StokerCon 2026

Clay Vermulm is a Montana-born, Washington-based author of horror and contemporary dark fiction. He has been published in Sleyhouse Magazine, Grendel Press, Reader Beware, Redacted Tales, True Northwest, and numerous anthologies. Clay is the co-chair for the Seattle HWA, an assistant editor at Nightmare Magazine, and the managing editor for the online zine/podcast Sinister Soup and the annual Crypticon Seattle Writing Contest Anthology. He also hosts and produces two other podcasts: Beneath the Rain Shadow and Fermented Fiction. When he's not doing all that, he enjoys hiking, climbing, surfing, and gaming with his wife and cat.