Category: Mobile

• Horror Festival Participation

  

  In two weeks, the H.P. Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon is coming to the South for the first time. The location? Historic downtown Mobile, Alabama! I’m excited to see a national festival choose Mobile, and more so that my friends at The Haunted Book Shop are actively participating in the event running November 3-5, 2023.…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 20, 2023

  Alliance, AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, Gothic, GULF COAST, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Public Speaking, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

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• Release Day News

  Today marks the day Masked Flaws and Other Stories is available to the world. This collection of previously published short stories is the first time my shorts can be found in one location. Historical in nature, and all but one directly linking to one or more of my series, these stories span the Gulf Coast…

  Carrie Dalby

  October 10, 2023

  AUTHORSHIP, autumn, Christmas, CURRENT EVENTS, Dauphin Island, FORTITUDE, Gothic, Halloween, Historical Fiction, HOLIDAYS, Mardi Gras, Masked Flaws, Mobile, Mobile Writers Guild, New Year, PUBLISHING, READING, Release Day, Short Story, Southern Gothic, spring, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, Valentine’s Day, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, winter

  Carrie Dalby, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, new release, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

• DISCERNMENT is out now

  

  Today is the release day–book birthday, if you will–of Discernment: Washington Square Secrets 1. This book is a bit different than all my others. Besides being the shortest novel (only novella Mosaic of Seduction is shorter), Discernment had a quick turn around period. From conception to birth, the first book in Washington Square Secrets took…

  Carrie Dalby

  June 6, 2023

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• Discernment Cover Reveal

  

  We’re two months away from the release of Discernment, book one in the Washington Square Secrets series. It’s time to see the cover, which debuted over the weekend in my monthly newsletter. This original watercolor by Amanda Herman, cover artist of The Malevolent Trilogy, captures a level of Gothic whimsy that completely works for this…

  Carrie Dalby

  April 4, 2023

  ARCHITECTURE, Discernment, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile, PUBLISHING, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING

  Carrie Dalby, Cover Art, Gothic, Historical Fiction, Mobile Bay Area, new release, Southern Gothic, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

• Cover Reveal for Discernment

  

  It’s been a busy month, but more excitement is on the horizon. The 2023 Mobile Literary Festival held on the eleventh was a great success–the best festival so far. It was an honor to help with and participate in the event. This summer, information about the 2024 Mobile Literary Festival will be announced, so stay…

  Carrie Dalby

  March 20, 2023

  ARCHITECTURE, AUTHORSHIP, CURRENT EVENTS, Discernment, FORTITUDE, Historical Fiction, LIFE, Mobile, Mobile Literary Festival, Mobile’s Historical Facts, Southern Gothic, spring, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS

  Carrie Dalby, Cover Art, FORTITUDE, historic building, Historical Fiction, Mobile Alabama, Mobile Bay Area, Mobile Literary Festival, Southern Gothic, THE MALEVOLENT TRILOGY, THE POSSESSION CHRONICLES, WASHINGTON SQUARE SECRETS, WRITING