Brighten your week with Dark & Stormy Nights
Jen Wheeler
October is here and there’s a chill in the air, even inside Lincoln City’s normally cozy Driftwood Public Library, where the Dark and Stormy Night author series has returned for more spine-tingling tales.
Started 20 years ago by the late Marcy Taylor, the series celebrates Oregon authors who specialize in genres such as mystery, horror, science fiction and fantasy.
On Thursday, Oct. 12, the library will host Jen Wheeler, author of “The Light On Farallon Island,” a gothic historical novel about a woman with a mysterious past. Thirty miles off the coast of San Francisco lie the Farallon Islands, known to sailors as the Devil’s Teeth. Despite their fearsome reputation, their remote nature appeals to young Lucy Riley who, in 1859, seeks a new start as a teacher to the lighthouse keepers’ children.
The library’s guest on Thursday, Oct. 19, is Kim Cooper Findling who, together with her daughter Libby, authored the young adult mystery “The Sixth Storm.” Cooper Findling grew up on the Oregon Coast and recently returned to her roots to take the reins of Explore Lincoln City. Her other books include “Chance of Sun: An Oregon Memoir” as well as “Day Trips to the Oregon Coast” and other travel guides.
The series wraps on Thursday, Oct. 26, with Keith Rosson, whose most recent book is the horror novel “Fever House.” Rosson is also the author of the novels “Smoke City,” “Road Seven” and “The Mercy of the Tide” as well as the Shirley Jackson Award–winning story collection “Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons.” Although legally blind, he works as an illustrator and graphic designer for clients that include Green Day, Against Me!, and Warner Bros. He lives in Portland, with his partner and their two children.
The Dark and Stormy Night author series is made possible by support from the Friends of Driftwood Library and Westover Inn.
All events will take place at 4 pm in the library, located on the second floor at 801 SW Highway 101.
For more information, contact Library Director Kirsten Brodbeck-Kenney at 541-996-1251 or kbrodbeck-kenney@lincolncity.org.