Join us for a special presentation of MAREBITO, followed by a Q&A with Guest of Honor Chiaki J. Konaka! His novel was adapted to film by Takashi Shimizu.

While it's technically not possible to figure out the identity of HPL's ultimate necromancer-killing undead badass from the Case of Charles Dexter Ward, presenter Jess Gulbranson has done just that. This presentation will look at some of the many guesses that the fandom has entertained itself with for over 90 years, and then sum up the available evidence for the best possible suspect, who is no mythological wizard, but a real legend from the history of science. Follow Gulbranson as he travels from dabbling in calligraphy, to madness, revelation, and beyond!

Weird and Lovecraftian fiction has become a saturated medium, and poetry is offering new avenues to evoke spectral moods and an atmosphere of horror unavailable to conventional prose storytelling. Obadiah Baird, the editor of the highly regarded weird fiction journal _The Audient Void_ will discuss how interspersing poetry with short stories has enhanced the quality of his magazine, and how other publishers in the field are following suit. In addition, poets Ashley Dioses, K. A. Opperman, Adam Bolivar and  D. L.