We are excited for the new STAY GAY bookclub with ANDS and Stay Gold Bookstore!

Our first read is a spooky one for October: Black Flame by Gretchen Felker-Martin

Join us on Tuesday, October 7th, 7:00PM at Stay Gold Bookstore to talk about the book, make friends, and hang out!

Check staygoldbooks.com or email andspgh@gmail.com with any questions!

Book Synopsis:

(CW: intense themes)

A cursed film. A haunted past. A deadly secret.

The Baroness, an infamous exploitation film long thought destroyed by Nazi fire, is discovered fifty years later. When lonely archivist Ellen Kramer—deeply closeted and pathologically repressed—begins restoring the hedonistic movie, it unspools dark desires from deep within her.

As Ellen is consumed by visions and voices, she becomes convinced the movie is real, and is happening to her—and that frame by frame, she is unleashing its occult horrors on the world. Her life quickly begins to spiral out of control.

Until it all fades to black, and all that remains is a voice asking a question Ellen can’t answer but can’t get out of her mind.

Do you want it?

More than anything?

Location Information:

1104 S Braddock Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA

Transportation: Metered street parking and free parking in neighborhood side streets

Accessible by the following bus lines: 71A, 71B, 71C, 74, 75, 77, 82, 86, 87, 88, 89

Entrance on S Braddock. No automatic door. There are two steps to the back space, but main room is accessible.

We will have optional masks, water, hand sanitizer, fidgets, and earplugs. Everyone is encouraged to bring any accommodations that make them most comfortable.