April 26-28, 2024 – Richmond, VA

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Les Carter

Born into a Navy family in Washington, D.C., Leslie Roy Carter lived all over the United States, as well as in Argentia, Newfoundland, while growing up. After receiving a B.S. in Physics from the College of William and Mary, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy. While serving as a naval officer, he earned an M.S.E.E. from the Naval Postgraduate School. His career as a surface line officer took him to many ports, such as Pearl Harbor, Long Beach, San Diego, and Charleston, culminating in command of the frigate U.S.S. Reid. After his retirement from the Navy, he worked as a defense contractor for ten years. In addition to writing, as holder of a private pilot’s license he devotes much of his time to volunteer service with the Civil Air Patrol. He and his wife, Margaret, have collaborated on a four-book fantasy novel series, beginning with Wild Sorceress, and several stories in the Darkover anthologies.

Cassandra Rose Clarke

​Cassandra Rose Clarke’s work has placed in the Rhysling Awards and been nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award, the Romantic Times Reviewer’s Choice Award, the Pushcart Prize, and YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults. ​She grew up in south Texas and currently lives in Virginia, where she writes and tends to multiple cats. She holds an M.A. in creative writing from The University of Texas at Austin, and in 2010 she attended the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop in Seattle.

Her book, Demon Song is a nominee for this year’s Webster Award.

Dennis Danvers

Dennis Danvers grew up in Texas. He holds a BA, MA, MFA, and PhD in English and Creative Writing. He has published ten novels, including NYT Notables Circuit of Heaven and The Watch, and Locus and Bram Stoker nominee Wilderness; recent novels include The Perfect Stranger (2020) and The Soothsayer & The Changeling (2021). Short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Apex, F&SF, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, Tor.com, Lightspeed, Electric Velocipede, and elsewhere. Story collections, Leaving the Dead was published in 2023 and Tales From Mnemosyne in 2024. He taught Literature and Creative Writing for over thirty years at Virginia Commonwealth University. He lives in Richmond, VA with wife, Sarah, and agéd dog, Ethel.

Jim Deeley

Jim Deeley is the founder and lead writer at Apotheosis Games & Publishing and also publishes his own work under the impression of Apotheosis Adventures. A passionate fan of fantasy, science fiction, and history since his early boyhood days of climbing castle towers all across England, Jim’s life was forever changed one fateful autumn night in late 2000, when he was invited to join a game of Vampire: the Masquerade at his local comic book shop; over the 20+ years since then, he has been trying to run the perfect roleplaying campaign. While Jim hasn’t managed that yet, he has developed a series of panels on writing and running tabletop RPGs that he is working on turning into at least one book if not a series. Jim has also written for a number of game publishers both great and small, and has recently quit his second job to become a full time Professional Game Master by night, running games almost every night of the week and living dreams he did not even know were possible—doing what he loves and getting paid for it! Jim Deeley holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Christopher Newport University with a minor in Theatre Arts, with graduate work completed in International Studies at Old Dominion University, all of which informs his writing. When he’s not working for The Man by day and Living the Dream by night, Jim enjoys reading, writing fantasy and historical fiction, video games, comic books, bad sci-fi and fantasy movies, anime, hacking/slashing/shooting arrows at stuff in the backyard, and attending conventions, Highland games, Renaissance faires, and pirate festivals with his beloved, equally nerdy wife—in full kit, of course.

You can follow all the things Jim is up to at linktr.ee/renaissnceman.

Geremiah DelValle

Geremiah DelValle is a teen author who penned his first book, Lands of Scientia, in 2022. The book tells the journey of three middle school friends that is unlike any other and is filled with fun scientific facts about different habitats and animals. A real page-turner, it will keep readers waiting to see if the Freedom Trio can save the Lands of Scientia. The journey to the different habitats facing one challenge after another gets increasingly difficult as the trio learn their powers. Adventure to the Lands of Scientia in this great literary work about science, self-determination, and teamwork.

Geremiah wrote his book out of a love for reading, science, and adventure books. He is currently a Sophomore in high school where he also runs track, plays soccer, and is a member of the DECA and FBLA clubs. He is the oldest of five siblings and enjoys spending free time with his family. His book tour has taken him to cities throughout Virginia, as well as to Baltimore, New Orleans, and Charlotte and he’s now sold over 2000 copies. Geremiah enjoys interacting with people face to face and is grateful to receive feedback on his book. He plans to write more, building Lands of Scientia into a series. His future plans are to go to college, with a strong interest in majoring in writing and business marketing. His goal is to grow as a writer and continue to be a successful entrepreneur.

John Dimes aka Doctor Sarcofiguy

John Dimes aka Doctor Sarcofiguy is an illustrator/animator/actor/radio show host/horror host/writer and many other slashes that he can’t seem to remember right now. Oh, yeah, he is part of the Horror Host Hall of Fame. He is extremely humble, because he believes in “Humility Through Humiliation.”

David Doersch

Sword master, fight director, stunt coordinator, touring musician, and author. David Doersch has worn many hats in his storied career. As a fight director and stunt coordinator, he has worked at all levels of the entertainment industry, working side by side with such luminaries as Steven Spielberg, Kevin Feige, Dominic Serrand, JoAnne Akalaitis and many more. In 2014, David began a seven-year stint as the stunt coordinator, fight director and casting director for Marvel Universe Live, the largest touring stunt show in the world. As a musician, David’s bands have delighted audiences across the US, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and England and have sold tens of thousands of CDs. As the newly minted author of the Chronicles of the Raven, Books I and II, David’s work is receiving rave reviews on Amazon, Goodreads and several review sites. David’s writing style is immersed in what he calls “the language of the sword” and capitalizes on his nearly 40 years of study of sword play, martial arts, and historical weapons (both Eastern and Western).

Amanda Downum

Amanda Downum is the author of The Necromancer Chronicles, Dreams of Shreds & Tatters, and The Poison Court, as well as the short fiction collection Still So Strange. Not content with armchair necromancy, she is also a licensed mortician. Her non-fiction column “Ask a Necromancer” appears in The Deadlands magazine. She can often be found haunting graveyards at night, in a perfectly legal sort of way.

Patrick Dugan

Patrick is the author of the award-winning Darkest Storm series published by Falstaff Books. Other titles include Stone Cold Witch, Never Steal From Dragons, The Shadow Blade Chronicles, and the Watchers of Astaria series from Distracted Dragon Press. Other publications include Fairy Films: Wee Folk on the Big Screen, a collection of fairy essays from Educated Dragon Publishing. Patrick is a member of SFWA.

Patrick resides in Charlotte, NC with his wife, two children and their spunky Cavalier King Charles, Blaze. In his spare time, he’s a PC gamer, homebrewer, 3D printer enthusiast, and DIYer. You can usually find him in the Hearthstone Tavern or wandering Azeroth as a Blood Elf Warlock in the evenings.

You can find out more at linktr.ee/patrickdugan.

Meri Elena

Meri Elena is a North Carolina speculative fiction writer, mostly dark fantasy and paranormal. She published her first short story when she was fourteen. She has now published two novels in her young adult urban fantasy series, Nightfall and Blood Magik, in addition to a smattering of short stories. Two of those are in Prospective Press’s Off the Beaten Path anthologies. She also has a biweekly blog, Encyclopaedia Felidae, about all things feline. She lives with two rescue cats, Joon and Wednesday.

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