Horror Fiction Event Buzz Book Expo Online Aug 22-23

Books
Written By Chris Well

This month, a new online book convention is reaching out to fans of horror fiction and related genres—including paranormal and supernatural thrillers, dark fantasy, genre blends, and even non-fiction books about the horror genre. The free event will be served as a livestream August 22-23, 2020. Attend for free HERE — just click on the Buzz Book Expo Livestream.

Buzz Book Expo is an online book expo, with the goal of giving publishers from all over the world a chance to talk about their new horror releases for the upcoming year (Sep 2020-Dec 2021). The presentations will include Q&As, interviews, and the like.

They will be recording the event so it can be available to those who can’t attend it live.

Buzz Book Expo Committee
Mary SanGiovanni — Coordinator
Dave Thomas — Tech
Matt Wildasin — Tech
Katie Southard — Media Relations/PR
Richard Gerlach
Patrick McDonough

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Chris Well

Chris Well been a writer pretty much his entire life. (Well, since his childhood.) Over the years, he has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio, and books. He now is the chief of the website Monster Complex, celebrating monster stories in lit and pop culture. He also writes horror comedy fiction that embraces Universal Monsters, 1960s sitcoms, 1980s action movies, and the X-Files.

https://chriswell.substack.com/
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