Horror: History That Goes Bump in the Night
Sunday, May 7 | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PMThe Marsh Berkeley - Cabaret
- Horror
- Native American
History—both personal and otherwise—comes back to haunt the living in these chilling tales of psychological and mythological horror. In Jessica Johns’s Bad Cree, a young woman can manifest dreams in the waking world—and as they grow nightmarish, it’s clear that the forces of industrial intrusion on Native lands are both relevant—and malevolent. In Sisters of the Lost Nation, debut author Nick Medina’s character Anna confronts literal and figurative demons as she investigates the horrors, both ancient and modern, lurking around her reservation’s casino. And in the collection They Hide, Francesca Maria sets her tales of vampires, ghouls, and the devil in settings that include colonial New England and pre-revolutionary France. Leading this conversation about the horrors that lurk throughout history—and pervade the present—is novelist Ben Monroe, author of The Seething, about a lake that hides an ancient evil.
Book signing information: Marcus Books, at the venue
With support from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria and the Consulate General of Canada San Francisco/Silicon Valley
