In Tananarive Due’s Mazywood, filmmaker Johnny – the grandson of famous Black actress Mazelle Washington – brings his family to Mazywood, her secluded California lodge, expecting a quiet retreat. Instead, he uncovers a legacy of rage, secrets, and terror that’s been haunting his family for generations. Through flashbacks to Hollywood’s Golden Age, Johnny pieces together Mazelle’s buried past – and discovers a monster that has been hidden for decades. In Elizabeth Kostova’s Mystery Play: A Novel, Jay Turner – the last living member of a family of historians hunted by forces connected to one of history’s most notorious monsters – receives an antique leather-bound volume. It’s one of a set commissioned by Vlad Țepeș, also known as Dracula, just before his death in 1477. And it launches the dangerous search that Jay will undertake. Moderating is Regis Fox, assistant professor of English at Florida Atlantic University.