BOOK LAUNCH: AMITYVILLE AWAKENS by Robert P. Ottone
About this Event
Two-Time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Robert P. Ottone brings the terror of Amityville back to life with chilling precision in Amityville Awakens.
We're thrilled to welcome Robert P. Ottone to The Twisted Spine in conversation with Victoria Dalpe (LES FEMMES GROTESQUES), and M. Jane Worma (OF BEASTS) on September 21!
About AMITYVILLE AWAKENS:
"Ottone amplifies the lore of the Amityville house by unleashing the home's insidious and vile entity on the two towns. Unrelenting and gritty, Amityville Awakens is a harrowing tale of evil battling against the strength of teenage unrequited love."
—Amanda Headlee, author of Till We Become Monsters and Madness and Greatness Can Share the Same Face
With the fabled house gone, the two towns begin experiencing an onslaught of unsettling phenomena. People go missing. A putrid, almost fungal spore-like mold begins festering across lawns. Shadows move and orbs glitter in the night. An unlikely band of characters comes together to battle a supernatural nightmare that threatens to tear all of Long Island apart.
Ottone’s inspired, fresh take on the most famous haunted house in the world is a sprawling supernatural tale of evil as it often comes: where you live, where you sleep.
About the speakers:
Robert P. Ottone is the two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Triangle and There’s Something Sinister in Centerfield. He is also the author of The Vile Thing We Created as well as the collections Her Infernal Name and Tear Me Open: Fears Unwrapped. He lives in upstate New York with his wife, where he enjoys cigars, video games, film and a good cocktail.
Victoria Dalpe is a writer and artist. She has published over fifty short stories and the collection Les Femmes Grotesques. She is also the author of gothic horror novel Parasite Life and the dark fantasy series Selene Shade: Resurrectionist for Hire with CLASH Books. Her short story "The Cleaner" was selected for Night Shade Books The Best Horror of the Year: Volume Seventeen edited by Ellen Datlow. She lives in Rhode Island. Follow her on instagram: victorialdalpe
M. Jane Worma is a queer horror writer with a fascination for the sadistic and horrifying. After escaping from their birthplace of San Antonio, Texas, and spending a decade in the haunted desert of New Mexico before making the move to the colder northeast, they now happily reside in Brooklyn.
Event guidelines:
Each ticket includes either a paperback copy AMITYVILLE AWAKENS or a $15 Twisted Spine gift card.
Limited additional copies of the books will be available for purchase at the event.
A signing will follow the discussion.
If you have any questions about the guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations, please contact [email protected].
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 0.00 to USD 28.70
