Mira Gonzáles Strange Lights Release Party at West Side Books
About this Event
West Side Books & Curios will be hosting a release party for Strange Lights by Mira González on Tuesday, October 6th at 7:15pm. She will be in conversation with content creator Jaysen Headley.
STRANGE LIGHTS | Mira González | October 6, 2026
Paranormal investigator and cryptozoologist Reggie has embraced her fate as parent to an adopted toddler, Eldi--a blood-sucking chupacabra with a fondness for goats. Reggie wants nothing more than to put her complicated past in the rearview mirror and fade into as much obscurity as her toddler will allow. But a rash of UFOs in the night sky and a couple of crop-circle-carving Roombas force Reggie into an investigation that attracts the attention of an old enemy, an anti-supernatural agency hunting for creatures like Eldi. To outwit them, Reggie must team up with Calvin: a podcaster-turned-werewolf whose charm is a real threat to Reggie's rule against romantic attachments.
With Reggie's history quickly catching up to her and Eldi in the agency's crosshairs, any shred of normalcy evaporates. Reggie must decide: Can she confront her dark past to save Eldi--and an entire alien species--from getting wiped out of the universe?
For fans of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Kevin Wilson's Nothing to See Here, Strange Lights is a joyride in a sentient Winnebago with a quirky cast of cryptids.
Praise for Strange Lights:
“Mira González has achieved a feat as breathtaking as a cryptid sighting: merging the high-stakes suspense and fantastic world-building of the best sci-fi with the tender heartbeat of a family epic. Reggie is the kind of compelling protagonist I will always root for, and I dare any reader to not fall in love with Eldi at first growl. In Strange Lights, González proves that even otherworldly adventures lead to the most complicated place of all: home. I love this bold, bright, far-reaching tale.”
—Sara Flannery Murphy, author of Girl One
Mira González is a full-time chaos manager of three small humans and the author of Strange Lights. You can find her escaping into novels when she isn’t traveling. Mira currently resides in Fiji, but she grew up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and worked on oil rigs under the northern lights in Alaska. Equal parts personal experience and a wildly overactive imagination inspire her stories, which center the queer and diverse characters she relates most to. Though her children are the inspiration for the monster toddler in her book, her husband is regrettably not a werewolf, and she can only dream of a sentient Winnebago.
Jaysen Headley is a content creator who celebrates diverse voices in books, boardgames and other media. Jaysen started creating content about books and reading in 2020 on Tiktok which eventually led him to create the publishing imprint Ezeekat Press with Bindery. Born and raised in Colorado, he currently lives in Orlando, Florida with his husband and two cats where he can be found reading, visiting theme parks, reading, playing games, reading, waving at local squirrels and reading.
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