World Horror Convention 2012 - Salt Lake City - Schedule

I'll update this when I know any individual readings I might be scheduled for.I was originally scheduled for panels earlier on Thursday and Sunday, but my flights did not coincide, so this is gratefully amended, thanks to the WHC2012 staff. :-)

THURSDAY:

Evening arrival.
*possibly attending the evening Poetry Readings

FRIDAY

2:00 PM
Reading (possibly Zombies vs. Robots, if there is time for it). Email me with other requests...



8:00 PM
Mass Autograph Signing

Books & Goodies I will have on-hand:
1. BARFODDER: Poetry Written in Dark Bars & Questionable Cafes (Cemetery Dance) - 2nd printing
2. THE HAUNTED MANSION PROJECT: YEAR ONE in Trade Paperback (Damnation Books - *New Release!).
3. A limited number of the 2011 reader cards featuring the cover of the June, 2012 release of THE FOUR ELEMENTS by Linda Addison, Rain Graves, Charlee Jacob, and Marge Simon (Bad Moon Books)
4. Sign-up info for the Haunted Mansion Retreat 2012 - September 27-30

9:00 PM
Mass Autograph Signing, cont.

10:30 PM
-Gross Out Contest! It's back and better than ever! Come root on your favorite readers and crown your champion! Don't forget...the theme is The theme is Weird Western, and our honorable judges are Joe R. Lansdale, Rick Hautala, and Kelly Laymon. Weston Ochse is our head bouncer...and if you'd like to bounce, please inquire with him.
(Hosted by Rain Graves)

-Damnation Books Party - Come celebrate the release of the Haunted Mansion Project: Year One, presented by Rain Graves & Edited by Eunice Magill with many of the other contributors.
*I will be there AFTER the Gross Out Contest is over...probably 11:30pm or later.

SATURDAY

3:00 PM
-Music in Horror. How it influences the "scar" and why we love it.
(Lawrence C. Connolly, Guy Anthony De Marco, John Hornor Jacobs, Rain
Graves (M), Rio Youers)

*note: I will also be available for Tarot readings...email me for an appointment (up to 30 minutes).

Upcoming Events and Poetry

Appearances in April and Beyond:

SAN FRANCISCO - 4/1-3
WonderCon - Most likely Friday and Saturday Evening.

AUSTIN, TX - 4/25-5/1 World Horror Convention, 2011.

SAN DIEGO, CA - 10/27-30 - World Fantasy Con, 2011.

NEWS:

Cemetery Dance will be publishing a second edition of BARFODDER: Poetry Written in Dark Bars & Questionable Cafes; our hope is to have copies at WHC and WFC. First edition is sold out; sorry!

FOUR ELEMENTS, written by Linda Addison, Rain Graves, Charlee Jacob, and Marge Simon is now being shopped to publishers. DEADLAND (comic) is also being shopped...

Read Rain's poem Godzilla, and her thoughts on the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan at her LiveJournal.

Measures are underway for a book project related to the Haunted Mansion Retreat 2010, and plans are being set into place for the next retreat in 2011.

Updates to schedules and readings/panels will be posted as we get them.