ALT We’ll serve light refreshments and have tables set aside with dragon crafts, puzzles, and games—and maybe even some trivia! All of our Empyrean swag will be out, and any who buy Onyx Storm from Balin Books will also get a small bag of Indie Exclusive Onyx Storm Swag. https://tinyurl.com/onxystormrelease Our doors will open promptly at 10pm to any who wish to come to this midnight release party—costumed or not. All are welcome to attend—we’ll have fun!—but our copies of Onyx Storm are limited, so please preorder Onyx Storm from us to be guaranteed your copy of the book and the Indie exclusive goody bag. To add to the fun, we’ve invited the 3D print vendors, Crazy NH Ladies, to join us! They have some wonderful dragon-themed 3D-prints that will be available for separate purchase at this event. Intrigued? Check out their Facebook and Instagram pages! https://www.facebook.com/share/1H5eAbtrvg/?mibextid=wwXIfr https://www.instagram.com/nh_crazyladiescrafts...

ALT Our first meeting will be an informal get together to discuss books we would like to read and share. Find discussion leaders and decide what will make our book club awesome! If time allows, we will also spend time to discuss the Nashua Reads book for 2024 "The Ride of Her Life" by Elizabeth Letts. Please note that Elizabeth Letts will be discussing this story and her work at the Nashua Public Library on Sunday September 29th at 2:00pm.

ALT Join us in welcoming Susanna Hargreaves with her kids book, The Ghostly Tales of Amherst, New Hampshire Ghost stories from Amherst, New Hampshire have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! Welcome to the spooky roads of Amherst, New Hampshire! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know Town Hall once had skeletons in the basement? Or that a haunted cottage sits near the shores of Baboosic Lake? Can you believe ghostly wolves roam the forests at night, their eerie howls echoing until dawn? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Amherst, New Hampshire forever, and have you sleeping with the lights on! Foreword by J.W. Ocker! Ghost stories from Amherst, New Hampshire is part of the juvenile nonfiction series Spooky America. Susanna Hargreaves is an educator and writer in her beloved town of Amherst, New Hampshire. Susanna and her husband have

ALT In the two years since her mother's death, seventeen-year-old Hope Wagner has single-handedly raised and homeschooled her ten younger siblings while keeping her father's house. When her father marries the strange newcomer to their church, Hope is allowed to begin a courtship that will make her a helpmeet in her own right. Much to her surprise, her betrothed has a vision for their life that includes radical ideas like education, careers, and choosing how many children they want to have rather than leaving it up to God. For the first time Hope can imagine a different future than the one her father's planned for her, and she wants that future more than she's ever wanted anything else. Ann Goltz writes fiction that deals with complicated family dynamics, questions of identity, and the intersection of faith and life. After spending five years working in government finance, she obtained a Master’s in Divinity and became an ordained pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.