Center for the literary arts in New York State
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SMALL TOWN HORROR
Erin Adams and Dennis Mahoney
4:30 p.m. Thursday, January 30, 2025
University at Albany - Assembly Hall
1400 Washington Avenue Albany NY 12222 - See map.
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Erin E. Adams is the author of Jackal (2022), the story of a young Black woman who returns — reluctantly — to her very white hometown in central Pennsylvania to attend a friend’s wedding. Meanwhile, something evil waits for her in the woods — something that has been preying on Johnstown’s Black girls for a very long time.
The novel was a finalist for every major prize in the Horror genre, including the Edgar, Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Awards. Cosmopolitan magazine named it one of the “Best Horror Novels of All Time.”
Dennis Mahoney is the author of Our Winter Monster (Jan. 2025), set in a ski village in Upstate New York. Seeking a fun getaway, a couple in a troubled relationship loses their way driving in a snowstorm. Kendra Book, the village sheriff, sets out to find them— following a trail of crushed cars, wrecked buildings, and mangled bodies.
A Troy-based horror writer, Mahoney is also the author of Fellow Mortals (2013), a Booklist Top Ten Debut; Bell Weather (2015), an Indie Next pick; and Ghostlove (2020).
Cosponsored by the Writing and Critical Inquiry Program (WCI) and the Honors College.