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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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Industrial Gothic: Horror in the Industrial and Post-Industrial Age
Friday June 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
Many American cities grew powerful during the Industrial Revolution by establishing factories and mills, luring immigrants with the promise of the American Dream. When the boom ended, the cities were left in ruins. The ghosts of the past loom in every decrepit mansion, lavish cemetery, worker row house, or the block-spanning structures left to decay. This panel will explore the unique subgenre of industrial horror and towns left to ruin. What happens when a capitalistic dream dies and the machines go off, never to turn on again?
Moderators
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Leanna Renee Hieber

Author, Ghost Tour Guide, Actress, Kensington, Tor and Union Square Books
An actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and award-winning, bestselling author of fiction and non-fiction for Kensington, Tor and Union Square, Leanna’s A Haunted History of Invisible Women: True Stories of America’s Ghosts, co-authored with Andrea Janes, was a Stoker Award Finalist... Read More →
Speakers
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avatar for Victoria Dalpe

Victoria Dalpe

Victoria L. Dalpe is a Providence-based horror writer and painter. She has published over forty-five short stories in various collections, the gothic horror novel PARASITE LIFE and the short story collection LES FEMMES GROTESQUES. “Dalpe’s horror stories are equal parts int... Read More →
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Gwendolyn Kiste

Gwendolyn Kiste is the three-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Rust Maidens, Reluctant Immortals, Boneset & Feathers, Pretty Marys All in a Row, and The Haunting of Velkwood. Her short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in outlets including Lit Hub,  Nightmare, Best... Read More →
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Friday June 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
Aspen 2
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