A House, Haunted

Welcome to our first annual A House, Haunted series of events! We’re featuring a variety of spooky, creepy, and bizarre things throughout the month of October in celebration of the Halloween season. Enjoy!

Stories After Dark:
A Haunted Anthology

Thank you for joining us for Stories After Dark: A Haunted Anthology, hosted by Todd Summar. The stories below range from the creepy, to the supernatural, to the downright weird, all in celebration of the Halloween season. We encourage you to watch each video and check out the information about each writer on their corresponding pages. We've provided links to authors' websites and ordering information for their books, where appropriate. Please support their work if you can! Finally, a big thanks to all the participating writers who donated their time and talent for this special event.

 

October Evanston Bound Quarantours

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Special Edition Ep. 05: Ghostly: A Conversation with Audrey Niffenegger
Special Edition Ep. 05: Ghostly: A Conversation with Audrey Niffenegger

ABH Board Member Ken Gerleve recently sat down with ABH’s founder and president, bestselling author and visual artist Audrey Niffenegger, to discuss ghosts, ghost stories, cemeteries, and their relevance to her artwork and writing. They also discussed her second novel Her Fearful Symmetry, which features London’s Highgate Cemetery, and the ghost story anthology Ghostly, which Audrey illustrated.

Special Edition Ep. 03: Pam Smy
Special Edition Ep. 03: Pam Smy

For this Special Edition, Jamie Thome spoke with writer and illustrator Pam Smy. Ms. Smy has illustrated folktales, chapter books, nursery rhyme collections, picture books and novels.

Ep. 28: Landis Blair
Ep. 28: Landis Blair

Mr. Blair is the author and illustrator of The Envious Siblings: and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes, as well as the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller From Here to Eternity and the graphic novel The Hunting Accident, which won Best in Adult Books at the Excellence in Graphic Literature awards.

Ep. 27: Emil Ferris
Ep. 27: Emil Ferris

On 15 October 2020, we talked with graphic novelist Emil Ferris! Emil grew up in pre-Urban Renewal Chicago at a time when Chicago was a down-at-the-heels, blue-collar palace where the silent picture stars of Essanay Studios still hobbled the streets of Uptown. Ferris gets a good portion of whatever strength or inspiration she has from the beauty and tenacity of this amazing city.

Ep. 26: Andrea Dezsö
Ep. 26: Andrea Dezsö

On 08 October 2020, we were so lucky to be able to have a conversation with visual artist Andrea Dezsö. Andrea Dezsö is a visual artist who works across a broad range of media including drawing, painting, artist's books, embroidery, cut paper, animation, sculpture, site-specific installation and public art.

Ep. 25: Howard Simmons
Ep. 25: Howard Simmons

On 01 October 2020, we kicked off ABH's first annual A House, Haunted month with writer Howard Simmons. Howard completed his MFA at Columbia College Chicago. While in grad school, he co-founded Goreyesque, an online literary journal inspired by the art of Edward Gorey.

Online Programming

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The GhostNote 2000 by Todd Summar • Karen Pedone, Laura Askey & Clara Solak

Gary circled September 29, 1974 in his date book in bold red marker. He dared not write anything else, for fear of jinxing it.

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Special Edition Ep. 05: Ghostly: A Conversation with Audrey Niffenegger
Special Edition Ep. 05: Ghostly: A Conversation with Audrey Niffenegger

ABH Board Member Ken Gerleve recently sat down with ABH’s founder and president, bestselling author and visual artist Audrey Niffenegger, to discuss ghosts, ghost stories, cemeteries, and their relevance to her artwork and writing. They also discussed her second novel Her Fearful Symmetry, which features London’s Highgate Cemetery, and the ghost story anthology Ghostly, which Audrey illustrated.

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FROM HELL In Color with Eddie Campbell
FROM HELL In Color with Eddie Campbell

FROM HELL MASTER EDITION by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell. Eddie Campbell talks about the project of revision and colorization. FROM HELL MASTER EDITION Hardcover, full color throughout.

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Special Edition Ep. 03: Pam Smy
Special Edition Ep. 03: Pam Smy

For this Special Edition, Jamie Thome spoke with writer and illustrator Pam Smy. Ms. Smy has illustrated folktales, chapter books, nursery rhyme collections, picture books and novels.

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Spooky Mad Libs Event for 3rd-5th Graders!

On October 16th at 9:30 am, we're hosting a very special Zoom for 3rd-5th graders----Spooky Mad-Libs!

We'll get a chance to work together to flesh out a spooky story about a very creepy and VERY haunted Harley Clarke Mansion! In addition, we'll take some time during the Zoom to connect over campfire spooky tales.

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Unusual Suspects Book Group
Unusual Suspects Book Group

Join us on October 14th at 6:30 pm for our inaugural session of our first ABH grown up book group, Unusual Suspects!

In this book group, we’ll read and discuss literary crime fiction, murder mysteries, thrillers, and more! After October, we’ll continue to meet monthly on the second Wednesday of the month. For our first meeting in October, we’ll be reading The Child Finder, by Rene Denfeld.

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Spooky Stories Book Talk with Evanston Public Library's Betsy Bird
Spooky Stories Book Talk with Evanston Public Library's Betsy Bird

Join us on October 5th at 7 pm for a Spooky Stories Book Talk with Evanston Public Library’s Betsy Bird! This live virtual event will officially kick off our first annual A House, Haunted series of events.

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A House, Haunted
A House, Haunted

Join us this October for our first annual A House, Haunted series of events! We’ve got loads of spooky, creepy, and bizarre things planned for the month, and hope you enjoy!

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