I am in NYC all week for event to promote Why I Love Horror and it has been going great. We had over 150 people at the NYPL event Tuesday night. Clay got a great picture of the full audience as we came in from the back. That plus many other pictures from friends in the audience can be found here.

You can always go here to see my tour schedule. It is also pinned to the top of every page of the blog. I am updating it with photos as I go along, but today, I wanted to not only share the photos from NYPL, but also remind you all that I will be at Twisted Spine tonight and Clay has some fun planned.

I head home this weekend and will be at the ILA Annual Conference before heading right back to the NY are for StoryFest in CT. This is a huge event held at Westport Library. They have their schedule finalized, and I wanted to share that here today as well.

Below you can see all the details about these three events.

I was surprised at dinner after the NYPL event by Joe Monti with the news that the book just went into a third printing! Keep it up everyone. We are spreading the love of Horror and the power of Readers' Advisory all over this country. Thank you for all of support. 

New York Public Library: October 7, 2025, 6:30pmWhy I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature by Becky Siegel Spratford with Rachel Harrison, Grady Hendrix, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Victor LaValleStavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL), Event CenterBook sales and signingPhotos From the eventTwisted Spine, Brooklyn: October 9 7pm startNYC's first Horror bookstoreIn conversation with Clay McLeod Chapman followed by a screening of Texas Chain Saw Massacre (the movie mentioned in WHY I LOVE HORROR the most times)Conversation begins at 7pm followed by the movie screening.DetailsPhotos From the event (coming soon)Westport Library Storyfest: October 17-19I am visiting high schools all day Friday and panel-- WHY I LOVE HORROR at Noon on Saturday with Clay McLeod Chapman, Rachel Harrison, Josh Malerman, and Hailey Piper SchedulePhotos From the event