Happy spooky month! You might have heard that I’m officially a published author. Not in the way I expected but I’m published along with a bunch of other talented writers in a book of scary stories! I have two stories in Creaky Stairs: A Book of Dark Truths: Volume 1. You buy the book on Amazon here!
Thrilling tales of despair litter the countryside of Rustle County, where children have been disappearing for hundreds of years. This collection of terrifying short stories details the odious occurrences that have haunted Boltsville for generations. Follow Sheriff LeBuff and his affable deputy, Officer LeBlanc, as they try to piece together the dark mystery.
This book has 29 stories all woven together in the fictional town of Boltsville where creepy things happen all too frequently. Honestly, this book is captivating! The stories in it are different and entertaining. From the circus to the theater to summer camp, Rustle county rustles up quite a dramatic showing of scary mishaps. This book is appropriate for late middle schoolers and up, so it’s fun for (almost) all ages!
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The book was released as an ebook on September 14 and it’s now available in paperback. It’s available on Amazon or you can purchase a copy from the Bucks County Writers Group by finding us at one of the events I’m listing below. Make sure to add it to your Goodreads shelf! The book is now listed under my book page on this blog. And I even have my own official Amazon author page where you can follow me.
I have two stories in the anthology and the first is actually the book’s prologue! “What to Do When the Lights Go Out” is a second person guide detailing what you should do when you lose electricity. And what not to do… Candles might have something to do with it.
The second story I have in the anthology is “Siren Record” which is about a deaf teenager who discovers a cursed 45 record in an antique store and gives it to his friend. What comes next is disastrous for all that can hear it.
I am proud of the stories I have in the book! They were a lot of fun to write even though I haven’t written horror stories before, I think they turned out pretty spooky. The editing process was expedited and there are still some things I would have liked to edit but overall, the book has a connectedness that I think makes it really unique and hard to put down!
Events
I, along with the other authors, will be at a variety of events this month. If you are in the greater Philadelphia area you should definitely come out and join us!
Book Release Party: Sunday, October 6th from 5 pm until 8 pm
Event Details: Join us the Bucks County Writers Group as we celebrate the release of our first publication, Creaky Stairs: A book of Dark Truths, Volume 1. Meet the authors, buy a copy of the book and get it signed. Eat, drink, and be merry! Join us. Event open to the public.
Location: HopsScotch22, 22 S Main Street, Doylestown, PA
Bucks County Book Fest: Sunday, October 13th from 11:30 am until 5 pm
Event Details: The Bucks County Book Festival is a two-day event for book lovers young and old. The book fest features professionally published authors with author panels, book signings, and more! You can learn more about the event by visiting https://www.bucksbookfest.org/. We’ll be there on Sunday when they have author panels and vendors. Come buy a copy of our book and get it signed by the authors. (Including me!)
Location: S Hamilton St, Doylestown, PA
Local Haunts Film Festival, Wednesday, October 16th from 7:30 pm until 9 pm
Event Details: Join us at the County Theater for the Local Haunts Film Festival where “Spring House” by Bruce Logan and Adam Newton will premier. Starring Logan, Charlie, and Isaac McHenry! We’ll have copies of Creaky Stairs for sale too!
Location: The County Theater, 20 E State St, Doylestown, PA
Book Reading and Signing with the Doylestown Book Shop, Tuesday, October 29th from 6:30 pm until 8 pm
Event Details: Join us for a fun night of horror and intrigue. Featuring readings from the newly published novel and viewing of the short film “Spring House.”
Location: The Doylestown Bookshop, 6 S Main St, Doylestown, PA
I hope you can join me in celebrating the release of our book! We all worked so hard on this and it would mean to world to each one of us if you reviewed it online. For many of us, it’s our first publication but I can promise it won’t be our last!
Happy Reading-
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! That’s amazing!! I’m going to add this collection to my TBR list!
THANK YOU! Your support means everything! I hope you enjoy it when you read it 🙂
Wow, how awesome. Congratulations! It is great that you are being published after all the effort you put into your writing and stories. Keep going! I loved the little story you published before on this blog and I am sure the once in the book are great as well. 🙂
Thank you Anna! The whole collection is awesome if I do say so myself haha but it was just a fun project and that’s really what matters! Thanks again for all your support ☺️☺️☺️
Super congratulations for getting your work out there into the wider world! 😀 Hope publishing and promoting it all goes well.
I was thinking of trying Amazon Kindle out myself for publishing a future short story anthology – was there anything you found tricky in setting up yours through Amazon? What format did they want you to submit your story as?
Thank you! Our editor helped us get it up on Amazon but it wasn’t hard at all! A fellow author had the program Vellum that we used to format the book and made it look super professional. Hope that helps!