In Conversation with GJ Phelps

Name: In Conversation with GJ Phelps
Start: 2024-10-18T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-18T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Little Elborow Street,Rugby,CV21 3BZ,GB

Schedule

Fri Oct 18 2024 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Little Elborow Street,Rugby,CV21 3BZ,GB | Rugby, EN

Join us at Rugby Library as we chat with author GJ Phelps, as part of Rugby Literary Festival.
Join us at Rugby Library as we chat with author GJ Phelps about his book, 13 Doors, as part of the Rugby Literary Festival. Find out more about the festival at rugbyfirstevents.org.uk/rugby-literary-festival/
Synopsis
Thirteen doors, thirteen hauntings. News reporter Joe Baxter has a plan.
His idea is simple – to use his newsroom contacts across England to find thirteen haunted places to stay, and then record his experiences in a book. From an abandoned cinema to a dank pub cellar, from a World War Two airfield to a lonely, landlocked cruise liner, Joe is prepared to spend long nights in the cold and dark, but has no idea what he is about to unleash.
For, as he endures increasingly dangerous vigils, meeting a succession of gruesome, tragic and terrifying spectres, a terrible truth begins to emerge.
Something – or someone – is reaching out to Joe, awakening long-buried memories of his father’s death, a dark family secret and his teenage brush with madness. And then there is Wilko, the imaginary friend who haunted his childhood. After decades of silence, Wilko has found his voice again…
A spine-tingling supernatural mystery entwined with chilling ghost stories, 13 Doors places the reader at the dark heart of the moment, from gut-wrenching action to eerie vigils.
About the Author
Gary Phelps is an award-winning journalist who spent 30 years in the news industry, working his way up from junior reporter to eventually edit nine newspapers. He lives in Birmingham, England, where he runs a successful PR consultancy, specialising in education, public affairs, and industry. A devotee of horror fiction since his childhood, 13 Doors is his debut novel.
Refreshments provided. There will be copies of G J Phelps's books for sale at the event.
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