Not a ton of pictures, sorry. And I forgot to get pictures of the BTRS Books table with Rain Shadows for sale! But this was a fantastic event nonetheless and perhaps it’s a good thing that I was too immersed to take pictures.
I met so many amazing folks, including:
- famous ones (i.e. Paul Tremblay and Joyce Carol Oates, who I actually also met 30+ years ago in Chicago)
- horror writing’s biggest movers and shakers (Johnny Compton, Adam Nevill, Ronald Malfi)
- some folks I’ve only known virtually in person, such as Jeff C. Carter, Jon Gensler, Saytchen Maddux-Creech, Jaq Evans…
- and so many more that it’s impossible to list them all here!
More details in next month’s Substack (you should follow… it’s free and you might win a free copy of Rain Shadows as a follower).
Top, R to L: congrats to Gwendolyn Kiste for winning a Stoker for Best Novel for The Haunting of Velkwood; me in my Final Girl shirt on the final day; meeting Adam Nevill with my new friend Shan
Center, L to R: Cemetery walk on Friday 13th, downtown Stamford; Linda Addison hosting the convention open mic; my shirt for author signing day reflecting the theme in my story in Rain Shadows, “Nurse Log”
Bottom, L to R: Sam Rebelein reading in the dark; my book haul; hanging out with Rebecca Cuthbert and Jon Gensler
Book Haul:
- Sundown in San Otuela [M.M. Olivas]
- StokerCon 2025 Souvenir Anthology
- The Willows [Algernon Blackwood]
- Necrology [Meg Ripley]
- Mexican on the Moon [Pedro Iniguez]
- The Gold Persimmon [Lindsay Merbaum]
- Serpent’s Wake [L.E. Daniels]
- The White Guy Dies First anthology
- The Daughters of Block Island [Christa Carmen]