StokerCon 2025: Full Schedule

Welcome to the premiere horror literary convention presented by the Horror Writers Association. Registration for StokerCon 2025 is now available! This year the convention is being hosted by the city of Stamford, Connecticut, at the Hilton Stamford Hotel and Executive Meeting Center. We’re taking over from June 12th through the 15th, 2025.

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4:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Thursday 04 Elm

Thursday June 12, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT

Elm 1 & 2

Speakers

Gregory Bastianelli

author

Gregory Bastianelli is the author of the novels "October," "Shadow Flicker," “Snowball,” “Loonies” and “Jokers Club.” His stories have appeared in the magazines “Black Ink Horror,” “Sinister Tales” and “Beyond Centauri”; the anthologies “Night Terrors II... Read More →

Debra K Every

Debra K. Every is an author of horror, thrillers, and stories with twisted perspectives. Her debut novel, Deena Undone, has won multiple awards including an American Fiction Award, a Storytrade Book Award and a Page Turner Award. A Spanish edition of Deena Undone will be released... Read More →

Joe Pesavento

Thursday June 12, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT
Elm 1 & 2

Convention Event

5:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Thursday 05 Elm

Thursday June 12, 2025 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT

Elm 1 & 2

Speakers

Rob Costello

Rob Costello (he/him) writes dark and contemporary fiction with a queer bent for and about young people. He’s the contributing editor of We Mostly Come Out At Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures, nominated for a 2024 Bram Stoker Award® and named a 2024 CYBILS... Read More →

Anastasia Garcia

Author of the Frights to Tell at Night Series

Diana Rodriguez Wallach

Young Adult Author

Diana Rodriguez Wallach is a multi-published author of young adult novels, most recently YA horror novels. Her next book, THE SILENCED, described as Girl Interrupted meets Poltergeist, comes out in September 2025 through Random House/Delacorte. In October 2023, she released HATCHET... Read More →

Thursday June 12, 2025 5:00pm - 5:45pm EDT
Elm 1 & 2