Name: You Can't Get There From Here: Tales of Weird Pittsburgh
Start: 2026-06-07T12:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-07T12:50:00-0400

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

Sunday June 7, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT

Westmoreland

Welcome to Pittsburgh! Join our panelists as they bathe our Convention city in unholy and horror-worthy light. What mysteries hide in the alleyways of the Southside? Is there real magic at the convergence of three rivers? Can you feel the pull of the Fourth River? How many cemeteries have you haunted? How many bridges and tunnels does one city need? What cryptids, legends, ghosts, or maniacs haunt our Rust Belt abode. Hear from Pittsburgh horror writers who have been influenced by the often uncanny history, folklore, cultural oddities, and decaying buildings surrounded by an urban wilderness.

Moderators

Brandon Ketchum

LCSW, Local Recovery Coordinator, Mental Health Champion of the Pittsburgh VA, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System and Author

By day, Brandon Ketchum is a social worker at the VA. By night he is a spec fic writer putting a weird spin or strange vibe in every story, dark or light. He is a member of SFWA and the Horror Writers Association, and his work has been published with Air & Nothingness Press, Perihelion... Read More →

Speakers

Douglas Gwilym

Bram Stoker Award–nominated short story author, novelist, editor of NOVUS MONSTRUM

Douglas Gwilym has written a rock opera or two. He's also edited five anthologies of speculative fiction, including NOVUS MONSTRUM with Ken MacGregor, which features Jonathan Maberry, Gwendolyn Kiste, Ramsey Campbell, and other amazing authors, and Triangulation: Harmony & Dissonance... Read More →

Nelson W Pyles

Nelson W. Pyles is an author, musician, podcast creator and voice actor living in Pittsburgh. He has written two novels and is currently working on his third. His second collection of short stories, essays and articles All These Steps Lead Down was released in October 2024 from Cold... Read More →

Carina Stopenski

Librarian | Author | Horror Scholar

Carina Stopenski (they/them) is a writer, scholar, and librarian born and bred in Pittsburgh, PA. They are an academic member of the HWA and currently serve on the Library Advisory Council and as co-chair of the Pittsburgh chapter. Carina is pursuing a PhD in Literature and Criticism... Read More →

Ande Thomas

Editor in Chief, What Sleeps Beneath

Ande Thomas is a founding member and Editor in Chief of What Sleeps Beneath, an online zine that explores horror in all its forms. He is a member of the HWA and the Society For Cinema and Media Studies. He is also co-sponsor of Poetry After Dark, a monthly series that features screenings... Read More →

Sunday June 7, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
Westmoreland

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Brandon Ketchum

Douglas Gwilym

Nelson W Pyles

Carina Stopenski

Ande Thomas

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Brandon Ketchum

Douglas Gwilym

Nelson W Pyles

Carina Stopenski

Ande Thomas

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