SATURDAY OCTOBER 23rd <\/strong>
\nDoors and cash bar open at 6PM
\nEvent starts at 6:30PM<\/p>\n

THE REAL HORROR SHOW:\u00a0GET YOUR BLOOD CHILLED FOR HALLOWE’EN!
\n<\/em><\/strong>Horror writers John Shirley, Ray Garton, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Rain Graves<\/strong> will scare you good and proper with some short readings…and in case you still have some lighthearted idea that Hallowe’en is all about candy and costumes, we’ll finish up with a screening of The Changeling<\/em><\/strong> (1981)\u00a0 to knock that idea out of your head…it’s the perfect haunted house movie, starring George C. Scott and Melvyn Douglas.<\/p>\n

We’ll be raffling off some spooky schwag before the film – Raffle tix $5!\u00a0 Win<\/p>\n

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• a signed limited, slipcased edition of John Stanley’s The Creature Features Movie Guide Strikes Again<\/em><\/li>\n
• a set of Rotting Zombie Clings (You TOO can be a Zombie!)<\/li>\n
• WWAZD game – the Z stands for Zombie<\/li>\n
• Special BLOOD Orange Candy Corn<\/li>\n
• Pumpkin filled with cool candy for all your little trick or treaters<\/li>\n
• Set of Universal Films Classic Monsters mints and a signed copy of Shambling Towards Hiroshima<\/em> by James Morrow (published by Tachyon Publications)<\/li>\n
• Grand Prize – a Graveyard Book<\/em> promotional fake TOMBSTONE signed by NEIL GAIMAN<\/strong> (truly a one-of-a-kind item, courtesy of Kepler’s Books) <\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

  Buy four tickets and get a free drink at the bar!!!<\/em><\/strong> – all proceeds go to purchase pediatric wheelchairs through Variety Children’s Charity & Wine for Wheels.\u00a0 For $150, you can help a child be mobile in their community – let’s see how many we can purchase with your help!!<\/p>\n

  Lounge and cash bar open at 6PM – party snacks courtesy of Charles and SF in SF<\/p>\n

  Readings begin at 6:30PM, followed by booksigning in the lounge
  \nFilm begins about 8:00PM (or when author event is over)
  \nSeating is limited, and first come, first seated.<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

  Books will be for sale courtesy of Borderlands Books<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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