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Nothing Is Scary Anymore Except Real Life Part 5: Salem

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Witch House...I Guess   Ask any author what the best part about putting out a book with an independent publisher is and they’ll all say the same thing: begging bookstores and venues to allow you to read from your book. Nothing is quite as humbling as being ghosted by Twiddle Shit’s Book Barn in Nowhere, Iowa. Yet, I persevere. With a new book out, my goal was to read in cities I had never read in before. I was able to book a quick 3-day tour to the East coast starting Providence, RI, then on to Boston, and ending in Manchester, NH. Once again Paris, Tokyo, and Barcelona would have to wait. Originally, I was planning on taking trains between cities but after a summer of work-related travel, I was in no mood to sort all that out. Once I made the decision to rent a car, I mapped out all of my routes. I would fly into Boston and spend the first night in Providence followed by a couple of nights in Boston. All of my shows were booked for the evening so I’d have a lot of free time before...