Events

2026

Book Launch Party – July. More information when I have it!

StokerCon – Conference for horror writers, readers, and other industry professionals, Pittsburgh, PA, June 4-7. More info soon!

AuthorCon – Conference for writers, readers, and publishing professionals, Williamsburg, VA, Feb. 27-March 1. More info soon!

Developing Narrative Setting – Writing workshop with instruction, activities, and refreshments, Anderson-Lee Library, Silver Creek, NY, Thursday, Jan. 29, 6 p.m. (Live event, Public Welcome, Registration Link Coming Soon!)

Story Shapes Workshop – Writing workshop with instruction, activities, and refreshments, Anderson-Lee Library, Silver Creek, NY, Thursday, Jan. 15, 6 p.m. (Live event, Public Welcome, Registration Link Coming Soon!)

2025

Shop Local Authors – Book sales & signings (with cookies!) alongside other local authors Nick Smith, Pauline Chow, and Catherine D’Agostino, Next Chapter Bookstore, downtown Fredonia, NY, Saturday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. (Live Event, Public Welcome!)

Indie Author Day at the Buffalo & Erie County Library – panel discussion on horror writing, books sales & signings with members of the Buffalo Branch of the HWA NY Chapter, Buffalo & Erie County Library, Buffalo, NY, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2-4 p.m. (Live Event, Public Welcome.)

Author Reading & Ghost Story Talk – Reading from new release THE HAUNTINGS BACK HOME, discussion of ghost story structure and tropes, Q&A, book signing, Anderson-Lee Library, 43 Main St., Silver Creek, NY, Thursday, Oct. 30, 6 p.m. (Live Event, Public Welcome – 18+ recommended, registration appreciated but not required.)

Story Shapes Workshop, Buffalo Creative Workshop – Workshop on plot and structure graphics designed to help writers plot and structure their next stories with writing prompts, share time, and Q&A, 255 Great Arrowhead Dr. (Suite 205), Buffalo, NY, Oct. 25, 1-3 p.m. (Public Welcome; Must Register Here.)

Book Signing, Barnes & Noble – Local & regional author sales and signings, 5909 Peach St., Erie, PA, Oct. 24th, 4-8 p.m. (Live In-Person Event; Public Welcome!)

Book Launch Party for The Hauntings Back Home – Author readings, drink specials, cookies, open mic, & more, Downtown Brew, 13 Water St., Fredonia, NY, Oct. 18th at 2 p.m. (Live In-Person Event; Public Welcome!)

-“Mastering the Macabre” – authors panel moderated by Paul Jessup, Eerie Horror Fest, Warner Theater, Erie, PA, Oc. 11, 1 p.m. (Live In-Person Event; Public Welcome!) If you miss it, catch us on YouTube!

Get To Know the Authors – Book talk and Q&A, Cassadaga Library, Cassadaga, NY, Oct. 8, 6-8 p.m. (Live In-Person Event; Public Welcome!)

The Merry Shelley & Buffalo Horror Writers Present: An Evening of Author Readings & Book Selling – Author Readings and book selling/signing at Buffalo’s only horror-themed bar (1122 Hertel Ave.), Oct. 6, 6-11 p.m. (Live In-Person Event; Everyone 21+ Welcome!)

Better Off Read Book Festival, Art Park, Lewiston, NY, Aug. 30, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Live In-Person Event; Public Welcome!)

Imaginarium ConventionPanelist, Holiday Inn Louisville East, Louisville, KY, July 18-20

StokerCon – Author reading (“Ghost in the Gas Station Bathroom”), open mic poetry reading (“Father’s Day”), panelist (Topics: Seances, New Gothic Heroines, New England Gothic), Stamford, CT, June 12-15

Wicked Book Fair – Readings and signings by local authors Rebecca Cuthbert, Jason Bussman, Holly Reslink, Trenton Lutes, Anthony Izzo, Liam Burke, Nick Smith, and TJ Buck, Wicked Warren, Jamestown, NY, 2-4 p.m. (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

AuthorCon V – Panelist, Spirited Giving Guest, Williamsburg, VA, March 27-30

Boozy Book Fair – Readings and signings by local authors Rebecca Cuthbert, Michael Sheehan, Jason Bussman, Trenton Lutes, Holly Reslink, Catherine D’Agostino, and others, Downtown Brew, Fredonia, NY, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2 p.m. (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

2024

Chautauqua Sunrise with Doc Hamels, Live, Access Chautauqua – Guest spot on local cable show, Mayville, NY, Saturday, Dec. 21, 9-10 a.m., replayed at 2 and 8 p.m. (Live Recorded Event)

Shop Local Authors @ Next Chapter Bookstore – Book Signing (also featuring Trenton Lutes and Catherine D’Agostino), Giveaways, Next Chapter Bookstore, Fredonia, NY, 11-1 (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

The Star Chamber Show with Stephen Zimmer and Holly Phillipe (podcast) – Episode 440: A Visit With Rebecca Cuthbert, recorded Nov. 27 and available here.

Story Time at Barker Library – Reading of Down in the Dark Deep Where the Puddlers Dwell, Fredonia, NY, Nov. 26, 4:15 p.m. (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

Weird Wide Web Podcast with Lindsey Goddard – Epiosde Twelve: Author Interview, recorded Oct. 1 and available here.

Dark Minds Podcast: Inside Writing with Alan R. Warren and Jennifer Gordon – Season 5, Episode 12: Rebecca Cuthbert: Hospital of Haunts, available here.

Tell the Damn Story with Christopher Ryan and Alex Simmons (podcast) – Episode 336: How Old Halloween Ideas & Monsters Find New Life in Modern Times, recorded Nov. 3 and available here.

Horror Reader Weekend: Horror on the Hudson – Reading, Book Signing, Hudson Valley, NY, Nov. 1-3 (Closed Event)

Nightscape Studios Horror FestivalWorkshop: Let’s Get Creepy! Learn to Write Horror, Book Signing, Booth 45, Northwest Arena, Jamestown, NY, Oct. 12 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

Book Launch Party for Self-Made Monsters – Reading, Book Signing, Q&A, Giveaways, Downtown Brew, Fredonia, NY, Oct. 5, 3 p.m. (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

Eerie Horror FestPanel: Frightenting Fiction: Becoming a Horror Author (with fellow authors Paul Jessup and Pauline Chow), Warner Theater, Erie, PA, Oct. 4 (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

Buffalo Indie Lit Expo – Book Signing, 683 Northland Ave., Buffalo, NY, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

Get Lit After Dark – Book Signing, Tipsy Bean Cafe, Erie, PA, Aug. 2, 7-9 p.m. (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

Fred Lit Fest – Book Signing, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, April 26 (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

AuthorCon III – Book Signing, Vendor Room, Williamsburg, VA, April 12-14 (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

Book Launch for Creep This Way: How to Become a Horror Writer with 24 Tips to Get You Ghouling – Reading and Book Signing, SUNY Fredonia, Fredonia, NY, March 28, 2024 (Live In-Person Event, Public Welcome)

Tell the Damn Story with Christopher Ryan and Alex Simmons (podcast) – Episode 300: “Crafting Careers from a Writers’ Round Table,” released Feb. 25 and available here.

Meter & Mayhem with Jennifer Schomburg Kanke (podcast), released TBA and available here.

Tell The Damn Story with Christopher Ryan and Alex Simmons (podcast) – Episode 297: “Embracing Horror, Ghosts, & Creative Chaos,” released Feb. 5, 2024 and available here

Horror Realm with Travis Bruce – “An Interview with Rebecca Cuthbert,” aired Jan. 2024, available here

2023

Live with Beard of Darkness, Beard of Darkness Book Reviews – “An Interview with Rebecca Cuthbert, ” aired Dec. 2023, available here

TheNecronomi.com Podcast with James Sabata and Laurel Hightower – “The Social Commentary of Rosemary’s Baby,” released Dec. 2023, available here

Tell The Damn Story with Christopher Ryan and Alex Simmons – Episode 287: “From Fright to Insight: Soul Scream Authors on Crafting Powerful Stories,” released Nov. 2023, available here

Galactic Terrors with James Chambers and Carol Gyzander – “Rebecca Cuthbert, Rachel A. Brune, and Greg Chapman,” released Nov. 2023, available here

StokerCon 2023, Horror Writers Association – Mass Author Signing, Sheraton Pittsburgh Hotel, Pittsburgh PA, June 2023 (Live In-Person Event)

Lit Fest 2023, SUNY Fredonia – Poetry Panel, Book Signing, SUNY Fredonia campus, Fredonia NY, April 2023 (Live In-Person Event)

The Necronomi.Com Podcast with James Sabata and Don Guillory – “The Social Commentary of The Season of the Witch,” released April 2023, available here

Darwin R. Barker Library – Reading and Book Signing, Fredonia NY, April 2023 (Live In-Person Event)

WANA Live! Reading Series by Writing Association of Northern Appalachia – Reading and Q&A, released March 2023, available here

Book Launch PartyIn Memory of Exoskeletons, Reading and Book Signing, Downtown Brew, Fredonia NY, March 2023 (Live In-Person Event)

Defunkt Magazine‘s Genre Fest – “Still Spooky: Modernizing Gothic Tropes,” Virtual Workshop, Feb. 2023 (Live Virtual Event)

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