Name: 'Altars in Abandoned Houses' with Long Island horror author John Collins
Start: 2026-06-27T19:00:00-04:00
Location: Tiny Raccoon Books

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Join us on June 27th for a reading from 'Altars in Abandoned Houses' by John Collins. The author will read from the book and do a Q&amp;A session. Books will be available for sale and they can be signed as well.
277 Railroad Avenue, Sayville, NY, 11782 7pm Free
About the book: Altars in Abandoned Houses is a short story collection that explores the strange, dark things that sit a step beyond the ordinary world that we live in.
About the author: John Collins was raised in the mean streets of Sayville, NY where he never encountered monsters or ghouls but kind of wished that he had. With influences of 80’s Splatterpunk, low budget horror films, and loud music, his short fiction has appeared in Even in the Grave, Fear Forge, Soul Scream Antholozine and other anthologies. He’s currently working on something wet. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/j.p.collins" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">instagram.com/j.p.collins</a>

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