Deadtime Stories bookstore, Lansing, Mich., is moving from Old Town to REO Town and will hold a grand opening event--including a ribbon-cutting ceremony and serial killer-shaped cookies--on March 27 to celebrate its new space at 1132 S. Washington Ave. City Pulse reported that the success of Deadtime, which had opened "in the basement of Thrift Witch last year amid the pandemic... led owner Jenn Carpenter to look for a bigger storefront."
"We did really well in our Old Town location, but anyone who's been there knows that we were in a really small space," she said. "We're fortunate that we did well enough that we needed to expand, have some more space, carry some more books." The store carries true-crime and paranormal books, with a focus on Michigan's dark history. "I want you to be able to walk into my store and ask for any book about Michigan true crime," she added. "And I want us to have it in stock, no matter how obscure."
Carpenter is the author of Haunted Lansing and founder of Demented Mitten Tours, "which offers customers a guided journey through the creepiest locations in Michigan," CityPulse wrote.
Even with the expansion, Deadtime is "definitely still going to be a quaint little bookstore," she said, adding that her "goal is to make this a place that people want to go to because there are cool things to do and see.... There's so much cool stuff to do here. Opening up the shop in REO Town kinda felt like coming home to me. It's cool."