Ghoulish Book Fest is back to spook San Antonio readers for a second year

Max Booth III and Lori Michelle’s indie horror press Ghoulish Books is living up to its name with its frighteningly fast growth. After a successful Kickstarter, the press opened a horror bookstore and launched a new literary magazine.

Booth and Michelle are now back with the second annual Ghoulish Book Fest, a weekend celebrating literary horror with vendors, panels and guest authors and artists.

This year’s guests of honor include V. Castro, a Mexican American author from San Antonio known for her novels Mestiza Blood and The Queen of the Cicadas; Johnny Compton, an Alamo City-based author who recently published his debut novel The Spite House; and Trevor Henderson, a Canadian writer and illustrator known for creating iconic creatures such as Siren Head.

$75, 1-9 p.m. Friday, April 14, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday, April 15, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. April 16, Historic Hermann Sons Building, 525 S. St. Mary’s St., ghoulishbookfest.com.

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