Books: Seth Grahame-Smith to discuss ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ at Vroman’s

With his first mash-up, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” Seth Grahame-Smith started a cottage industry of classic tales woven through with horror. In “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” he reconstructs the story of Honest Abe to have him unleashing vengeance on bloodsuckers on his way to the White House. Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. 7 p.m. Thu. (626) 449-5320.