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Local authors Rebecca Cuthbert, Catherine D’Agostino and Trenton Lutes will be at the Next Chapter Bookstore in Fredonia on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. as part of the Miracle on Main Street events. Customers who purchase author’s books will receive free Christmas packaging and a cookie while supplies last.

Rebecca Cuthbert, who lives in Dunkirk and teaches creative writing at SUNY Fredonia, will sign copies of her first spooky children’s picture book. “Down in the Dark Deep Where the Puddlers Dwell”illustrated by SUNY Fredonia graduate Dakota Marquardt. She will also provide copies of her books for adult readers: “Homemade Monsters”, “Sneak this way.”And “In memory of exoskeletons”.

Cuthbert loves writing spooky books for all ages. She has five additional children’s picture books published by Malediction and AEA Press; a short story collection, “Six O’Clock House and Other Strange Tales”will be published in January by Watertower Hill Publishing, and a collection of ghost stories is planned for November 2025 by Undertaker Books. A YA/New Adult trilogy is also planned by Watertower Hill Publishing.

Cuthbert’s titles are also available at one or more of the following retailers: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Watertowerhill.com, aeapress.com and Undertakerbooks.com.

Fredonia resident Catherine D’Agostino will be on hand to sign copies of her five-star crime novel. “Braided Lies: A Thousand Islands Castle Mystery”.

D’Agostino was inspired to write her book after visiting Boldt Castle in the Thousand Islands region of New York State. “I was highly motivated and even obsessed by the stories I heard about the Boldt family and the mysteries that remain unsolved to this day. I have written a story that readers will find exciting and entertaining.”

Copies are also available through Barnes & Noble, Goodreads and Amazon.

Local Westfield author and artist Trenton Lutes has just released the third and final book in his Terra Healer series and will receive copies of all three books “Inspire”, “Beyond the Blasted Lands”And “Raevin’s Hope”), available during the Shop Local Authors event.

The series, a young adult dystopian sci-fi/fantasy film, follows the exploits of a group of young Terra Healers whose powers come from absorbing the pollution of their decimated world. Join Wolvf, his sister Eren, and their unique group of friends as they journey through the Wasted Lands, facing the terror of the High Empress and working to reverse the pollution event that destroyed their planet over a century ago.

The Terra Healer series is also available on Goodreads and Amazon In-Spire: Terra Healers Book One was the #1 new release in the dystopian children’s literature category and reached #34 on the Amazon bestseller list in the same category as of August 2022.

Next Chapter Bookstore is located at 12 Park Place in Fredonia.

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