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Terrifying Tales Reimagined: Alma Katsu & Saratoga Schaefer
Thursday, October 01
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Library Center
Hatch Auditorium (500)Explore modern horror retellings with authors Alma Katsu and Saratoga Schaefer.
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. Books will be available for purchase and signing. This Oh, the Horror! event is sponsored by the Friends of the Library.
Library Center
The Library Center is the headquarters of the Springfield-Greene County Library District. The 82,000-square-foot building houses major collections of print and electronic resources. These include special collections such as business and local history and genealogy; public Wi-Fi computers, four private study rooms, five small conference rooms, a kitchen and state-of-the-art reference technology. In addition, the Library Center includes other amenities characteristic of larger urban libraries. Those features include a 150-seat auditorium, a glass-enclosed reading room and art gallery, a story hour room, outdoor patio and outdoor story garden and the Between Friends Gift Shop.