District Haunts

Join us at Long Dark House for an afternoon celebrating horror, dark fiction, and the incredible writers creating it right here in the DMV. We’re bringing together six horror and speculative fiction authors for a day of book signings, conversations, and two live panels exploring everything from the haunted history in our own backyard to the very real fears that inspire horror fiction. Come for a panel, meet your favorite author, discover someone new—or spend the afternoon with us. 🖤 MEET THE AUTHORS Tracy A. Cross (@tracycrosswrites)Author of Rootwork and A Gathering of Weapons, Tracy writes historical horror exploring racial violence, ancestral memory, and Black women’s supernatural traditions. Her forthcoming collection, Sinner Man Hand and Other Folk Horrors, arrives October 2026. Jessica McHugh (@thejessmchugh)Three-time Bram Stoker Award-nominated poet, novelist, and playwright whose work spans horror, speculative fiction, poetry, and the wonderfully bizarre. Her books include The Quiet Ways I Destroy You, The Green Kangaroos, and The Gardening Guidebooks Trilogy. Grace R. Reynolds (@gravereynolds)Speculative fiction writer and poet whose dark work includes Lady of the House, The Lies We Weave, Midnight Blue, and her 2026 novella Neon Moon. Drew Starling (@scarystarling)Bestselling horror and dark-fiction author whose work has twice reached #1 on Amazon’s U.S. Horror Fiction list. His latest novel, AFTER: An Anatomy of Fracture, is nominated for a Kirkus Indie Award.