If you’re not afraid of the dark, wonder if ghosts really exist, like reading horror tales or don’t mind vampires, the Warren County-Vicksburg Public Library is the place to be next Saturday for The Things that Go Bump Celebration.

Sixteen authors, artists and investigators will attend, said Jennifer Smith, assistant director of the library. “At certain times during the day, each author will stand and talk about their book and how they write,” she said.

The event will run from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will include paranormal, sci-fi, horror, steampunk and fantasy authors.

“We hosted an event like this at Christmas — The Yuletide Souls Fest,” said Smith. “We will be doing another one.”

Alexander S. Brown, a local horror author, has helped organize the event, Smith said. Brown, 26, attended Vicksburg High School, and his newest work, “Traumatized,” is a collection of short stories.

Next Saturday’s event is free, but donations will be accepted for the Child and Parent Center, formerly the Child Abuse Prevention Center. A $5 raffle will give participants the chance at a ghost hunt.

Presenters include:

• Alan Brown — nonfiction paranormal author.

• Alexander S. Brown — horror author.

• Angela L. Burke — paranormal poet.

• Patrick Burns ­— judge on “Paranormal Challenge” on the Travel channel and True TV’s “Haunting Evidence.”

• Linda De Leon — vampire author.

• Ghost Tales Investigators — paranormal investigators.

• Marley Gibson — best-selling young adult author of “The Ghost Huntress Series.”

• Roman Merry — ghost artist.

• J. L. Mulvihill — young adult steampunk author.

• Mississippi Paranormal Society — paranormal investigators.

• Mississippi Society of Paranormal Investigators — paranormal investigators.

• Carol Parks — Reiki instructor and aura cleanser.

• Ben Shi — psychological horror author.

• Ben Stripling — sci-fi author.

• TruthSeekers Paranormal Research and Investigators — paranormal investigators.

• Courtney Vice — artist.