StokerCon 2026

StokerCon 2026

Monica Smith

Texas

mleegoodson.com

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About me

This is my fourth StokerCon. Real life often inspires my fiction. I love psychological horror, folklore, and urban legends. I've started posting M. Lee's Legend of the Week on my social media highlighting an urban legend or cryptid with my own personal reflection. This year, I am very excited because I am finally seeing my short stories published for the first time.

12:00pm EDT

Registration Third Floor Coat Check

3:00pm EDT

Author Readings Fayette

4:00pm EDT

Meet Your HWA Chapter Chairs Westmoreland

5:00pm EDT

Demystifying the Stoker Awards Somerset

8:00pm EDT

Opening Ceremony Allegheny Ballroom II-III

10:00pm EDT

A Decade of StokerCon Westmoreland

11:00pm EDT

Monster Mash Westmoreland

9:00am EDT

Are We Rehearsing for the Fall of Civilization? Cambria

10:00am EDT

Pitch Session Panel Cambria

11:00am EDT

Bloodsplatters: Art, Storytelling, and Horror Somerset

12:00pm EDT

Publishing and Promoting on a Shoestring Budget Somerset

1:00pm EDT

Sell Your Books! Tips and Tricks for Hand-Selling Books Somerset

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings Armstrong

3:00pm EDT

Creative Resilience: Overcoming Disappointment Cambria

4:00pm EDT

Navigating the Horror of the Parasocial Cambria

5:00pm EDT

Mass Author Signing Allegheny Ballrooms 1-2-3 Foyers

6:00pm EDT

Nightfire Happy Hour Second Floor Rotunda and Pennsylvania Ballroom Foyer

8:00pm EDT

Final Frame Film Competition Allegheny Ballroom II

10:00pm EDT

Final Frame Reception Allegheny Ballroom Foyer II

11:00pm EDT

Special Screening of "Mourning Meal" Allegheny Ballroom II

9:00am EDT

Survival Guide for Horror Writers in an Age of Censorship and AI Butler

10:00am EDT

Researching and Writing Horror Nonfiction Cambria

11:00am EDT

Lifetime Achievement Award Spotlight: The Devil's in the Details: writing to a theme with Lisa Morton Westmoreland

12:00pm EDT

Pitch Sessions Allegheny Ballroom II-III

1:00pm EDT

When Horror Crosses the Line: the Rise of Genre-Blending Fear Westmoreland

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings Armstrong

3:00pm EDT

Author to Editor and Back Again Cambria

4:00pm EDT

The Past is Now: Modern Folk and Gothic Horror Westmoreland

6:00pm EDT

Bram Stoker Awards Cocktail Reception Allegheny Ballroom Foyer II

8:00pm EDT

Bram Stoker Awards Ceremony Allegheny Ballroom II-III

10:00pm EDT

Bram Stoker Awards Afterparty Allegheny Ballrooms 1-2-3 Foyers

10:00am EDT

Abridge to Terror: The Horror Short Story Westmoreland

11:00am EDT

A Psychotropic Medium: Reanimating the Horror Novella Somerset

12:00pm EDT

You Can't Get There From Here: Tales of Weird Pittsburgh Westmoreland

1:00pm EDT

Closing Ceremony Westmoreland