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Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
With the rise of censorship of creative work and scholarship, as well as online harassment and now the infiltration of AI, how can creatives protect themselves and fight back? Panelists discuss how to find hope, take care of their mental health, as well as strategies for protection and self-preservation in the current political climate.
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Jack LaRoche

QAA
Book reviewer. Wildlife/Exotic animal rehabber. Werewolf enthusiast.
Speakers
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Scott Edelman

Author
SCOTT EDELMAN has published 135+ short stories in magazines such as Lightspeed, Analog, Apex, and The Twilight Zone, and in anthologies such as Why New Yorkers Smoke, Crossroads: Southern Tales of the Fantastic, and MetaHorror. He began his professional writing career in the comics... Read More →
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Alma Katsu

Alma Katsu is the author of historical horror novels such asThe Hunger and The Fervor, as well as the Red Widow spy series. Her books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal, been featured in the NY Times and Washington Post, been nominated for multiple prestigious awards (and won a few), and appeared on numerous Best Books lists including NPR, the Observer, Barnes and Noble, Apple Books, Goodreads, and Amazon... Read More →
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Brandon Ketchum

LCSW, Local Recovery Coordinator, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System

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David Simms

Writer. Psychologist. Musician. Reviewer.
6 published novels (Crossroad Books)
A few dozen short story sales
Psychologist, therapist, musician (The Slushpile band was awful but played all over the country with other writers)
Reviewer for 3 magazines
Teacher
Ghost tour guide

(2nd submission) 5 published novels (6 or 7 by the ti... Read More →
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Nicole M. Wolverton

Horror Writer, Editor, & Academic, Professionally Unsettling Fear Enthusiast
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 th... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
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