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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.
Venue: Grand Ballroom 1 clear filter
Friday, June 13
 

8:00am EDT

Welcome to Librarian's Day!
Friday June 13, 2025 8:00am - 8:25am EDT
Grand Ballroom 1
Meet the Librarians’ Day team and fellow librarians from across the country while enjoying coffee and bites courtesy of the University of Pittsburgh Library System.
Friday June 13, 2025 8:00am - 8:25am EDT
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  Librarians' Day

8:30am EDT

Brains! Brains! Brainstorming Ways to Engage Your Community
Friday June 13, 2025 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
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Join HWA Library Advisory Council members in small group discussions to meet some of your fellow librarians, share experiences, and gather ideas for how to engage your community with the horror community.
Moderators
avatar for Meghan Bouffard

Meghan Bouffard

Information Services Librarian, Sargent Memorial Library
Public Librarian in Massachusetts. Serves as Secretary of the HWA’s Library Advisory Council. As a librarian I advocate for horror readership by challenging genre perceptions and fostering a culture of exploration. You will often find me reading stories of witches, crumbling haunted... Read More →
avatar for Jocelyn Codner

Jocelyn Codner

Reference & Outreach Librarian, Chatham University
Friday June 13, 2025 8:30am - 9:20am EDT
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  Librarians' Day

9:30am EDT

How to Feature Horror at Your Library
Friday June 13, 2025 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
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Hear librarians from across the country share their experiences featuring horror at their libraries, from book discussions to writing groups to author events and more.
Moderators
avatar for Corey Farrenkopf

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 →
Speakers
avatar for Abbey Clark

Abbey Clark

Librarian, Ottawa Public Library
I'm an adult librarian with the Ottawa Public Library in Ontario, Canada. I love all things horror, and with my co-worker Charmaine Atrooshi, run the horror fiction blog "Scare Your Shelf".
avatar for Carina Stopenski

Carina Stopenski

Teen Librarian, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Carina Stopenski (they/them) is a librarian, author, and scholar based in Pittsburgh, PA. In their day to day, Carina works as a teen librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, as a freelance humanities educator for teens, and as the director of the Pittsburgh Mobile Cartoon... Read More →
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Trevor Oakley

Head of Access & Outreach, Acq & Coll Mgmt, Saratoga Springs Public Library
Horror in libraries, including/featuring horror in book festivals/community reads, horror RA
Friday June 13, 2025 9:30am - 10:20am EDT
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  Librarians' Day

10:30am EDT

Buzzing About Horror Books
Friday June 13, 2025 10:30am - 11:20am EDT
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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
avatar for Emily Vinci

Emily Vinci

Librarian, Fiction Manager, Schaumburg Township District Library
Speakers
SK
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Ryan Elizabeth Clark

Marketing Manager, Gibson’s Bookstore
Indie Bookseller who specializes in Horror!
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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 →
avatar for Stephanie Gagnon

Stephanie Gagnon

Host, Books in the Freezer Podcast
avatar for Corey Farrenkopf

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
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  Librarians' Day

1:00pm EDT

What Horror Means to Me
Friday June 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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Join StokerCon 2025’s Guests of Honor for a lively discussion about why readers of all ages enjoy a good scare, from fictional frights to all-too-true terrors.
Moderators
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Lila Denning

HWA-Volunteer Coordinator, St Petersburg Library System
Speakers
avatar for Scott Edelman

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 →
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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 →
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Gaby Triana

GABY TRIANA is the Cuban-American author of 24 books for adults and teens, including Dark and Dangerous Things, Moon Child, Island of Bones, River of Ghosts, City of Spells, Wake the Hollow, Cubanita, and Summer of Yesterday. Her short stories have appeared in Classic Monsters... Read More →
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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 →
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Paula Guran

Editor, anthologist, and reviewer Paula Guran has edited more than 50 science fiction, fantasy, and horror anthologies and more than 50 novels and collections featuring the same. She was senior editor for Prime Books for seven years. Previously, she edited the Juno fantasy impr... Read More →
Friday June 13, 2025 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
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  Librarians' Day

2:00pm EDT

This Book is Haunted: Cursed Objects and Texts in Film and Literature
Friday June 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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An old tome with archaic writing, an unmarked VHS, a doll with an unsettling gaze, a camera through which the viewfinder shows a reality that seems just a bit off…Cursed objects provide not only an intriguing plot device but their uncanny realism can also make the reader or viewer feel complicit in the haunting. Join us as we explore the popularity of cursed objects and media and why these stories are essential for library shelves.
Moderators
avatar for Ben Rubin

Ben Rubin

Horror Studies Collection Coordinator, University of Pittsburgh Library System
Horror Studies Collection Coordinator for Archives & Special Collections at the University of Pittsburgh Library System - responsible for building, managing, and curating archival and rare book resources related to horror studies and serving as subject area expert for reference related... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Eric LaRocca

Eric LaRocca

Eric LaRocca (he/they) is a 3x Bram Stoker Award® finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. He was named by Esquire as one of the “Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age” and praised by Locus as “one of the strongest and most unique voices in contemporary horror fiction... Read More →
avatar for Carina Stopenski

Carina Stopenski

Teen Librarian, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Carina Stopenski (they/them) is a librarian, author, and scholar based in Pittsburgh, PA. In their day to day, Carina works as a teen librarian at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, as a freelance humanities educator for teens, and as the director of the Pittsburgh Mobile Cartoon... Read More →
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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.
avatar for Emily Vinci

Emily Vinci

Librarian, Fiction Manager, Schaumburg Township District Library
avatar for Adam Nevill

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 →
Friday June 13, 2025 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
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  Librarians' Day

3:00pm EDT

Summer Scares: A Thrilling Summer Reading Program
Friday June 13, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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Join Summer Scares current and past selected authors, spokespeople, and partners to learn more about the HWA’s popular summer reading program, how to get involved, and how to use Summer Scares resources to better serve your patrons.
Moderators
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Speakers
RL
avatar for Caitlin Starling

Caitlin Starling

Author of The Luminous Dead, The Death of Jane Lawrence, and The Staving Saints. Genre hopping horror! Toxic lesbians! Too much medical detail!
avatar for Eric LaRocca

Eric LaRocca

Eric LaRocca (he/they) is a 3x Bram Stoker Award® finalist and Splatterpunk Award winner. He was named by Esquire as one of the “Writers Shaping Horror’s Next Golden Age” and praised by Locus as “one of the strongest and most unique voices in contemporary horror fiction... Read More →
avatar for Rachel Harrison
GH
Friday June 13, 2025 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
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