{"id":15472,"date":"2025-10-21T23:23:30","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/?p=15472"},"modified":"2025-10-21T23:23:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T03:23:30","slug":"halloween-horror-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lucysnyder.com\/index.php\/halloween-horror-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Halloween Horror Fest at The Book Loft"},"content":{"rendered":"

Please join me and authors S. Alessandro Martinez, Maxwell I. Gold, Jason A. Wyckoff, and Matt Betts at The Book Loft of German Village<\/a> on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 6:00pm.<\/p>\n

The Book Loft is an amazing independent bookstore located at 631 S 3rd St, Columbus, OH 43206.<\/p>\n

The event is free, but the bookstore will appreciate it if people RSVP<\/a> for it.<\/p>\n

S. Alessandro Martinez<\/h2>\n

S. Alessandro Martinez is a Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of Mexican and Spanish descent who writes horror and fantasy from middle grade to adult. He lives in a haunted manor and loves playing video\/board games, practicing necromancy, watching bat videos, collecting skulls, visiting cemeteries, and generally lurking in the dark. The author of the novel Helminth and several forthcoming books, his short stories and poetry have also appeared in several magazines, anthologies, and websites. You\u2019re always welcome to contact Alessandro here or by email at salessandromartinez@gmail.com with any comments, questions, esoteric rituals to bring forth ancient evil from times untold, or whatever you\u2019d like.<\/p>\n

Maxwell I. Gold<\/h2>\n

Maxwell I. Gold is a Jewish-American author and poet with an extensive body of work comprising over 350 poems since 2017. His writings have earned a place alongside many literary luminaries in the speculative fiction genre. His work has appeared in numerous literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. Maxwell\u2019s work has been recognized with multiple nominations including the Eric Hoffer Award, Pushcart Prize, and Bram Stoker Awards.<\/p>\n

Jason A. Wyckoff<\/h2>\n

Jason A. Wyckoff is the author of two short story collections of weird fiction published by Tartarus Press: Black Horse and other Strange Stories<\/em> (2012) and The Hidden Back Room<\/em> (2016). His work has appeared in anthologies from Haverhill House, Plutonian Press and Siren\u2019s Call Publications, as well as the journals Nightscript, Weirdbook, and Turn to Ash, among others.
\nHe lives in Columbus, Ohio, USA. Married with cats.<\/p>\n

Matt Betts<\/h2>\n

Matt Betts was born and raised in Lima, Ohio and went to college in Toledo. He currently lives in Columbus with his wife Mackenzie, and their two wonderful boys. Matt\u2019s short and flash fiction appears in Arkham Tales, Ethereal Tales, the Triangulation: Taking Flight anthology, Bizarro Fiction! The Journal of Experimental Fiction 37, A Thousand Faces<\/em> and Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy.<\/em><\/p>\n

Matt\u2019s poetry has been published in numerous venues, and his poem \u201cGodzilla\u2019s Better Half\u201d was nominated for a Rhysling Award, the Science Fiction Poetry Association\u2019s highest honor. His poetry has appeared in Star*Line, Escape Clause, The Book of Tentacles, Illumen, the 2010 Rhysling Anthology, Kaleidotrope<\/em> and others. One of his pieces was also mentioned in a New York Times<\/em> article on zombie poetry. His novels include: Carson of Venus: The Edge of All Worlds, White Anvil, Odd Men Out<\/em> and Indelible Ink<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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