Guests
Special Author Guest of Honor Kevin Steverson
Kevin Steverson is a retired veteran of the U.S. Army. With over 35 published works, he writes in the Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Post Apocalyptic genres. He is the author of several best selling novels, including the Salvage Title Trilogy, picked up for feature film and now in pre-development. A die hard UGA fan, he can be found in the foothills of the NE Georgia mountains writing his next story.
Artist of Distinction Bryan Silverbax
Bryan SilverbaX is an artist whose work can be seen on the covers of comic books as well as in films and NFTs. Bryans has worked on The Recount (Scout Comics), Maniac of New York (Aftershock Comics), Department of Truth (Image Comics) and many more. Bryan has also worked with many wrestlers to create shirt designs, comics and posters, to include: Danhausen, Scott Hall, and Steve Austin.
Bryan also has his own comic book universe that he works on called Kerra Prime.
Special Guest Author Stephanie Osborn
Few can claim the varied background of award-winning author Stephanie Osborn, the Interstellar Woman of Mystery.
Veteran of more than 20 years in the civilian space program, as well as various military space defense programs, she worked on numerous space shuttle flights and the International Space Station, and counts the training of astronauts on her resumé. Her space experience also includes Spacelab and ISS operations, variable star astrophysics, Martian aeolian geophysics, radiation physics, and nuclear, biological, and chemical weapons effects. Stephanie holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in four sciences: astronomy, physics, chemistry and mathematics, and she is "fluent" in several more, including geology and anatomy. In addition she possesses a license of ministry, has been a duly sworn, certified police officer, and is a National Weather Service certified storm spotter.
Her travels have taken her to the top of Pikes Peak, across the world’s highest suspension bridge, down gold mines, in the footsteps of dinosaurs, through groves of giant Sequoias, and even to the volcanoes of the Cascade Range in the Pacific Northwest, where she was present for several phreatic eruptions of Mount St. Helens.
Now retired from space work, Stephanie has trained her sights on writing. She has authored, co-authored, or contributed to some 40+ books, including the celebrated science-fiction mystery, Burnout: The mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281. She is the co-author of the Cresperian Saga book series, and has written the critically acclaimed Displaced Detective Series, described as "Sherlock Holmes meets The X-Files," and its pulp-bestselling prequel series, Gentleman Aegis, the very first book of which won a Silver Falchion award. She has dabbled in paranormal/horror as well, releasing the ebook novella El Vengador, based on a true story. Her recent popular science book, Rock and Roll, a discussion of the New Madrid fault and its historic quakes, was a multiple-genre bestseller! It was followed with the equally-popular Kiss Your Ash Goodbye, an explanation of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Currently she's launching into the unknown with the Division One series, her take on the urban legend of the people who show up at UFO sightings, alien abductions, etc. to make things...disappear.
In addition to her writing work, the Interstellar Woman of Mystery now happily "pays it forward," teaching math and science through numerous media including radio, podcasting and public speaking, as well as working with SIGMA, the science-fiction think tank.
The Mystery continues.
http://www.stephanie-osborn.com/
Special Guest Author Brian K Morris
Brian K. Morris is an independent book publisher, freelance hybrid author, an "award-winning" playwright, a Facebook Famous YouTuber, and former mortician's assistant. He's been a professional writer since 1997 and a full-time author since 2012.
Specializing in plot twists and strong female characters, Brian's books have sold on three continents. His genres include humor, horror, non-fiction, and contemporary fantasy with titles such as Santastein Or The Post-Holiday Prometheus, Vulcana: Rebirth of the Champion, The Original Skyman Battles the Master of Steam, The Haunting Scripts of Bachelors Grove, and Amazon Book Reviews Made Less Impossible.
He's also a prolific author with work at Flinch Books, Stormgate Press, TwoMorrows Publishing, Pro Se Press, Lion's Share Press, GCD Publishing, and Amazing Things Press,
In case you thought Brian had any spare time, he's also the main guy with the Rising Tide Broadcast Network, a team of like-minded internet broadcasters who help each other promote their brands and expand their social media reach. Brian hosts three shows a week: Nevermind the Furthermore (an interactive chat show), Clever Title Pending (a weekly interview program with different writers, illustrators, publishers, cosplayers, etc.), and Comic Book Spectrum (a positive look at the comics medium).
A native of Illinois, Brian K. Morris lives in Central Indiana with his wife, no children, no pets, and too many comic books. He's also very proud to be a guest at Hallowcon.
Rising Tide Publication's website: www.RisingTide.pub
Resident Guest Author T.D. Raufson
T.D. Raufson was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and between trips to other realms from his home in the Tennessee Valley he shares the fantastic and magical stories he has collected on his travels. Raufson weaves magic into the modern world and brings it to life through its interaction with the characters in his young adult and midgrade novels. In these novels and stories to come, he finds interesting ways to incorporate magic into interesting settings that are not traditional fantasy. Raufson now lives among the hills of the Tennessee Valley with his wife and a plethora of domesticated and wild animals whom they have given their very own voices and personalities that may someday show up among characters yet to be written. Join him in a magical journey today.
K.T. Hunter
K.T. Hunter is a lifelong fan of reading just about anything she can get her hands on, from science fiction (her first love) to science fact, from alternate history to art history and true crime. She credits her parents' encouragement of her creativity and their own love of Star Trek as the spark that lit her literary fires. She received her B.S. in Computer Science from UT-Chattanooga in 1993 and worked as a computer instructor and software developer in the insurance industry for the better part of two decades. Her first novel, 20 Million Leagues Over the Sea, the first novel in the steampunk adventure series The Nemo Paradox, was published independently in 2015. K.T. grew up in the hills of East Tennessee, and now she and her husband, T. D. Raufson, reside in Chattanooga.
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Special Guest Author Donna Carlene
Donna Carlene has been storytelling for half a century and writing for almost as long. She has been a member of Women Writers of Fiction and Essays, co-founder and Secretary/Treasurer of the Illiana Writers and Co-founder and President of the National Writers Group.
Her publishing credits include: Monthly columns in The Writers’ Newsletter and The CPU Computers Newsletter, reviews in Compute Gazette, short stories in the anthologies: Sunlight and Shadow; I Writer, Therefore I Am? I Am!; Beware! Annual WWOFE Outings, 1993; the sci-fi newsletter, The U.S.S.BortaS Final Frontier; and two booklets of poetry; Erindonia and Fantasies Of My Soul. Her published books include: Hunter’s Ridge (BJ and Karlee); Old Friends (BJ and Karlee); Family (BJ and Karlee); Walls (Beth and Hill) and Lies of the Past (Beth and Hill) and her historical romance The Seduction of Lilly Munro. She is currently living in Central Illinois in her own “castle” with her husband.
Special Guest Author Karl Whitsman
Karl started writing in grade school when there was a school newspaper that needed articles. Most of the writers were teachers and administrators who put out school calendars and announcements. So, yeah, mostly boring stuff. I thought that it needed a comedic punch. But he didn’t want to be judged by his age, so he submitted my humorous attempts anonymously, under a pen name. Someone on the staff must have liked them, because they got published. Or perhaps they were just desperate for articles.
The stories were probably dumb, stories about a guy stuck in his vehicle and passing notes out the partially opened window to garner help in his plight. They were a series, with each week passing he got more desperate for escape from the car. It was met with booming success. I would hear people talking about it and wondering who this John Doe author was. Many suggested some popular teachers, some suggested popular kids. Few guessed it was the quiet geek in the background. It was delightful!
He finally broke the silence with the last in the series, signing it as John Karl Doe. As the only Karl in my school, this was my outing. I had lots of folks congratulating me on the little contributions. OK, this was the creation of the monster. I was hooked on writing.
It must have worked. He has had success in magazines, newsletters, online, and eight books. Many of them are now on Lulu.com, just search for his name or click the link below.
Special Guest Author Ellie Raine
Ellie Raine is a Writer’s Digest award-winning gothic fantasy author and artist. Her dark fantasy series, the NecroSeam Chronicles, has won several awards including First Place in Fantasy for Writer's Digest, a Silver Medal for Readers' Favorite International Book Awards, and additional awards from Readers' Favorite and the Book Excellence Awards.
Special Guest Author M.C. Vaughn
M.C. Vaughn is a retired industrial engineer/programmer, author, poet and poker enthusiast. He is the author of four novels: Monolith (fantasy), Phoebe, The Gray Angel (both sci-fi) and Salem's Ghosts (young adult paranormal). After living most of his adult life in metro Atlanta, M.C. has retired to Savannah, Ga. with his family (two- and four-legged). His titles can be found on Amazon.com.
Special Guest Author & Entertainer John B Pyka
John B. Pyka is entertaining the world, one audience, one story at a time.
He has been a Professional Multi-Discipline Entertainer and Storyteller for over 40 years: Author of the Tales from the Decoverse series, Comic Artist, Paranormal Storyteller, Champion Magician and the host of the Back of the Cereal Box Podcast! He is The Storyologist.
Special Cos-Play Guest Shawn Hatfield
Shawn Hatfield is an American actor born October 21, 1976 in San Antonio, Texas. He is known for his role as Agent Calley on Super Heists, Bruce Adams on Storm of Suspicion and other roles. He has made several appearances on Snapped, Fatal Attraction, Vengeance: Killer Lovers, In Pursuit with John Walsh and Mark of a Serial Killer. He has so appeared in Ozark, Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Christmas Special, Johnson, George and Tammy, Chrisley Knows Best, and Landscape With Invisible Hand. He is an RDJ/Iron Man cosplayer and lookalike and travels the convention circuit in his downtime from acting.