StokerCon 2026

Author, financial planner, former psychologist, husband, and father. Trustee for the Horror Writers Association, as well a National Co-Chair for StokerCon. I also run the Pitch Sessions and act as the Bram Stoker Awards Show Coordinator. That pretty much sums it up.

Literary agent at Liza Dawson Associates

Horror commissioning editor at Titan Books, author of Hunting by the River (Black Shuck Books, 2024)

I acquire for Poisoned Pen Press at Sourcebooks, and my books are primarily in Mystery, Thriller, Horror, and Contemporary Fantasy. I especially enjoy character-driven projects and am eagerly looking for diverse voices and stories.

John G. Hartness is a teller of tales, a righter of wrong, defender of ladies’ virtues, and some people call him Maurice, for he speaks of the pompatus of love. He is also the award-winning author of the urban fantasy series The Black Knight Chronicles, the Bubba the Monster Hunter... Read More →

Author of the Caitlin Kelley Monster Hunter series, a founding partner of Authors Essentials and an editor and convention coordinator for Falstaff Books.

www.falstaffbooks.com

Looking for novel-length work in horror, dark fantasy, dark romantasy, fantasy, science fiction, or mystery. Not looking for short story collections or anthology pitches, and we prefer books at least 75K in length. No splatter punk or extreme horror, no erotica or erotic horror, no... Read More →

Born and raised in Australia. Came to American when I married a Brooklyn boy. I worked for one of the biggest Literary Agents in NY until he fired me and then his clients took two years to convince me to open my own agency by sending me authors and their manuscripts. I handle all... Read More →

Editor at MIRA Books. Writer of Love Never Dies: Romance in Horror Movies. 

Alexandra Murphy is an editor at Page Street Publishing where she works on nonfiction and adult horror. Her first acquired title, 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered, won the Bram Stoker Awards for Superior Achievement in Long Nonfiction. She is currently leading her... Read More →