Name: End Of The World As We Know It Release Party with Cynthia Pelayo
Start: 2025-08-19T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-08-19T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 3182 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL, United States, Illinois 60618

End Of The World As We Know It Release Party with Cynthia Pelayo

An original short story anthology based on master storyteller Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestselling classic The Stand!
Now for the first time, Stephen King has fully authorized a return to the harrowing world of The Stand through this original short story anthology as presented by award-winning authors and editors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene. Bringing together some of today’s greatest and most visionary writers, The End of the World As We Know It features unforgettable, all-new stories set during and after (and some perhaps long after) the events of The Stand—brilliant, terrifying, and painfully human tales that will resonate with readers everywhere as an essential companion to the classic, bestselling novel.
Bucket O' Blood will be hosting a Chicago release party featuring contributing author Cynthia Pelayo in conversation with our very own in-house Horrorologist: Chris Smits.
Cynthia Pelayo is a Bram Stoker Award and International Latino Book Award winning author and poet. Her novels include Vanishing Daughters, Forgotten Sisters, Children of Chicago, The Shoemaker's Magician, the short story collection Lotería, and the poetry collections Into the Forest and All the Way Through and Crime Scene. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in Writing from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is currently pursuing a PhD in English Literature. She lives in Chicago with her family. For more information visit cynthiapelayo.com.
*Full list of contributors: Wayne Brady and Maurice Broaddus, Poppy Z. Brite, Somer Canon, C. Robert Cargill, Nat Cassidy, V. Castro, Richard Chizmar, S. A. Cosby, Tananarive Due and Steven Barnes, Meg Gardiner, Gabino Iglesias, Jonathan Janz, Alma Katsu, Caroline Kepnes, Michael Koryta, Sarah Langan, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Lebbon, Josh Malerman, Ronald Malfi, Usman T. Malik, Premee Mohamed, Cynthia Pelayo, Hailey Piper, David J. Schow, Alex Segura, Bryan Smith, Paul Tremblay, Catherynne M. Valente, Bev Vincent, Catriona Ward, Chuck Wendig, Wrath James White, and Rio Youers.

This event is free and open to the public. Books will be available in-store, but we do recommend pre-ordering on our website www.bucketoblood.com to ensure your copy. BYOB is welcome.