StokerCon® 2024

Angela Sylvaine is a self-proclaimed cheerful goth who writes horror fiction and poetry. Her debut novel, Frost Bite, and her debut collection, The Dead Spot: Stories of Lost Girls, are forthcoming from Dark Matter INK. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared in/on over forty anthologies... Read More →

Tom Deady's first novel, HAVEN, won the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. He has since published several novels, novellas, a short story collection, and the first book in his middle grade horror series. He has a Master's Degree in English and Creative... Read More →

Shanna writes horror for all ages. Her short fiction has been published in OTHER TERRORS: AN INCLUSIVE ANTHOLOGY (July 2022), THE HAUNTED STATES OF AMERICA (Godwin Books/Macmillan 2023), BURROW PRESS REVIEW, and CEMETERY MOON. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons... Read More →

Taylor is a neurodivergent (ASD) NB writer passionate about voice-driven narratives centering on strong, compelling femmes and enbies. They are 2024 MFA Candidate in Fairfield University’s Creative Writing Program. Their shorts can be found in Coffin Bell, Bag of Bones Press, Haven... Read More →

Hi! I'm the YA and Romance Editor at Winding Road Stories. Some of my favorite horror authors are Stephen King, Dean Koontz, and Anne Rice. I grew up reading all books by Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine. As an author myself (I write dark YA fantasy - Fireheart, Fall '22 & YA Horror... Read More →

Justina Ireland is the New York Times bestselling author of numerous books including Dread Nation and its sequel Deathless Divide, Rust in the Root, the middle-grade novel Ophie's Ghosts, which won the Scott O'Dell award for historical fiction, and a number of Star Wars books including... Read More →