because I’m a sucker for project reality shows, and yet…I’ve never seen a writer one. It was great fun and something I hope to do again in the future. The Deadbringer audio drama was the last in a line of great audio dramas we’ve had on the show. They can all be listened to in full at our site starting with the comedy show GothHaus we did back on Season 5. We also have, Gothmazing Race, Black Magic, End of the World Radio, Black Jack, Blood of Socorro County, Dogtooth, Darkvein Manor, They Wound Like Worms, and lastly The Deadbringer. This year for Season 17, we’ve changed our format a little. We are producing each story like we did the audio dramas, so there won’t be a running story to follow, however. Each episode will have a fully-contained dramatic reading.

What’s been your favorite feature on the podcast?

Looking back at the fourteen years I’ve been doing the cast, there are so many good memories. Probably my favorite times are the contests like the Wicked Women Writer’s Challenge. I also really love our finale shows. They take forever to produce, but they are so fun with in-studio guests and interviews with people like Andrew Neiderman, Comika Hartford, and the #1 Elvira Impersonator, Patterson Lundquist.

What do you hope to do in the future?

I just want to keep upping the ante. I never want our show to get boring or stagnant. I want to keep bringing Horror news, interviews, music, and fiction to those who need it the most…our Horror Addicts!

The Horror Addicts blog has compiled an enormous variety of subject matter online. What kind of posts would you like to see more of in the future?

I would love to see more stuff on lifestyle. We get tons of movie, book, and TV show reviews — and that is great — but I’d love if we got some bloggers passionate about Horror-slanted jobs, locations, and living situations. Got a Horror food-truck? Refurbished an old hearse to drive around town? Do Horror portraits for a living? Are you a costume fashion designer? Ghost hunt for a living? We want to hear all about it.

When you started the podcast, did you also intend to be running a publishing company?

No. I was just trying to keep my vampire readers. Ha! But I’m glad my staff and contributors pushed it that way, because books are really what I’m all in for. I really love publishing new and seasoned authors and helping them get their stories out there.

How many books have you published now? It’s been quite a spectrum!

We have 14 full-length books under our belts right now, including two Horror Addicts Guides, two stand-alone novels, and a Spooky Author’s Planner. We also have five short-story eBites and will soon have Audible titles coming out.

This volume of the Horror Addicts Guide to Life could qualify as an omnibus. Can you tell us what all is included in the book?

Horror Addicts Guide to Life 2 really has something for every Horror Addict. If you love monsters, you’ll love the beginning of the book where we talk about all kinds of creepy creatures. If you like interviews and articles about how diversity plays a role in today’s Horror, you’ll love our “Perspectives” section. If you love puzzles and coloring, you’ll have tons to do throughout the month-by-month almanac. If you like movies like The Shining or Night of the Living Dead, you’ll get your fan-fix for sure. If you’re a crafter, there are tons of things to make in here. It’s like a love letter to the fans out there. It will make you think, inspire you, and hopefully give you hours of enjoyment.

You’ve got a bunch of events coming up to promote the book. What are you looking forward to?

I’m sure everyone can relate to this answer… I’m looking forward to see the Horror Addicts! It’s been so long since I’ve seen them and it will be really great to reconnect.

Check out the whole schedule of events here: https://horroraddicts.wordpress.com/2022/05/14/horror-addicts-guide-to-life-2-book-event-calendar

Listen to the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/horroraddicts-net/id286123050

This Weekend at the Bay Area Book Festival

I’m returning to in-person bookselling this weekend!

This Saturday, May 7, 11-4, I’ll be selling books at the Bay Area Book Festival at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Berkeley, California. I’m sharing a table with members of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Horror Writers Association.

I’ll have paperback copies of my books that came out during the pandemic — This Morbid Life, Unsafe Words, and Angelus Rose — as well as some rarities and collectibles. Please come by booth #24 and say hi.

The Kickstarter counts down!

As of 9AM Pacific tomorrow (Saturday) morning, the Kickstarter for the cemetery book I’m editing will be over.

This has been an enormous learning experience. I felt pretty confident going into the project that I could edit an amazing book. Death’s Garden Revisited will be the sixth book I’ve edited — and I’ve worked with presses from Scribner to Damnation to Tomes & Coffee, so I knew it was going to be beautifully designed. The trick was going to be raising the money so I could make the full-color hardcover that I envisioned.

And backers made that happen on the very first day.

Since then, backers have preordered enough books that I can add additional photos to the book, commission a couple of essays, and host a reading on Zoom that will include the international contributors.

The final goal ahead of us is a book release party in a cemetery in the Bay Area. I’m hoping that  will happen before the campaign ends.

This week I announced the book’s Table of Contents on Kickstarter. Here it is:

Cemetery Strawberries – Chris LaMay-West

A Tale of 25,000 Tales – M. Parfitt

Guess How Many People are Buried in Bonaventure Cemetery? – Barbara Baird

Brown Bodies and Burials – Saraliza Anzaldúa

Toasting a Ghost in Northern Ireland – Anne Born

La Recoleta – Rain Graves

How the Forgotten Angels Saved My Life – Emerian Rich

Not a Tourist Attraction – Priscilla Bettis

Sacred Heart – Robert Holt

Family Time – A.M. Muffaz

History Lives Like Ghosts – Trilby Plants

In the Shadow of Eldfell – Greg Roensch

The Silence of Block 14 – Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito

Paris’s Secret Cemetery – Erika Mailman

Katie Likes Flowers – Joanne M. Austin

Marking Fred Gwynne’s Unmarked Grave with Flowers – Sharon Pajka

Wedding Vailes – Angela Yuriko Smith

Crossed Fingers – Jo Nell Huff

New Orleans Blues – Christine Sutton

Communing with the Dead – George Neville-Neil

Death and Spinsterhood: It’s Personal – Rachelle Meilleur

The Swirl of Silence – Denise N. Tapscott

The Day it Snowed in Prague – E.M. Markoff

I Found Love on Find-A-Grave – J’aime Rubio

MS. Inspired by a Graveyard – Trish Wilson

Never Let Your Feet Get Cold – Carrie Sessarego

The Treasure Hunter – Stephen Mark Rainey

Lenin’s Mausoleum – Melodie Bolt

When a Cemetery Speaks – R. L. Merrill

The Hill Church Cemetery of Sighișoara, Romania: An Unforgettable Experience – Rena Mason

A Girl, Her Dad, and a Cemetery – Francesca Maria

Ghost in the Graveyard – Benjamin Scuglia

The Cemetery that Changed My Life – Carole Tyrrell

Exhuming Corpses for Fun and Profit – Paul Stansfield

Ebb and Flow: Finding My Way Back to Family – Mary Rajotte

If you’d like to pick up a copy of the book for yourself, here’s the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lorenrhoads/deaths-garden-revisited-relationships-with-cemeteries

Don’t snooze! The clock is ticking.

Death’s Garden Link Round-up

We’re in the last few days of the Death’s Garden Kickstarter. Only the book release party in a cemetery left to achieve.

Over the last 30 days, I have really hustled to get the word out about Death’s Garden Revisited.

In addition to the Facebook party and the AMA on Twitter, the contributors helped me put together a playlist of their favorite cemetery songs. You can listen along on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4S0255SPm7grf5NShTbLgT?si=ea4a5b5bb3d94d17

I wrote a post for E. M. Markoff’s Tomes & Coffee blog to explain some of the choices on the playlist: http://www.ellderet.com/emmarkoff-blog/2022/4/6/guest-post-the-deaths-garden-revisited-playlist-by-loren-rhoads

Jennifer Brozek let me stop by her blog to tell her how I fell in love with cemeteries: http://www.jenniferbrozek.com/blog/post/2022/03/23/Tell-Me-Loren-Rhoads3

Dr. Sharon Pajka hosted a Cemetery Happy Hour. A handful of Death’s Garden contributors created cocktails to celebrate their favorite cemeteries. Check out this very fun and short video: https://youtu.be/H5BN8WWZq-c

In addition to that, I’ve done a whole bunch of interviews:

The Fabulist magazine did a really great interview with me, connecting the Death’s Garden project to Morbid Curiosity magazine: https://fabulistmagazine.com/a-personal-relationship-with-cemeteries-loren-rhoads-in-conversation/

Angela Yuriko Smith invited me to her Lit Up video series for one of the best cemetery conversation I’ve ever had. Check us out at https://youtu.be/U4Ziv2b2nlU

Lex Vranick created this great graphic out of one of my quotes.

Lex Vranick of Write and Wine interviewed me about cemeteries and the Kickstarter: https://writeandwine.com/blog/an-interview-with-loren-rhoads

Horror poet Melodie Bolt interview me about the nuts and bolts of doing a Kickstarter : https://www.melodiebolt.com/post/interview-with-loren-rhoads

Blogger Jo Nell Huff interviewed me about the Kickstarter and the contributors to Death’s Garden Revisited: https://coastalcrone.com/2022/04/07/deaths-garden-revisited-kickstarter-interview-with-editor-loren-rhoads/

Amy Z. Chan and R. L. Merrill interviewed me and Hudson Lin about crowdfunding on their Clubhouse podcast, What Are You Reading? You can listen to the playback here: https://www.clubhouse.com/room/xeR0ZKL3?utm_medium=ch_room_terc&utm_campaign=D93dJ9jgBUr1Us3hGVVpfw-109918

Anthropologist and horror writer Paul Stansfield interviewed me about how Death’s Garden Revisited fits in with all my other books: http://paulstansfield.blogspot.com/2022/04/interview-with-publishereditorwriter.html

Horror author and secret romantic Robert Holt interviewed me about cemeteries and travel: https://holthorror.wordpress.com/2022/04/11/deaths-garden-revisited-interview-with-editor-loren-rhoads/

Help us reach our final Stretch Goal — a book release party in a cemetery — and preorder yourself a copy of Death’s Garden Revisited on Kickstarter BEFORE Saturday, April 16, at 9 AM Pacific. Here’s the link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lorenrhoads/deaths-garden-revisited-relationships-with-cemeteries

Death’s Garden contributor: Denise N. Tapscott

I met Denise Tapscott on the Queen Mary during the 2017 StokerCon. She had just published her first novel, a sweeping story that begins as a Romeo and Juliet story and swells into an examination of power, responsibility, and family.

When I mentioned Death’s Garden Revisited to her, she sent me a meditation on American history that encompasses Marie Laveau’s grave in New Orleans, the Whitney Plantation in Edgard, Louisiana, and the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California.

Officially, California native Denise N. Tapscott left her heart in San Francisco, but somehow left her soul in New Orleans. She recently joined the popular weekly podcast Beef, Wine & Shenanigans with Steven Van Patten, Marc Abbott, and Kirk A. Johnson. She plays sassy vampire “Tasha” on the YouTube web series The Vamps Next Door. As a member of the HWA, she published her first novel Gypsy Kisses and Voodoo Wishes, as well as her short story “The Price of Salvation.” Check out her work at www.denisetapscott.com.

What’s your favorite thing to do in a cemetery?

I like to look at the dates and figure out what the oldest grave is.

Tell me about your favorite cemetery.

My favorite is St. Louis #1 in New Orleans. It has a lot of character.

Is there a cemetery or gravesite you’ve always wanted to visit?

I always wanted to visit Marie Laveau’s two graves (which I did). They were amazing.

What would your epitaph be?

I won’t have one because I’d like my ashes to be added to fireworks.

What a great idea!

Loren again:

Denise joined me and two other contributors to Death’s Garden Revisited for a happy hour to the book and the cemeteries we love. I’ll write more about that later this week.

In the meantime, please check out the Kickstarter for Death’s Garden Revisited, which is only available for preorder until Saturday. This beautiful book will be full of 40 amazing essays about why visiting cemeteries is important. Check it out — and preorder a copy for yourself: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lorenrhoads/deaths-garden-revisited-relationships-with-cemeteries

Ask Me Anything Tomorrow!

Tomorrow — Saturday, April 9 — I’m doing my first AMA on Twitter from Noon to 1 PM Pacific. I’m @morbidloren, if you don’t already follow me.

I’m worried that no one will have any questions for me, so please, if you are curious about graveyards, headstones, symbolism, my recommendations for cemetery books, what cemetery bloggers you should follow on Instagram, cemetery podcast recommendations, which cemeteries you should see before you die…ask me anything.

I’m glad to answer questions about Death’s Garden Revisited and the Kickstarter, too.

You’d make my day if you would come to Twitter on tomorrow and ask me something!

Death’s Garden contributor: Francesca Maria

Francesca Maria is a member of my local Horror Writers Association chapter, but we haven’t yet met in person. I’m hoping to pick up a copy of her Black Cat Chronicles comic book at the Bay Area Book Festival in May.

Officially, Francesca Maria has been penning horror stories since she was able to pick up a pen and write, at the age of six. This fascination with horror was spurred by her insatiable need to uncover what was haunting her childhood home – a need that continues to this day. She’s the author of the Black Cat Chronicles comic. You can follow her work at francescamaria.com/.

What’s your favorite thing to do in a cemetery?

I love to take in the beauty of cemeteries: the cold, inert stone structures of the various tombs, mixed with vibrant green grass, trees, and nature. It creates the perfect balance between life and death.

Tell me about your favorite cemetery.

My absolute favorite is Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France. Not only is there incredible history buried within its hallowed grounds: Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Georges Bizet to name a few, but there lies an incredible array of magnificent tombstones, monuments, and statues all surrounded by sweeping trees and cobblestoned paths. When I meander through the grounds, I feel like I’ve been transported into another world, as if the world outside its gates no longer exists.

Is there a cemetery or gravesite you’ve always wanted to visit?

I have always wanted to check out the burial site in Graceland, home to the King of Rock and Roll – Elvis. His entire home is a mausoleum dedicated to his legacy. There’s something special, magical even, about his life and career and it would be a thrill to walk where he walked and soak in his energy.

If you have any say in the matter, what would your epitaph be?

I’m not your stepping stone.

Do you have a favorite song about cemeteries or graveyards?

“Pet Sematary” by the Ramones.

Loren again: The Kickstarter for Death’s Garden Revisited is winding down now. You can preorder a copy for yourself until April 16. This beautiful full-color book will be full of 40 amazing essays about why visiting cemeteries is important. Check it out here — and please share this link with your cemetery-loving friends: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lorenrhoads/deaths-garden-revisited-relationships-with-cemeteries

Death’s Garden contributor: Trish Wilson

Six years ago, Trish Wilson’s alter-ego Elizabeth Black interviewed me about about my work on CemeteryTravel.com and the Death’s Garden project I’d started putting together on the final episode of her podcast The Women Show. She went on to contribute two essays to Cemetery Travel. One of them, her piece about visiting Edgar Allan Poe’s grave as an inquisitive child, will appear in Death’s Garden Revisited.

Trish Wilson, using the pen name E. A. Black, has written horror for numerous anthologies including Zippered Flesh 2, From The Depths, Wicked Women: An Anthology of the New England Horror Writers, Teeming Terrors, The Horror Zine’s Book of Ghost Stories, and more. Using her real name, Trish Wilson, she is the Media Director for The Horror Zine. Check out her website at http://eablack-writer.blogspot.com.

What’s your favorite thing to do in a cemetery?

I don’t hang out in cemeteries, but if I did, here is what I would love to do: Drink champagne with my husband and friends at night and look at the stars. It’s even better if there is a meteor shower. We’d enjoy a picnic and watch the heavens.

Tell me about your favorite cemetery.

Obviously, based upon my article, my favorite cemetery is the one at Westminster Church in Baltimore, Maryland. Edgar Allan Poe and his wife Virginia are buried there. It’s customary to leave a penny on the grave monument.

My other favorite cemetery is the one in Druid Ridge in Pikesville, Maryland (just outside Baltimore), the home of the statue Black Aggie. This statue is a life-sized figure (presumed to be female) of a seated woman dressed in a shroud. As far back as the 1960s (possibly earlier), rumors abound about that statue. Her eyes glowed red at night. If you returned her gaze, you were struck blind. Pregnant women crossing her shadow miscarried. If you said her name three times, she’d slash your face. Grass refused to grow around her.

I later discovered this very statue at the Dolly Madison House in Washington, D. C. She was stunning – and spooky. According to legend, if you left coins in her palms you’d have good luck. I left a coin. What is it about coins and gravestones?

Is there a cemetery or gravesite you’ve always wanted to visit?

Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. I want to see the Bird Girl statue that appears on the cover of the novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I own a replica of this statue. She’s called “Little Wendy.”

I also would love to see the catacombs beneath Paris. Then there is Père Lachaise Cemetery, where Oscar Wilde is buried. I read he haunts the place. It would awesome to run into his ghost and hang out with him.

It would be great to visit the cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana, where voodoo queen Marie Laveau is buried.

I live in Massachusetts where there are all kinds of burying grounds that date back to the 1600s. I’d love to make rubbings of the tombstones and their symbolic carvings.

If you have anything to say about it, what would your epitaph be?

God, this is Trish Wilson. Try to not piss her off. (Apologies to the movie City Slickers LOL)

Do you have a favorite song about cemeteries or graveyards?

I don’t have a favorite song of that sort, but I love to listen to dark ambient music, which is perfect for cemeteries. It’s also perfect as background music while I’m writing horror. I’d recommend “Stalker” and “The Place Where the Black Stars Hang” by Lustmord. I also recommend “Nostromo” by Sleep Research Facility. Redshift is more good dark ambient music. I also enjoy Philip Glass. Then there are movie soundtracks like Jerry Goldsmith’s “Alien” and Bernard Herrmann’s “Psycho” and “Vertigo.” I like creepy music, which is perfect for cemeteries.

The Death’s Garden Revisited Kickstarter is in its final 10 days now. After the book reached its initial funding goal in 8 hours, it’s available for preorder. This beautiful full-color book will be full of 40 amazing essays about why visiting cemeteries is important. Check it out — and please consider pre-ordering a copy for yourself: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lorenrhoads/deaths-garden-revisited-relationships-with-cemeteries