Yes, I'm a little surprised its in Provo, Utah, but it sure is convenient for me. This is the same close location that LTUE was at and in years past the Storymakers writers convention when I would go to that.
Guests of honor include Brian Keene, Kevin J. Anderson, Jack Ketchum, Keith Thompson (he did the artwork on my latest Utah Geek issue) and fellow Space Eldritch alumni Michael R. Collings gets an academic award of achievement.
It will be great to hobnob with everyone as writers are my favorite people to mingle with.
Here is a quick schedule of my panels etc:
Thursday:
2pm Horrific Fantasy: A Touch of the Macabre. Dark fantasy as a subgenre that often dances across the line between fantasy and horror. Is there a line, and how can you effectively cross it?
Darren Shan
Steve Diamond
Robert J Defendi
Jason King (M)
Christopher Husberg
David J. West
8:15 - Historical Horror. An historical setting can add depth to your story. Why is historical horror – and historical fiction -- popular and who is writing it?
Eric Sweden
John L. Campbell
David J. West
Sanford Allen (M)
This will be a fun one.
Friday:
10pm to Midnight: I'll be jamming with the Freestyle Gargoyles
You may remember that last year about this time I did an improv jam with the band - we're doing it again with more authors and recording it live! - It was a blast last time, so I gotta come up with something fresh and eerie for this one!Saturday:
12:45
I'll be doing a reading of my REDNECK ELDRITCH tale 'At the Highways of Madness'- well a good portion of it anyway.
I'd be tickled pink if you would pre-order a copy!
10pm - A Space Balrogs panel
I think we'll be doing a classic monsters Choose Your Own Apocalypse but not sure yet.
Sunday:
11:30 - Western Horror. Horror-themed westerns can be a lot of fun to read and write. Come learn more about this epic sub-genre.
Dan Wells
Cody Langille (M)
Steve Diamond
David J. West
12:45 - Why We Love Lovecraft. It’s been more than 100 years, and yet people are still reading and talking about Lovecraft.
Eric Swedin
David J. West (M)
Nathan Shumate
Carter Reid
Sanford Allen
Sarah E. Seeley
Oh Yeah, and my novella "At the Highways of Madness" will release in time for this con in the Redneck Eldritch collection - even if you can't make the con - check out the anthology of weird backwoodsy Lovecraftian horror!
This will be a creepy good time. And I need to get a copy of the King of Bastards book that either (or both) Keith or Paul told me about so I can get Keene to sign it.
4 comments:
I'm a little surprised it's in Utah as well. I'm glad you're taking advantage of the opportunity. Have fun!
I've preordered my copy, although I doubt I can get to it before finals are over.
I think you heard about King of the Bastards from Paul. I've got a copy in the TBR pile, which means I wouldn't have written about it yet because I've not read it.
I knew it was one of you.
And thanks!
Hope you enjoy it!
Didn't even realize this. Always a bad time for me with the end of the school year.
yeah, now that I'm more involved as a guest author (rather than a fan who almost never went to anything) it seems there are more cons than I can go to - even just in my veritable neck of the woods.
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