Come and listen to original writing by acclaimed writers of crime and suspense novels, and poems about zombies. A special Halloween treat.

Costumes welcome! 

Carol Goodman is the author of twenty-four novels, including The Lake of Dead Languages, The Seduction of Water, which won the 2003 Hammett Prize, The Widow’s House, which won the 2018 Mary Higgins Clark Award, and The Night Visitors, which won the 2020 Mary Higgins Clark Award. She lives in the Hudson Valley and teaches literature and writing at The New School and SUNY New Paltz. 

Emilya Naymark is the author of the novels Hide in Place and Behind the Lie.

Her short stories are included in various publications including Snowbound: Best New England Crime Stories 2017, and 1+ 30: THE BEST OF MYSTORY. She lives in the Hudson Valley.

Will Nixon is the co-author of "Walking Woodstock: Journeys into the Wild Heart of America's Most Famous Small Town" and "The Pocket Guide to Woodstock." His poetry books include "My Late Mother as a Ruffed Grouse," and "Love in the City of Grudges," which includes a series of poems based on Night of the Living Dead.

Joe Zeppetello has published the novels, Intimate Disconnect and These Truths, short stories, book chapters, and academic articles.  Currently, he is semi-retired from Marist College and is working on a new novel. He has lived in West Saugerties for forty years.