After months of the interns trying to survive without their weekly helping of Lo Mein, the Chinese restaurant next door is once again up and running. Their hours are changing here and there as things get started so check out their website for hours and info.
To celebrate the saving of our neighborhood, we’ll be burying ourselves in Crab Rangoon and we’ve got a special deal going on at Studio Moonfall:
Come by the shop before your pick up your General Tso’s because when you get $50 worth of books for yourselves and gifts* for everyone else at Studio Moonfall, you’ll get a $10 Gift Card for Mr. Yee’s. That’s better news than you’d find in a Fortune Cookie!
Back after a week in Las Vegas at Author Nation! You’ll be seeing all sorts of new titles at Studio Moonfall soon.
And as soon as I got back Mr. Yee’s Oriental Inn just opened up limited hours for dine-in and we’ve started the GREATEST deal to ever come to Wisconsin:
Spend $50 at Studio Moonfall on books and gifts and whatever, get a $10 gift card for Mr. Yee’s!!!
Wowzers!
Here are this week’s featured books! Check them out and stop by Studio Moonfall, 5031 7th Avenue, to pick up a copy.
Get a 10% discount on these featured books this week!!
Join us at Studio Moonfall, 5031 7th Avenue, from 10am to 3pm for $1 Used books & comics, Tacos a Spooky Costume Contest, Tarot Readings, a Draw Your own ZomBean Contest, Local Authors, a Demon Summoning, and Candy! Plus, it’s our Five Year Anniversary for the shop. You bring the cake!
Here’s our lineup of local authors that’ll be joining: Al Lytle & Toi Blasier – Fantasy Amy McNulty – Mystery/Fantasy/Romance D. Lieber – Fantasy/Romance Debra Oas – Paranormal Mystery Donovan Scherer – Monsters and stuff Eveline Rose – Romance Haley Valenta – Poetry L.K. Billips – Steampunk/Fantasy Marc McGowan – Urban Fantasy Michelle Murray – Fantasy Miya Kressin – Urban Fantasy/Romance Ron Purtee – Comics/Short Stories Sharon K. Angelici – Fantasy/Contemporary Romance T.R. Nickel – Fantasy Zee Larson – Coming of Age Fantasy/Horror
Plus Broken Toast Photography The Séance Sisters Silver Pocket Collectibles Creative Crafts & Woodworking Studios and Pedro’s Authentic Mexican Cuisine serving up tacos and more!
If you’ve been to any of the Kenosha Book Festivals at Studio Moonfall, this will be like that. But SPOOKY!
After accidentally opening a bookstore at the end of 2019, somehow with the odds stacked against, it became five years later. What? How did this possibly happen?!?!
Oh well. Let’s celebrate!
First things first, we’re kicking off a brand new benefit for Patreon members. Along with free daily used books in the shop, access to the future members-only section, you’re now getting 10% off all regular-priced books and games!
And that’s for ALL paid tier members so if you’re at the $3/month tier, come by and get $30 bucks worth of books and it pays for itself. Or jump on the higher tiers for monthly stickers and coloring books.
Sign up at www.patreon.com/donovanscherer now and get your Member ID!
Back to the shop-iversary!
BOOKSHOP BINGO!!!!
We’re bringing in guest authors all through October. How many will you meet? Enough to win at BINGO????
Click here to print up your Bingo card which has the dates and times for all the authors. When you stop by during their visit, you’ll get a mark on your card. We’ll also have a few extra ways to earn stamps, like drawing your own ZomBean!
Grand Prize: First Bingo Choose the theme of an upcoming coloring book by studio moonfall and a $50 gift certificate Bingo by end of month: $10 gift certifate Fill your whole bingo card: $50 Gift certificate
Here’s our guest author list. Check back for links to learn more about them.
Hi! This is Studio Moonfall’s human figurehead, Donovan Scherer. This October, smack dab in the middle of Book-o-Ween, I’ve got a roving pack of indie authors making their way to the Southport Literary Fair with the Kenosha Public Library and Blue House Books.
Join us at the Southwest Library, 7979 38th Ave, on Saturday, October 5th from 11am to 5pm for this awesome, free event. Click here to follow the Facebook event
Blue House Books has lined all sorts of great writers for this event with panels, workshops, and everything else you could want. We’re even bringing in food trucks! And if you want a special one of a kind bonus, check out the exclusive, ticketed meet and greet with Brynne Weaver. Find details for that one at the bottom of BHB’s event page.
I’ll be doing a panel with Mary Winn Heider on using illustrations in chapter books and graphic novels. After that, Marcia from Kenosha Public Library will even be running a workshop on helping you start your own graphic novel.
Who knows?
Maybe you’ll come up with something for me to feature at Studio Moonfall!
The Kenosha Book Festival is back at Studio Moonfall for our sixth and final chapter of 2024! Save the date for Sunday, September 22nd, from 10am to 3pm, at Wisconsin’s indie-est of indie bookstores, Studio Moonfall, located at 5031 7th Avenue.
This chapter’s guest list:
Miya Kressin – Fantasy/Romance
Julien Bradley – Romance
D. Lieber – Fantasy/Mystery/Poetry
Michael J. Adams – Fantasy
T.R. Nickel – Young Adult Fantasy
Michelle Murray – Young Adult Fantasy
Sharon K. Angelici – Romance/Fantasy
Amy McNulty – Fantasy/Mystery
S & E Black – Fantasy
Zee Lacson – Magical Realism
Drunk Imposter Games – Card Games
Marc McGowan – Urban Fantasy/Horror
Rory Graves – Haunted Racine
Haley Valenta – Poetry
Audrey Wilson – Suspense/Romance
Evelin Rose – Romance
Erik Lange – Science Fiction
L.K. Billips – Thriller/Mystery/Adventure
Natasa Zourbouridis – Children’s Books/Family
M.P. McDonald – Thriller/Post-Apocalyptic
Broken Toaster Posters – Awesome Toy Photography
Little Big Top Fun Company – Balloon Animals and Magic!
Silver Pocket Collectibles – Toys, Funko, and more
Creative Crafts & Woodworking Studios – Super fancy woodworking and stuff!
Pedro’s Authentic Mexican Cuisine – Tex-Mex Food
Tell all your friends and family and let’s get reading!
A promise unkept. A love she can’t forget. This wily human will do anything to reclaim the heart of the Goblin King.
Lady Melody Piobaire never lost faith her first love would come for her when she was forced from his side. That is, until she finds out he doesn’t even know who she really is…doesn’t even know she’s human. To make things worse, she’s the promised mistress of the sidhe king. Rather than bear Tír’s heir, she devises a plan to win back her true love in the most goblin of ways.
Orphaned elf Aodh never forgot what it was like growing up on the mean streets of Goblintown. And now, as Goblin King, he’s dedicated to being the just and attentive ruler the neglected goblins deserve. So when a spoiled human who knows nothing of what it means to be a goblin tricks him into marriage, he’ll do anything to be rid of her.
Melody is certain she can win Aodh’s heart again, so she isn’t prepared for his hot and cold hostility. Aodh is unsettled by the forward human in his home and the way she seems to know just how to get to him.
What can Melody do if her only love no longer wants her, or worse, no longer exists?
Join us for a ONCE IN A LIFETIME event with fantasy/romance author D. Lieber!
Time & Location Oct 12, 2024, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM The White Lilac, 5029 6th Ave, Kenosha, WI 53140, USA
–Entry to the book event (teas, coffee, and snacks for sale with dairy-free and gluten-free options available) –A hardcover edition of The Goblin King’s Mischief (before official release) and a complimentary ebook copy –A special surprise gift for each attendee
Visit us on Friday, September 27, 2024 at Studio Moonfall from 4pm to 7pm to meet Dark Fantasy Author, S&E Black.
Hang out at the shop and take a peek inside their book, The Chimera Snare: Fragments:
For Rayshell and her best friend Trish, senior year of high school is going to hell in a handbasket. The feud between Celestine and Daeva is bleeding into their world. When a mysterious visitor infiltrates her dreams, Rayshell is thrust into a realm of profound, otherworldly secrets. Together, Rayshell and Trish uncover the unbelievable—they are the living vessels for two banished Celestine guardians.
Amidst mystical recollections and a wondrous magic system that shatters the veneer of their everyday lives, the two friends embark on a journey against time to connect with the Celestine guardians’ allies in hopes of freeing them from their imprisonment. Simultaneously, the shadows cast by Daeva darken. The notorious outlaw, Merisek, has positioned himself to claim dominion over the Order of Existence—a trio of powerful artifacts capable of reshaping reality. Armed with two of these relics, Merisek races against the emergence of the Celestine guardians to claim the third. The stage is set for a showdown that will determine the fate of existence itself.
Rayshell and Trish are all that stand between Merisek and his unhinged desire to twist the fabric of reality into his making. As the threads of destiny unravel, the question looms: who will be the author of existence, and what profound truths will be unveiled in the final, decisive act?
Get a sneak peek at The Chimera Snare: Fragments at https://www.thechimerasnare.com/
S&E Black are Shannon and Edward, a duo of dark fantasy…
Shannon was born and raised in California and currently lives in Illinois with her husband, Edward, and their cat rescues. She is an urban gardener and an avid seed collector. In the makeup community, Shannon goes by zoomzoommacaron, where she collaborates with fellow MUAS across the world. She hosts a monthly zombie-themed makeup group called the #zombabescollab and adores SFX and other creative makeup. Shannon is also the owner of ShopCorpsicle, which specializes in handmade props, fake food, miniatures, prosthetics, and other accessories. She uses the alias Silence in Shadows for her traditional art. She also enjoys anime, cult-classic horror movies, cooking (and eating), sunbathing, photography, craft beer and kombucha, and singing badly.
Music fuels Shannon’s many passions, especially writing and creating art. She credits music with saving her life on multiple occasions in her teenage and young adult years.
Born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area, Edward first discovered the joys of creative writing through his early high school studies and has spent many years exploring and developing a deep appreciation for the arts. Since first collaborating with his wife, Shannon, he has sprouted a passion and true affinity for storytelling and crafting literature. In addition to refining his skill in creating written works, his other interests include playing bass guitar, listening to music, and dabbling in photography. Edward is currently based in the greater Chicago area with his wife amidst his ever-growing vinyl collection and a clowder of rescue cats.
See you from 4pm to 7pm on Friday, September 27, 2024 at Studio Moonfall, 5031 7th Avenue with S&E Black!
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