Scares That Care Weekend VIII Author Programming Schedule - Final

Here is the final author programming schedule for Scares That Care Weekend VIII. (Actor programming, photo ops, seminars, and other programming will be posted separately). All author programming takes place in rooms A/B.

FRIDAY:

6:00pm to 7:00pm: Adam Cesare, Matt Serafini, Patrick Lacey, Scott Cole, and Aaron Dries – Reading and Q&A

7:15pm to 8:15pm Times of Trouble: How do creatives stay productive in times of stress, grief, or trauma? Panelists Jessica McHugh (moderator), Ronald Malfi, V. Castro, Stephen Graham Jones, Rio Youers, Briana Morgan, Nicole Wilson, and Dea Scholfield discuss.   

8:30pm to 9:30pm: Ronald Kelly, Steven L. Shrewsbury, and Wile E. Young – Reading and Q&A

9:45pm to 10:45pm: Kristopher Triana, Thomas R. Clark, and Chase Will – Reading and Q&A

SATURDAY:

10:15am to 11:00am: Russel R. James and Tom Deady – Reading and Q&A

11:15am to 12:30pm: V Castro and John Edward Lawson – Reading and Q&A

12:45pm to 1:30pm: Cullen Bunn and Nicholas Kaufmann – Reading and Q&A

1:45pm to 2:30pm: Somer Canon and Laurel Hightower – Reading and Q&A

2:45pm to 3:30pm: Daniel Kraus and Stephen Kozeniewski – Reading and Q&A

3:45pm to 4:30pm: Stephen Graham Jones and Rio Youers – Reading and Q&A

4:45pm to 5:45pm: Wesley Southard, Tim Meyer, and Kenzie Jennings – Reading and Q&A

6:00pm to 7:00pm: The World’s Greatest Horror Novel: Panelists Lucas Milliron (moderator), Daniel Kraus, Shawn Burgess, James D. Dean, Holly Jennings, Bryan Nowak, Sheri White, and Kyle Lybeck share their picks for the greatest horror novel of all time.   

7:15pm to 8:00pm: John C. Foster and Dacia M. Arnold – Reading and Q&A

9:00pm to 10:00pm: The Economics of Publishing: Representatives from Apokrupha (Moderator), Raw Dog Screaming Press, Stygian Sky/Death’s Head Press, Dark Recesses Press, Bleeding Edge Books and St Rooster Books discuss how they operate amidst today’s global financial uncertainty.

10:15pm to…: The Gross-Out Contest: Contestants who enter will have three minutes to tell their grossest, vilest, and maybe funniest stories to judges Kristopher Triana, Samantha Kolesnik, Candace Nola, Jay Wilburn, and John Wayne Comunale, emcee Brian Keene, and bouncer Steven L. Shrewsbury. Winners get prizes. Please Note: This is NC-17 content. Audience discretion is strongly advised.    

SUNDAY:

11:15am to Noon: Amanda Headlee and Rachel Brune – Reading and Q&A

12:15pm to 1:15pm: Boom or Bust: Right now, horror is in a boom period. How will the festering global economic uncertainty impact the genre? Panelists Todd Keisling (moderator), Cullen Bunn, Ronald Kelly, Somer Canon, Laurel Hightower, Ronald Malfi, and Jeff Strand discuss what may happen.

1:30pm: to 2:30pm: Kenneth Cain, Nathan D. Ludwig, and JC Walsh – Reading and Q&A

2:45pm to 3:30pm: Brian Keene and Sonora Taylor – Reading and A Passing of the Torch.