Hauntings at Humber Mouth

I just got back from the Humber Mouth Literary Festival, where I had a fabulous time at the Horror Writers’ Night. It was held at Pave on Princes Avenue in Hull, a great venue which had been turned into a spooky semblance of a Victorian parlour for the evening. Here’s the story in pictures . . .

At Marrakech Avenue

The gathering . . . a pre-event meal at Marrakech Avenue. Great food, great company! From front left, clockwise around the table: Ramsey Campbell, Nicky Crowther, Nick Royle, Peter Crowther, Steve Erikson, Mike Smith, Fergus Beadle, Alison Littlewood, Jenny Campbell.

Let us in!! Gathering outside Pave . . .

The event tickets - purty!

 

And the posters.

 

The evening was organised by those talented folk at PS Publishing. Here's Peter Crowther, stepping up to the mike to introduce the event.

 

Nicholas Royle reads 'The Cellar'.

And (deep breath) here I go with 'The Bright Penny'.

Peter Crowther steps in to read Christopher Fowler's story, 'Uncle Alan'.

The evening is rounded off with Ramsey Campbell's 'The Callers'.

The books! Here are the gorgeous hardbacks of ‘Four for Fear’, produced especially for the event. It contains each of the specially commissioned stories read out on the evening, and is signed by each author (Christopher Fowler via signing stickers!). The book is still available to buy online from PS Publishing.

Here’s the full wraparound cover (as if the evening wasn’t scary enough!)

So that’s it! A great time was had by all. All that remains is to send out a massive ‘thank you’ to Peter and Nicky Crowther for a great evening! Thanks too to my fellow readers, to Fergus for the photos, to Mike from PS, and of course to everyone in Hull who came along and made it such a terrific event. So – THANK YOU!! 🙂

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