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Horror in NYC: Part Two with Marc Abbott

$180

4 Sessions

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4 Sessions Sundays, 1:00 pm EDT - 2:30 pm EDT March 30 to June 29, 2025

Online via Zoom

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Meeting Dates:
3/30, 4/27, 6/1, 6/29
Online via Zoom

Subway stations turned into bloody altars. Werewolves hunted by the NYPD. Monsters lurking in the Museum of Natural History.

In this reading group, we will read four classic horror novels set in New York City. We will discuss how they reflect the real anxieties of different eras of the city’s history, from the late 1970s through present day and even the near future, and we will think about why the City that Never Sleeps lends itself to stories of evil beyond human comprehension.

These books touch on many of the issues that face New Yorkers today, from the egalitarian promises and dangers of public transportation to the (ir)responsibility of law enforcement to the ethics of museum displays of ancient cultures. Of course, they’re also thrilling, terrifying reads that will keep you up at night! Join us as we follow monstrous creatures into the murky realms beneath NYC.

What to read in advance of the first meeting: Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s The Relic

What to expect from this reading group: Sessions are conducted as conversations and participant-driven. Discussions are moderated.

Reading List:

The Relic by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Cellars by John Shirley
Awakened by James Murray and Darren Wearmouth
The Wolfen by Whitley Strieber

Capacity: 20

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Led by

Marc L Abbott

Marc L Abbott

Marc L Abbott is a Brooklyn native horror author. He is the co-author of Hell at Brooklyn Tea and the two-time African American Literary Award-winning horror anthology, Hell at the Way Station. His horror short stories are featured in the anthologies Blackened Roots, A Woman Unbecoming, Soul Scream, Even in the Grave, and the Bram Stoker Nominated horror anthologies New York State of Fright & Under Twin Suns: Alternate Histories of the Yellow Sign. Look for his upcoming horror novel, Sinister Ascension from Mocha Memoirs Press. He is a 2015 Moth Story Slam and Grand Slam Storyteller winner and an award-winning actor. When he is not curating workshops for the Center for Fiction, he teaches writing to students at Dr. Izquierdo Health and Science Charter School. Find out more about him at www.whoismarclabbott.com

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