So we’re only a week away from StokerCon, and needless to say, I’m very excited about it! As always, it will be so great to see everyone at the convention!
I’ll be part of a number of events next week, so here’s where I’ll be at both the in-person StokerCon on Friday and Saturday as well as the virtual StokerCon! (Side note: isn’t it too perfect that StokerCon takes place over Friday the 13th?!?)
Final Girls and the Ferocious Feminine: The Heroines and Female Villains of Horror at Virtual Stokercon
I was positively thrilled to moderate this one a couple months back, and it was truly such a fun and fierce discussion about female characters and female authors. The panelists included V. Castro, J.A.W. McCarthy, Candace Nola, May Walker, and Sara Tantlinger. This one will be part of the on-demand section of the Virtual StokerCon, so if you’re attending online, please check out our panel!
Industrial Gothic: Horror in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Age on Friday, June 13th at 1pm
Moderated by Leanna Renee Hieber, I’ll be joining fellow panelists Paul Magnan, Victoria Dalpe, and Errick Nunnally for this super cool discussion about the gothic in industrial settings. This one is all about the decaying landscapes of America and how the abandoned factories and other industry has left the country looking like a bit of a haunted house. As a Rust Belt girl myself (and author of The Rust Maidens), this panel is truly right up my alley!
Shadowy Corners and Secret Liaisons: Representations of Bisexuality in Gothic Horror on Friday, June 13th at 2:45pm
Once again, I’m over the moon to be presenting at the Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference. Two years ago, it was bisexual vampires; last year, it was liminality and bisexual horror; and this year it’s gothic horror and bisexuality. Specifically, I’ll be talking all about the bisexual characters in Rebecca, The Uninvited, The Haunting of Hill House, and more, all while exploring what these depictions of bisexuality mean both to the horror genre and to the queer community.
Fowl Play: Birds in Horror on Saturday, June 14th at 11am
Moderated by the incomparable Sara Tantlinger, this one is going to be an absolute blast! I’ll be a panelist alongside Douglas Gwilym, K.P. Kulski, Christa Carmen, and A.C. Wise, and we will be discussing one of my very favorite topics: birds in horror! I am literally a writer who has a novel that opens with birds falling from the sky, so no promises that I won’t work my witchcraft and try to coax a murder of crows to the hotel just for the occasion!
Runnin’ with the Devil on Saturday, June 14th at 12pm
I’ll be moderating this super fun discussion about 1970s horror music. Think Warren Zevon, Alice Cooper, Stevie Nicks, Ozzy Osbourne, David Bowie, and more. We’ve got a delightfully large panel for this one, which includes Sara Tantlinger, Douglas Gwilym, Nat Cassidy, Philip Fracassi, David Simms, Renee S. DeCamillis, and Michael Allen Rose, so stop by for our very lively and musical discussion!
And finally, on Saturday night, we’ll be attending the Bram Stoker Awards! I know I’ve already said it plenty of times, but I’m so thrilled and honored that The Haunting of Velkwood is nominated for Superior Achievement in a Novel. It’s such a wonderful ballot, and I’m so happy that I get to be part of it!
So that’s where I’ll be next week! Also, FYI: the same as last year, I’ve opted out of the mass author signing, mostly because I already have plenty of panels (not to mention travel), so I don’t need to overtax myself. That being said, if you see me around the convention, please say hello! I’m not too terribly scary in person, I promise!
Happy reading, and happy StokerCon!