Oh, how we love to frighten ourselves with tales of terror fashioned from the human imagination. This fall, explore stories of weird science, macabre art and terrifying technology where creativity takes a darker turn.
Oh The Horror
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Flights & Frights Trivia Night
Friday, October 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m. for ages 21 and older at 4 By 4 Brewing Company, 2811 E. Galloway St., Suite A. Recruit and register a team of six horror devotees and compete in multiple rounds of pop-culture trivia covering terrifying films, dark literature, spooky nostalgia, local lore, legends and other thrilling topics. Enjoy an evening of frightful fun, snag some book swag and vie for prizes. Register online here or call 417-883-5341.
Books will be available for purchase & signing at all author events
“Why I Love Horror”: Paul Tremblay with Becky Spratford
Thursday, September 10, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
New York Times bestselling author Paul Tremblay has been called one of fiction’s most groundbreaking voices. He and Bram Stoker Award-winning author Becky Siegel Spratford, author of “Why I Love Horror,” will discuss Tremblay’s connection to the horror genre and his new novel, “Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,” a near-future tech nightmare that is as darkly funny as it is disturbingly believable.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Terrifying Tales Reimagined: Alma Katsu & Saratoga Schaefer
Thursday, October 1, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
New York Times bestselling author Alma Katsu and USA Today bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer discuss their latest novels, which reimagine classic horror tales for a modern audience. Katsu’s “Incarnate” reworks “The Picture of Dorian Gray” through a social media influencer’s rise and AI deepfake technology, while Schaefer’s “A Thousand Monstrous Forms” offers a sapphic retelling of “Bluebeard” centered on a young ceramic artist and her new wife’s isolated manor. Together, the authors will explore why these stories resonate today and what they reveal about desire, ambition and the secrets people work to protect.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Ozarks Tales of Strange Science & Macabre Art
Thursday, October 8, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
Strange stories have long shaped the Ozarks, from mystic healers and rabies-curing madstones to the infamous Bald Knobbers vigilantes, creating a region steeped in legend and macabre art. Local artists Sandi Green-Baker, Abbey Waterworth, Moe Aoife Callahan and Eric Leick present a multimedia evening of storytelling featuring supernatural tales, folk ballads and crankies — a century-old tradition blending music, theater and art.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Horror & Hunger: Luke Dumas on “Nothing Tastes as Good”
Thursday, October 15, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Annie Busch Community Room.
In USA Today bestselling author Luke Dumas’ novel “Nothing Tastes as Good,” a man dissatisfied with his life and body enrolls in a clinical trial for a weight loss drug that begins to blur the line between desire and nightmare. Dumas will discuss the personal and societal inspirations behind the story, including diet culture and the intersection of hunger, identity and humanity.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
A Scary Movie Crash Course with Emily C. Hughes
Wednesday, October 21, 6 p.m.
At BookMarx, 325 E. Walnut St.
Too petrified to watch “Psycho” or afraid “Hereditary” will haunt your dreams? Emily C. Hughes, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning “Horror for Weenies,” offers a humorous and insightful look at some of horror cinema’s most influential films. Explore the history and significance of the genre, common tropes, trivia and analysis while experiencing iconic horror movies without a single jump scare.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Thursday, September 10, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
New York Times bestselling author Paul Tremblay has been called one of fiction’s most groundbreaking voices. He and Bram Stoker Award-winning author Becky Siegel Spratford, author of “Why I Love Horror,” will discuss Tremblay’s connection to the horror genre and his new novel, “Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,” a near-future tech nightmare that is as darkly funny as it is disturbingly believable.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Thursday, October 1, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
New York Times bestselling author Alma Katsu and USA Today bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer discuss their latest novels, which reimagine classic horror tales for a modern audience. Katsu’s “Incarnate” reworks “The Picture of Dorian Gray” through a social media influencer’s rise and AI deepfake technology, while Schaefer’s “A Thousand Monstrous Forms” offers a sapphic retelling of “Bluebeard” centered on a young ceramic artist and her new wife’s isolated manor. Together, the authors will explore why these stories resonate today and what they reveal about desire, ambition and the secrets people work to protect.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Thursday, October 8, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
Strange stories have long shaped the Ozarks, from mystic healers and rabies-curing madstones to the infamous Bald Knobbers vigilantes, creating a region steeped in legend and macabre art. Local artists Sandi Green-Baker, Abbey Waterworth, Moe Aoife Callahan and Eric Leick present a multimedia evening of storytelling featuring supernatural tales, folk ballads and crankies — a century-old tradition blending music, theater and art.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Thursday, October 15, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Annie Busch Community Room.
In USA Today bestselling author Luke Dumas’ novel “Nothing Tastes as Good,” a man dissatisfied with his life and body enrolls in a clinical trial for a weight loss drug that begins to blur the line between desire and nightmare. Dumas will discuss the personal and societal inspirations behind the story, including diet culture and the intersection of hunger, identity and humanity.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Wednesday, October 21, 6 p.m.
At BookMarx, 325 E. Walnut St.
Too petrified to watch “Psycho” or afraid “Hereditary” will haunt your dreams? Emily C. Hughes, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning “Horror for Weenies,” offers a humorous and insightful look at some of horror cinema’s most influential films. Explore the history and significance of the genre, common tropes, trivia and analysis while experiencing iconic horror movies without a single jump scare.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Thursday, October 22, 7 p.m.
At 4 By 4 Brewing Company, 2811 E. Galloway St., Suite A.
In USA Today bestselling author Caitlin Starling’s new novel “Milkteeth,” an immortal vampire broodmother fighting her own monstrous transformation courts a mortal OB-GYN who may hold the key to understanding her unnatural anatomy. Starling joins Bram Stoker Award-winning author Emily C. Hughes to discuss vampire lore, the intersection of science and the supernatural, and the complexities of monstrous motherhood.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Friday, October 23, 7-9 p.m.
At the Moxie Cinema, 305 S. Campbell Ave. #101.
Dario Argento’s “Suspiria,” rated R, 1977, follows an American ballet student who uncovers dark and horrific secrets within the walls of a renowned German dance academy. Known for its vibrant colors, elaborate set design and iconic soundtrack, this cult classic of Italian giallo comes to the big screen for a special presentation.
Tuesday, October 27, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon and USA Today bestselling author Kylie Lee Baker discuss their latest novels blending folk horror, mythology and dual timelines. McMahon’s “Stay Buried” explores queer folk horror shaped by superstition, strange science and vengeful spirits, while Baker’s “Japanese Gothic” follows two people centuries apart connected by a mysterious door between worlds. In conversation, they will examine how horror builds tension across timelines and how the past continues to shape the present.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Thursday, November 19, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium
New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus’ novel “Angel Down” is an immersive World War I story about five soldiers who discover a fallen angel that may hold the key to ending the war if they can confront their own inner demons. The novel won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was named one of The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2025 and became a USA Today bestseller.
Kraus joins Sean O’Connor, managing editor for Macabre Daily and host of the Paper Cuts horror podcast, to discuss survival, moral conflict and supernatural wonder on the battlefields of World War I.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
“Why I Love Horror”: Paul Tremblay with Becky Spratford
Thursday, September 10, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
New York Times bestselling author Paul Tremblay has been called one of fiction’s most groundbreaking voices. He and Bram Stoker Award-winning author Becky Siegel Spratford, author of “Why I Love Horror,” will discuss Tremblay’s connection to the horror genre and his new novel, “Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep,” a near-future tech nightmare that is as darkly funny as it is disturbingly believable.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Terrifying Tales Reimagined: Alma Katsu & Saratoga Schaefer
Thursday, October 1, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
New York Times bestselling author Alma Katsu and USA Today bestselling author Saratoga Schaefer discuss their latest novels, which reimagine classic horror tales for a modern audience. Katsu’s “Incarnate” reworks “The Picture of Dorian Gray” through a social media influencer’s rise and AI deepfake technology, while Schaefer’s “A Thousand Monstrous Forms” offers a sapphic retelling of “Bluebeard” centered on a young ceramic artist and her new wife’s isolated manor. Together, the authors will explore why these stories resonate today and what they reveal about desire, ambition and the secrets people work to protect.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Ozarks Tales of Strange Science & Macabre Art
Thursday, October 8, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
Strange stories have long shaped the Ozarks, from mystic healers and rabies-curing madstones to the infamous Bald Knobbers vigilantes, creating a region steeped in legend and macabre art. Local artists Sandi Green-Baker, Abbey Waterworth, Moe Aoife Callahan and Eric Leick present a multimedia evening of storytelling featuring supernatural tales, folk ballads and crankies — a century-old tradition blending music, theater and art.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
Horror & Hunger: Luke Dumas on “Nothing Tastes as Good”
Thursday, October 15, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Annie Busch Community Room.
In USA Today bestselling author Luke Dumas’ novel “Nothing Tastes as Good,” a man dissatisfied with his life and body enrolls in a clinical trial for a weight loss drug that begins to blur the line between desire and nightmare. Dumas will discuss the personal and societal inspirations behind the story, including diet culture and the intersection of hunger, identity and humanity.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
A Scary Movie Crash Course with Emily C. Hughes
Wednesday, October 21, 6 p.m.
At BookMarx, 325 E. Walnut St.
Too petrified to watch “Psycho” or afraid “Hereditary” will haunt your dreams? Emily C. Hughes, author of the Bram Stoker Award-winning “Horror for Weenies,” offers a humorous and insightful look at some of horror cinema’s most influential films. Explore the history and significance of the genre, common tropes, trivia and analysis while experiencing iconic horror movies without a single jump scare.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
“Milkteeth”: Caitlin Starling with Emily C. Hughes
Thursday, October 22, 7 p.m.
At 4 By 4 Brewing Company, 2811 E. Galloway St., Suite A.
In USA Today bestselling author Caitlin Starling’s new novel “Milkteeth,” an immortal vampire broodmother fighting her own monstrous transformation courts a mortal OB-GYN who may hold the key to understanding her unnatural anatomy. Starling joins Bram Stoker Award-winning author Emily C. Hughes to discuss vampire lore, the intersection of science and the supernatural, and the complexities of monstrous motherhood.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
“Suspiria” at The Moxie
Friday, October 23, 7-9 p.m.
At the Moxie Cinema, 305 S. Campbell Ave. #101.
Dario Argento’s “Suspiria,” rated R, 1977, follows an American ballet student who uncovers dark and horrific secrets within the walls of a renowned German dance academy. Known for its vibrant colors, elaborate set design and iconic soundtrack, this cult classic of Italian giallo comes to the big screen for a special presentation.
Unburied Secrets: Jennifer McMahon & Kylie Lee Baker
Tuesday, October 27, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon and USA Today bestselling author Kylie Lee Baker discuss their latest novels blending folk horror, mythology and dual timelines. McMahon’s “Stay Buried” explores queer folk horror shaped by superstition, strange science and vengeful spirits, while Baker’s “Japanese Gothic” follows two people centuries apart connected by a mysterious door between worlds. In conversation, they will examine how horror builds tension across timelines and how the past continues to shape the present.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
“Angel Down”: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Daniel Kraus in Conversation With Macabre Daily’s Sean O’Connor
Thursday, November 19, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium
New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus’ novel “Angel Down” is an immersive World War I story about five soldiers who discover a fallen angel that may hold the key to ending the war if they can confront their own inner demons. The novel won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was named one of The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2025 and became a USA Today bestseller.
Kraus joins Sean O’Connor, managing editor for Macabre Daily and host of the Paper Cuts horror podcast, to discuss survival, moral conflict and supernatural wonder on the battlefields of World War I.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
“Milkteeth”: Caitlin Starling with Emily C. Hughes
Thursday, October 22, 7 p.m.
At 4 By 4 Brewing Company, 2811 E. Galloway St., Suite A.
In USA Today bestselling author Caitlin Starling’s new novel “Milkteeth,” an immortal vampire broodmother fighting her own monstrous transformation courts a mortal OB-GYN who may hold the key to understanding her unnatural anatomy. Starling joins Bram Stoker Award-winning author Emily C. Hughes to discuss vampire lore, the intersection of science and the supernatural, and the complexities of monstrous motherhood.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
“Suspiria” at The Moxie
Friday, October 23, 7-9 p.m.
At the Moxie Cinema, 305 S. Campbell Ave. #101.
Dario Argento’s “Suspiria,” rated R, 1977, follows an American ballet student who uncovers dark and horrific secrets within the walls of a renowned German dance academy. Known for its vibrant colors, elaborate set design and iconic soundtrack, this cult classic of Italian giallo comes to the big screen for a special presentation.
Unburied Secrets: Jennifer McMahon & Kylie Lee Baker
Tuesday, October 27, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium.
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer McMahon and USA Today bestselling author Kylie Lee Baker discuss their latest novels blending folk horror, mythology and dual timelines. McMahon’s “Stay Buried” explores queer folk horror shaped by superstition, strange science and vengeful spirits, while Baker’s “Japanese Gothic” follows two people centuries apart connected by a mysterious door between worlds. In conversation, they will examine how horror builds tension across timelines and how the past continues to shape the present.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
“Angel Down”: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Daniel Kraus in Conversation With Macabre Daily’s Sean O’Connor
Thursday, November 19, 7 p.m.
The Library Center Hatch Auditorium
New York Times bestselling author Daniel Kraus’ novel “Angel Down” is an immersive World War I story about five soldiers who discover a fallen angel that may hold the key to ending the war if they can confront their own inner demons. The novel won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was named one of The New York Times 10 Best Books of 2025 and became a USA Today bestseller.
Kraus joins Sean O’Connor, managing editor for Macabre Daily and host of the Paper Cuts horror podcast, to discuss survival, moral conflict and supernatural wonder on the battlefields of World War I.
Registration required; click the button below or call 417-883-5341.
