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Adaptable Terrors: writing for page and screen
Saturday June 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Butler
In today's constantly evolving multimedia landscape, a writer must learn how to adapt across both classical and emerging storytelling platforms. This panel brings together fiction writers and screenwriters to delve into the processes that got their work published and produced in various mediums. How does a writer decide which medium is the most appropriate outlet for their original story idea? How can a writer adapt an existing IP into a different medium? We'll discuss the differences and similarities in approaches to craft when writing short stories, novels, screenplays, television series, and more..
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Speakers
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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 →
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Lisa Morton

Co-Chair, StokerCon 2026
Author of four novels and over 200 short stories, screenwriter, Halloween and paranormal expert, past President of the Horror Writers Association, and 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award winner.
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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 →
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John Shirley

Decades of experience in horror, television, science fiction,thriller writing, movie scripting. Strong opinions on AI, the future of our civilization,  esoteric spirituality. Weird poetry.The book I won the Bram Stoker for: Black Butterflies. My new horror novel (written with Ma... Read More →
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Diane Sismour

Producer/Screenwriter/Author, Author / Screenwriter
Diane Sismour keeps her fans up at night with grounded horror, thrillers, and psychological suspense. Her characters and audiences never know what perils await them or the predicaments they must resolve. She’s a member of national and local writing and screenplay groups.

Her scr... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Butler
  Business and Craft of Writing and Publishing

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