Panel: Carcossa Lives: The King in Yellow Panel
Panelists discuss Robert W. Chambers's original King In Yellow stories, what Lovecraft actually did with Hastur (very little), and how the lore has persisted in the imaginations of authors and creators for more than a century. With Garrett Cook (M), Josef Wilke, Gretchen Brooks, Ken Hite
Garrett Cook is a Wonderland Award winning author as well as an editor, mentor and Twitch streamer. His work has been translated into several languages and published in multiple countries. He streams games and documents his writing process on his channel DocFaustus82 on Twitch. His latest book is Kennel from Madnesss Heart Press.
Josef B. Wilke is an award-winning author and comic book writer currently living in a catacomb deep beneath Redmond, Washington. His most recent comics are House of Doom and Coffee House of Doom, with Greenhouse of Doom releasing later this year. Josef is a member of the Horror Writers Association, having helped establish the Seattle chapter as co-chair in 2023. A rabid horror fan, Josef collects all things spooky including books, movies, comics, and retro video games. When not writing, Josef can be found in sneaker shops looking for vintage Air Jordans. Follow Josef on Instagram and Bluesky at @Hashtagspooky.
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Gretchen Brooks is a film selection judge for the Portland Horror Film Festival, the H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival and Seattle’s Crypticon Film Festival. A lifelong fan of horror, she has shared her passion for cinema at numerous convention as a panelist and a guest on various podcasts. She co-hosts Gwen and Gretchen Watch Movies and Check the Gate Podcast. Gretchen also lent her voice to the role of Mary Rose in the short film "The Haunted Baby Carriage." She is currently working on a resource book for Tokusatsu Horror films.
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Kenneth Hite has designed, written, or co-authored 100+ roleplaying works, including Trail of Cthulhu, Bookhounds of London, The Dracula Dossier, the Delta Green RPG, Night’s Black Agents, The Fall of Delta Green, and Vampire: the Masquerade 5th Edition. His other works include the two-volume Tour de Lovecraft, Cthulhu 101, The Cthulhu Wars for Osprey, the “Lost in Lovecraft” column for Weird Tales, an annotated edition of Chambers’ The King in Yellow, and four Lovecraftian children’s books. Half of the Ken and Robin Talk About Stuff podcast and an Artistic Associate at Chicago’s WildClaw Theatre, he lives in Chicago with two Lovecraftian cats and his non-Lovecraftian wife, Sheila.
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