Tubby & Coo's Mid-City Bookshop is pleased to present a virtual campfire event with S.A. Barnes, author of the sci-fi/horror novel Dead Silence! This event will be held digitally via Crowdcast.

We are so excited to do a virtual campfire event with Stacey to include a crackling campfire, keyboard/tiny s'mores, a spooky campfire reading, and a game of "Two Truths and a Lie," along with a discussion of Dead Silence. Don’t miss out on what’s shaping up to be a really fun event!

You can register for this event by ordering Dead Silence here or by clicking the "Save My Spot" button above with a donation of any amount of your choice. Donations are to help sustain our events programming. If you cannot afford to purchase the book or to donate even $1, you may register for the event for free, no questions asked, by e-mailing us at events@tubbyandcoos.com. There will also be the option to purchase the book during the event!

Copies of Dead Silence purchased from Tubby & Coo's will come with a signed bookplate. All registrants will receive their choice of either a tiny/keyboard s'mores recipe OR a s'moretini cocktail recipe.

Please note Tubby & Coo's has a zero tolerance policy for harassment or intimidation of any kind during our events.

More information about the event and purchase the book here!

Titanic meets The Shining in S.A. Barnes’ Dead Silence, a SF horror novel in which a woman and her crew board a decades-lost luxury cruiser and find the wreckage of a nightmare that hasn't yet ended.

A GHOST SHIP.
A SALVAGE CREW.
UNSPEAKABLE HORRORS.

Claire Kovalik is days away from being unemployed—made obsolete—when her beacon repair crew picks up a strange distress signal. With nothing to lose and no desire to return to Earth, Claire and her team decide to investigate.

What they find at the other end of the signal is a shock: the Aurora, a famous luxury space-liner that vanished on its maiden tour of the solar system more than twenty years ago. A salvage claim like this could set Claire and her crew up for life. But a quick trip through the Aurora reveals something isn’t right.

Whispers in the dark. Flickers of movement. Words scrawled in blood. Claire must fight to hold onto her sanity and find out what really happened on the Aurora, before she and her crew meet the same ghastly fate.

S.A. Barnes works in a high school library by day, recommending reads, talking with students, and removing the occasional forgotten cheese-stick-as-bookmark. The author has published numerous novels across different genres. Barnes lives in Illinois with more dogs and books than is advisable and a very patient spouse.

Virtual Campfire with S.A. Barnes