Friday, October 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Book Soup, West Hollywood
Brimming with dark humor, violence, and mystery, The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre is a blood-soaked slasher sure to keep readers guessing until the very last page. Rose DuBois is not your average final girl. Rose is in her late 70s, living out her golden years at the Autumn Springs Retirement Home. When one of her friends dies alone in her apartment, Rose isn't too concerned. Accidents happen, especially at this age! Then another resident drops dead. And another. With bodies stacking up, Rose can't help but wonder: are these accidents? Old age? Or something far more sinister? Together with her best friend Miller, Rose begins to investigate. The further she digs, the more convinced she becomes: there's a killer on the loose at Autumn Springs, and if she isn't careful, Rose may be their next victim. **PHILIP FRACASSI** is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of the story collections _Behold the Void_ and _Beneath a Pale Sky_. His novels include _A Child Alone with Strangers, Gothic,_ and _Boys in the Valley._ His stories have been published in numerous magazines and anthologies, including _Best Horror of the Year, Nightmare Magazine, Southwest Review, Interzone,_ and _Black Static_. Philip lives in Los Angeles. **BRIAN EVENSON** is the author of a dozen and a half books of fiction, most recently the story collection Good Night, Sleep Tight (2024). His collection Song for the Unraveling of the World (2019) won the Shirley Jackson Award and the World Fantasy Award and was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times' Ray Bradbury Prize. His novel Last Days won the American Library Association's RUSA award for Best Horror Novel of 2009. His novel The Open Curtain was a finalist for an Edgar Award and an International Horror Guild Award. His 2003 collection The Wavering Knife won the International Horror Guild Award for best story collection. He is the recipient of three O. Henry Prizes, an NEA fellowship, and a Guggenheim Award. His work has been translated into two dozen languages. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at CalArts.