My StokerCon 2025 Schedule

 

My StokerCon Schedule

In addition to being on a bunch of panels, giving a reading, and presenting a writing workshop, I’m one of the Guests of Honor this year, I’m up for a Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection, and I’m co-presenting the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Short Fiction with Cindy O’Quinn. I am going to be busy!

If you’re at the con, feel free to talk to me anytime.

Here's my official schedule:

Thursday, June 12

·       6:00 pm   Public Domain Horror: Panel with Frances Lu-Pai Ippotito, Eric J. Guinard, Cynthia Pelayo, and Patrick Barb (Livestreamed session)

·       8:00 pm   Opening Ceremony

Friday, June 13

·       11:00 am   Horror University: Into Darkness I Go: The Horror Hero’s Journey

·       1:00 pm    What Horror Means to Me: Librarian’s Day panel with Adam Nevill, Paula Guran, Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Edelman, Gary Triana, and Lila Denning.

·       2:00 pm    The Tangled Skein of Short Stories: Panel with James Chambers, Ananda Lima, Lisa Morton, Norman Prentiss, and Crystal O’Leary-Davidson (Livestreamed session)

·       4:00 pm     Mass Author Signing

Saturday June 14

·       8:00 am     Breakfast with the Guests of Honor: With Adam Nevill, Paula Guran, De Howison, Scott Edelman, and Gaby Triana

·       11:00 am   Reading with Logan Alexander Johnson and Jessica Drake-Thomas

·       12:00 pm   Perspectives on the Writing Life: From Rookie to Veteran: Panel with Adam Nevill, Paula Guran, Joyce Carol Oates, Scott Edelman, John Langan, and Gaby Triana (Livestreamed session)

·       2:00 pm     Crafting Original Monsters: Panel with Cassadra Khaw, Nat Cassidy, C.J. Leede, S.A. Barnes, and Michael Arnzen (Livestreamed session)

·       3:00 pm     Writing Horror Novelizations and Media Tie-Ins: Panel with V. Castro and Linda D. Addison (Livestreamed Session)

·       6:00 pm     Bram Stoker Awards Cocktail Reception

·       7:00 pm     Bram Stoker Awards Banquet

·       8:00 pm     Bram Stoker Awards Presentation (Livestreamed)

Sunday June 15

·       12:00 pm   Closing Ceremony

I’ll have the following books available from the official con bookseller:

·       Old Monsters Never Die – Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Fiction this year!

·       Lord of the Feast

·    Terrifier 2: The Official Novelization

·       X: The Official Novelization

·       Pearl: The Official Novelization

·       Maxxxine: The Official Novelization

You can also buy Old Monsters Never Die from Winding Roads Stories in the Dealer’s Room.

You’ll be able to buy Just Add Writer: Writing Media Tie-Ins and IP from Raw Dog Screaming Press in the Dealer’s Room. They’ll also have copies of Writing in the Dark, Writing in the Dark: The Workbook, and Let Me Tell You a Story.

And the big news...with luck, I'll have an unannounced extreme horror novella that will debut at the con!

For more information about StokerCon, go here: https://www.stokercon2025.com/