Name: Mary Shelley's Monster: the Legacy of Frankenstein
Start: 2026-06-06T13:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-06T13:50:00-0400

Mary Shelley's Monster: the Legacy of Frankenstein

Saturday June 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT

Somerset

When Mary Shelley published Frankenstein in 1818, she unleashed a monster onto the world that is still making its mark. The first dramatic adaptation of Frankenstein was staged only six years later in 1824. Today, with hundreds of adaptations in film, graphic novels, music, and the stage, plus many novels and short stories adding to the Monster’s legend, the story remains one of the most fascinating creations in all of dark literature. This panel will discuss what makes the Monster so enduring and compelling, the best and worst offspring of the novel, and why the ideas and themes remain relevant today.

Moderators

Crystal O’Leary-Davidson (C. O. Davidson)

Writer and Teacher

C. O. Davidson’s work has appeared in PseudoPod, Vastarien, Cemetery Gates and in various horror anthologies. She co-edited Monsters of Film, Fiction, and Fable and is a founding member of the Atlanta chapter of the Horror Writers Association. She teaches writing, the Gothic, and... Read More →

Speakers

Lawrence C. Connolly

Writer

Lawrence C. Connolly’s books include the collections This Way to Egress, whose titular tale of psychological horror was adapted for the Mick Garris film Nightmare Cinema; and the Bram-Stoker-nominated Voices, which features Connolly’s best stories from The Magazine of Fantasy... Read More →

Teel James Glenn

writer

Teel James Glenn has killed hundreds and been killed more times-- on stage and screen as he has traveled the world for forty plus years as a stuntman, fight choreographer, swordmaster, jouster, illustrator, storyteller, bodyguard, actor and haunted house barker.
His stories have... Read More →

Gwendolyn Kiste

Gwendolyn Kiste is the four-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens, Reluctant Immortals, Boneset & Feathers, Pretty Marys All in a Row, and The Haunting of Velkwood. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in outlets including Lit Hub, Nightmare, Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, CrimeReads, Titan Books, The Lineup, and The Dark. She's a Lambda Literary Award winner, and her fiction has also received the This Is Horror Award... Read More →

Lisa Kröger

Trustee

Horror writer. Author of MONSTER, SHE WROTE and TOIL AND TROUBLE. Cohost of the Know Fear Cast and The Monster, She Wrote podcast.

John Langan

Author, THE FISHERMAN

John Langan is the author of two novels and five collections of stories. For his fiction, he has received the Bram Stoker and the This Is Horror awards. With Paul Tremblay, he co-edited Creatures: Thirty Years of Monsters (2011). He is one of the founders of the Shirley Jac... Read More →

Saturday June 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Somerset

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Crystal O’Leary-Davidson (C. O. Davidson)

Lawrence C. Connolly

Teel James Glenn

Gwendolyn Kiste

Lisa Kröger

John Langan

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Crystal O’Leary-Davidson (C. O. Davidson)

Lawrence C. Connolly

Teel James Glenn

Gwendolyn Kiste

Lisa Kröger

John Langan

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