Event Description
Porter Square Books: Boston Edition is excited to welcome Katie Hallahan to celebrate the release of her book, The Twice-Sold Soul! Author Laura J. Mayo will join Hallahan in conversation.
ABOUT THE TWICE-SOLD SOUL
Fans of Buffy and Charmed will love this queer fantasy romance set in a magical high school reunion!
What's a witch to do when her demon ex comes to call?
McKenna Ellerbeck has been running from literal demons for ten years, including her ex-girlfriend, the Archdemon of Desire Remiel Blake. When Remi finally tracks her down and demands she return to her fantastical hometown of Arcadia Commons to attend her high school reunion, McKenna wants to refuse. But she owes Remi a deep debt, so like it or not, it's time to stop running.
As McKenna begrudgingly reconnects with old classmates, she learns the consequences of her disappearing act: Not only is her brother now picking fights with the town's most prominent witch family, but her high school boyfriend is engaged to her class’ lead mean girl, her best friend got married without McKenna there, and even more horrific are the infernal beings somehow getting past the town's magical barrier, leaving a trail of madness behind them!
As it becomes clear that a much darker force is hiding in their midst, McKenna decides it’s finally time to face her past and the witches, werewolves, demons, and friends she left behind.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Katie Hallahan is a fantasy author who loves tabletop RPGs, vampire TV shows, corgis, dabbling in nail art, and pumpkin spice everything. She has designed award-winning narrative adventure games at Phoenix Online Studios, an indie game studio she co-founded. She lives with her husband and son in Boston, Massachusetts where, shockingly, she actually uses her blinker when making turns.
In addition to being a two-time winner of her town’s annual pie contest, Laura J. Mayo is also a fantasy writer. She lives in New Hampshire with her husband, their two children, two ball pythons named Smoky and Yara, and a leopard gecko named Drake. Most of Laura’s other interests are solitary, including reading, sewing, cooking, baking, admiring her air plants, and getting figuratively lost in deep, dark woods. How to Summon a Fairy Godmother is her debut novel.
This class will take place in-person at our Center for Creative Writing in Boston's Seaport neighborhood.
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