Celebrate local author, Paul Jessup's newest book, Rustbelt Gothic, on Sunday 11/15 from 11 AM - 1 PM. Paul will be signing books and Rustbelt Gothic will be available for purchase.
Coppercreek is a young town built on steel and steam that lacks a traditional dark history, yet it is plagued by a malevolent force known as Silver Jenny that steals children's faces. The protagonist, Bear, is a horror genre expert who recognizes all the classic tropes of a trapped, time-looping folk horror nightmare around her. Despite knowing the immense danger of the situation, she has returned to her childhood home to face the town's unnatural entities and confront the person she left behind and still loves.
Paul Jessup is a critically acclaimed, award winning writer of spooky stuff. Active pro member of HWA, he's had publications in countless magazines over the years, including Nightmare, Apex Magazine, Clarkesworld, PostScripts, Interzone, Psuedopod, and tons more. His short stories have been honorable mentions in many Year's Best collections, including Best Horror of the Year, Year's Best Horror and Fantasy, and Best Science Fiction of the Year. In 2000 he won the Virginia Perryman award for excellence in short fiction, and in 2022 his short story (Skinless Man Counts to Five) was listed on the Recommended Reading List for the Stoker Awards.
He has lots of novels and short story collections published, mostly in the small press. His latest books are Glass House (a haunted house novel), Skinless Man Counts to Five and Other Tales of the Macabre (a short story collection), and Daughter of the Wormwood Star (a horror novel about a satanic cult). He has been published and translated in many different countries, including England, Ireland, Poland and Japan.
