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Preliminary Program Grid for Darrell Charles SchweitzerThis is the Preliminary program schedule. Darrell Charles Schweitzer may or may not actually be on these items, but probably will. However, due to circumstances beyond our control, modifications to the program can occur throughout the convention. |
| Friday 6:30 pm: Author Reading: Darrell Charles Schweitzer (Ends at: 6:55 pm) Monroe Participants:Darrell Charles Schweitzer Darrell Charles Schweitzer reads from recent and upcoming works. |
| Friday 7:00 pm: Finding Our Monsters or Creating Them (Ends at: 7:55 pm) Wilson Participants:Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Darrell Charles Schweitzer, Hildy Silverman (M), Jennifer R. Povey Readers crave a good monster, and speculative fiction has produced many iconic examples. But from Mothman to Bigfoot to Chupacabra, there's nothing like the enduring lure of the cryptid. These monsters have become more popular in recent years and as intriguing as ever. Panelists discuss the beauty of these monsters for readers and writers and why we are so drawn to them. |
| Friday 10:00 pm: Weird Tales at 100 (Ends at: 10:55 pm) Eisenhower Participants:Darrell Charles Schweitzer (M), John Ashmead Weird Tales magazine was an American fantasy and horror fiction pulp magazine founded by J. C. Henneberger and J. M. Lansinger. The first issue came out in 1923 and ran through 1954 with several attempts over the years to revive it. Now published by Weird Tales Inc., Weird Tales #366 – Swords And Sorcery Issue came out in 2022. Let's celebrate and take a look back at this piece of SFF history. |
| Saturday 10:00 pm: The Forever Life (Ends at: 10:55 pm) Wilson Participants:Charles Gannon, Darrell Charles Schweitzer, Ian Randal Strock Many works of speculative fiction feature characters who are or seek to be live forever (or nearly so). Whether it is an extended life existence in science fiction or an ancient being in fantasy and horror, what themes emerge from tales of immortality? How does it affect characterization and plot? What lessons for living can we learn from these explorations? |
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