StokerCon® 2024

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8:00am PDT

Welcome to Librarian's Day! Salon A Boardroom Salon G-H

8:30am PDT

Brains! Brains! Brainstorming Ways to Engage Your Community Moderated by Konrad Stump Salon AKonrad Stump

9:00am PDT

Author Readings Salon BStephen Mark Rainey • Tom Deady • Vaughn A. Jackson • Terri Kang Author Readings Santa Fe 4Carina Bissett • Justin C. Key • Tamika Thompson • ROYCE BUCKINGHAM Author Readings Salon FErika T. Wurth • John Langan • P.M. Raymond • Katherine Quevedo Screaming in SoCalLaura Picklesimer • Duane Swierczynski • Lisa Morton • Dr. David Sandner • Sarah Faxon • K.C. Grifant Not Taylor Swift's Anti-Hero: Writing Profoundly Flawed Characters Sierra 5-6Gordon B. White • Ridley Harker • Garrett Cook • Steve Rasnic Tem • Rae Wilde • Rachel Harrison Dealer Room Cabrillo

9:30am PDT

How to Feature Horror at Your Library Moderated by Corey Farrenkopf Salon ACorey Farrenkopf • Meghan Bouffard • Steven A. Torres-Roman • James Sabata • Carina Stopenski

10:00am PDT

Author Readings Salon FColleen Anderson • Erin E. Adams • Josh Winning • Tanya Pell Author Readings Santa Fe 4Sumiko Saulson • Lauren Elise (L. E.) Daniels • Rachel Brune • Nate Birt Once-Human Monsters Sierra 5-6Catlyn Ladd • Liz Kerin • Jewelle Gomez • Lindsay King-Miller • SGJ • Nisi Shawl Stage Fright: Writing Horror for Theater Salon CSam Rebelein • Kristin Dearborn • Kevin Wetmore, Jr. • Eric LaRocca • Nat Cassidy • Max Kennel Silver Screams: The Business of Adapting Books for the Big and Small Screens Salon BBrian Asman • Lisa Kröger • Jonathan Maberry • Rob Savage • Paul Tremblay

10:30am PDT

Buzzing About Horror Books Moderated by Emily Vinci Salon AEmily Vinci • Sadie Hartmann • Misty Jones • Corey Farrenkopf • Carina Stopenski • Christy Rickey Meister

11:00am PDT

Author Readings Salon FAndy Boyle • James Sabata • CJ Leede • Carol Gyzander Author Readings Santa Fe 4Mo Moshaty • Andrew F Sullivan • Lisa D Kastner • Jonathan Fortin Fear on the Frontier: Western Horror Salon BRhonda Jackson Garcia AKA RJ Joseph • Jo Kaplan • Seth Humble • K.C. Grifant • Jonathan Maberry Sensitivity Reads: Writing Outside of Your Identity Salon CDennis Crosby • Heather Hein • Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito • Shanna Heath • Bitter Karella Terror Transformed: Writing for Existing Media Properties Sierra 5-6David Agranoff • Justina Ireland • Tim Waggoner • Jennifer Brody • Kiersten White

1:00pm PDT

Author Readings Santa Fe 4Rocky Colavito • Tiffany Michelle Brown • V. Castro • Garrett Cook What Horror Means to Me, Moderated by Lila Denning Salon ALila Denning • Justina Ireland • Nisi Shawl • Paul Tremblay • Jonathan Maberry Ask an Agent Salon CKevin Wetmore, Jr. • Becky LeJeune • Cherry Weiner • Lane Heymont • Jolene Haley Curating Inclusive Horror Anthologies Salon BKenya Moss-Dyme • Ellen Datlow • Linda D. Addison • Lee Murray • Shane Hawk • Richard Thomas Podcasting Your Fiction 101Scott Sigler • Tony Sarrecchia • Alex Hofelich • Jeremy Billingsley • Jeff C. Carter The Terrifying Trio: Short Fiction Vs Novellas Vs. Novels Sierra 5-6Kate Maruyama • Rhonda Jackson Garcia AKA RJ Joseph • Norman Prentiss • Douglas Ford • Ai Jiang • Lisa Wood • Aaron Dries

2:00pm PDT

Author Readings Santa Fe 4Valerie B. Williams • Donna J. W. Munro • Luke Dumas • Keith Rosson Haunted by the Trope: Reimagining Ghost Stories Salon CDouglas Gwilym • Tim Waggoner • Lisa Morton • Ai Jiang • J.A.W. McCarthy • Kristin Lord The Rising Popularity of Folklore and Fairytales in Modern Horror, Moderated by Ben Rubin Salon ABen Rubin • Tanya Pell • Lee Murray • Cynthia Pelayo • Gwendolyn Kiste • Yaika Sabat How to Write Horror Comics and Graphic Novels Sierra 5-6David Blake Lucarelli • Clay McLeod Chapman • Francesca Maria • Bob Cabeen • Kevin Glover • Mort Castle

3:00pm PDT

Author Readings Santa Fe 4Jennifer Brody • larry hinkle • L.C. Marino • Lisa Kröger Author Readings Salon G-HJewelle Gomez • Douglas Gwilym • Andy Davidson • Michelle River Exploring Queerness as "Otherness" in Horror Salon BGwendolyn Kiste • Chad Stroup • Norman Prentiss • Sofia Ajram • Lindsay King-Miller • Ridley Harker Summer Scares: A Thrilling Summer Reading Program, Moderated by Yaika Sabat Salon AYaika Sabat • Rachel Harrison • Stephanie Gagnon • Erin E. Adams • Clay McLeod Chapman • Justina Ireland Creating Audio Stories Salon FClay Vermulm • Alex Hofelich • P.L. McMillan • Trevor Williamson • L.P. Hernandez • Tony Sarrecchia Don’t Sign Away Your Soul: Publishing ContractsBridget D. Brave • Lane Heymont • Paul Tremblay • John Edward Lawson • Becky LeJeune • Lisa D Kastner Why You Need To Connect With And Build Your Audience Now: The Real AI Threat to Creatives Salon CScott Sigler • Barbara Cottrell • Ace Antonio-Hall • Brian Asman • Chuck Tingle

4:00pm PDT

Mort Castle Interviewed by Robert Payne Cabeen Sierra 5-6Bob Cabeen • Mort Castle Author Readings Santa Fe 4N.R. (Nancy) Lambert • Tim Waggoner • Francesca Maria • Elizabeth Suggs Interview: Justina Ireland Interviewed by Kevin J. Wetmore Jr. Salon CKevin Wetmore, Jr. • Justina Ireland Author Branding Roadmap Salon BChelsea Mueller • Scott Edelman • Caleb Stephens • Michael Dolan • Noelle Ihli • Chuck Tingle Connect & Improve: The Benefits of Critique Groups Salon AJanine Cross • Brian Matthews • Christi Nogle • James Chambers • TJ Price • Christopher Ochs

5:15pm PDT

Mass Author Signing West Lawn

8:00pm PDT

Final Frame Film Competition Rio Vista BallroomJonathan Lees • Jamal Hodge • Tananarive Due • Philip Fracassi • Rob Savage • Lisa Morton

10:00pm PDT

Final Frame Film Competition Reception Rio Vista Foyer