Events

NecronomiCon Providence is right around the corner! Here’s my schedule:

Friday 8/23 3:00 to 4:30 PM
SIGNING (and selling) Smoke & Dagger and other books at the New England Horror Writers table in the dealers room–my home base for doing more of this whenever I can fit it in throughout the weekend.

Saturday 8/24 9:00 to 10:15 AM
AUTHOR READINGS – L’Apogee, Graduate 17th floor
Barry Lee Dejasu, K.L. Pereira, Molly Tanzer, Douglas Wynne

Saturday 8/24 1:30 to 2:45 PM
MUSIC OF THE SPHERES: COSMICISM AND WEIRD MUSIC – Capital Ballroom, Graduate 2nd Floor
Panelists discuss the themes and concepts of the weird as adapted to music, and the importance of music to the weird at large. What themes and concepts of the weird have been adapted into music? How does music relate to and stand independent from the weird as expressed in other media? Panelists will explore these topics and more.
Panelists: Nathan Carson, Maxwell Gold, Jarboe, Peter Scartabello, Jason Wallach, Douglas Wynne (M)

Saturday 8/24 6:00 to 7:15 PM

DUST, ASH, AND IRON: THE USE AND PRESENTATION OF ALCHEMY & MAGIC IN THE WORKS OF H.P. LOVECRAFT – Washington-Newport Room, Omni 3rd Floor
From Charles Dexter Ward to the Whateley family in The Dunwich Horror, alchemy and magic appear in Lovecraft’s fiction in ways that range from the faint to the ferocious. What are the significance and prevalence of these themes in his oeuvre? Why are cultists a common element in his stories? How accurate where Lovecraft’s writings when compared to the alchemical writings significant during his lifetime, or inclusive of that which was perceived as “true” magic? What is Lovecraftian-themed occultism, and how accurately does it depict the content of Lovecraft’s fictional universe?
Panelists: Scott R. Jones, Robert Levy, Sonya Taaffe, Anthony Teth (M), Douglas Wynne

NoCon will be held on September, 28, at The Falls Event Center in Manchester, N.H.

This is a one day event that requires registration via the convention Facebook page. Bracken MacLeod and I will be doing a presentation on Writing Conflict at 9:00 AM (apparently because the organizers hate us and we are gluttons for punishment).

And the Merrimack Valley Halloween Book Festival rides again on October 12th!

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Every year, authors and publishers debut some of their most hotly anticipated new releases at our event. This year, come and meet more than FIFTY authors and artists as they sell and sign their work and conduct free panel discussions on various book, publishing, and spooky Halloween topics. We’ll have Halloween candy, and costumes are encouraged! The event is free, and the authors donate a portion of their book sale proceeds to the library, so you can have fun, get a bit spooked, and support your local library, too!

Featuring:
Kelley Armstrong
Michael Koryta
Catherynne Valente
Grady Hendrix
Jennifer McMahon
Gregory Bastianelli
Matt Bechtel
Stephen R. Bissette
J. Edwin Buja
P.D. Cacek
William Carl
Glenn Chadbourne
Joseph A. Citro
Kristin Dearborn
Tom Deady
Jeff Deck
M.M. De Voe
Duncan Eagleson
Dan Foley
Bob Ford
Craig Shaw Gardner
Larissa Glasser
Christopher Golden
John Goodrich
Scott Goudsward
Lynne Hansen
John D. Harvey
Kat Howard
Brian Keene
Toni LP Kelner
John Langan
Izzy Lee
Bracken MacLeod
John M. McIlveen
Hillary Monahan
James A. Moore
George Edwards Murray
Errick Nunnally
Kelli Owen
The Peculiarity Shop
KL Pereira
Leigh Perry
David Price
Armand Rosamilia
Mary SanGiovanni
Cat Scully
Sheri Sebastian-Gabriel
Rob Smales
Meg Smith
Sarah Smith
Thomas Sniegoski
Wesley Southard
Laurie Faria Stolarz
Jeff Strand
David Surface
Morgan Sylvia
Paul Tremblay
Tony Tremblay
Gabriela Vargas
Trisha J. Wooldridge
Douglas Wynne