Lore of the Jack-O’-Lantern
Written by Brian Serven / Illustrated by Dan Blakeslee
Release Party
w/ Doctor Gasp and The Eeks (a.k.a. Dan Blakeslee)
Friday, September 30
Doors 7pm / Event 8pm
$15 Members / $20 General Admission
All ages / Seated
Join us for a theatrical book reading and music performance! Inspired by the spirit of Halloween and inherent nature of humans to share scary stories, the night begins with a reading of the Lore of the Jack-O’-Lantern novella, narrated by Brian Serven, who will be joined on stage by character voice actors including Beth LaMontagne Hall (Host of Long Story Short), Timothy Fife (Film Composer), and Andy Bryant. While the story is being read, illustrations from the book will be projected upon a screen!
After the reading, there will be a music performance by Doctor Gasp and The Eeks (Dan Blakeslee’s Halloween alter-ego).
Novella synopsis:
Lore of the Jack O’ Lantern , written by Brian Serven and illustrated by Dan Blakeslee, is a thriller/horror novella set on Halloween night in a small town in New Hampshire. As seething sweets seekers troll the streets, a local gang of outcasts known as the Ferals desperately search for their missing friend, Alfie. It seems Grandma Collins’ old-country stories about Stingy Jack have come true and the carved pumpkins on porch steps aren’t warding off evil…the Jack-O’-Lanterns seem to be inviting it.
The veil between the living and dead is thin and children’s souls are irresistible. Caitlin, her little brother Orin, and their friends Grace and Julien must face the thing that lurks in the dark to rescue Alfie…before it’s too late.
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3S Artspace is supported in part by a grant from the New Hampshire State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
3S Artspace is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts through the New England Arts Resilience Fund, part of the United States Regional Arts Resilience Fund, an initiative of the U.S. Regional Arts Organizations and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with major funding from the federal CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan from the National Endowment for the Arts.