Andrew K. Clark will discuss his new novel, “Hollow Folk,” with Emily Naser-Hall at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, at City Lights Bookstore in Sylva.
In the book, grad student Ethan Ray takes a night auditor job at the aging Holloway mountain resort, expecting a quiet shift. Instead, strange red lights fill the Appalachian sky, silent winds whip through the trees, and owl gargoyles come to life.
Clark is a Western North Carolina writer whose debut, “Where Dark Things Grow,” was a finalist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award and won an IPPY. Its sequel, “Where Dark Things Rise,” won an IndieReader Discovery Award.
Naser-Hall is an assistant professor of Film and Media Studies and graduate program director in English Studies at Western Carolina University.
The readings are free and open to the public. For more information, visit citylightsnc.com or call 828.586.9499.