Please join us for a reading from Iowa Weird, Vol. 1, a short story collection about the monsters lurking in the cornfields and the spirits haunting the farmhouse down the lane. This is the latest release from Hayseed Press, a new independent publishing company operating out of Cedar Falls, Iowa.

A selection will be read by this volume’s star contributor Anton Jones.

Anton Jones, MFA (Iowa Playwrights' Workshop) and two-time Jerome Many Voices Fellow, is the recipient of the 2025 Citizens League Civic Changemaker Award and a passionate advocate and leader in the education and non-profit sector. He also happens to be training for the USATF Indoor and Outdoor Nationals.