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.

4:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Thursday 04 Glen

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

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Speakers

larry hinkle

The least famous author you've never heard of, Larry Hinkle writes horror comedy, pulp, and cosmic horror, tinged with a touch of weird. His short stories made the Preliminary Stoker Awards ballot in 2020 and 2022. His debut collection "The Space Between" was released in February... Read More →

Alma Katsu

Alma Katsu is the author of historical horror novels such asThe Hunger and The Fervor, as well as the Red Widow spy series. Her books have received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Library Journal, been featured in the NY Times and Washington Post, been nominated... Read More →

Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam is the author of the novel Grim Root and the collection Where You Linger. Her short stories have appeared in over 90 publications such as Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Lightspeed, and LeVar Burton Reads, as well as in six languages. By night, she has... Read More →

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

5:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Thursday 05 Glen

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

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Speakers

Michael Arnzen

Asst Director, MFA in Writing Popular Fiction at SHU

Amityville-born horror writer Michael Arnzen holds four Bram Stoker Awards® and an International Horror Guild Award for his often funny, always disturbing fiction and poetry. In addition to his creative books—like the novel, Grave Markings, the short story collection, Proverbs... Read More →

Robb Coutinho

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

9:00am EDT

Author Readings - Friday 09 Glen

Friday June 13, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

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Speakers

Taylor Grothe

Taylor is a neurodivergent (ASD) NB writer passionate about voice-driven narratives centering on strong, compelling femmes and enbies. They are 2024 MFA Candidate in Fairfield University’s Creative Writing Program. Their shorts can be found in Coffin Bell, Bag of Bones Press, Haven... Read More →

John F. D. Taff

Rebecca Cuthbert

Writer, Undertaker Books

Rebecca Cuthbert writes feminist horror, gothic fiction, and dark poetry. Her books include IN MEMORY OF EXOSKELETONS (dark poetry, Alien Buddha Press, 2023); CREEP THIS WAY (nonfiction, Seamus and Nunzio Productions, 2024); SELF-MADE MONSTERS (feminist horror stories and poetry... Read More →

Friday June 13, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
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Convention Event

10:00am EDT

Author Readings - Friday 10 Glen

Friday June 13, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT

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Speakers

Erika T. Wurth

Writer/Professor, Flatiron/Macmillan

Erika T. Wurth’s novel WHITE HORSE is a New York Times editors pick, a Good Morning America buzz pick, and an Indie Next, Target book of the Month, and Book of the Month Pick. She is both a Kenyon and Sewanee fellow, and Kenyon faculty. She’s published in Buzzfeed, and The Writer’s... Read More →

Kevin Wetmore Jr.

Volunteer Coordinator, HWA LA

Kevin J. Wetmore, Jr. is the author, editor or co-editor of thirty books, including Bram Stoker Award nominees Uncovering Stranger Things, The Streaming of Hill House, Devil’s Advocates: The Conjuring, and Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters. He is also... Read More →

Robert Ottone

Robert P. Ottone is the Bram Stoker Award-winning author of THE TRIANGLE and is also the best-selling author of CURSE OF THE COB MAN, THE SLEEPY HOLLOW GANG, THE VILE THING WE CREATED and NOCTURNAL CREATURES.His short fiction has been collected in TEAR ME OPEN as well as HER INFERNAL... Read More →

Friday June 13, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
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Convention Event

11:00am EDT

Author Readings - Friday 11 Glen

Friday June 13, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT

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Speakers

Sarah Hans

Sarah Hans is an award-winning writer, editor, and teacher whose stories have appeared in more than 40 publications, including Apex Magazine, Love Letters to Poe, and Pseudopod. Her debut horror novel, Entomophobia, was released in 2022. You can read Sarah’s short stories in the... Read More →

Valerie Williams

Writer, reader, dog lover.Valerie B. Williams' short fiction has been published by Flame Tree Press, Dark Recesses Press, and Crystal Lake Publishing, among others. Her debut novel, "The Vanishing Twin" was released by Crossroad Press in October 2024.

Zachary Ashford

Hi folks, I'm Zac Ashford. I'm an Australian horror writer with a big love of creature features and psychological horror.My debut novel Polyphemus was released last year and is a finalist in the Australian Shadows Awards' best novel category and the Imadjinn Awards' best horror novel... Read More →

Friday June 13, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
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Convention Event

12:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Friday 12 Glen

Friday June 13, 2025 12:00pm - 12:45pm EDT

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Speakers

Christa Carmen

writer

Christa Carmen is the Bram Stoker Award-nominated author of The Daughters of Block Island and Beneath the Poet’s House, coming fall 2024 from Thomas & Mercer.Additional work can be found in Vastarien, Nightmare, Orphans of Bliss, Year’s Best Hardcore Horror, and the Stoker-nominated... Read More →

Patrick Barb

Patrick Barb is an author of weird, dark, and spooky tales, currently living (and trying not to freeze to death) in Saint Paul, Minnesota. His published works include the dark fiction collection Pre-Approved for Haunting (Keylight Books), the novellas Gargantuana's Ghost (Grey Matter... Read More →

Lara Frater

writer

Lara Frater (she/her) is the author of Paranormal Pest Control series, the End of the Lines Zombie series and many short stories and poems. She is also the author of the non-fiction book Fat Chicks Rule. http://www.larafrater.com.

Friday June 13, 2025 12:00pm - 12:45pm EDT
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Convention Event

1:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Friday 01 Glen

Friday June 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT

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Speakers

Douglas Gwilym

Bram Stoker Award nominated short story author, novelist seeking representation, editor of NOVUS MONSTRUM

Douglas Gwilym has been known to write a weird-fiction rock opera or two, and carry a uke around at StokerCon. His short story "Poppy's Poppy" was a Bram Stoker Award finalist last year. His story "Year Six" was on the longlist in 2022, and is on Ellen Datlow’s recommended reading... Read More →

Ann Heyward

Ann O’Mara Heyward is a horror fiction and non-fiction writer in Cleveland, Ohio. Her short story “The Carny” recently received the Supernatural Fiction Award from The Ghost Story (theghoststory.com). Her short fiction will be adapted by the NoSleep Podcast (air date TBA... Read More →

Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar

Associate Professor of English/Author

Cassandra O’Sullivan Sachar is a writer and associate English professor in Pennsylvania who teaches creative writing, composition, and composition theory courses. A former secondary English teacher in Delaware public schools, she received her Doctorate of Education with a Literacy... Read More →

Friday June 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
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Convention Event

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Friday 02 Glen

Friday June 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT

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Speakers

Pamela K. Kinney

Author

Pamela K. Kinney gave up long ago, ignoring the demanding voices in her head and has been writing ever since. Her horror short story, “Bottled Spirits,” was runner-up for the 2013 WSFA Small Press Award and considered one of the seven best genre short fiction for that year. She... Read More →

Scotty Milder

Elizabeth Devecchi

Author

I am a fairly new, seasoned author who recently signed with Wicked House Publishing for my first two novels. Sewer Dogs will be published this October and A Twist of the Lens is scheduled for mid 2025. I have also published some short stories and poems. Most of my work fits into... Read More →

Friday June 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
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Convention Event

3:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Friday 03 Glen

Friday June 13, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT

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Speakers

C.C. Adams

Author.

London-based author of horror and dark fiction. Born and raised in the capital, and proud of.

Chelsea Conradt

Chelsea Conradt (she/her) writes twisty speculative thrillers and horror. Her books are packed with both murder and kindness because we can be more than one thing.When not writing stories that make you question what’s real, she is likely watching a baking show or a true-crime documentary... Read More →

Chloe Spencer

Minnesota native Chloe Spencer is an award winning writer, indie gamedev, and filmmaker. She is the author of multiple sapphic horror novellas, novels, and short stories. In her spare time she enjoys playing video games, trying her best at Pilates, and cuddling with her cats. She... Read More →

Friday June 13, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
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Convention Event

9:00am EDT

Author Readings - Saturday 09 Glen

Saturday June 14, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT

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Speakers

KC (Kristina) Grifant

Author, Editor, San Diego HWA co-chair

A previous StokerCon chair, KC Grifant is an award-winning writer based in Southern California who creates internationally published horror, fantasy, science fiction, and weird west stories. Dozens of her short stories have appeared in podcasts, magazines, games, and Stoker-nominated... Read More →

Sarena Straus

Author

I write novels for the curious and adventurous, for people who are intrigued by a “what happens if,” scenario, and who like to explore the outcomes. My characters are ordinary people who find out that they are capable of extraordinary things and discover that one person can truly... Read More →

Kosoko Jackson

Saturday June 14, 2025 9:00am - 9:45am EDT
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Convention Event

10:00am EDT

Author Readings - Saturday 10 Glen

Saturday June 14, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT

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Speakers

JP Behrens

Tamika Thompson

Author

Tamika is author of THE CURSE OF HESTER GARDENS (Erewhon/Kensington, 2026) & Next Generation Indie Book Awards Horror WINNER, UNSHOD, CACKLING, and NAKED (Unnerving Books), which Publishers Weekly calls “powerful,” “unsettling,” and “terrifying.” She is also the author... Read More →

Clay McLeod Chapman

Author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes, Kill Your Darling, Stay on the Line, What Kind of Mother, Ghost Eaters, Whisper Down the Lane, The Remaking, and others.

Saturday June 14, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
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Convention Event

11:00am EDT

Author Readings - Saturday 11 Glen

Saturday June 14, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT

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Speakers

Jessica Drake-Thomas

Jessica Drake-Thomas is a poet and novelist, as well as PhD student focusing on the Gothic. She's the author of Hollow Girls, which was nominated for the Bram Stoker Award, as well as two poetry collections, Burials and Bad Omens. She lives in Milwaukee with Nick and their two dogs... Read More →

Logan Alexander Johnson

Logan Alexander Johnson is a writer, designer, and researcher who uses words as a vehicle for activism, inclusion, and empowerment. He brings a designer’s empathy to the page, shaped by over a decade of experience in human-centered design. Logan writes stories that highlight the... Read More →

Tim Waggoner

i've published over sixty novels and eight collections of short stories. I write original horror and dark fantasy as well as media tie-ins. I'm a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, a one-time winner of the Scribe Award, and I've been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award... Read More →

Saturday June 14, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
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Convention Event

12:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Saturday 12 Glen

Saturday June 14, 2025 12:00pm - 12:45pm EDT

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Speakers

Barbara Cottrell

I am the author of The Shadows Of Miskatonic, a series of supernatural thrillers set in the world of H.P. Lovecraft.

Teel James Glenn

writer, self

Teel James Glenn has killed hundreds and been killed more times-- on stage and screen as he has traveled the world for forty plus years as a stuntman, fight choreographer, swordmaster, jouster, illustrator, storyteller, bodyguard, actor and haunted house barker.His stories have been... Read More →

Ronald Malfi

Saturday June 14, 2025 12:00pm - 12:45pm EDT
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Convention Event

1:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Saturday 01 Glen

Saturday June 14, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT

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Speakers

Jonathan Gensler

Writer

Colorado-based writer of dark speculative fiction. US Army veteran and recovering entrepreneur. Words in Cosmic Horror Monthly, CreepyPod, and others. Stay in touch at jonathangensler.com

Christi Nogle

Christi Nogle is the author of the Bram Stoker Award® winning novel Beulah and the short story collections The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future; Promise; and One Eye Opened in That Other Place. Her work has appeared in many publications including Apex Magazine, Strange Horizons, and... Read More →

Phill Bradley

Short Story Specialist

I'm a short story specialist from Austin, Texas, and I write in the Horror, Thriller, Speculative, and Sci-fi genres. I have released two collections, Back End of the Bell Curve and Hope In One Hand.... This is my first StokerCon.

Saturday June 14, 2025 1:00pm - 1:45pm EDT
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Convention Event

2:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Saturday 02 Glen

Saturday June 14, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT

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Speakers

Del Howison

Owner, Dark Delicacies

Del Howison is an author, journalist, SAG actor including a cameo in the upcoming horror film Big Baby produced by Cher and directed by Spider One. He is a Bram Stoker Award-winning editor of the anthology Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World’s... Read More →

Maxwell Ian Gold

Executive Director, Horror Writers Association

Maxwell I. Gold is a Jewish American multiple award nominated author who writes prose poetry and short stories in cosmic horror and weird fiction with half a decade of writing experience. Five time Rhysling Award nominee, two time Pushcart Award nominee, and author of the Bram Stoker... Read More →

Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito

Editor, Writer, Publisher

Frances Lu-Pai Ippolito (she/her) is a Chinese American judge, mom, and writer in Portland, Oregon. Her writing has appeared in Nightmare Magazine, Flame Tree’s Asian Ghost Stories, Chromophobia, Mother: Tales of Terror and Love, Death’s Garden Revisited, and Unquiet Spirits... Read More →

Saturday June 14, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm EDT
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Convention Event

3:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Saturday 03 Glen

Saturday June 14, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT

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Speakers

Marc E. Fitch

Colleen Anderson

Colleen Anderson lives in Vancouver, BC, and is a Canada Council and BC Arts Council grant recipient for writing. She has been widely published, and has performed her work before audiences in the US, UK, Brazil and Canada. A multiple award nominee, Colleen won the long-form Rhysling... Read More →

Scott Edelman

Author

SCOTT EDELMAN has published 125+ short stories in magazines such as Lightspeed, Analog, Apex, and The Twilight Zone, and in anthologies such as Why New Yorkers Smoke, Crossroads: Southern Tales of the Fantastic, and MetaHorror. He began his professional writing career in the comics... Read More →

Saturday June 14, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm EDT
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Convention Event

4:00pm EDT

Author Readings - Saturday 04 Glen

Saturday June 14, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT

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Speakers

B.C. Bull

Linda D. Addison

Trustee, Horror Writers Association

Linda D. Addison is an award-winning author of five collections, including How To Recognize A Demon Has Become Your Friend, recipient of the HWA Lifetime Achievement Award, HWA Mentor of the Year and SFPA Grand Master of Fantastic Poetry.

Adam Nevill

Adam L. G. Nevill was born in Birmingham, England, in 1969 and grew up in England and New Zealand. He is an author of horror fiction. Of his novels, The Ritual, Last Days, No One Gets Out Alive and The Reddening were all winners of The August Derleth Award for Best Horror Novel. He... Read More →

Saturday June 14, 2025 4:00pm - 4:45pm EDT
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Convention Event

10:00am EDT

Author Readings - Sunday 10 Glen

Sunday June 15, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT

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Speakers

Oliver Baer

Oliver Baer does many things. He was the editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine and Two Backed Books. His epistolary novel, Letters to the Editor of Cthulhu Sex Magazine, was published in October 2019. His short stories have appeared in April Grey's anthologies as well as others. His essays... Read More →

Lindy Ryan

Danger Slater

Writer guy. Good time party dude.

I'm an author and a performer and a good time party dude. I eat a lot of soup. I am soup.

Sunday June 15, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am EDT
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Convention Event

11:00am EDT

Author Readings - Sunday 11 Glen

Sunday June 15, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT

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Speakers

Ann Dávila Cardinal

Author

Emily Ruth Verona

Author

Emily Ruth Verona is the author of the novel Midnight on Beacon Street, published by Harper Perennial in 2024. She is a Pinch Literary Award winner and a Bram Stoker Awards® nominee with work featured in magazines and anthologies that include Under Her Eye, Under Her Skin, Mystery... Read More →

B.R. Yeager

Author

Wrote NEGATIVE SPACE, BURN YOU THE FUCK ALIVE, PEARL DEATH, and AMYGDALATROPOLIS

Sunday June 15, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am EDT
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Convention Event