The Cat That Launched a Thousand Books
One week from tonight, my newest book will officially be out in the world, and we’ll be celebrating at one of my favorite local haunts, the Stray Cat Film Center. There’ll be copies of Glowing in the Dark (and maybe some of my other books, too) available for sale, other tricks and treats, and I’ll be hanging out, talking spooky movies and my favorite season of the year.
That’s all free and open to the public but the Stray Cat is, at the end of the day, a movie theater, and this is a book about movies, so we’ll be wrapping up the festivities with a special secret screening of one of my favorite horror films. The book launch is free, but the screening costs $10 – or is free with the purchase of a copy of Glowing in the Dark.
Of course, while Tuesday, October 15 is the official launch event, it won’t be the first or only time that habitues of the KC film and literature scenes will have a chance to pick up a copy of Glowing in the Dark. On Saturday, October 12 I’ll be vending at Lit on Grand outside Afterword Tavern and Shelves from 1 to 5pm. Think of it as a little like an outdoor Scholastic book fair for grown-ups.
I’ll also have copies at the usual VHS tape trading that takes place before Analog Sunday on October 13. And, of course, it being October, Analog Sunday is hosting its very special Halloween Double-Creature that happens every year, this time bringing out two very different Evil Dead knock-offs, neither of which I have ever even heard of.
So, if you can’t make it out to my official book launch on October 15, you can drop by one of those places and get your copy early! Busy all those times? You’re still not out of luck. Assuming I don’t sell out of all my stock (you never know!) I’ll also be vending at the historic Aztec Shawnee theater for their double-feature of Werewolf of London and The Wolf Man on October 16 and 23.
If you’re not local to the Kansas City area, you don’t have to miss out entirely. Pre-orders of Glowing in the Dark are currently making their way out into the world and you can get a copy of your very own direct from the publisher right here.