Panel: Horror In/Inspired by Nature
Our favorite frights from fungi to insects to deep sea life; those real species and those supernatural creations that borrow traits from existing biology.
Panelists: Andrew S. Fuller (M), Wendy N. Wagner, Luke Elliott
This Panel takes place at the Hollywood Library in the Meeting room - 4040 NE Tillamook St.
Andrew S. Fuller writes dark and strange stories. His fiction appears in several magazines, anthologies, short films, and the new collection Constellations of Ruin (2023, Trepidatio Publishing). Since 1999, he’s been editor-in-chief of Three-Lobed Burning Eye magazine. He lives in Portland, OR near two rivers, several extinct(?) volcanoes, and is friends with several crows and spiders. Visit him online at andrewsfuller.com.
Wendy N. Wagner is a Shirley Jackson award-nominated writer and Hugo award-winning editor of short fiction. Her work includes the forthcoming novel The Creek Girl (2025, Tor Nightfire), the gothic novella The Secret Skin, the horror novel The Deer Kings, and more than seventy short stories, poems, and essays. She serves as the editor-in-chief of Nightmare Magazine and lives in Oregon.
Luke Elliott is a writer whose speculative fiction has appeared in Reckoning, Metaphorosis, and the Buckman Journal, among other magazines and podcasts. He's also the co-host of the “Ink to Film” podcast where he discusses books and their film adaptations from a craft perspective with a filmmaker co-host and industry guests. He has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University and is a graduate of the Viable Paradise writer’s workshop. Originally from Central Florida, Luke now lives with his wife and the dogs he spoils like children in Portland, Oregon.