StokerCon 2026

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 Volume of Gothic Tales (2022), Love the Sinner (2024), and “The Marriage” in Legends and Lore (Encyclopocalypse Press). Forthcoming titles include Clairviolence: Tales of Tarot and Torment (2025) and The Annex of the Afterlife (2026). In nonfiction, Mo's critical essays appear in several academic and genre-defining collections, including: “Vampire Vagabonds” in Vampires and the Making of the United States in the Twenty-First Century (Routledge) “Zombie Grrrls” in The Palgrave Handbook of the Zombie (Palgrave Macmillan) “Sinister Sanctums” in Toxic Nostalgia on Screen (Rowman & Littlefield) “Breaking Bad Habits” in Skull & Laurel (Tenebrous Press) She is a sought-after speaker, presenting internationally at film festivals and academic institutions. Recent appearances include: Cine-Excess 2024 – Mother, May I?, Birmingham, UK Miskatonic Institute of Horror Studies – From Inside the House, London Romancing the Gothic – Cosmic Horror on the Body Electric Final Girls Berlin – From Inside the House: Women’s Trauma in Horror Cinema Fear 2000, Sheffield – The Horror Evolution Will Be Colorized Nightmares from Monkeypaw, Prairie View A&M, Texas – Keynote Speaker The Whole Damn Swarm, University of Sheffield – The Urban Phantom No Return, Horror BAFSS Sig – The World is Evil and So Are We Cine-Excess 2023 – Reaping the Bad Seed, Birmingham, UK She also curated the 2024 online storytelling event Ghosts of Yuletide: Women of Color Reshaping a Chilling Storytelling Tradition, amplifying diverse narratives within folklore and horror. Mo is the founder of Mourning Manor Media and Editor-in-Chief of NightTide Magazine, a platform dedicated to celebrating and uplifting underrepresented voices in horror.