STAMFORD — “On Halloween, they come. October People, with souls dark as caskets and eyes of flickering pumpkin flame.” 

Are ‘you’ one of the October People? If so, join critically acclaimed local writer William P. Simmons at Stamford Coffee, Thursday October 23, from 5:00 to 7:00 pm, as he reads from and signs copies of THE HALLOWEEN BOY & OTHER OCTOBER HORRORS and SEASON OF THE DEAD: SUPERNATURAL HORROR FOR HALLOWEEN. A Stamford native, Simmons’ internationally published writings have appeared in such prestigious magazines as Publisher’s Weekly, Rue Morgue, Dark Discoveries, Mystery Scene, and several others. A recipient of eight Honorable Mentions in THE YEAR’S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR (St. Martin’s Press), he has authored fifteen books, including eleven #1 Amazon bestsellers. In addition to writing, he is an anthologist, critic, and freelance journalist. Celebrate the melancholy joy, dread, and liminality of Samhain with a storyteller who Publisher’s Weekly says “has an approach both original and refreshingly unconventional”, and who Bram Stoker award-winner Kealan Patrick Burke states “…joins the ranks of past masters like Ray Bradbury and Charles Grant.”