Cara Black read from her popular Parisian detective series. Peter Orner was in fine form as he read from his upcoming work about the Chicago underworld milieu. Michelle Gagnon read from her great debut thriller “The Tunnels.” Lucy Corin read “The Entire Predicament,” a terrifying story about becoming your own psychic landscape. Murray Brozinsky read his crazed Poe-esque tale “Murder on the Organ Express.” Carrie Hall introduced everyone in a scarily tight corset.