World Horror Convention 2004 – Phoenix: A Quiet but Cool Con

IF YOU THOUGHT Kansas City’s World Horror Convention in 2003 seemed the quietest WHC, then you weren’t in Phoenix. Oh that’s right, of course you weren’t. Nobody was! OK, that’s not strictly true. Some of us were. But this was the poorest attended con of any I’ve been to, and it showed. Programming was sparse, and standard WHC events like Editor Pitch Meetings, Loren Rhoads‘ Morbid Curiousity Open Mic and even the Gross-Out Contest were…

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2003 took me from the North Woods to San Diego brush fires

AS USUAL, I’VE LET nearly half a year slip by without writing here. Not that a lot hasn’t gone on. I recently had the (?) pleasure (?) of spending eight days in San Diego on business, and arrived just about a day before the worst brush fires in San Diego history broke out. One night I went to bed and everything was summery and fine, and the next morning when I left my hotel, the…

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Printers Row Book Fair, WisCon, and Vigilantes of Love Release Party!

YESTERDAY, I SPENT the afternoon at Chicago’s Printers Row Book Fair, where the streets teemed with eager book collectors surrounding dozens of tents and tables of local booksellers peddling both old collectible volumes and new small press releases. Twilight Tales sponsored a table, and I did a signing with Robert Weinberg from 2-4 p.m. It was a kick to sign and sell a handful of books to passersby who had no idea who I or…

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World Horror Convention 2003 – Rain and Hail but no Snow

KANSAS CITY’S World Horror Convention seemed a much calmer con in many ways than past instances, perhaps because it was raining and hailing outside most of the weekend, or perhaps because a lot of key players were absent — old friends like P.D. Cacek, Gerard Houarner, Linda Addison, Shane Ryan Staley and GAK, among many others, couldn’t make the con. But it still was a good time. My wife Geri and I got to spend…

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The launch of JohnEverson.com

WELL, I’VE BEEN THINKING about it for years, but last week, I finally did it. Registered my own domain name — johneverson.com — studied the basics of Web style sheets, and then, over last weekend, completely redesigned this site and uploaded it to a new home. It’s still a little rough this morning, but overall, I think it’s a solid (and long overdue) update! Of course, now I’m anxious to revamp the Pop Stops site,…

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World Horror Convention 2002 – Sweet Home Chicago!

WELL, IT’S TAKEN me nearly two months to finally recap WHC Chicago…but I think I’ve finally recovered! This year I took lots of pictures, since it was on my own home turf…I’ve set this site up so you can click any of the thumbails to see a full-size picture. Hopefully that will help download times to stay reasonable. World Horror Con 2002 started in 2001 for me; I volunteered in the fall to handle publications…

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From World Horror to SXSW to a trilogy for FREAKS, GEEKS & SIDESHOW FLOOZIES

Freaks, Geeks & Sideshow Floozies edited by Tina Jens and John Weagly

WOW… A LOT TO catch up on. My last post here was more than six months ago…just about the time I got involved in helping out with the 2002 World Horror Convention. I took on the job of Publications Editor for the con, and that soaked up most of my free time from December-April. You can read about some of my experiences there and see some pictures from the con on my WHC 2002 Redux…

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CAGE OF BONES reviewed in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine!

TWO SALES TO REPORT: A story I wrote specifically for the Twilight Tales anthology Freaks, Geeks and Other Sideshow Floozies has been accepted for the book. “…And Then Some” will hit the streets when Freaks debuts at the 2002 World Horror Convention. I also recently placed a story called “The Strong Will Survive” in Space and Time magazine. Look for that to appear in a year or so. In other news…I’ve survived the first two…

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WHC 2002 Program Book Editor… that’s me!

SEATTLE MAY BE just a memory now, but Chicago looms just around the corner. Yep, the 2002 World Horror Convention is in my backyard, and over the summer I volunteered to help out with its organization. Consequently, this weekend I found myself sitting down with a spreadsheet figuring out what will be appearing in the souvenir program book for the con…and who will write it! WHC 2002 Program Book Editor, that’s my new title! I’m…

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World Horror Convention 2001 – Seattle

SEATTLE’S WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2001 has come and gone. Can it really be over already? I’m gonna miss names and events, I know, but here’s my scattershot recollections of a loaded weekend, more for my own future memory benefit than anyone else’s. Thanks to Sephera Giron, Judi Rohrig, David Norhaus and Monica J. O’Rourke for catching me on camera during some key moments of the con, and allowing me to post those pix here! FRIDAY,…

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