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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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Friday, June 13
 

9:00am EDT

Author Readings - Friday 09 Aspen
Friday June 13, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
Aspen 2
Speakers
avatar for Russ Colchamiro

Russ Colchamiro

Russ Colchamiro is author of the Sci-Fi thrillers Crackle and Fire, Fractured Lives, Hot Ash, Blunt Force Rising, and Trigger Point, the ongoing series featuring hardboiled private eye Angela Hardwicke. Russ also is the author of the rollicking time travel/space adventure, Crossline... Read More →
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Jamal Hodge

CEO, Hodge Cinema
JAMAL HODGE is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and writer from Queens NYC who has won over 80 awards with screenings at Tribeca Film Festival, Sundance, Cannes, and others. He directed the first season of Investigation Discovery Channel’s ‘Primal Instinct’ and is a Producer... Read More →
avatar for Hilary Wilson

Hilary Wilson

Literary Correspondent, The Folklore Podcast
Friday June 13, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
Aspen 2
  Convention Event

10:00am EDT

Author Readings - Friday 10 Aspen
Friday June 13, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
Aspen 2
Speakers
avatar for Todd Keisling

Todd Keisling

Author, Graphic Designer, Precipice Books / Dullington Design Co.
TODD KEISLING is the two-time Bram Stoker Award®-nominated author of Devil’s Creek, Scanlines, Cold, Black & Infinite, and most recently, The Sundowner’s Dance, among several others. A pair of his earlier works were recipients of the University of Kentucky’s Oswald Research... Read More →
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TJ Price

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TJ Price’s corporeal being is currently located in Raleigh, NC, where he lives with his handsome partner of many years, but his ghosts can be found in northeastern Connecticut, southern Maine, and north Brooklyn. He is the author of The Disappearance of Tom Nero, a mixed-media novelette... Read More →
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Nicole Wolverton

Nicole M. Wolverton is a fear enthusiast who is the author of the upcoming young adult horror novel MEAT SWEATS (fall 2026, Horrorsmith Publishing), as well as A MISFORTUNE OF LAKE MONSTERS (2024, CamCat Books). She served as Editor of BODIES FULL OF BURNING (2021, Sliced Up Press... Read More →
Friday June 13, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
Aspen 2
  Convention Event

11:00am EDT

Author Readings - Friday 11 Aspen 2
Friday June 13, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Aspen 2
Speakers
avatar for Tom Deady

Tom Deady

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 →
avatar for J.V. Gachs

J.V. Gachs

Author
J. V. Gachs is a Spanish ESL writer/ J.V. Gachs es una escritora de terror bilingüe. Her debut novel, Epiphany, was published by Off Limits Press in 2023, and in Spanish by Dolmen Editorial in 2024, and will have a rerelease in 2025 from Sobelo Books. As a self-translating author... Read More →
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David Simms

Writer. Psychologist. Musician. Reviewer.
David Simms is the author of PIERCE THE VEIL, FEAR THE REAPER, and DARK MUSE, published by Crossroad Press. His new middle grade novel, CURSE OF THE BARRENS is the latest entry in HWA legend's Elizabeth Massie's AMERI-SCARES series. Residing in Staunton, VA, he works as a psychology... Read More →
Friday June 13, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
Aspen 2
  Convention Event

12:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Friday 12 Aspen
Friday June 13, 2025 12:00pm - 12:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
Speakers
avatar for Angela Sylvaine

Angela Sylvaine

Angela Sylvaine is a Bram Stoker Award nominated author and self-proclaimed cheerful goth who writes speculative fiction and poetry. Her novel, Frost Bite, a ‘90s sci-fi horror comedy, and her retro ‘80s YA mall slasher novella, Chopping Spree, embody her cheerful side. Her short... Read More →
avatar for Kate Maruyama

Kate Maruyama

Kate Maruyama (she/her) writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles, where she lives.She is the author of Alterations (Running Wild Press, 2025), The Collective (Writ Large Press 2024), Bleak Houses( Raw Dog Screaming, 2023)Halloween Beyond: A Gentleman's Suit (Crystal Lake... Read More →
avatar for D. Matthew Urban
Friday June 13, 2025 12:00pm - 12:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
  Convention Event

1:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Friday 01 Aspen
Friday June 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
Speakers
avatar for John Kachuba

John Kachuba

Author
Shapeshifters! Ghosts! Middle Grade horror! Author of 12 books. Haycorn Smith and the Castle Ghost (middle-grade) coming June 14 from Paper Angel Press. Several of John's nonfiction books are about ghosts and the paranormal and he is a frequent speaker on that subject on TV, radio... Read More →
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Jeff C. Carter

Host, We Bleed Orange & Black
Jeff C. Carter’s stories have been featured in dozens of anthologies, translated for international markets and adapted for podcasts.His love of science and Halloween inspires his Sci-Fi and horror writing. He lives in New Mexico with a cat, a dog and a human.He is a contributor... Read More →
Friday June 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
  Convention Event

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Friday 02 Aspen
Friday June 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
Speakers
avatar for Patty Templeton

Patty Templeton

Writer. Archivist.
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avatar for Ai Jiang

Ai Jiang

Ai Jiang is a Chinese-Canadian writer, Ignyte, Bram Stoker, and Nebula Award winner, and Hugo, Astounding, Locus, Aurora, and BFSA Award finalist from Changle, Fujian currently residing in Toronto, Ontario. Her work can be found in F&SF, The Dark, The Masters Review, among others... Read More →
avatar for Jonathan Reddoch

Jonathan Reddoch

Collective Tales Publishing
Jonathan Reddoch is co-owner of Collective Tales Publishing. He is a father, writer, editor, and publisher. He writes sci-fi, fantasy, romance, and especially horror. He focuses primarily on flash fiction, but also writes poetry and short stories. He has been working on his enormous... Read More →
Friday June 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
  Convention Event

3:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Friday 03 Aspen 2
Friday June 13, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
Speakers
avatar for Ananda Lima

Ananda Lima

Author
Ananda Lima is the author of Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil (Tor, 2024) and Mother/land (Black Lawrence Press, 2021), winner of the Hudson Prize. Her work has appeared in American Poetry Review, Poets.org, Kenyon Review, Electric Literature, and elsewhere, and is forthcoming in Ghosts of Where We Are From, an anthology of dark fiction by Latin American authors, edited by Cynthia Pelayo (Primer Sue... Read More →
avatar for Richard Dansky

Richard Dansky

Narrative Director, Romero Games
Richard Dansky is a 25+ year veteran of the video game industry and is widely regarded as a leading authority on game writing and narrative. He has written and narrative designed for bestselling franchises including The Division, Assassins Creed, Far Cry, and Splinter Cell. His book... Read More →
avatar for Sapphire Lazuli
Friday June 13, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
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