Ooooh, it's that time of the year when all that go bang in the night come out to play! 

We're so excited to be chatting with artist Ricardo Diseño and writer Steve Mockus as they discuss their latest book, Eerie Legends: An Illustrated Exploration of Creepy Creatures, the Paranormal, and Folklore from around the World -- a fascinating and frightening collection of folk tale monsters, ghosts, and other scary things that dwell in the dark. Eeeek, we hope you can join us - keep the lights burning, though, would you? 

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Questions? Contact Kerry: keodonnell@somervillema.gov

RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.

About the Book:

Our world is a strange place. This hauntingly illustrated book peers into the dark spaces that lie somewhere between belief and imagination, and into the weird stories we tell to make sense of where and who we are. Here are tales of vengeful ghosts, bloodthirsty monsters, internet-conjured nightmares, lost souls, cryptid curiosities, demons, aliens, the undead, and the inexplicable

Acclaimed artist Ricardo Diseño brings a lifelong fascination with eerie folklore to electrify the artwork depicting each spooky subject, accompanied by evocative descriptions and history and a flash-fiction story in which readers encounter the dark presences themselves.

About The Writer: 

Steve Mockus is a San Francisco-based editor and author of the Classic Horror Oracle, Cthulhu: The Ancient One Tribute Box, Mr. Spock Logic & Prosperity Box, How to Speak Zombie, A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, and Stick Man’s Really Bad Day.

About the Artist:

Ricardo Diseño is the artist behind the Classic Horror Oracle. An Austin, Texas-based illustrator and poster designer, he has done work for the New Yorker, the Criterion Collection, the New York Times, Refinery29, Illustoria, Spoke Art, Chronicle Books, and many others.

This program is presented in partnership with the Ashland Public Library and other MA libraries.

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