Stacy Horn

I am having such a good time at the events for my books, and I’m so grateful to the bookstores hosting events. The hardest part about writing books is selling them! You always hear writers talking about the difficulties of actually writing the things and for me that doesn’t compare to actually getting them into reader’s hands.

My event yesterday included a walking tour given by Judith Berdy, the president of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society. Thank you, Judith! Thank you everyone who came! Among them were friends, someone whose great grandmother went to nursing school on Blackwell’s Island, a former Sisters of Charity nun (my book tells the story of a Sisters of Charity nun who was committed to Blackwell’s Island) and fellow morbid history buffs.

A few pictures from the tour. I loved the cool plane that flew into my shot of the Smallpox Hospital ruins.

I took this looking inside the Strecker Memorial Laboratory (a former pathology lab associated with City Hospital) because of the wonderful art deco machinery inside.

And this is a plaque dedicated to the hero of my book, the Rev. William Glenney French.

One block down from the empty storefront with a bunch of loaves of Wonderbread hanging in the window is another empty storefront with this. They’re cribbing from Andy Warhol. NO. I’m such an idiot. I just realized, this is not borrowing, this is a tribute to Andy Warhol. His magazine Interview is shutting down after 50 years in business. Okay, I’m slow.

There’s another Damnation Island book Giveaway on Goodreads, which ends on May 31st, so enter now! There are 25 copies being given away, and you never know.

A very nice turnout for my book event hosted by untapped cities!! Thank you to all the wonderful people at untapped cities for such a marvelous launch

“Come here. Just a little closer … closer.” BAT. I am just one giant toy to them.

UPDATE: I forgot an event! My next one is actually on May 23. I’m doing a presentation and Q&A at the Brooklyn Public Library in Park Slope along with author Cutter Wood, author of Love and Death in the Sunshine State: A Story of A Crime, 6:30 pm.

After that on May 24 I’ll be at the Clinton Book Shop, 12 East Main Street, Clinton, NJ, 6:30pm. The Clinton Book Shop is an independent book store that has been around for 50 years! Support our independent shops!!

The next one after that is on May 26 at the Astoria Bookshop, 31-29 31st Street, Astoria, NY, 1pm. This event will also include a walking tour of Roosevelt Island (formerly Blackwell’s Island) given by Judith Berdy, the president of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society.

I don’t know what this photo shoot was about, but it looks intriguing, doesn’t it?? This was taken at the small park across the street from the IRT subway entrance at 12th Street and 7th Avenue.