Name: Book Signing & Drink Pairing - Paul Jessup - Cancer Eats the Heart
Start: 2025-11-15T12:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-15T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Werner Books

Book Signing & Drink Pairing
Paul Jessup
Cancer Eats the Heart
paired with a
Bloody Black Cherry Cold Brew
Saturday, 11/15 from 12-2 PM
Welcome to Dark Rivers, a rustic northern town forgotten by most and beloved by few. At its heart is Cannibal House, a crumbling Victorian mansion lorded over by Old Wick, a mysterious wanderer whose arrival in Dark Rivers signals a change—a strangeness that seeps into the bloodstream of the town.
For Nix, waging her own private war with multiple sclerosis, a haunted house and a cryptic drifter aren’t the strangest things she’s ever encountered. No, what unnerves Nix is the adolescent girl who has come into her house. Her name is Daphne, and she is a vampire.
Daphne talks of Mister Brightbones, the one who gave her the vampire’s kiss—that touch of immortality. A gift that could free Nix from from her chronic illness, giving her a second life, written in blood. But every gift has a price. Every choice changes the world. And as Dark Rivers teeters on the edge of annihilation, Nix must decide whether eternity is worth damning herself, and possibly the entire world .
Special at the cafe for this event: Bloody Black Cherry Cold Brew - delightful, dark, and mysterious, this drink was inspired by Paul's book and a special pairing available the day of the book's release.
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Paul Jessup is a critically acclaimed, award winning writer of spooky stuff. Active pro member of HWA, he’s had publications in countless magazines over the years. His short stories have been honorable mentions in many Year’s Best collections, including Best Horror of the Year, Year’s Best Horror and Fantasy, and Best Science Fiction of the Year. In 2000 he won the Virginia Perryman award for excellence in short fiction, and in 2022 his short story (Skinless Man Counts to Five) was listed on the Recommended Reading List for the Stoker Awards.