FantasyCon Chester

Nananana nananana - BAT COOKIES!!
FantasyCon is one of the big genre-fic events of the year in the UK, with an emphasis on Horror. It's inspiring, it's exhausting and it can be a little surreal! This year it took place in Chester, a city famous for its Roman history. Even the hotel venue (which was for once not grotty, hooray) had got into the spirit:

"The Dealers' Room is over there"
Most of the pictures I took were actually of the hotel's profoundly weird collection of statues, for some reason...

"The barbarians are coming!"
"Quick, form a Testudo, men!"We did some sensible book launches and stuff...

Newcon Books - The Scent of TearsI drank a LOT of free wine, to be fair...

Cate Gardner and myself at the Alchemy Press launchBut I'm not sure the wine can account for all the weirdness...




And OH GOD I want this wallpaper:




[Some picture credits to Steve Shaw, Simon Bestwick and possibly others ... sorry, I've lost track]