Fright Night

An Evening of Terrifying Tales

Local authors Adrian Van Young, SueBird Sparrow, and Dawn Chartier celebrate spooky season by reading their most macabre manuscripts. Costumes encouraged.

Dress up in your in your most ghoulish garb and get into the Halloween spirit at this spooky storytelling event featuring local authors and two-sentence horror stories written by Library patrons. 

Submit your two-sentence story.

Enjoy creepy curiosities including the following:

• Readings of terrifying tales 
• Raffle with a chance to win a deck of Tarot cards
• Devilish delicacies
• Book sale and signing with the authors

Adrian Van Young's first book of fiction, The Man Who Noticed Everything, won Black Lawrence Press' 2011 St. Lawrence Book Award. His second book, Shadows in Summerland, a novel, was republished by Open Road Media in September, 2020. His third book of fiction, Midnight Self, a story collection, was released from Black Lawrence Press in October 2023. He is also the author of Vampire Pool Party from Madeleine Editions, a book for children. His fiction and non-fiction have been published or are forthcoming in Electric Literature's Recommended Reading, Black Warrior Review, Conjunctions, The Believer, VICE, Slate, BOMB, Guernica, Granta, McSweeney's, The New Yorker online, and elsewhere. He is a Henfield Foundation Prize recipient as well as a two-time Pushcart Prize nominee.

SueBird Sparrow is a visually-impaired Award-Winning Author, Novelist, Short Story Scribe, and World-Wide Wrangler of Words. When not telling tales, she can be found dancing to blues music, memorizing drinking toasts in diverse languages, or transcribing the epic poems whispered by her companion tortoise, Gordon Ramsay. SueBird’s usually-New-Orleans-centric genres include horror, mystery, suspense, fantasy, paranormal, speculative fiction and a children’s book series featuring an adventurous blind reptile entitled, Marcelle the Intrepid Iguana. Her latest novel, a supernatural thriller, The Devil Drinks Monsoons, (Bayou Wolf Press) is available beginning October, 2025.

Dawn Chartier is a romance author known for crafting captivating tales of love, danger, and the supernatural. With a passion for weaving complex characters and heart-pounding adventures, she brings readers into worlds where passion collides with peril, and unexpected heroes rise from the shadows. Inspired by her Louisiana roots, Dawn’s writing often reflects her love of Southern charm, rich culture, and the unique magic of the bayou. Her Guardian-Hunter series and other works blend steamy romance, thrilling suspense, and unforgettable characters who grow through adversity. When she’s not writing, Dawn enjoys spending time with family, chilling on the beach, and over-indulging in her love of chicory coffee, dark chocolate and Gilmore Girls.

Sponsored by Friends of Hubbell Library.

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