Name: Buzzing About Horror Books
Start: 2025-06-13T10:30:00-0400
End: 2025-06-13T11:20:00-0400

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.

Friday June 13, 2025 10:30am - 11:20am EDT

Grand Ballroom 1

Join librarians and book reviewers as they share the buzz about a slew of exciting new and upcoming horror titles. Come for the booktalks; stay for the free books and swag!

Moderators

Emily Vinci

Librarian, Fiction Manager, Schaumburg Township District Library

Speakers

Stephanie Klose

Ryan Elizabeth Clark

Marketing Manager, Gibson’s Bookstore

Indie Bookseller who specializes in Horror!

Emily Hughes

Author, reviewer, listmaker

Emily C. Hughes (she/her) wants to scare you. Formerly the editor of Unbound Worlds and TorNightfire.com, she writes about horror and curates a list of the year’s new scary books. Her first book, Horror For Weenies: Everything You Need to Know About the Films You’re Too Scared... Read More →

Stephanie Gagnon

Host, Books in the Freezer Podcast

Corey Farrenkopf

Staff Librarian, Eastham Public Library

Corey Farrenkopf is a Cape Cod based writer and librarian. His work has been published in Nightmare, The Deadlands, Strange Horizons, Vastarien, Three-Lobed Burning Eye, Cosmic Horror Monthly, Bourbon Penn, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novel, Living in Cemeteries and the... Read More →

Friday June 13, 2025 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
Grand Ballroom 1

Librarians' Day

StokerCon 2025