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9:00am EDT
Writing Short Stories That Don't Turn Into Novels
Sunday March 29, 2026 9:00am - 9:50am EDT
Speakers 
Sci-fi & Fantasy Author
Jean Davis writes an array of speculative fiction and plays with chickens. She has written short story collections, a space opera series, stand-alone novels, children’s books about her chickens, many projects that aren’t yet finished, and a lot of pages that you will never se...
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10:00am EDT
Hook Your Reader: Starting Your Book
Sunday March 29, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am EDT
Speakers 
Author, Guild House Classic
I'm one of the Shinigami Kami. I know way too much about something most people probably aren't familiar with. If you want to talk about Shinigami/Grim Reapers, awesome.
I write horror, romance, and fantasy. I also enjoy writing challenges and to that end am playing with fan-fictio...
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Author, Science Fiction You Can Enjoy
My aim is to write science fiction you can enjoy. So far that's manifested as what I call Light Space Opera. Imagine Starship Troopers, hijacked by Monty Python, or space opera as produced by Gilbert and Sullivan, while bankrolled and bullied by Flo Ziegfeld. Additional links:
Ray...
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Paul Michael Peters is an American author known for his genre-blending narratives that span thrillers, suspense, science fiction, and literary fiction. His stories often delve into the unexpected, exploring life's quirky tangents with a unique voice that combines humor and darkness...
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Author
"Jennifer Blackstream is a USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy and fantasy romance. She is amazed and grateful to have made a writing career out of a Master’s degree in Psychology, hours of couch-detecting watching Murder She Wrote, and endless research into mythology...
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Sunday March 29, 2026 10:00am - 10:50am
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Algonquin A
10:00am EDT
The Wicked, Weird and Wild Side of Setting
Sunday March 29, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Speakers 
Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after. Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802. France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers have...
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Sunday March 29, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am
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Montcalm
10:00am EDT
Kaffeeklatsch - Katie Spina, Jean Davis, and Fyra B. Ginn
Sunday March 29, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Speakers 
Author, Awesome Authors Kids
Ms. Katie is an award-winning kidlit author who writes stories for kids where finding your fit means trusting in who you are. An avid reader, she loves all sorts of books across a wide spectrum. With a Bachelor's degree in Writing from the University of Michigan-Flint, she is a professional...
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Sci-fi & Fantasy Author
Jean Davis writes an array of speculative fiction and plays with chickens. She has written short story collections, a space opera series, stand-alone novels, children’s books about her chickens, many projects that aren’t yet finished, and a lot of pages that you will never se...
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Sunday March 29, 2026 10:00am - 11:00am
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Hamlin
11:00am EDT
Finishing Strong: Writing a Great Ending
Sunday March 29, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Speakers 
Jarod K. Anderson is a writer and poet from Ohio. His new fantasy novel Strange Animals was called "a wholly captivating tale of magic and nature" by Publishers Weekly. His book about nature and mental health Something in the Woods Loves You was praised as a "brilliantly poignant...
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Author
"Jennifer Blackstream is a USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy and fantasy romance. She is amazed and grateful to have made a writing career out of a Master’s degree in Psychology, hours of couch-detecting watching Murder She Wrote, and endless research into mythology...
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Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after. Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802. France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers have...
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Sunday March 29, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am
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Algonquin A
11:00am EDT
Navigating Contracts for Authors
Sunday March 29, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Speakers 
Writer/Poet and Programmer for the UA Library, UA Library
Talk to me about horror, pop culture, poetry, scifi, books, movies! I want it all!
I'm writer and poet, and I develop programming for the Upper Arlington Public Library.
Christine Daigle is a multi-genre author whose latest release, Heavy Are The Stones, is a serial killer thriller co-authored with New York Times bestselling author J.D. Barker. She and Barker are also collaborating on a reboot of Flatliners, based on the original screenplay. Christine...
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Freelance Writer & Copy Editor, Jinx Publishing LLC
Born and still based in Ohio, Stephanie Lorée writes fantasy fiction and occasionally moonlights as a rock star. Her stories have appeared in places like
Abyss & Apex and as tie-in fiction for the
Pathfinder RPG. In 2013, she was a finalist for the
Writers of the Future award...
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Sunday March 29, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am
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Algonquin D
11:00am EDT
Kaffeeklatsch - Tracy Barnett and Paul Michael Peters
Sunday March 29, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am EDT
Speakers
Paul Michael Peters is an American author known for his genre-blending narratives that span thrillers, suspense, science fiction, and literary fiction. His stories often delve into the unexpected, exploring life's quirky tangents with a unique voice that combines humor and darkness...
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Penguicon, Guest of Honor, Penguicon 2022
Tracy Barnett (they/them) is an award-winning non-binary games designer, podcast and game editor, and project manager from Ohio. They have been making games for almost 10 years. They specialize in games prompted by feelings and deep with story. You can find them online, anywhere...
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Sunday March 29, 2026 11:00am - 11:50am
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Hamlin
1:00pm EDT
Crowdfunding Your Way to Success
Sunday March 29, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Speakers MC
Dragon's Roost Press
Michael Cieslak is a lifetime reader and writer of horror, mystery, and speculative fiction. A native of Detroit, he lives in a house covered in Halloween decorations in October and dragons the rest of the year. He is a member of the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers and is...
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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...
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Penguicon, Guest of Honor, Penguicon 2022
Tracy Barnett (they/them) is an award-winning non-binary games designer, podcast and game editor, and project manager from Ohio. They have been making games for almost 10 years. They specialize in games prompted by feelings and deep with story. You can find them online, anywhere...
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Llewella Forgie is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after. Her current work-in-progress is a pentalogy that takes place in Europe in 1802. France is planning to invade, people with psychic powers have...
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1:00pm EDT
How to Collaborate with Friends and Not Kill Each Other
Sunday March 29, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Speakers 
Ken is a Speculative Fiction (mostly Horror) author with four story collections, an award-winning YA/MG novella, and a novel he co-wrote with Kerry Lipp. He has edited three original anthologies (one co-edited with Douglas Gwilym), one of which was a finalist for the Shirley Jackson...
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Author, Awesome Authors Kids
Ms. Katie is an award-winning kidlit author who writes stories for kids where finding your fit means trusting in who you are. An avid reader, she loves all sorts of books across a wide spectrum. With a Bachelor's degree in Writing from the University of Michigan-Flint, she is a professional...
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1:00pm EDT
Kaffeeklatsch - Jennifer Blackstream and Vera West
Sunday March 29, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm EDT
Speakers
Author
"Jennifer Blackstream is a USA Today bestselling author of urban fantasy and fantasy romance. She is amazed and grateful to have made a writing career out of a Master’s degree in Psychology, hours of couch-detecting watching Murder She Wrote, and endless research into mythology...
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Sunday March 29, 2026 1:00pm - 1:50pm
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Hamlin
2:00pm EDT
The Dreaded Second Draft: Editing Your Novel
Sunday March 29, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Speakers
Jarod K. Anderson is a writer and poet from Ohio. His new fantasy novel Strange Animals was called "a wholly captivating tale of magic and nature" by Publishers Weekly. His book about nature and mental health Something in the Woods Loves You was praised as a "brilliantly poignant...
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I'm a collector of experiences and writer of both fact and fiction. I live on a farm with a giant wolf hound, a disgruntled guard pig, silly cats and an old gray horseMy books are:
Carnival Charlatan an urban fantasy,
Brenda's House a middle grade ghost story, and
Off the Reservatio...
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Freelance Writer & Copy Editor, Jinx Publishing LLC
Born and still based in Ohio, Stephanie Lorée writes fantasy fiction and occasionally moonlights as a rock star. Her stories have appeared in places like
Abyss & Apex and as tie-in fiction for the
Pathfinder RPG. In 2013, she was a finalist for the
Writers of the Future award...
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2:00pm EDT
Reading-Richard C. White, Kyle E. Miller, Fyra B. Ginn
Sunday March 29, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm EDT
Speakers 
Original and Media Tie-in Author. I write Science Fiction, Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Fantasy Noir, Action-Adventure, Historical Fantasy, and Non-Fiction. I will be releasing up to 4 new books in 2026 and have been a panelist/guest at MystiCon nine times in the pre-Covid shows.
My works can be found at http://www.richardcwhite.com/bibliography...
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Sunday March 29, 2026 2:00pm - 2:50pm
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Hamlin
