Name: Westerns vs. Science Fiction: Is Weird Wild West the Best of Both Worlds?
Start: 2025-06-21T15:00:00-0400
End: 2025-06-21T16:00:00-0400

Saturday June 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT

M - Plaza Ballroom C

Genre writing has its own tropes, and combining genres can be tricky. For the Western genre and the Science Fiction genre, is Weird Wild West the best of both worlds? Sam Robb moderates.

Guests

Sam Robb

Sam Robb is an urban fantasy writer from Pittsburgh who draws inspiration from back alleys, graffiti, and urban exploration. He’s published in his flash fiction collection, One October Night, as well as multiple anthologies, and edited the Stories in the Key of Tull anthologies... Read More →

David (Brena) Bock

David Bock (also listed under the nom de plume Brena Bock) is a proud member of #TeamAndMore in several anthologies, including Space Force: Building the Legacy, Can't Go Home Again, and Saint's of Malta. Other stories are in the works along with a full length novel.

Matthew McClafferty

Matt McClafferty has Noir, SF, both Traditional and Weird Westerns, Steampunk, GameLit, and Alt-History short stories in print. So far. When not traveling, taking photos, researching, or writing, he relaxes in the Florida Panhandle sunshine with his totally awesome wife, their Swamp-doodle... Read More →

Gini Koch

Gini Koch started writing in the American Southwest as something to do in between staring at pictures of good-looking leading men, but now sweats out the words, both literally and figuratively, in Hotlanta and dreams of dry heat. She has over 70 titles but is best known for her bestselling... Read More →

C.V. Walter

Get ready to blast off into a galaxy of romance with C.V. Walter, the mastermind behind the pulse-pounding alien love story, “The Alien’s Accidental Bride”! This interstellar indie sensation is just the beginning – C.V. is currently crafting a whole universe of out-of-this-world... Read More →

Doug Goodall

Douglas Goodall lives in rural North Carolina with the smartest wife, cutest daughter, and softest cat. You can keep up with him (and read lots of unofficial Elder Scrolls lore if you're into that) at dgoodall.substack.com.

Zane Voss

Zane Voss holds bachelor's and master’s degrees in engineering from the Missouri University of Science & Technology. His day job is working as a partner in an engineering consulting firm in the steel industry. If you’re either interested or unable to flee quickly enough, he will... Read More →

Saturday June 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom C

Literary/Publishing, Round Table

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