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Thursday, June 4
 

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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avatar for Curtis Schlak

Curtis Schlak

Founder, Escribo Studio Writing Software
Curtis Schlak is an Author Accelerator certified Book Coach, as well as a novelist and screenwriter. He was recently shortlisted for the Writers Guild Foundation Veterans Mentorship. Jackson Ford (THE GIRL WHO COULD MOVE SH*T WITH HER MIND) has commented that Curtis’ debut novel... Read More →
avatar for Celina Thompson

Celina Thompson

Celina Thompson is basically a vampire. She is a disabled author with multiple invisible illnesses which cause sunlight to be painful, require blood transfusions, and even make garlic off limits. This served as inspiration for her debut novel, Sanctuary (a #1 Amazon Best Seller in... Read More →
Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

3:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Thursday June 4, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Tiffany Michelle Brown

Tiffany Michelle Brown

Author of How Lovely to Be a Woman: Stories and Poems. Co-host of the Horror in the Margins podcast.
avatar for Sarah Faxon
avatar for Sydney Bollinger
Thursday June 4, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

4:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Teel James Glenn

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 →
avatar for D. Matthew Urban

D. Matthew Urban

Author
D. Matthew Urban hails from Texas and lives in Queens, NY, where he reads weird books, watches weird movies, and writes weird fiction. A collection of his stories, Shaky Pictures of Vanished Faces, was published in 2025 by Cursed Morsels Press, and his work has appeared in such v... Read More →
avatar for Ananda Lima

Ananda Lima

Author
Ananda Lima is the author of the linked short story collection Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (Tor Books, 2024) and the poetry collection Mother/land (Black Lawrence Press, 2021), winner of the Hudson Prize.  Her work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Poets.org, Ke... Read More →
Thursday June 4, 2026 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

5:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Thursday June 4, 2026 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Katrina Carruth
avatar for Luke Dumas

Luke Dumas

Author
Luke Dumas is the USA Today bestselling author of Nothing Tastes as Good, The Paleontologist, and A History of Fear. He is the winner of an ITW Thriller Award and his work has been optioned for film and TV. He received his master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh and has worked in nonprofit philanthropy for more than a decade. Luke was born and raised in San Diego, Calif... Read More →
avatar for Jaq Evans

Jaq Evans

I'm a speculative fiction and horror author based out of Richmond, VA. My debut novel, WHAT GROWS IN THE DARK, was published in 2024 by MIRA / HarperCollins, and my short fiction appears in Fusion Fragment, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, and elsewhere. My pronouns are none/she/they.
Thursday June 4, 2026 5:00pm - 5:50pm EDT
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Friday, June 5
 

9:00am EDT

Author Readings
Friday June 5, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Rachel Dempsey

Rachel Dempsey

Author
Rachel Dempsey is a writer of horror, mystery and thrillers living in Denver. Her short fiction has been published by Shacklebound Books, Brigids Gate Press, Timber Ghost Press and Twenty Bellows (Pushcart nominated, 2023). She holds a BFA in Drama and English from NYU'S Tisch, a... Read More →
avatar for Christopher Hawkins

Christopher Hawkins

Co-chair, Chicagoland Chapter
Christopher Hawkins (he/him) is the multi-award-winning author of Downpour and Suburban Monsters. His latest novel is I Contain Multitudes.
avatar for Peter OKeefe

Peter OKeefe

Peter O'Keefe is a writer and filmmaker, born and raised in Detroit, now living in Racine, Wisconsin. His first novel Counted With the Dead—a reimagining of Frankenstein set in late-90s Detroit—was released by Grendel Press in 2024. Peter's second novel White Flight was relea... Read More →
Friday June 5, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
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  Author Readings

10:00am EDT

Author Readings
Friday June 5, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Ann Fraistat

Ann Fraistat

Author
Ann Fraistat is an author, playwright, and narrative designer. Her debut novel, What We Harvest, is a 2022 Bram Stoker finalist, a 2026 HWA Summer Scares selection, and an ABA Indies Introduce and Kids' Indie Next Pick. A Place For Vanishing, her second book, is a 2024 Bram Stok... Read More →
avatar for Russ Colchamiro
avatar for Craig Brownlie
Friday June 5, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
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  Author Readings

11:00am EDT

Author Readings
Friday June 5, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Hildy Silverman
avatar for Ann Dávila Cardinal

Ann Dávila Cardinal

Author
Ann Dávila Cardinal is a Nuyorican poly-genre author. Her young adult horror novels include Five Midnights (winner of an International Latino Book Award and a Bram Stoker finalist), Category Five, Breakup from Hell, and You’ve Awoken Her. Ann lives in a little house in Vermon... Read More →
avatar for Shane Hawk

Shane Hawk

Writer-Editor, PRH-Counterpoint
Shane Hawk (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) is a horror writer and editor. As a contributing editor at Counterpoint Press, he exclusively works with North American Indigenous writers. In 2020, he released his debut short story collection ANOKA. Hawk is the coeditor of the... Read More →
Friday June 5, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
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  Author Readings

12:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Friday June 5, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Stephanie M. Wytovich
avatar for Cynthia Pelayo

Cynthia Pelayo

Cynthia Pelayo is an International Latino Book Award winning poet and author.

She is the author of Loteria, Santa Muerte, The Missing, Poems of My Night, Into the Forest and All the Way Through, Children of Chicago, Crime Scene, The Shoemaker’s Magician, as well as dozens of sta... Read More →
avatar for Francesca Maria

Francesca Maria

SF Bay Area HWA Co-Chair, Black Cat Publishing
Francesca Maria writes dark fiction surrounded by cats near the Pacific Ocean. She is the award-winning, bestselling author of They Hide: Short Stories to Tell in the Dark from Brigids Gate Press, the co-editor of Black Cat Tales: An Anthology of Black Cats which debuted as a... Read More →
Friday June 5, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

1:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Friday June 5, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Speakers
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A.C. Wise

A.C. Wise's fiction has appeared in Clarkesworld, Apex, and several Year's Best anthologies, among other places. Her work has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, as well as twice being a finalist for the Sunburst Award, twice being a finalist... Read More →
avatar for Christi Nogle

Christi Nogle

Author of BEULAH and three short fiction collections
Christi Nogle is the author of the Bram Stoker Award® winning and Shirley Jackson Award nominated novel Beulah (Cemetery Gates Media, 2022) and the Bram Stoker Award® nominated short story collection The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future.

She is co-editor with Willow Daw... Read More →
avatar for Chelsea Conradt

Chelsea Conradt

Chelsea Conradt is the USA Today bestselling author of The Farmhouse and The Secret Attic. She writes twisty speculative thrillers and psychological horror. Her short fiction has been featured in The Sunday Morning Transport and the Fractured Reveries anthology. Her stories are packed with both murder and kindness because we can be more than one thing. When not writing stories that make you question what’s real, she is likely watching a baking show or a true-crime documentary. She is nothing if not on brand. Chelsea lives in... Read More →
Friday June 5, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Douglas Gwilym

Douglas Gwilym

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

avatar for Nicole Willson

Nicole Willson

Stoker-nominated author of TIDEPOOL (2021), THE SHADOW DANCERS OF BRIXTON HILL (2023) and THE KEEPER OF THE KEY (2024). Find out more about me at http://www.nicolewillson.com
avatar for Dave V. Riser

Dave V. Riser

Writer & Researcher

Friday June 5, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

3:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Friday June 5, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Brittany Cekus (B.S. Miller)
avatar for Leticia A Urieta

Leticia A Urieta


Leticia Urieta (she/her/hers) is a Tejana writer from Austin, TX. She works as a teaching artist and freelance writer and editor. She is the author of Las Criaturas, published in 2021 by Flowersong Press and was a finalist for the Sergio Troncoso Award for Best First Book of Fic... Read More →
avatar for Valerie Williams

Valerie Williams

Writer, reader, dog lover.

Valerie B. Williams' short fiction has been published by Flame Tree Press, Dark Recesses Press, and Crystal Lake Publishing, among others. Her debut novel, "The Vanishing Twin" was released by Crossroad Press in October 2024.Her first collection of dark tales, "Penfold's Menu of Ma... Read More →
Friday June 5, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Armstrong
  Author Readings

4:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Jessi Ann York

Jessi Ann York

Debut Author
Jessi Ann York’s debut novel, TALONS AND NIGHTSHADE, is forthcoming March 2027 from Wednesday Books, an imprint of Macmillan. Her first two published short stories, “Phases of the Shadow” and “Women of the Mere,” were mentioned as standouts in the Summation section of The... Read More →
avatar for Emma Murray

Emma Murray

Author of Crushing Snails, When the Devil, and Shoot Me in the Face on a Beautiful Day
avatar for Grace R. Reynolds

Grace R. Reynolds

Author
GRACE R. REYNOLDS is an American speculative fiction writer. She was raised in New Jersey and graduated from Rutgers University. Having lived in seven states, she currently calls Maryland “home,” where she writes dark fiction and poetry. In addition to her short fiction, she is... Read More →
Friday June 5, 2026 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings
 
Saturday, June 6
 

9:00am EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Corey Farrenkopf

Corey Farrenkopf

Staff Librarian / Writer, Eastham Public Library

avatar for Mark Matthews

Mark Matthews

Mark Matthews is a Shirley Jackson Award Finalist, a graduate of the University of Michigan, and a licensed professional counselor. He is the author of On the Lips of Children, All Smoke Rises, Milk-Blood, and The Hobgoblin of Little Minds. He also edited, published, and contributed... Read More →
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Christoph Paul

CLASH Books

Saturday June 6, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
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  Author Readings

10:00am EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
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Speakers
avatar for TJ Price

TJ Price

mask
TJ Price’s corporeal being is currently located in Raleigh, NC, where he lives with his handsome partner of many years, but his ghosts can be found in northeastern Connecticut, southern Maine, and north Brooklyn. He is the author of The Disappearance of Tom Nero, a mixed-media... Read More →
avatar for Chris Panatier
avatar for Jeff C. Carter

Jeff C. Carter

Host, We Bleed Orange & Black
Jeff C. Carter’s stories have been featured in dozens of anthologies, translated for international markets and adapted for podcasts.
His love of Halloween inspires his horror writing. He lives in New Mexico with a cat, a dog and a human.

He co-hosts We Bleed Orange & Black, the... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Armstrong
  Author Readings

11:00am EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Maria Alexander

Maria Alexander

Maria Alexander is a produced screenwriter, games writer, virtual world designer, award-winning copywriter, prolific fiction writer, and poet. Since 1999, her stories have appeared in acclaimed publications and anthologies.

Her debut novel, Mr. Wicker, won the 2014 Bram Stoker Awa... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Freivald
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Saturday June 6, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
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  Author Readings

12:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Patrick Barb

Patrick Barb

Author & HWA Treasurer
Patrick Barb is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of weird, dark, and horrifying tales, currently living in the Twin Cities of Minnesota. His published works include the short-story collections The Children's Horror and Pre-Approved for Haunting; novellas The Big One, The Nu... Read More →
avatar for Taylor Grothe

Taylor Grothe

Taylor Grothe (AKA T.G. Laine) is a writer of adult and young adult horror, horror romance, and dark fantasy. They hold a nonfiction MFA from Fairfield University, acted as the graduate Assistant Managing Editor of Brevity, and their short works can be found in esteemed publications... Read More →
avatar for Vaughn A. Jackson

Vaughn A. Jackson

Author
Vaughn A. Jackson is an Horror Writers Association affiliated author, editor, and sometimes poet of dark speculative fiction. His work generally focuses one one of three categories: Creatures, Kaiju, or Cosmic Horror. Often blending elements of fantasy, science fiction, and horror... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

1:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Kylie Lee Baker
avatar for Elizabeth Broadbent

Elizabeth Broadbent

Elizabeth Broadbent (she/her) left the South Carolina swamps for the Commonwealth of Virginia, where she lives with her three sons and husband. She’s the
author of Ink Vine (Undertaker Books, 2024), Ninety-Eight Sabers (Undertaker Books, 2024), Blood Cypress (Raw Dog Screaming P... Read More →
avatar for Nat Cassidy

Nat Cassidy

Nat Cassidy is a bestselling and Bram Stoker Award-nominated author whose acclaimed works include Mary ("One of the Best Horror Novels of All Time" - Audible), Nestlings, and Rest Stop. Esquire described him as one "of the best horror writers of this generation" and among the writers "shaping horror's next golden age." His award-winning plays have been produced across the country, including Off-Broadway and the Kennedy Center. You've also maybe seen Nat guest-starring... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Rachel Bolton

Rachel Bolton

Rachel Bolton is a Bram Stoker Award nominated writer working on more projects than she has time for. Her stories and essays have appeared in or are forthcoming from Cosmic Horror Monthly, Apex Magazine, Women Write About Comics, Strange Girls, and more.  Rachel lives with her partner... Read More →
avatar for Carlyn Greenwald

Carlyn Greenwald

Author
I’m a YA and Adult horror and thriller author and screenwriter, most famous for MURDER LAND, out with Sourcebooks Fire. I have another YA horror-thriller coming out in summer 2026 called WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE GIRLS with more YA and adult titles to be announced. I’m an LA native... Read More →
avatar for Carol Gyzander

Carol Gyzander

I love quiet horror, weird fiction, and cosmic horror!
More about me:
Bram Stoker Award® recipient and World Fantasy Award finalist Carol Gyzander writes and edits horror, weird fiction, and science fiction—with strong women in twisted tales that touch your heart. She has a stor... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

3:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Jess Hagemann

Jess Hagemann

Jess Hagemann’s recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beneath the Bluebonnets: Tales of Terror from Texas Women, Three Seasons of Winter, and Last Girls Club, among others. Her debut novel Headcheese (2018) won an IPPY Award in Horror. Paste Magazine named her sophomor... Read More →
avatar for Emily Hughes

Emily Hughes

Author, critic, listmaker, Darker Times

avatar for Rhonda Jackson Garcia AKA RJ Joseph

Rhonda Jackson Garcia AKA RJ Joseph

academic and creative writer/editor/professor, RJ Joseph, Writer/Speaker
Rhonda Jackson Garcia, AKA RJ Joseph, is a Stoker Award™ and Shirley Jackson Award nominated, Texas based academic and creative writer/professor whose writing regularly focuses on the intersections of gender and race in the horror and romance genres and popular culture. She has... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings

4:00pm EDT

Author Readings
Saturday June 6, 2026 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Carina Bissett

Carina Bissett

The Storied Imaginarium

avatar for Angela Sylvaine

Angela Sylvaine

Angela Sylvaine is a Bram Stoker Award nominated author and self-proclaimed cheerful goth who writes speculative fiction and poetry. Her novel, Frost Bite, a ‘90s sci-fi horror comedy, and her retro ‘80s YA mall slasher novella, Chopping Spree, embody her cheerful side. Her s... Read More →
avatar for Tamika Thompson

Tamika Thompson

Author
Tamika is author of THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS (Erewhon/Kensington, 2026) and Next Generation Indie Book Awards Horror WINNER, UNSHOD, CACKLING, and NAKED (Unnerving Books), which Publishers Weekly calls “powerful,” “unsettling,” and “terrifying.” She is also the author... Read More →
Saturday June 6, 2026 4:00pm - 4:50pm EDT
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  Author Readings
 
Sunday, June 7
 

10:00am EDT

Author Readings
Sunday June 7, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Rebekah Faubion
avatar for Emily Smiley

Emily Smiley

Emily Smiley is a horror and dark fantasy author who encourages her readers to discover deeper truths within themselves through the exploration of fear, grief, and trauma, with a splash of dark humor and (sometimes) a little spice. She was a panelist at World Con 2025 and is slated... Read More →
avatar for Joe Belcastro

Joe Belcastro

Author, Joe Belcastro
After spending five years as an accredited film critic, Joe ditched his stash of Academy Award screeners and took the opportunity to jump behind the cameras working in the writers’ room for WWE. The following seven years he crafted storylines for millions of viewers each week and... Read More →
avatar for AJ Humphreys

AJ Humphreys

Publishing Account Executive, Dark Journeys Press
AJ Humphreys is an emerging author of spooky thrillers, mysteries, and dreadful tales. The serialized four-volume, Season of The Monster saga served as his publishing debut. His newest work, TRIP: A Psychological Horror Novel, released April 4th, 2025, to overwhelmingly positive reception... Read More →
Sunday June 7, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
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  Author Readings

11:00am EDT

Author Readings
Sunday June 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
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Speakers
avatar for Libby Edwardson

Libby Edwardson

Author WE SENT THEM DOWN SINGING (Page Street Horror, July 2026)

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avatar for MJ Huntsgood
Sunday June 7, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
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  Author Readings

12:00pm EDT

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

Author & Artist
Jonathan Kincade is a writer and photographer interested in mining the uncanny. His fiction and art appear or are forthcoming in FIYAH, Clarkesworld, and The Sun Magazine. When he's not investigating the hidden world, you'll find him gardening, playing guitar, or spending time with... Read More →
avatar for Piper White

Piper White

Author
Piper L. White is an author from North Carolina. She holds her BFA in creative writing from UNC Wilmington, where she also got her certificate in publishing. Her other work can be found in literary magazines such as Atlantis, Full House Literary, Carolina Muse Arts, amongst other... Read More →
avatar for Rath Mercury

Rath Mercury

Hi, I’m Rath Mercury. I write horror, fantasy, romance, and science fiction, always queer.

I’ve published in Reckoning, Small Wonders, Stance on Dance, DASH Literary Journal, Avatar Review, and Jersey Devil Press. I’m a member of Codex and SFWA.

I’ve also worked as a choreo... Read More →
Sunday June 7, 2026 12:00pm - 12:50pm EDT
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