• M R James and H. P. Lovecraft

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    Panel Discussion with Andrew Migliore (moderator), Scott Connors, Robert Lloyd Parry, Richard Stanley

    Lovecraft cites James as a great weird writer in several of his letters. What relationship does this master of the ghostly tale have to Lovecraft's brand of cosmic horror and the Weird?

  • Home is Where the Horror is

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    Panel discussion with Gordon White (moderator), Anya Martin, Brookelynne Warra, Evan J. Peterson, Michael Griffin, Sam Cowan

  • Author Reading 3

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    Author Reading with Adam Bolivar, Ashley Dioses, K A Opperman, D L Myers

    in the Classroom

  • Memorial for Wilum H. Pugmire

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    Join us as we fondly remember our colleague, inspiration, and beloved friend Wilum H. Pugmire. Tihs is open to all. Anyone who wishes to say a few words, share a fond memory, or read a favorite passage from Wilum's works will have an opportunity to do so.

  • After Armageddon: the Future of Weird Poetry

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    Panel discussion with K A Opperman, Ashley Dioses, Adam Bolivar, D L Myers, S.T. Joshi

    There has been much discussion about the renaissance of Weird poetry in recent years. But what of its future? How will rapidly changing media affect an art form which has endured since the dawn of history? Could an AI convincingly compose traditional forms of metered and rhymed poetry? Will there be ballads about Martian pioneers? Weird poets will dig into this topic and muse on the future of speculative versification.

    in the classroom.

  • Theatre of Cruelty and Stop Motion Demons

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    French actor, surrealist, poet and theatre theorist Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) was plagued throughout his life with mental illness, an addiction to opium and passion for theatrical performance. In his most famous work, The Theatre and Its Double he defines Theatre of Cruelty as a means of unleashing repressed feelings from the audience’s subconscious and the arduous, artistic process in transferring forms of distress—which the artist need experience first.

  • Deep Time in Fiction

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    Panel discussion with DB Spitzer (moderator), Kenneth Hite, Sean Branney, Adam Scott Glancy, Amanda Downum

    Humanity doesn’t seem to understand the true horror of time and what it holds. Panelists talk about time as horror in different media

    in the classroom.

  • Richard Stanley reads M R James

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    Special Guest Richard Stanley indulges us with one of his favorite pastimes, reading ghost stories!

  • M. R. James's "A Warning to the Curious"

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    M. R. James scholar and actor, Robert Lloyd Parry has flown in from Manchester, Great Britain to thrill you with a one-man performance of James's chilling classic story, "A Warning to the Curious." Dripping with decadent atmosphere, do not miss this incredible live event.

  • Do an author's Mental Problems Push Creativity Into Action?

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    Panel discussion with John Shirley (moderator), Adam Bolivar, Sean Branney, Benjamin Capps, Henrik Möller

    From madness to depression to obsession, its application to the arts. B-story: Did HPL have psychological issues?

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