Meet the Author!

Visit us on Friday, June 7, 2024 at Studio Moonfall from 4pm to 7pm to meet Fantasy Author, Richard Sweitzer.

Hang out at the shop and take a peek inside their book, ODE: The Scion of Nerikan:

The old stories were true! Ancient tales speak of the fabled Nerikan Prison where fearful creatures were once locked away. These were thought to be simply fantastic stories, but centuries later the lost prison has been found and its last living captive has escaped! A massive and hateful beast has been unleashed unto the world and is once again rampaging towns and hillsides. What it seeks, no one knows; but what it finds is a little girl who is not afraid. And the bold child has one simple request of the monster: to help her find her home.
An ode to timeless fantasy stories of long ago The Scion of Nerikan is an adventure that redefines family and friendship on an epic scale.

Get a sneak peek at ODE: The Scion of Nerikan at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9798986557816

Richard Sweitzer is an award-winning author, voice actor, morning radio host, and comedy writer.

He received his Master of Arts degree in English/Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, where he was an Assistant Editor for the school’s literary journal. During his tenure at UWM, his short story collection won the Faculty Fiction Award.

Prior to that he studied English Literature and Creative Writing at UW-Stevens Point, winning the English Department award four years in a row, the L&S Distinguished Achievement Award, and the prestigious Ellen Specht Memorial Scholarship, all while graduating summa cum laude.

He has taught programs on Creative Writing and Publishing, and one of his novel excerpts won the top prize in a nationwide writing contest.

When he is not writing, he hosts a popular morning radio show in central Wisconsin. His decades-long tenure in radio has earned him numerous broadcast awards and significant recognition for his public service.

See you from 4pm to 7pm on Friday, June 7, 2024 at Studio Moonfall, 5031 7th Avenue with Richard Sweitzer!

POSTPONED!!!

Since weather forecasters are always 100% correct because of their “science” (and definitely not a blindfolded monkey tossing chicken bones) that they use to “predict” the weather, we’re going to postpone tomorrow’s Kenosha Book Festival to next week – SUNDAY, JUNE 2ND.

CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED EVENT PAGE

Most of the scheduled authors will be able to make it but keep an eye out to see who else might be coming. 

And stop by Studio Moonfall tomorrow anyway! We’ll have Séamus Fey setting up in store since they’re traveling in all the way from L.A. to visit home. Plus, we’ll have authors dropping in throughout the day to say hi just in case you happen to miss this message and show up here hoping for a book festival.

So, hope to see you and your umbrella tomorrow and then again on Sunday, June 2nd for Chapter Two (edited edition) of the Kenosha Book Festival!!!

What did we miss???

Not all of the original lineup will be able to make it next week but if you want to see what they do, check it out!

Alina Rubin – https://alinarubinauthor.com/
Anthony Wedgeworth – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-wedgeworth/
A.R. Grimes – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-grimes/
D. Lieber – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-dlieber/
Danielle Lincoln Hanna – https://daniellelincolnhanna.com
George Adamczyk – https://www.facebook.com/groups/193480602492965
Huckleberry Rahr – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-rahr/
Jessie Rose – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-jessierose/
Kelly Edwards – www.kellyguentner.com
Laura Meyer – https://repleatinghistory.wordpress.com/
Mary Beth Bretzlauf – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-bretzlauf/
M.P. McDonald – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-mpmcdonald/
Miya Kressin – https://miyakressin.com/
Rick Czaplewski – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-czaplewski/
Riley Preston – https://amzn.to/3UM6owc
Séamus Fey – https://www.sfeycreates.com
T.J. Morris – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-tjmorris/
T.R. Nickel – https://studiomoonfall.com/kbf2024-trnickel/
with Little Big Top Fun Company – https://www.thelittlebigtopfuncompany.com
and Olano’s Empanadas – https://www.olanosempanadas.com

Keep an eye on the updated event page and I’ll let you know who will be here Sunday as soon as I can!

CLICK HERE FOR THE UPDATED EVENT PAGE

Meet the Author!

Visit us on Friday, May 31, 2024 at Studio Moonfall from 4pm to 7pm to meet Fantasy Author, B.C. Taylor.

Hang out at the shop and take a peek inside their book, The Lost Witch:

Five deadly Trials. An ancient, sinister evil.

One lost witch with the power to save the world.

Welcome to Asylum.

Twelve-year-old Hayden Black has never been normal, that much she knew, but when her father is abducted by demons, she learns just how remarkable she truly is. Not only is she a witch, but Heaven’s angels have chosen her as the next Salem Witch, destined to protect the world from evil… if she can survive the deadly Salem Witch Trials first.

Now Hayden must traverse the magical world of Asylum and learn to use her powers. If she doesn’t master all five elements — air, fire, water, earth, and Spirit — before her seventeenth birthday, she forfeits her life.

Hayden might have started her journey orphaned and alone, but it doesn’t take her long to forge new friendships and attract new enemies. Hayden thought her only nemesis was the residential bully, but her greatest enemy, a terrible evil lurking in the shadows, has yet to reveal itself.

Will Hayden master her air magic in time to save her friends and find her father? Or will she perish alongside them?

The Lost Witch is the first book in an urban fantasy series intended for readers ages ten and above who love Percy Jackson and Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Get a sneak peek at The Lost Witch at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9781088021484

When not traveling the United States or designing cars at her day job, Brooklyn writes middle grade and young adult fantasy with a hint of wickedness. During her travels, she jumped out of her comfort zone by learning new skills from wake boarding and surfing to country swing dancing to casting spells in Harry Potter World. Despite the adventurousness of her reality, Brooklyn’s magic power is daydreaming of witches and wizards, angels and demons, and other supernatural creatures that live within the shadowy realms of books.

See you from 4pm to 7pm on Friday, May 31, 2024 at Studio Moonfall, 5031 7th Avenue with B.C. Taylor!

Hey. It’s a coloring contest!

Check out all the free, printable pages below or visit the shop to get a copy. Submit yours with your name, age, and contanct info by May 31st 2024. For general details on Studio Moonfall coloring contests, click here.

This month’s (plus April’s) sponsors for the Kenosha Book Festival and Kenosha Comic Con:

B&J Pampered Pup Bakery – https://bit.ly/4bJ91ph

EZ Pack N Ship – https://bit.ly/4bxcbN0

Alpaca Arts – https://bit.ly/4dAWplY

Ben Gentile – Epique Realty – https://bit.ly/3V4ANXO

Blue House Books – https://bit.ly/44GYdpH

Hometown Meats – https://bit.ly/3UCsilm

Kenosha Streetcar Society – https://bit.ly/3K3lhFu

K-Town Connects Podcast – https://bit.ly/4bm9LBd

Mars Cheese Castle – https://bit.ly/3UCsPUo

The Lettering Machine – https://bit.ly/3yvvcB2

Jockey – https://bit.ly/4bKbhgh

Millie Bo Peep – https://bit.ly/3UMErEs

Visit Pleasant Prairie – https://bit.ly/3yqtzET

Copy Center – https://bit.ly/4bluBAE

Diver Dan’s Scuba Center – https://bit.ly/3UN3k37

Kenosha Harbor Market – https://bit.ly/3K1f7pv

Visit Kenosha – https://bit.ly/3V6RYbC

Tree Frog Service – https://bit.ly/3QQPTxU

Scrubby Duds Laundry – https://bit.ly/3K4TYdX

Millhouse Auto Body – https://bit.ly/3WJwbI8

Start coloring and show us your masterpiece! Drop it off at Studio Moonfall, 5031 7th Avenue. We’ve got a mail slot just for coloring contests but you can check here for store hours.

See you at Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival and Kenosha Comic Con!

Huckleberry Rahr is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on May 26th and August 25th!

Huckleberry Rahr is a mathematics instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. She spent many years teaching math around the Midwest and in Papua New Guinea with the Peace Corps. Her parents instilled a love of reading from a young age.

She grew up with lesbian moms who had a huge collection of women authors with heroines as the protagonist. Her favorite genre was fantasy and science fiction, that is, until she discovered urban fantasy. What her mom’s library lacked were books with characters that looked like her family: diversity in background, gender identity, and sexuality. She decided if she couldn’t find that series, then she would write it.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Wolf Healer:

A young shifter excited to take her place in the pack. A savage attack that could destroy her future.

Jade Stone cherishes her family. With loving parents and a supportive community, the fifteen-year-old queer soon-to-be-werewolf can’t wait to take her place in the pack as a healer. But when she’s invited to vacation in Florida, she discovers the shocking existence of werepanthers… after one bites her.

Returning to her native Wisconsin with feline blood coursing through her, Jade is confused and disappointed when former packmates shun her. As she navigates a brand of bigotry she never knew existed, Jade fears she may be exiled from the home and family she loves.

Ostracized and alone, will Jade find a place she belongs?

Wolf Healer is a book for anyone who enjoys urban fantasy books with werewolves, strong female leads, and unexpected twists and turns. It’s a book anyone and everyone can enjoy.

Buy Wolf Healer today and prowl with new friends as they navigate wereanimals, life paths they never expected, and of course, school.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://amzn.to/3Nijuya

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

Catherine Butzen is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on May 26th!

Catherine Butzen was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents’ habit of reading aloud to the family—history, science fiction, it didn’t matter as long as it was a good book—taught her to appreciate storytelling in all its forms. Her favorite Russian fairy tales and the city of Chicago itself were the inspiration for her first book, “”Thief of Midnight.”” She currently lives and works in Madison, WI.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Painter of the Dead:

True Love vs. Ancient Curses…

When the Egyptology department needs funds to offset a recent spate of museum thefts, Theodora Speer grudgingly trades her painting smock for an evening gown. Charming donors isn’t usually her idea of a good time—but then, she doesn’t usually get to meet handsome and mysterious men like Seth Adler.

Seth Adler is desperate to get close to a very specific Egyptian mummy, and attending a fundraising gala seems just the ticket. He doesn’t expect to meet Theo, refreshing in her honesty and intriguing him against his will . . . and he definitely doesn’t expect her to interfere with his plans.

Frantic to escape before the police catch up, Seth kills himself in front of Theo. Except it turns out he’s not so dead after all, and it’s up to Theo to keep him that way. Even if it means fleeing the police, practicing ancient Egyptian magic, and confronting the real thief.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://amzn.to/3JLo1ai

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

T.J. Morris/Storiword is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on May 26th and June 23rd!

T.J. Morris grew-up in Chicago, IL. She always had a love for the Arts. TJ spent a lot of her time drawing and doing crafts as a child growing up. She didn’t start her artistic career, until she attended Columbia College of Chicago, as a student. Already working in the medical field, she later became a Multimedia Artist for Medical Publications.

After exploring more than 25 years in different genres as an artist, TJ found her calling in the world of writing. She will also publish a sequel to “”Blood is Thicker Than Color””.
For more information on the characters in BTTC and TJ Morris, please visit http://www.tjmorris.info

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Blood is Thicker Than Color:

A historical fiction based in the 1920’s. The protagonist Eugene “Jack” Brewer is on the run in Mississippi. He runs to Jennie Johnson’s home. Her husband is on the chain-gang. Jack Brewer ends up in Chicago and changes his name to Wade Johnson. Jack does all types of things while living in Chicago. Find out why Jack was running and if he got caught.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9781502781789

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

A.R. Grimes is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on May 26th and August 25th!

Born and raised in Wausau, Wisconsin, A.R. Grimes started writing “books” about dinosaurs in the second grade but moved on to writing fantasy after reading J. R. R. Tolkien, Madeleine L’Engle, and C. S. Lewis. She spent over twenty years trying to complete her debut novel, Wyldling Snare, and is living proof that any fool can get published nowadays. Several of her poems and short stories won awards in her alma mater Carroll University’s literary magazine (1998-2001). She is a member of SCBWI. Other than reading and writing, she enjoys singing in the church choir, listening to music, making fused glass art, drawing, daydreaming, and going on nature hikes. She is married to a martial arts enthusiast and currently lives in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin. They share the house with two male offspring and two cats who—naturally—are the true overlords.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Wyldling Snare:

Welcome to Tehara: an untamed world where magic is possible, dangerous creatures roam the wilderness, and a hidden adversary schemes to overthrow the rule of the Baron-Knights.

Apprentice knight Enoch Northward returns home from a festival to find the Baron-Knight of the Northern Marches dead, the heir-apparent missing, and himself expected to rule in their stead. While he grieves the loss of his beloved guardian, Enoch is determined to prove his ability to lead despite his incomplete training. But he struggles to follow in such large footsteps. A search for missing people draws him into the forbidden Darkenwood Forest, where he discovers a path to another world… and a secret within himself that may destroy everything he loves.

Wyldling Snare–a young adult portal fantasy and the first installment of the Wyldling Dream series–is a coming of age story with underlying themes of faith, friendship, and found family.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9781958718018

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

Mary Beth Bretzlauf is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on May 26th and June 23rd!

Here’s a sneak peek at their book The Path that Beckons: Poems About the Journey:

There are many paths we take during our life journey. Some are ones we plowed for ourselves, and some just beckoned. At times we find ourselves off course, at a crossroads or finally on track. Theses poems about the journey many of us are on.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://amzn.to/3LMXMBJ

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.

Anthony Wedgeworth is coming to Studio Moonfall’s Kenosha Book Festival 2024 on May 26th and June 23rd.

The Altered Creatures Epic Fantasy Adventures is a Family-Friendly, Character-Driven, Fast-Paced, set of stories all in the same realm with characters you’ll fall in love with or love to hate. All series interweave with the others in this magical blend of D&D adventures and Harry Potter storytelling.

Award-winning, A.G. Wedgeworth, spent over 30 years worldbuilding before designing 6 book series with 6 books in each series. His love for gaming, puzzles, and sci-fi & fantasy stories shine through in his writing style as he exposes you to new adventures, new creatures, new forms of magic, and characters you’ll treasure from book to book and from series to series.

Here’s a sneak peek at their book Fate of Thorik:

A young man in search of adventure. A land in need of a hero. A sinister threat he didn’t foresee…
Thorik Dain longs to prove he can lead. So when an injured member of the Grand Council washes up on his shores, Thorik leaps at the chance to help him find the culprit. And with the other elders massacred, he fears not only will the killer return for more bloodshed, but that a greater evil is on the rise.
Commanding a motley crew on a treacherous journey, Thorik must overcome dragons, giants, and wizards en route to the ruined sanctuary. But he’s stunned when he discovers the real monster may be closer than he imagined. And if he doesn’t oust the betrayer soon, he could end up leading his company to a murderous slaughter.
Can Thorik expose the true enemy before they destroy the entire kingdom?
Fate of Thorik is the first book in the engrossing Altered Creatures epic fantasy series. If you like determined heroes, mythical beasts, and intricate mysteries, then you’ll love Anthony G. Wedgeworth’s coming-of-age escapade.

If you can’t wait until you meet the author at this summer’s Kenosha Book Festival, pick up your copy at https://bookshop.org/a/9574/9780998965055

Stop by Studio Moonfall for more books by local authors and my friends from the indie publishing world, visit https://bookshop.org/shop/studiomoonfall to shop online, or https://www.libro.fm/business?bookstore=studiomoonfall for audiobooks.