StokerCon® 2023

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8:00am EDT

Registration Grand Station Ballroom III Foyer

9:00am EDT

Author Readings Brighton IITim Waggoner • Wesley Southard • Solomon Forse • Marie Croke Author Readings Brighton ISarah Read • Zachary Rosenberg • Tamika Thompson • Stephanie Feldman HWA General Meeting Haselton I-IIBecky Spratford • Gabino Iglesias • Lisa Kröger • Brian Matthews • Meghan Arcuri • Linda D. Addison • Ellen Datlow • John Edward Lawson • Maxwell I. Gold • James Chambers Articles of the Damned: Writing Nonfiction PointviewKevin Wetmore, Jr. • Meg Elison • Lee Murray • John Kachuba • Rhonda Jackson Garcia AKA RJ Joseph • L. Marie Wood Characters Like Me: The Impact of Representation and Diverse Voices Brighton III-IVM. Lopes da Silva • K.P. Kulski • S. Alessandro Martinez • Shane Hawk • Steven Van Patten • Erin E. Adams Let Me Tell You About My Research! Ellwood I-IIJ. L. Gribble • Jenny Kiefer • Paul Michael Anderson • Garrett Boatman • Cynthia Gómez • Alma Katsu Changing Our Nightmares and Making Them Your Own Stoops FerryJewelle Gomez Dealer Room Grand Station Ballroom III-V

10:00am EDT

Author Readings Brighton IIThom Erb • John Edward Lawson • J.W. Donley • Ally Wilkes Author Readings Brighton IAngela Sylvaine • Rocky Colavito • Rhonda Jackson Garcia AKA RJ Joseph • Robert Ottone You Just Live Here: Inhabiting the Modern Haunted House Ellwood I-IIAndrew F Sullivan • Aaron Dries • Johnny Compton • Craig Davidson • EV Knight • Gwendolyn Kiste • Sarah Read The Cryptid Panel: Legends of Strange Creatures in North America. Haselton I-IIOwl Goingback • Michelle River-McLachlin • Hailey Piper • Shane Hawk • Yaika Sabat • James Chambers The Long and Short of It: Prose Other than the Novel Brighton III-IVJohn F. D. Taff • Douglas Gwilym • Karlo Yeager Rodriguez • Eric LaRocca • J.A.W. McCarthy • Paula D. Ashe Welcome to the Darkive: how archival creation and research can inspire, inform, and incite work within the genre PointviewKathy Haines • Elizabeth Kurtzman • Daniel Kraus • Gray O'Reilly • Rebecca Shapass

11:00am EDT

Author Readings Brighton IIValerie B. Williams • Anton Cancre • Douglas Ford • Bridget Brave Author Readings Brighton IRebekah L Webb • Kate Maruyama • Maxwell I. Gold • Stephen Kozeniewski Revamping Classic Monsters Haselton I-IIJG Faherty • Jamie Flanagan • Rachel Harrison • Steven Van Patten • James Aquilone • L. Marie Wood The Dead Don't Die: Romero's Enduring Legacy Ellwood I-IIJohn Harrison • Emily Hughes • Clare Castleberry • Owl Goingback • Daniel Kraus • Brian Keene • Ben Rubin Youthful Frights: the importance of YA and Middle Grade Horror PointviewRobert Ottone • Darcy Coates • Kalynn Bayron • Ally Malinenko • Lora Senf • Clare Withers Pitch Session Panel Brighton III-IVBrian Matthews • Michael Dolan • Michael Cieslak • Stephanie M. Wytovich • Rhonda Jackson Garcia AKA RJ Joseph • Sarah Read • Becky LeJeune • Rachel Brune • Cherry Weiner • Matt Blairstone • Alex Woodroe • Willow Becker • Kristin Temple Using Oral Storytelling Techniques in Horror Fiction Stoops FerryMarc Abbott

12:00pm EDT

Author Readings Brighton IJessi Ann York • Hailey Piper • Nat Cassidy • Erin E. Adams Author Readings Brighton IIEV Knight • Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels • Briana Una McGuckin Conversation with Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Elizabeth Massie PointviewLisa Morton • Elizabeth Massie The Invisible Other: Bisexuality and the Horror Genre Ellwood I-IIGwendolyn Kiste • Eric Raglin • K.P. Kulski • Angela Sylvaine • J.A.W. McCarthy AI and Bots Brighton III-IVLeigh Hennig • Colleen Anderson • C.W. Briar • Lesley Conner • Maxwell I. Gold • Douglas Gwilym Listening to the Voices in Your Head: Crafting Point of View Haselton I-IIDouglas Ford • Valerie B. Williams • Joseph Scipione • Ruthann Jagge • Stephanie Feldman • Catriona Ward Pitch Sessions Grand Station Ballroom I-IIBrian Matthews • Rena Mason • Sarah Read • Michael Dolan • Michael Cieslak • Stephanie M. Wytovich • Rhonda Jackson Garcia AKA RJ Joseph • Becky LeJeune • Rachel Brune • Cherry Weiner • Matt Blairstone • Alex Woodroe • Willow Becker • Kristin Temple

1:00pm EDT

Author Readings Brighton ILisa Kastner • Nicole Willson • Cody Langille Author Readings Brighton IICynthia Pelayo • Daniel Kraus • Wrath James White Funny Horror PointviewJeff Strand • DM Guay • Amanda Worthington • ROYCE BUCKINGHAM • Paul Lubaczewski • Angela Sylvaine Death to Tropes, Long Live Tropes Ellwood I-IIBrian McAuley • Nat Cassidy • Neil McRobert • Rachel Harrison • Stephanie Gagnon • Agatha Andrews Different Paths into Darkness Brighton III-IVEric J. Guignard • Jaye Wells • Darcy Coates • Ben Farthing • Jessica Luke García • Zoje Stage Exploring the Canon of Queer Horror Haselton I-IIPaula D. Ashe • Maxwell I. Gold • Aaron Dries • Jewelle Gomez • Eric LaRocca • Hailey Piper • Ally Wilkes Poetry Techniques for Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction Stoops FerryLinda D. Addison

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings Brighton IIAndrew F Sullivan • Christa Carmen • Nicole Cushing • Garrett Boatman Author Readings Brighton IErika T. Wurth • Marc Abbott • Sonora Taylor • Rebecca Cuthbert The Night Strangler: 51 Years of Kolchak PointviewJames Chambers • James Aquilone • Lisa Morton • Steven Van Patten • Tim Waggoner From Bloody Page to Haunted Screen Ellwood I-IIBrian McAuley • Philip Fracassi • Lisa Kröger • Jonathan Lees • Jamal Hodge • Clay McLeod Chapman • Jamie Flanagan Promoting Dread: The Publicity of Horror Fiction Brighton III-IVEmily Hughes • Becky Spratford • Janine Cross • Jordan Hanley • Solomon Forse • Nat Cassidy Guest of Honor Spotlight Haselton I-IIMeghan Arcuri • Alma Katsu • Cynthia Pelayo • Owl Goingback • Daniel Kraus • Jewelle Gomez • Wrath James White

3:00pm EDT

Author Readings Brighton IAi Jiang • Rena Mason • Frances Ippolito • Geneve Flynn Author Readings Brighton IIElizabeth Massie • Scott Edelman • Darius Jones • James Chambers The Rise of Sporror Ellwood I-IIRick Claypool • Carol Gyzander • JG Faherty • Gordon B. White • Danger Slater • Andrew F Sullivan Everybody Must Get Stoned PointviewMark Matthews • Christa Carmen • Brandon Ketchum • Clay McLeod Chapman • Jessica McHugh The Horror Industry Brighton III-IVAnita Allen • Kristin Temple • Mike Allen • Jennifer Barnes • Ellen Datlow • Kevin Lucia • Richard Thomas Using the Tarot to Guide Your Writing Stoops FerryEV Knight

4:00pm EDT

Author Readings Brighton IIWillow Becker • Colleen Anderson • Karlo Yeager Rodriguez • Amanda Headlee Author Readings Brighton ILee Murray • K.P. Kulski • J.A.W. McCarthy • Yi Izzy Yu Horror Westerns Ellwood I-IIKC (Kristina) Grifant • Michael Bailey • Zachary Rosenberg • Kenneth W. Cain • Hailey Piper • Emily Ruth Verona "I well remembered the words of my father": Fathers and Fatherhood In Horror PointviewBridget Keown • Eric J. Guignard • John Edward Lawson • Mark Matthews • Scott Johnson • Wrath James White A Decade of Black Women in Horror Haselton I-IITamika Thompson • Kenya Moss-Dyme • Sumiko Saulson • Linda D. Addison • Rhonda Jackson Garcia AKA RJ Joseph • L. Marie Wood • Paula D. Ashe • Jewelle Gomez The Evolution of the Zombie from Slave to Flesheater Brighton III-IVLisa Morton • Nicole Hopeman • Scott Edelman • Marc Abbott • James Aquilone

6:00pm EDT

Bram Stoker Awards® Cocktail Reception Grand Station Ballroom III Foyer

7:00pm EDT

Bram Stoker Awards® Banquet Grand Station Ballroom I-II

8:00pm EDT

Bram Stoker Awards® Presentation Grand Station Ballroom I-IILisa Morton • Kevin Wetmore, Jr.

10:00pm EDT

Bram Stoker Awards® After Party Grand Station Ballroom I-II