A pop-up book fair built around horror, speculative and weird fiction is taking over a Redlands brewery this week, pairing craft beer with dark literature for one night only. Inlandia Institute will host Booze and Books: Horror and Weird Lit Book and Trinket Fair from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at Ritual Brewing Co., 1315 Research Drive in Redlands.
The free event, open only to guests 21 and older, centers on a pop-up book fair hosted by Pen & Honey Bookstore, according to redlandsdailyfacts.com. Alongside the book fair, the evening includes a meet-and-greet and signing with horror and speculative-fiction authors and editors Shane Hawk and Justin C. Key, the outlet reports. Patch notes the author meet-and-greet activities run specifically from 6 to 8 p.m., a window tucked inside the broader three-hour event.
Two Genre Authors Bring Their Books to the Bar
Hawk and Key's books will be available for purchase at the fair, and pre-orders are also available for pickup there, per the same account. Pen & Honey Bookstore will round things out with a wider selection of other horror and speculative-fiction titles for sale.
Hawk is the editor of the Bram Stoker-nominated anthology Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, as well as Never Whistle at Night Part II: Back for Blood, and he authored Anoka, a collection of short horror stories. Key is the author of the novel The Hospital at the End of the World and is a contributor to Inlandia Institute's own anthology, Vital: The Future of Healthcare — Science Fiction Stories, the article notes.
Vendors and Brewery Fare Round Out the Lineup
Beyond the authors and the book fair, several specialty vendors are set to join the fair, including Ana Karen Loves Paper, Caffeinated Coven Co, loco corpse and Jonny Black Types. Ritual Brewing Co. will also host a food vendor for the evening, the report indicates, though the identity of that vendor was not specified.
As reported by The Press-Enterprise, Inlandia Institute shared the event details in a news release ahead of Friday's gathering. Inlandia Institute is a regionally focused literary and cultural arts nonprofit and publishing house whose mission is to promote literary activity throughout Inland Southern California and celebrate the region in word, image and sound, according to the same release.
