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Mike Allen writes spooky things—a Publishers Weekly reviewer once called his stories “nightmare fuel.” Two of his collections of horror tales, Unseaming and Aftermath of an Industrial Accident, were nominees for the Shirley Jackson Award, named after the author of The Haunting of Hill House. To Mike’s delight, his newest novel, Appalachian horror yarn Trail of Shadows (Broken Eye Books, 2025), has been named a finalist for the 2026 Webster Award—an award that honors the memory of his dear departed friend Bud Webster. His other novels include the post-apacolyptic swarming-undead sidearms-and-sorcery adventure The Black Fire Concerto (re-released by Ruadán Books in 2025) and its forthcoming sequel The Ghoulmaker’s Aria. He’s also the author of two more unnerving story collections, The Spider Tapestries and Slow Burn, and six books of poetry, among those the Philadelphia Inquirer Editor’s Choice selection Strange Wisdoms of the Dead. His stories and poems have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, Apex Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Best Horror of the Year, Interzone, Nebula Awards Showcase, Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, and many other magazines and anthologies. With his wife Anita, he runs Mythic Delirium Books, home to numerous award-winnning and award-nominated sci-fi and fantasy volumes that defy categories and expectations, including the five books in the Clockwork Phoenix anthology series. As an editor and publisher, Mike has twice been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award. Follow him on Instagram @mythicdelirium and Bluesky @mythicdelirium.bsky.social.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Gregory Amato made a career of selling his quill as a mercenary writer for many years. He wrote true and important things for newspapers, magazines, academia, and, for over a decade, intelligence analysis for the FBI. Now, he writes fantasy stories based on the myths and sagas of the vikings. His fiction is often influenced by tales lost to time, usually full of high adventure, and always the sort that makes readers late to dinner. Outside his time spent spinning yarns about vikings and wizards, he teaches Judo, brews beer, and plays D&D when he gets the chance. Gregory lives happily with his family in the Pacific Northwest.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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D.H. Aire has published more than twenty books, most recent are Bigfoot and the Four Horsemen (Apocalypse Knot, Book III) and Children of a Lesser Dragon (Bred in Captivity, Book II). He’s also recently published two novella trilogies in single editions, Apocalypse or Bust and Apocalypse Knot: Hell World. His love of history and archaeology found expression in his epic fantasy/sci-fi Highmage’s Plight, Hands of the Highmage series, and Knights Tower series. He is a member of SFWA and an indy author. Follow him at: Twitter @DHaire15, Facebook (Dare 2 Believe), and dhaire.net.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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48-Hour Cthuluthon! This year, to celebrate the 100th anniversary of H.P. Lovecraft writing “The Call of Cthulhu” in the summer of 1926, the Gaming Room will be holding a Cthulhuthon— 48 hours of non-stop Cthulhu! One table will host board games that use the Cthulhu mythos, like Call of Cthulhu: The Card Game, Reign of Cthulhu, Cthulhu: Death May Die, as well as others. Another table will be dedicated to 48 hours of the Call of Cthulhu RPG with round robin Game Masters. Come and play as long as your Sanity will allow. And if that still isn’t enough Cthulhu for you, the Escape Room will be running a brand new Cthulhu-themed scenario this year as well! During the Call of Cthulhu RPG game, observers will be allowed to buy favors for the players (re-rolls, bonuses, etc.) with all money raised going to Second Chance Heroes. https://www.ravencon.com/activities/gaming/
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Day Al-Mohamed is a multi-sectoral policy executive, award-winning filmmaker, and fantasy author. She has a decades-long policy career with a focus on marginalized and underrepresented populations. A former White House Director of Disability Policy, Day also designed and led the Department of Labor’s “Add Us In” initiative to increase hiring in minority communities by partnering with local chambers of commerce. She had an active role in passage of the Affordable Care Act and the Hate Crimes Prevention Act; and before her time in Washington DC, worked at the United Nations. Currently a Senior Policy Advisor with the Federal government, Day has a proven ability to translate policy into public trust; aligning vision, systems, and culture to influence both political will and cultural narratives for positive impact. As a creative, Day is a regular host on Idobi Radio’s pop-culture show Geek Girl Riot with an audience of 100,000 listeners, and creator of the American Masters/PBS series Renegades. The Invalid Corps, her PBS film about disabled Civil War veterans, was her first documentary as a blind filmmaker. She was a producer on 2024 Independent Spirit Award-winner unseen and is co-founder of FWD-Doc (Documentary Filmmakers with Disabilities). Day has written two novels, Baba Ali and the Clockwork Djinn, and The Labyrinth’s Archivist as well as multiple short stories and essays. Most recently, her short story, “The Devil in the Belfry-Redux,” featured in the Nevermore anthology, was recognized on Ellen Datlow’s Best Horror of 2024 Recommended Reading list. She lives in Washington DC with her wife, NR Brown, daughter “Baby Dragon”, and guide dog. Visit her online at DayAlMohamed.com.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Ambushcosplay is a DC/Marvel cosplayer that specializes in military-themed cosplays such as GI Joe. They finished in third place in the NC ComicCon cosplay competition and are based in Richmond, VA.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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An avid book consumer, Twilight Princess fan, and an overall wonderful person, Aeli of WolfandKitCosplay has entered the chat! Aeli has shifted their focus to content creation over the last few years and has been focusing more on their cosplay game. Teaming up with their partner Ashe, WolfandKitCosplay was born! They’ve even begun working on the rough drafts of their first major novel, and enjoy what they call “grandma crafts” on a nice rainy day with a warm cup of tea. An absolute game enthusiast as well, they’ll either tell you their favorite game is Skyrim, or Twilight Princess.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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[JV🎮] Si vous aimez la psychologie et le monde artistique : 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱. @fyregames.bsky.social
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Just started #sketching out a new piece of artwork 🤘🏻 having lots of fun with it already 😁 what’s everyone else doing this weekend? #art #hobby #GeekLife
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Happy Easter everyone #geekculture #geeklife #EasterBasket #HappyEaster #Pokemon
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Pero si alguna vez has querido ser el villano, el héroe o la leyenda…
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Jo Miles writes optimistic science fiction and fantasy, including the Infinite Pantry cozy fantasy series and the Gifted of Brennex space opera trilogy. Their short stories have appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Lightspeed, Uncanny, and more. Jo lives in Maryland, where they help nonprofits use the internet to save the world, but mostly serve the whims of their two cats. Explore all their work and sign up for updates at jomiles.com.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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D.M. Mewha lives in the magical land of “The DC Suburbs” where he does battle with monsters such as “Beltway Traffic” and “Wow, Everything Is Too Expensive” with the help of his talented and far-too-patient wife and an assorted menagerie of pets that she threatens to make weirder as time goes on (people don’t really want skunks as pets, do they?). He writes sci-fi and fantasy in a variety of flavors and is a certified TTRPG nerd who dabbles in some tabletop wargaming, which sounds better than “he plays with little plastic guys and makes them go ‘pew pew’.”
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Cass Morris lives her life at the intersection of storytelling, performance, and education as a writer and editor of novels, short fiction, and immersive experiences. Her novels, The Aven Cycle, are Roman-flavored historical fantasy. She is also one-third of the team behind the five-time Hugo Award Finalist podcast Worldbuilding for Masochists. Cass works as Story Editor at Mythik Camps, providing writing and developmental editing for the mythology-themed summer camps’ interactive theatrical experiences, as well as other programming and media projects, including writing and performing the family-friendly Myths and Muses podcast. Previously, she worked in the education department at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA and has taught English at Reynolds Community College. She holds a Master of Letters in Shakespeare studies from Mary Baldwin University and a BA in English and History from the College of William and Mary. Find her online at linktr.ee/cassrmorris.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Mako Minami “Aging cosplayer: hobby → pro (pending driver update) • PC gamer (RGB prayers & duct-tape builds) • Yap god on techniques • Con dad fixing malfunctions, armor, & bad frames • Too many fandoms, one overheating GPU”
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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From Winston-Salem, NC, Memphis Muerte combines southern sass and Puerto Rican passion. She has been lighting up stages and informing and entertaining panels since 2011. The spooky scholar that’ll make you holler!
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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I’m a cosplayer out of Richmond, VA. Under the cosplay name mr.i_will_x_tell, I put together my first cosplay in 2022. Best known for my DC and Marvel cosplays, I love cosplay because it gives you a break from some of the stress of real life. You can dress as a fandom you love and meet other people with the same passion. Also the smiles from kids being able to meet their favorite heroes and villains from comics definitely makes it worthwhile. My biggest goal as a Richmond cosplayer is to bring everyone together in the city to show the rest of the world that we have a great cosplay community here. You can catch me most times doing movie meetups, photoshoots around the city, and showing love to the cons around Richmond.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Salut la compagnie ! 🎮 Quête terminée en boutique. Après avoir survécu aux hordes de cartons nouveautés, mes stats sont au plus bas. Heureusement, j'ai potion: Blue Relief. 🧪 Idéal pour remonter mes PV avant le week-end ! Et vous, quel est votre buff de récup après l'aventure ?
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AI Drey Mychalus is a person and definitely not a simulation of one. He is a lifelong reader with a creative love for fantasy and speculative fiction of all sorts. After spending much of my college years collecting degrees like trading cards, I realized I needed to have a career to support myself beyond playing AD&D. I landed a number of jobs along the way, including archaeologist, history docent on the Maryland Dove sailing ship, and running a prison law library. Eventually I became a source of trauma for the public school system where they paid me to share stories written by others along with more subversive activities like teaching kids how to imagine and think for themselves. Along the way, I wrote school policies on book challenges and helped develop curriculum in every subject except math. In my spare time I am an equestrian and reenactor and also dabble in blacksmithing and medieval martial arts with more than 40 years experience. Now a writer with publication credits as diverse as covering neopagan topics for WitchVox, as well as writing fiction, of which I have done much. Published works include a story in the anthology Fae Thee Well by Dreampunk Press and one in the anthology Lurking in the Gene Pool by Three Cousins Publishing. I occasionally venture from my rural cabin to attend sci-fi, steampunk, and fantasy conventions in the mid-Atlantic region.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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A 25+ year high school science teacher, Bill Mulligan has parlayed his love of horror, science fiction, and fantasy films into podcasting, convention panels, indie filmmaking, and storytelling. With creative partners such as Christine Parker and Mark C. Lucas, he has worked on five feature films and numerous shorts, including the award-winning 400 Ways to Kill a Vampire, Belladonna, Cache Me If You Can, and Emotional Support Demon, based on his screenplays. His special effects and makeup work can be seen in Blood of the Mummy, Knob Goblins, and The Five Stages of…. When Covid put a temporary stop to indie films, he turned an unproduced screenplay into his first novel, Raum, published by Falstaff Books. He is looking forward to retirement and a life spent fishing, writing, and making movies. He lives in Sanford, NC, with his wife and seven cats, which is admittedly a lot of cats.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Originally from Minnesota, Dennis M. Myers developed a serious reading habit early in life due to the influence of his grandmother. In high school he read one particularly “awful” book and, with all that teenage hubris, decided he could do better. He joined the US Navy in 1982. An avid roleplayer, he sold his first adventure to Challenge Magazine in 1990. While serving on submarines, he compiled ideas for what became the Automated Empire universe; a timeline spanning 4,000 years. In 2017, the opportunity came to write full-time for several months. With the full support of his wonderful wife, May, he began the book that is now known as Final Assembly, the first in his series, Rise of the Automated Empire. His latest novel, Secret of the Ombax, was published in October, 2025. Fifth in the Automated Empire Universe, first of a new series. He can be found at AutomatedEmpire.com.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Tonya possesses a strong educational foundation and diverse expertise, making her a versatile professional. Her academic credentials include a PhD in Higher Education Administration, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Master of Arts in English, Master of Arts in Education with a specialization in Curriculum and Instruction, Master of Arts in Appalachian Studies, Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and an Associate of Arts in Fine Arts. Tonya is a proud US Marine Corps veteran. Her professional expertise spans academics, coaching, instructional design, and writing. She has been published in fiction for over 20 years as Cara North, September North, and Echo North. She is a certified teacher consultant for the National Writing Project.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Meg Nicholas is a folklorist and storyteller of mixed Munsee-Delaware and Welsh heritage. She holds an MA in Public Sector Folklore and a BA in history from George Mason University. She currently serves as a Folklife Specialist at the American Folklife Center, in the Library of Congress, where she contributes wisdom on the stewardship and presentation of Indigenous culture within the Center’s archival collections and public programs. She is the producer of the Center’s Community Collections subseries of the Folklife Today podcast. She is also a regular writer on the Folklife Today blog, covering topics as varied as cryptids, foodways, puppetry, and the intersection of science, history and folklife.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Bishop O’Connell is author of the American Faerie Tale series and the award-winning Two-Gun Witch series, as well as a consultant, writer, blogger, lover of kilts and beer, as well as a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. Born in Naples Italy while his father was in the Navy, Bishop grew up in San Diego, where he fell in love with the ocean and fish tacos. After wandering the country for work and school (absolutely not evading mind controlling bunnies), he settled in Richmond VA, where he writes, collects swords, revels in his immortality as a “visionary” of the urban fantasy genre, and is regularly chastised for making up things for his bio. He can also be found online at A Quiet Pint (aquietpint.com), where he muses philosophical on life, the universe, and everything, as well as various aspects of writing and the road to getting published.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Katie Oslow is a provocative author, activist, and “gender fluid enigma” who creates at the intersection of dark speculative fiction and radical social commentary. Known for her philosophy of “gender chaos,” Oslow crafts stories that dismantle traditional binaries, exploring the visceral and philosophical nature of transformation. Her work spans across genres to address the complexities of the human experience: Sci-Fi Dystopia: In her Rebalance series, Oslow envisions a future where gender and biology are tools of both control and liberation. These narratives explore systemic power and the reclamation of self in worlds designed to categorize and constrain. Transformation Fiction: Her collection Lessons in Lace serves as a hallmark of her work in gender-swap and feminization erotica. In these stories, transformation is more than a plot point; it is a catalyst for deep introspection, exploring how the shift in physical form impacts identity, desire, and societal standing. The Nexum Universe: Her darker explorations are captured in the volume Sentenced to be His Sex Pet. This dystopian dark erotic thriller examines the architecture of ownership and the loss of agency, mirroring real-world power dynamics through an extreme, transgressive lens. Beyond her fiction, Oslow is a staunch advocate for transgender rights and social justice. She views her storytelling as a form of activism, utilizing “gender chaos” to challenge cis-normative structures and champion bodily autonomy. Whether writing about magical gender-swaps or dystopian enslavement, Oslow remains committed to visibility, authentic representation, and the pursuit of true liberation for all identities.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Chad Ownby is a theater teacher, podcaster, and film scholar from Richmond, VA. He finds love in analyzing and discussing films, TV, acting performances, and many various fandoms. Last year at RavenCon, he gave a presentation on his master’s thesis, “Anyone Can Be Batman: A Case Study on the Evolution of Batman in Film.”
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Sharon Pajka, PhD, is a professor of English at Gallaudet University. She is the author of Women Writers Buried in Virginia (2021) and The Souls Close to Edgar Allan Poe (2023), a 2024 Saturday “Visiter” Award Winner for “Adaptations of E.A. Poe’s Life or Works,” Haunted Virginia Cemeteries (2025), and forthcoming books on Virginia’s haunted colleges and Virginia witchlore. On the weekends, find her in the cemetery giving history tours or volunteering.
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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Martin V. Parece II Martin is an award-winning author of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, though his work often tends to bleed into multiple genres. He delights in bringing his readers stunning literary prose mixed with glorious cinematic-style writing with subtextual commentary. While other 80’s kids watched G.I. Joe and Transformers, he was scared to death from Alien and The Terminator (probably not the best content for an eight year old). While his friends growing up were reading Tolkien, Martin explored the lost landscapes of Robert E. Howard’s Hyboria with Conan. These works and movies shaped the kind of writer he became. Books should be cinematic and epic and adventurous and dangerous. The theatre of the mind is the greatest of all, and heroes should be normal people who find their power through extraordinary circumstances. Even Martin’s first faltering attempts at playing Dungeon Master contained big ideas with epic storylines, even if they fell short of the mark he aimed for. He set aside creation as adulthood and life happened, as they always do, but returned to it around 2009. He published his first novel in 2011. “In the end, I’m just a guy who likes to tell stories and headbang in the car. I hope you’ll come along for the ride.”
RavenCon 2026: April 24-26
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