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SUMMARY:ALL US SAINTS: Katherine Packert Burke in conversation with Jimmy Juliano
DESCRIPTION:“’All Us Saints’ is a gorgeous puzzle-box of a book\, with the pieces carved from dread\, sex\, and secrets. Katherine Packert Burke has inventively inverted the psycho-killer\, revealing something new and\, once again\, shocking.”\n—Torrey Peters\, author of “Stag Dance” and “Detransition\, Baby” \nJoin Katherine Packert Burke at Blue House Books on Saturday\, May 30th\, at 1 p.m. where she will be discussing her newest release\, “All Us Saints” with Chicago thriller author\, Jimmy Juliano (“13 Months Haunted”)\, answering questions from the audience\, and signing books! \nThis event requires a $5 reservation deposit. Get all the details here: https://withfriends.co/event/27776094 \nIf you can’t make the event at 1 p.m.\, there will be a meet and greet from 3 to 4 p.m. Stop by anytime between then to meet this Minnesota Author! \nABOUT ALL US SAINTS: \nExactly 19 years ago\, in May of 1992\, 17-year-old Roland St. Cloud fatally stabbed his twin sister Edna’s three best friends. The slaying became instant tabloid fodder leading to a bestselling true-crime book and horror movie franchise. Each year on the anniversary of her family’s undoing\, Edna reenacts the murders. She is joined by her husband\, Roger\, the night’s definitive chronicler; her younger sister Calla\, a failed playwright who spends her days lost in online gaming; her younger brother James and his girlfriend Heather; and her teenage daughter Wren. Together\, the St. Cloud family seals the windows and doors of the house and lights a grim candle. After their macabre theatrics there’s nothing to do but wait for dawn\, talk among themselves\, and remember. \n“All Us Saints” is a literary family drama packaged as a two-act play. Behind the curtain\, Packert Burke unveils Roland’s childhood as a closeted trans girl in the early 90s and offers a brilliant and scathing commentary on the cisgender gaze. \nABOUT KATHERINE PACKERT BURKE: \nKatherine Packert Burke is a graduate of the Clarion Writer’s Workshop in San Diego and the MFA program at the University of Alabama. Her debut novel\, “Still Life”\, was published by W. W. Norton in 2024. She lives in Minneapolis\, MN. \nABOUT 13 MONTHS HAUNTED: \nFrom “Dead Eleven” author Jimmy Juliano\, a twisty\, edge-of-your-seat novel about a unique haunting in the early 2000s\nPiper Lowery\, a public library clerk in charge of liaising with the local middle school\, can tell right away there’s something strange about the new girl in eighth grade. Avery Wallace won’t touch any kind of technology\, not even the computers at the library\, and her mother comes to school with her every day\, refusing to leave her side—not even when Avery uses the restroom. \nAnd then there are the rumors\, the whispers Piper hears from kids in the hallway and parents around town: Avery’s mother is a witch. Her sister and father were killed by something supernatural. A strange virus killed them. \nSeeing how isolated and lonely Avery is\, Piper befriends her but quickly realizes it might just be the worst decision she’s ever made. Because there’s something dark inside Avery Wallace\, and it’s spreading . . . \nABOUT JIMMY JULIANO: \nJimmy Juliano is a writer and high school educator. Several of his stories have gone viral on the Reddit “NoSleep” forum\, and his debut novel\, “Dead Eleven”\, is currently in development at A+E Studios. He lives outside Chicago with his wife\, daughter\, and miniature Goldendoodle.
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LOCATION:Blue House Books\, 5915 6th Avenue A\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53142\, United States
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SUMMARY:HARVEST SEASON: Authorless Release Party!
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Blue House Books at 6 p.m. as we celebrate the release of “Harvest Season”\, book two in the Seasons of Carnage trilogy. The event will include freebies\, mingling with fellow Brynne Weaver fans\, and games! \nEach attendee will receive a Welcome to Cape Carnage pamphlet\, a wordsearch game\, a set of two unique postcards\, an exclusive set of character cards by Jemlin\, and a signed bookplate! \nThis event is ticketed\, check out the details and grab your ticket here: https://withfriends.co/event/27884304 \nABOUT HARVEST SEASON: \nFrom the #1 “New York Times” bestselling author Brynne Weaver comes the second book in the devilishly steamy Seasons of Carnage trilogy where dark romantic comedy meets thrilling suspense—and where love is ripe for ruin.\nIt’s time to reap what you sow. \nCape Carnage is blooming with secrets\, and they’re ready to harvest. But every time Nolan Rhodes digs one up\, another grows in its place. Harper isn’t who he thought she was. Arthur might be more sinister than he first thought. And Sheriff Yates? The man is everywhere he turns. When true crime fanatics descend on the town looking for answers about the death of their leader\, Nolan finds himself at the center of a search and rescue operation for missing people he knows are already dead. Cape Carnage teeters on the brink of chaos. And the harder Nolan tries to keep it together\, the closer Harper comes to unraveling. \nHarper Starling has risked everything to bury her trauma in Cape Carnage. But now that Nolan has unearthed her past\, her whole life seems ready to break apart. And who can she trust? The enigmatic man she’s falling in love with? He came to kill her. The serial killer mentor she’s vowed to protect? He’s become an unpredictable menace. The woman in the mirror? She might be the most dangerous of all. \nLoyalties are tested. Bonds are bent to a breaking point. And love? That might be the deadliest trap of all. \n“Harvest Season” is a dark romance with mature themes. Please check content warnings at the beginning of the book. \nABOUT BRYNNE WEAVER: \nBrynne Weaver is a #1 “New York Times” and “USA Today” bestselling author and international sensation with over 5 million copies sold in over twenty-five countries to date. She has traveled the world\, taken in more stray animals than her husband would probably prefer\, and nurtured her love for dark comedies\, horror\, and romance in both literature and film. During all her adventures\, the constant thread in Brynne’s life has been writing. With thirteen published works and counting\, Brynne has made her mark in the literary world by blending irreverent dark comedy\, swoon-worthy romance\, and riveting suspense to create genre-breaking\, addictive stories for readers to escape into. \nYou can find Brynne on Instagram @brynne_weaver or on TikTok @brynneweaverbooks\, where she has a combined 300k followers!
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SUMMARY:IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND: Cynthia Pelayo in Kenosha!
DESCRIPTION:“A devastating re-imagining of a classic\, “It Came from Neverland” will sweep you off your feet and terrify you in equal measure. A striking achievement\, and a book you don’t want to miss.”\n—Gwendolyn Kiste\, Four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of “The Haunting of Velkwood” and “Everything Looks Better in Red”. \nJoin Cynthia Pelayo at Blue House Books on Thursday\, June 11th\, at 6:30 p.m.\, where she will be discussing her newest release\, “It Came From Neverland”\, answering questions from the audience\, and signing books! \nThis event requires a $5 reservation deposit. Get all the details here: https://withfriends.co/event/28005334 \nABOUT IT CAME FROM NEVERLAND: \nPeter Pan meets Stephen King’s It in this twisted horror retelling of a classic childhood fairy tale set during WWI. \n1914\, Wendy Darling works by day as a school teacher\, and by night\, she assists soldiers who have returned home from the Western Front. There is one mysterious patient who\, despite all the care they’ve given him\, is in a deep sleep\, unable to wake up. One night\, when he murmurs the words “Peter Pan\,” Wendy is thrown back to a darker time\, one that she wishes she could forget. \nWhen one of her students goes missing\, it brings back memories of when children went missing and were later found murdered in London many years ago. Wendy is convinced that Peter Pan\, the entity that she believes killed those children\, is back. She and her brothers had a close encounter with Peter Pan\, after all. But her brothers only remember Peter Pan and Neverland as a fantasy of childhood games. \nWhen another child goes missing and signs start to point to Wendy\, Scotland Yard digs into old reports\, finding that Wendy knew the names of all the children who had been killed. As Wendy tries to prove her innocence\, she also has to find a way to stop Peter Pan once and for all. \nABOUT CYNTHIA PELAYO: \nCynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award–winning author and poet. Her works include “Children of Chicago”\, “The Shoemaker’s Magician”\, “Lotería”\, “Forgotten Sisters”\, “Vanishing Daughters”\, the poetry collections “Crime Scene” and “Into the Forest and All the Way Through”\, and more. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently pursuing a PhD in English. She lives in Chicago with her family.
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