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Saturday, June 6
 

9:00am EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
Lawrence

Speakers
avatar for Jonathan Fortin

Jonathan Fortin

Jonathan Fortin is the author of the LILITU series from Crystal Lake Publishing, specializing in Gothic Horror and Dark Fantasy. He attended the Clarion Writing Program in 2012, one year after graduating summa cum laude from San Francisco State University's Creative Writing program... Read More →
avatar for Robert Ottone

Robert Ottone

Robert P. Ottone is a two-time Bram Stoker Award winning author from Long Island. He is the author of the novels AMITYVILLE AWAKENS, THE VILE THING WE CREATED, THE TRIANGLE, THERE'S SOMETHING SINISTER IN CENTERFIELD and the collections TEAR ME OPEN: FEARS UNWRAPPED and HER INFERNAL... Read More →
avatar for Michael Allen Rose

Michael Allen Rose

Bizarro Writers Association President, RoShamBo Publishing

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
Lawrence
  Author Readings

10:00am EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Lawrence

Speakers
avatar for James Chambers

James Chambers

Trustee; Co-Chair, StokerCon Governing Committee; Chair, Horror University, Horror Writers Association
James Chambers is the Bram Stoker Award® and Scribe Award-winning editor and author of A Bright and Beautiful Eternal World, On the Night Border, On the Hierophant Road, the graphic novel, Kolchak the Night Stalker: The Forgotten Lore of Edgar Allan Poe, and editor of Under Twin... Read More →
avatar for Keith Rosson

Keith Rosson

Keith Rosson is the author of the novels The Devil by Name, Fever House, Smoke City, Road Seven, and The Mercy of the Tide, as well as the Shirley Jackson Award–winning story collection Folk Songs for Trauma Surgeons. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his partner and their two children. More can be found at keithrosson.com... Read More →
avatar for Hazel Zorn

Hazel Zorn

REEF MIND is out now from Tenebrous Press! Short work in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Dark Matter INK. Horror writer/ oil painter.
Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Lawrence
  Author Readings

11:00am EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Lawrence

Speakers
avatar for Kevin Wetmore, Jr.

Kevin Wetmore, Jr.

Volunteer Coordinator, HWA LA

avatar for Mo Moshaty

Mo Moshaty

Writer, Lecturer, Producer and Journalist, NightTide Magazine/Mourning Manor Media
Mo Moshaty is a multi-award-winning horror writer, producer, and international lecturer whose work explores trauma, folklore, and the boundaries of fear through a diverse and inclusive lens. She is the author of Maddalena – 206 Word Stories (2022), Henry – A Quaint and Curious... Read More →
avatar for Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar

Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar

Author/Editor/English Professor
Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar is a Pennsylvania writer, editor, and English professor who teaches creative writing, composition, and composition theory classes. A former secondary English teacher in Delaware public schools, she received her Doctorate of Education with a Literacy Specialization... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Lawrence
  Author Readings

12:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Lawrence

Speakers
avatar for Kristy Park Kulski

Kristy Park Kulski

Kristy Park Kulski is a Bram Stoker and Shirley Jackson Award nominated, Korean-American author and editor. Her work includes Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora, the novel Fairest Flesh, and novella House of Pungsu. Born in Honolulu, she now lives in... Read More →
avatar for Ally Malinenko

Ally Malinenko

Ally Malinenko is the author of several poetry collections as well as Ghost Girl and the Stoker nominated This Appearing House both from Katherine Tegen Books/Harper Collins
avatar for Brian McAuley
Saturday June 6, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Lawrence
  Author Readings

1:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Lawrence

Speakers
avatar for Paul Michael Anderson

Paul Michael Anderson

Writer
Writer of the novellas STANDALONE, YOU CAN’T SAVE WHAT ISN’T THERE, and THE ONLY WAY OUT IS THROUGH, as well as the collections BONES ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN and EVERYTHING WILL BE ALL RIGHT IN THE END: APOCALYPSE SONGS
avatar for Richard Kadrey

Richard Kadrey

Guest of Honor
Richard Kadrey is the New York Times bestselling author of the Sandman Slim supernatural noir series. Sandman Slim was included in Amazon’s “100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime,” and is in development as a feature film.Some of Kadrey’s other books in... Read More →
avatar for Emily Ruth Verona

Emily Ruth Verona

Author
Emily Ruth Verona is the author of the novel Midnight on Beacon Street, published by Harper Perennial in 2024 and the novella Shiva
Saturday June 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Lawrence
  Author Readings

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Lawrence

Speakers
avatar for Leanna Renee Hieber

Leanna Renee Hieber

Author, Actress, Ghost Tour Guide, Kensington, Tor and Union Square Books
An actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and award-winning, bestselling author of ghost-filled fiction and non-fiction for Kensington, Tor, Sourcebooks and Union Square, Leanna’s A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts, co-authored with Andrea Janes... Read More →
avatar for Liz Kerin

Liz Kerin

LIZ KERIN is the author of the critically acclaimed NIGHT’S EDGE duology, YA horror THE PHANTOM FOREST, and the forthcoming HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY from Sourcebooks in February 2027. She’s also a playwright and screenwriter, who graduated from NYU Tisch, where she majored... Read More →
avatar for CJ Leede

CJ Leede

CJ Leede is a rescue dog mom, hiker, Trekkie, and author of USA-Today bestselling novels Maeve Fly and American Rapture. Her debut novel, Maeve Fly, won the Splatterpunk Award, the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award, and earned a Bram Stoker Award nomination. CJ's third book, Headlights... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Lawrence
  Author Readings

3:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Lawrence

Speakers
avatar for Kate Maruyama
avatar for Mae Murray
avatar for Nicole M. Wolverton

Nicole M. Wolverton

Professionally unsettling, Horror Writer, Editor, & Academic
Nicole M. Wolverton is the author of A Misfortune of Lake Monsters (2024, CamCat Books/Marble Press) and the upcoming Meat Sweats (March 2027, Horrorsmith Publishing) and Mother Mort's Carnival Phantasmagoria (October 2027, Ethereal Visions Publishing). She served as Editor of the... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Lawrence
  Author Readings

4:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Lawrence

Speakers
avatar for LC Allingham

LC Allingham

Author / Editor / Artist / Publisher, Speculation Publications

LCW Allingham is an award-winning author, artist, and editor. Her publications include her novel, LADY, and novella MUSE, as well as short fiction. She is the co-founder and executive editor of the indie press, Speculation Publications, a member of the Historical Novel Society and... Read More →
avatar for KC (Kristina) Grifant

KC (Kristina) Grifant

Author, Editor, San Diego HWA co-chair
A previous StokerCon chair, KC Grifant is an award-winning writer based in Southern California who creates internationally published horror, fantasy, science fiction, and weird west stories. Dozens of her short stories have appeared in podcasts, magazines, games, and Stoker-nominated... Read More →
avatar for Jamie Flanagan

Jamie Flanagan

Writer, Editor, Actor, Freelance
Jamie Flanagan (they/them) is a WGA East screenwriter, SAG actor, HWA author, and editor. Screenwriting credits include Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, The Fall of the House of Usher, AMC Shudder's CREEPSHOW, Peacock's HYSTERIA!, and Amazon's... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
Lawrence
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