Our second year. This is becoming a Halloween tradition. And this year, we’re ramping it up, by bringing the show to the Madam Brett Social Club.
Join author and storyteller Matthew Mercier, as he recounts his time in Poe’s Bronx home. Alone in Poe’s basement, Mercier grappled with loneliness, his own demons, and Poe himself. He emerged with a whole new understanding of Horror’s First Master, and stories to share with you at this special Halloween show.
This one-man show blends live storytelling and full audio production by Harlan Guthrie, creator of the hit horror podcast MALEVOLENT, to prove YOU DON’T KNOW POE.
After the show, hang with Mercier, share your own stories, and celebrate Horror’s First Master.
Set in the cozy and sophisticated Madam Brett Social Club, accompanied by themed cocktails, and a special Poe toast, this is the perfect Halloween date night in Beacon.
Matthew Mercier
Matthew Mercier is a writer and storyteller lucky enough to be living on a wild patch of forest and wetlands in upstate New York. He’s worked as a tour guide at the Mystic Aquarium, run a youth hostel in Albuquerque, been slimed as a salmon packer in Naknek, Alaska, provided showers for homeless men on the Bowery, and proudly served four years as docent and caretaker for the Edgar Allan Poe Cottage in The Bronx. He earned an MFA from Hunter College, where he taught writing and children’s literature. His work has appeared The Brooklyn Rail, Mississippi Review, Glimmer Train, Rosebud Magazine, Creative Nonfiction, The Fairy Tale Review, Shotgun Honey and Mystery Tribune. He’s told stories live on stage with The Moth and been heard on NPR’s The Moth Radio Hour, as well The Story Collider, RISK and The Truth podcasts. He’s been awarded a residency from the Saltonstall Foundation, and the Leon B. Burstein scholarship for Mystery Writing from the New York chapter of Mystery Writers of America.