Hurry baaaack...to Horror Book Club!

A book club for Spooky Season and the great beyond!

For our thrills and chills, we will be doing monthly themes! Read a horror book that fits the theme and talk about it with fellow horror enthusiasts.

October's Theme: Cult Classic
Suggested Title: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

“Something fishy is going on here! We’re in the Town that Time Forgot!”

Horror reveals hidden truths, and something is definitely buried in Stepford, Connecticut.

Photographer Joanne Eberhart and Walter, her husband, have just moved to Stepford, Connecticut, with their two children. The town is an idyllic suburb with picture-postcard houses, neat gardens, and happy children. While Walter commutes to work, Joanne tries to make friends with other women, but they are all housework-obsessed, perfectly dressed, manicured, and made-up, and they are seemingly happy that way. Joanne makes friends with two women, Bobbie and Charmaine, who are also new arrivals. They, and Walter, agree that there is something odd going on, which appears to be centered on the Men’s Club. Walter agrees to join the club to investigate.

Shortly after Charmaine tries to organize a consciousness-raising meeting for the women, she goes on a second honeymoon with her husband, and she comes back as a perfect Stepford Wife. Deeply troubled by the transformation of their unabashedly feminist friend, Bobbie and Joanne try to find out what is going on. Are the women being brainwashed, or is something even more sinister taking place? What is happening to Walter at the Men’s Club that makes him come home shaking?

Written by the author of other horror classics like Rosemary's Baby, this 1972 novel speaks across generations. It has been adapted to the big screen twice, and has inspired three TV spin-offs.

Welcome to Stepford. Let's stay for dinner.

We will be meeting in-person AND on Zoom!