New Book: We Are Providence

Saw this at NecronomiCon Providence this weekend:

We Are Providence: Tales of Horror From The Ocean State 

details and order from the publisher:  https://www.weirdhousepress.com/product/we-are-providence/



Come. Take our hands. The twilight is dimming, but the moon is bright enough to see by, and it’s the perfect night to go for a walk. We’ll Stroll through a cemetery in Exter to where police officers are dispatched every Halloween and where a one-hundred-fifty-year-old vampire girl is said to still roam. We’ll wander the wharves in Jamestown, but mind your footing; the sea is home to all manner of creatures just waiting to break the surface after a thousand-year sleep. And keep an eye on the Romanesque Revival windows of the mansions along Newport’s Cliff Walk; you might catch a glimpse of a silhouette with no early reason for being there. In Providence, we’ll stalk the shadowy streets along with the ghosts of transcendentalist poets and jilted lovers, but don’t be surprised to discover that the monsters of Lovecraft’s fiction are not, in fact, the product of his imagination. The capital city has secrets and those secrets have tentacles. And teeth.

Welcome to Rhode Island, home of the weird, the hometown horror, the haunted, the hunted. Home of the Gothic and of horror with history. We promise there’s something here for everyone, whether visiting or already one with the region’s countless legends. Rode Island is the smallest state but the biggest house of horrors…

And the door is open.



Stories included in We Are Providence:

• Introduction: The Roots of Horror in Rhode Island by Faye Ringel
• The Scariest Story by Joshua Rex
• Blood in the Sand by John Lynch
• Testing a Horrible Superstition by Christa Carmen
• Who Lives in the Shunned House? by Mary Robles
• A Providence Thing by Jason Parent
• The Hidden Heart by Victoria Dalpe
• Spectacle Cove by L. E. Daniels
• Long Live the River by Mary Robles
• Alex’s Tree by Michael Squid
• Soul Parasite by Paul Magnan
• Close Behind by Barry Dejasu
• A Possession by H. Y. Hsu
• Ghosts of Waterfire by Mary Robles
• Mary’s Mama’s Heart by Faye Ringel
• Ghost Catch by K. H. Vaughan
• Rhyme of Tides by Mary Robles
• Poe’s Black Feathers by Mary Robles
• Unsuccessful Coping Mechanism for Grieving Lost Lovers by Curtis M. Lawson
• Wanted Dead or Alive 2025 by Steven E. Belanger
• The Salt Man of South Kingstown by Aron Beauregard

ABOUT THIS BOOK

What could be more natural than a collection of horror stories from the Rhode Island authors?
Edited by Christa Carmen and L. E. Daniels
Trade Paperback in stock and shipping!
Cover art by Mr. Michael Squid

Book Talk: Gothic Literature and the Supernatural in New England (8/29/2022, Norwich, CT/Zoom)

My thanks to Faye Ringel for the notice of this event:

Gothic Literature and the Supernatural in New England 

source: https://www.otislibrarynorwich.org/upcoming-events/2022/8/29/gothic-literature-and-the-supernatural-in-new-england

 

Monday, August 29, 2022 

 6:00 PM 7:00 PM 

Otis Library 

261 Main St. 

Norwich, CT 06360 (map)  

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Otis Library presents a hybrid event offering a celebration of two new books and a chance to learn more about the supernatural in New England. This program will take place in the Community Room and Live on Zoom.

Faye Ringel, PhD., retired Professor of Humanities at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, is launching her second book on the New England Gothic. Published this year by Anthem, a scholarly press based in the UK, it was written entirely during the pandemic--a particularly appropriate time for the Gothic in literature, film, and life. Dr. Ringel will be speaking via Zoom. Copies of The Gothic Literature and History of New England: Secrets of the Restless Dead will be available for sale in the Community Room.

Horror writer Christa Carmen of Westerly will be present at the Library to speak about her research into Rhode Island’s Gothic history. She is the editor, along with Lauren Elise Daniels, of We Are Providence: Tales of Horror from the Ocean State which makes its debut at this event. Daniels, who grew up in Rhode Island, will be joining the discussion via Zoom from Brisbane, Australia. The new anthology features 20 scary stories by writers who live—or have lived—in Rhode Island. Dr. Ringel wrote the book’s introduction and one of the stories. Many of the authors will be joining the discussion, in person or via Zoom. Copies of this anthology will be available for sale and signing following the program.

This free program will be presented live and over Zoom. Registration is not required. If you would like to attend via Zoom, please sign up on the Otis Library website calendar or call Julie at 860-889-2365, ext. 128.