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Friday, June 20
 

1:00pm EDT

It Came From The Trailer Park 4 and It Came From the Trailer Park: Double Wide Volume 1 Roundtable and Mass Autograph Session
Friday June 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
It Came From The Trailer Park 4 and It Came From the Trailer Park: Double Wide Volume 1 return to the fun idea of revisiting the Classic Horror and Old-School Creature Feature genres with a hefty helping of B-rate tropes. William Joseph Roberts Moderates this Roundtable discussion about the making of the new anthologies.
Moderators
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William Joseph Roberts

William Joseph Roberts has been called a Renaissance man, and an insane squirrel wrangler by his peers. Since his enlistment ended, he has pursued careers as an industrial and architectural designer, design engineer, and is now an award-winning author, editor, and publisher with Three... Read More →
Guests
avatar for Casey Moores

Casey Moores

Casey Moores was a USAF rescue/special ops C-130 pilot for over 17 years- airdropping, air re-fueling, and flying into tiny blacked-out dirt airstrips in bad places using night vision goggles. He’s been to those places and done those things with those people. Now he lives a quieter... Read More →
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Robert S. Evans

Robert S. Evans is a Georgia native film writer and director. He attended the New York Film Academy, and shortly afterwards caught the attention of industry veteran Jeff Burr (Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3) . Robert caught his first break with the film "The Last Piece Standing... Read More →
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Tim Bischoff

Tim “Cajun” Bischoff, born in Kentucky and raised in Bourbon country on a dairy farm. Writing along with cooking, fishing and cruising in his restored 1973 Chevelle are some of his passions. Tim has had three short stories published, the newest as author Timothy Hardy in 3 Ravens... Read More →
avatar for Charli Cox

Charli Cox

Charli Cox writes in multiple genres including SciFi, Military SciFi, and Military Fantasy. She recently finished writing her first novel set in the world of Joint Task Force 13 and is working on a Car Warriors trilogy for Three Ravens Publishing. She is also working on a Fae Wars... Read More →
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G. Scott Huggins

Having been born in California and raised in Kansas, Scott Huggins grew up as confused as one might expect. He began writing whilst traveling in post-Soviet Russia and Germany, and was one of the 20th Century’s last Writers of the Future (1999). The future arrived immediately thereafter... Read More →
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Melissa Gay

Melissa Gay thinks of creating art as illustrating personal myths-- half-dreamed bedtime stories, chance encounters in misty woods, hazy glimpses of far-flung civilizations through a handmade telescope, scenes to fire the imagination. Beginning her career as a scientific illustrator... Read More →
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Brisco Woods

Brisco retired from the USAF and TNANG in 2015 and became a REALTOR working in east Tennessee. Seeing the success two of his siblings were having as authors, he decided to give it a try. Now, five short stories, one novella, and two novels later, he’s an official multi-national... Read More →
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Jesse James Fain

Jesse James Fain is a Science Fiction and Fantasy Author, Editor, and retired powerlifting champion. Jesse’s extensive experience in martial arts and weapons training leads to vibrant martial tales of revenge and combat that bring a taste of reality to fictional battles, along with... Read More →
Friday June 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom B Chattanooga Marriott Downtown 2 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402, USA

3:00pm EDT

What's New from Cannon Publishing
Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Publisher John Holmes will moderate this roundtable discussion of what's new and upcoming from Cannon Publishing.
Moderators
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John Holmes

J.F. Holmes is a retired Army Senior Noncommissioned Officer, having served for 22 years in both the Regular Army and Army National Guard. During that time, he served as everything from an artillery section leader to a member of a Division level planning staff, with tours in Cuba... Read More →
Guests
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Al Hagan

Al Hagan is a retired IT project manager. His career also included a four-year tour of duty with the Marine Corps and a number of years in the intelligence community, working in Washington, D.C. and in foreign countries.
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Daniel Kemp

A couple history degrees, the Army, and a turbulent personal life inspired the Athenaeum Inc military thriller trilogy at Cannon (Door Number Three, Doubling Down and Triple Play). He’s also done shorts on everything from the sinking of the Bismarck to feeding dragons.
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Shane Gries

Shane Gries is a career soldier, student of history and writer. He spent over seventeen years serving overseas. He’s a graduate of Airborne School, Ranger School, earned his Expert Infantryman Badge and did some time in combat. Now he writes books about zombies and stuff that blows... Read More →
avatar for James Copley

James Copley

James Copley is a former Non-Commissioned Officer of the U.S. Army, having served over twenty-one years in both Active and Reserve/Guard units, variously trained as Infantry, Communications, and Ordnance specialties before finally retiring from the Army National Guard in 2016. During... Read More →
avatar for Lucas Marcum

Lucas Marcum

Lucas Marcum is a critical care nurse practitioner, Army reservist and independent author. Since high school, he has written recreationally; but never really took the idea of publishing a book seriously until 2017, when he wandered into a Facebook group curated by and populated with... Read More →
avatar for H.Y. Gregor

H.Y. Gregor

H.Y. Gregor was born in Portland, Oregon, but will always call the mountains of Colorado home. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science but put it down often enough to narrowly avoid law school. Now she spends as much free time as possible weaving fantasy tales and battling... Read More →
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Brian Gifford

A 27 year veteran, Cannon author Brian Gifford is a science fiction and fantasy nerd of the highest order. A lifelong student of physics and the arcana of IT alike, Brian spent a lifetime accumulating his unique view of the world. Unfortunately, he now insists on sharing it with... Read More →
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Kevin Harris

Kevin grew up on fantasy and science fiction, finding inspiration for his writing in the Halls of Moria, with the man-eaters of Zamboula, and on the 'hurtling moons of Barsoom'. His first novel, 'A Darkness Come Again', is a Military Fantasy coming out this summer with Cannon Pub... Read More →
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Claire Merrick

Tired of writing about bad news as a broadcast TV producer, Claire Merrick began using her free time to write urban fantasy stories, set to be released in 2025. Merrick's work is inspired by her love of small town mill smokestacks and the secrets they hide.
avatar for Charli Cox

Charli Cox

Charli Cox writes in multiple genres including SciFi, Military SciFi, and Military Fantasy. She recently finished writing her first novel set in the world of Joint Task Force 13 and is working on a Car Warriors trilogy for Three Ravens Publishing. She is also working on a Fae Wars... Read More →
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Jonathan LaForce

Born in southern Arizona, Jonathan LaForce spent his formative years in northern Los Angeles County before moving to Texas at the age of 19. Two years later, he enlisted in the USMC and found himself stationed in Hawaii. Had it not been so expensive, he'd have stayed in Hawaii at... Read More →
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ML McIntosh

ML hails from the dark, beautiful places in Appalachia. Her childhood was cluttered, in the best possible way, by her father’s copies of Poe, Bradbury and their contemporaries as well as her mother’s pretty random vinyl LP collection. She grew up beneath misty mountains with a... Read More →
avatar for Jonathan Koan

Jonathan Koan

Jonathan Koan is a Professional Book Reviewer on YouTube. His YouTube channel, "Jonathan Koan", features book reviews, author interviews, rankings, book hauls, unboxings, recommendations and more! He reviews Science Fiction, Fantasy, Media Tie-in Fiction, Thrillers, and more!
Friday June 20, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

6:00pm EDT

Chris Kennedy Publishing - the Year Ahead
Friday June 20, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
Join Chris and his team of writers and learn what the next year holds in store for Chris Kennedy Publishing.

Guests
avatar for Fred Hughes

Fred Hughes

The International Bestselling Amazon Author of seven books of 'The Prince of Britannia' series. I'm currently working on my new series, 'The First Solar War.' Having served 20 years in the US Navy, most of it on submarines, I developed a great appreciation for the written word. Naval... Read More →
avatar for Jon R. Osborne

Jon R. Osborne

Jon R. Osborne turned a journalism education and a passion for role-playing games into writing science fiction and fantasy. His second book in The Milesian Accords modern fantasy trilogy, “A Tempered Warrior”, was a 2018 Dragon Awards finalist for Best Fantasy Novel. Jon is a... Read More →
avatar for Marisa Wolf

Marisa Wolf

Marisa Wolf is a second-generation nerd who started writing genre stories at six. At least one was good enough to be laminated, and she's been chasing that high ever since. Over the years she taught middle school, was headbutted by an alligator, built a career in education, earned... Read More →
avatar for Casey Moores

Casey Moores

Casey Moores was a USAF rescue/special ops C-130 pilot for over 17 years- airdropping, air re-fueling, and flying into tiny blacked-out dirt airstrips in bad places using night vision goggles. He’s been to those places and done those things with those people. Now he lives a quieter... Read More →
avatar for Mark Stallings

Mark Stallings

Mark Stallings is an Internationally published and Amazon Best Selling author, speaker at International conferences on technology topics, is a writer of Wuxia, Fantasy, and Military Sci-Fi. He is a competitive shooter, avid martial artist, drinker of craft beer, and motorcycle enthusiast.You... Read More →
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Chris Kennedy

A Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy is a Science Fiction/Fantasy author, speaker, and small-press publisher who has written over 70 books and published more than 500 others. Get his free book, “Shattered Crucible,” at his website, https://chriskennedypublishing.com... Read More →
avatar for Melissa Olthoff

Melissa Olthoff

Melissa Olthoff spent her youth daydreaming about riding dragons and slaying monsters. After joining the United States Air Force, she might not have gotten to ride any dragons, but she had plenty of real-world adventures over the years—including flying the T-6, becoming a certified... Read More →
avatar for David Shadoin

David Shadoin

David "Shady" Shadoin is a trouble-making, scotch-drinking, corn-fed Nebraska boy the United States Air Force managed to turn into a somewhat decent pilot of whirly birds. All of his publications can be found at Chris Kennedy Publishing or Amazon, as some are a part of the famous... Read More →
avatar for Kacey Ezell

Kacey Ezell

Kacey Ezell is a helicopter pilot with 3000+ hours in the UH-1N Huey, Mi-171, and EC130 helicopters. When not beating the air into submission, she writes sci-fi/fantasy/horror/noir/ alternate history fiction. She is a two-time Dragon Award Finalist for Best Alternate History and won... Read More →
avatar for H.Y. Gregor

H.Y. Gregor

H.Y. Gregor was born in Portland, Oregon, but will always call the mountains of Colorado home. She holds a bachelor's degree in political science but put it down often enough to narrowly avoid law school. Now she spends as much free time as possible weaving fantasy tales and battling... Read More →
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Mark Wandrey

International bestselling author of military sci-fi, space opera, and zombie apocalypse, Mark Wandrey is also the only 4 time DragonCon Dragon Award finalist! Newest Release - Winged Hussars: Andromeda - Book 9 in the 4HU Phoenix Initiative series, set in the Four Horsemen mil-sf... Read More →
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Michael LaVoice

Michael LaVoice is a Science Fiction/Fantasy writer. He is the author of the Galaxy’s Most Wanted series from Aethon Books, the Gladius Leagues series from Chris Kennedy Publishing, as well as the upcoming SARCOM series with co-author Peter Stanley. He has multiple short stories... Read More →
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Chris Woods

Christopher Woods, writer of fiction, teller of tales, and professional liar was born way too long ago to be talking about it and has spent the majority of his life with a book in hand. He is known for his popular Soulguard series and creating the shared universe in The Fallen World... Read More →
avatar for Ian J. Malone

Ian J. Malone

Ian J. Malone is the bestselling author of numerous works, including the MAKO space opera series and FREE BIRD RISING, the military scifi epic from the Four Horsemen Universe. Malone has written in a variety of arenas over the years, ranging from public health to news and sports... Read More →
avatar for Carolyn Kay

Carolyn Kay

Carolyn Kay grew up surrounded by fantasy and science fiction. Legos and Star Wars figures were her favorite toys, and Madeleine L’Engle and Tolkien graced her bookshelves. Carolyn melded her two favorite genres—steampunk and fantasy—into a series titled, “Galessel’s Tale... Read More →
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Rob Howell

Rob Howell is the publisher of New Mythology Press, including his work as editor of the Libri Valoris anthologies of heroic fantasy. He’s the creator of the Firehall Sagas, an author in the Four Horsemen Universe, and a writer and editor in Luke Gygax’s World of Okkorim. He writes... Read More →
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Nick Steverson

Nick Steverson is a 2023 Imadjinn Award winner for Best Science Fiction Novel. Multiple works with Chris Kennedy Publishing in the Salvage Title Universe, Four Horsemen Universe, Ashes of Entecea, and Fallen World. Other works include co-editing 13 Stories Of Horror and a short in... Read More →
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Kevin Steverson

Kevin Steverson is a retired veteran of the U.S. Army. With several best-selling novels, including the Salvage Title Trilogy, picked up for development into feature film, he is also a published songwriter. When not at a convention or concert, he can be found in the foothills of the... Read More →
avatar for David Alan Jones

David Alan Jones

David Alan Jones is a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served as an Arabic linguist, a role that sharpened his ear for language and deepened his appreciation for complex storytelling. A 2016 Writers of the Future Silver Honorable Mention recipient, David writes across... Read More →
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James S. Aaron

I'm James Stegall, a guy living in Oregon. I'm currently the author of 14 science fiction novels as James S. Aaron. My work includes the Aeon 14 Sentience Wars with M.D. Cooper, Galactic Law with J.N. Chaney. My latest project is a military science fiction trilogy in Jeffery H. Haskell's... Read More →
avatar for Charli Cox

Charli Cox

Charli Cox writes in multiple genres including SciFi, Military SciFi, and Military Fantasy. She recently finished writing her first novel set in the world of Joint Task Force 13 and is working on a Car Warriors trilogy for Three Ravens Publishing. She is also working on a Fae Wars... Read More →
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April Kelley Jones

April Jones has navigated countless fictional worlds as a writer, editor, and teacher. When not wrangling words or cats, she’s learning languages and traveling the world. She lives in South Carolina with her favorite people and felines. Her latest project is Hell’s Judgement... Read More →
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Jonathan Koan

Jonathan Koan is a Professional Book Reviewer on YouTube. His YouTube channel, "Jonathan Koan", features book reviews, author interviews, rankings, book hauls, unboxings, recommendations and more! He reviews Science Fiction, Fantasy, Media Tie-in Fiction, Thrillers, and more!
Friday June 20, 2025 6:00pm - 8:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
 
Saturday, June 21
 

12:00pm EDT

Salvage Title Universe Roundtable
Saturday June 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Kevin Steverson moderates the Salvage Title Universe Roundtable.
Moderators
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Kevin Steverson

Kevin Steverson is a retired veteran of the U.S. Army. With several best-selling novels, including the Salvage Title Trilogy, picked up for development into feature film, he is also a published songwriter. When not at a convention or concert, he can be found in the foothills of the... Read More →
Guests
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Nick Steverson

Nick Steverson is a 2023 Imadjinn Award winner for Best Science Fiction Novel. Multiple works with Chris Kennedy Publishing in the Salvage Title Universe, Four Horsemen Universe, Ashes of Entecea, and Fallen World. Other works include co-editing 13 Stories Of Horror and a short in... Read More →
avatar for Brisco Woods

Brisco Woods

Brisco retired from the USAF and TNANG in 2015 and became a REALTOR working in east Tennessee. Seeing the success two of his siblings were having as authors, he decided to give it a try. Now, five short stories, one novella, and two novels later, he’s an official multi-national... Read More →
avatar for Casey Moores

Casey Moores

Casey Moores was a USAF rescue/special ops C-130 pilot for over 17 years- airdropping, air re-fueling, and flying into tiny blacked-out dirt airstrips in bad places using night vision goggles. He’s been to those places and done those things with those people. Now he lives a quieter... Read More →
avatar for Melissa Olthoff

Melissa Olthoff

Melissa Olthoff spent her youth daydreaming about riding dragons and slaying monsters. After joining the United States Air Force, she might not have gotten to ride any dragons, but she had plenty of real-world adventures over the years—including flying the T-6, becoming a certified... Read More →
avatar for Marisa Wolf

Marisa Wolf

Marisa Wolf is a second-generation nerd who started writing genre stories at six. At least one was good enough to be laminated, and she's been chasing that high ever since. Over the years she taught middle school, was headbutted by an alligator, built a career in education, earned... Read More →
avatar for Ian J. Malone

Ian J. Malone

Ian J. Malone is the bestselling author of numerous works, including the MAKO space opera series and FREE BIRD RISING, the military scifi epic from the Four Horsemen Universe. Malone has written in a variety of arenas over the years, ranging from public health to news and sports... Read More →
Saturday June 21, 2025 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

1:00pm EDT

What's New from Raconteur Press
Saturday June 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Ian McMurtrie (aka Lawdog) will moderate this roundtable on what's the year holds in store for Raconteur Press.
Moderators
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Ian McMurtrie

Born on the island of Malta to an Oklahoma oil engineer and a Texas school teacher, author Ian McMurtrie a.k.a. LawDog was raised in Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. He has been a soldier, an EMT, a volunteer fireman, a short-order cook, the world's worst rodeo clown, and a peace... Read More →
Guests
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Jonna Hayden

Jonna Hayden is a professional Costume Designer, clothing historian, and long-time SF geek. After many years of hiding in the Science Fiction section of the school library, she found her tribe when she attended Orycon 5. She builds shows for the Opera, Ballet, and anyone else who... Read More →
avatar for Rita Beeman

Rita Beeman

Rita Beeman lives with her wiener dogs in Texas, where she loves to tend plants that thrive on her level of neglect.
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Laura Begley

As a copy editor for Raconteur Press, I have four anthologies to my credit: Goblin Bazaar; From the Brim to the Dregs; Coffee Capers; and Moggie Noir: Dames, Derringers, and Detectives. I also had the pleasure of copy editing “Storm-Dragon,” a boys SF/F action-adventure novel... Read More →
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Lisa D. Moore

Lisa D. Moore is a copy editor at Raconteur Press and aspiring journalist in North Texas. She is a military brat, Chestertonian, and MSTie. Her latest undertaking is learning videography, currently documenting SF/fandom history with her infinitely patient friend, Ben Yalow.
avatar for Spearman Burke

Spearman Burke

After retiring from a globe spanning career of swashbuckling adventure in the U.S. Marine Corps, Spearman Burke decided to try his hand at this GI Bill thing he had been hearing about. He earned an interdisciplinary degree in English Literature and Creative Writing with a minor in... Read More →
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Nick Nethery

Nick Nethery writes science fiction, fantasy, mystery, westerns and whatever else presents a challenge or will entertain his friends and family. He has been published by the United States Naval Institute, Foreign Policy, Dragon Soul Press, and Raconteur Press, among others. He works... Read More →
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J. Kenton Pierce

J. Kenton Pierce’s Science Fiction short stories and novels known collectively as the Tales from the Long Night. He lives near Pittsburgh and enjoys writing, shooting, and cheese. His work has been published in Abyss & Apex, the Grantville Gazette Baen's Universe Annex, and several... Read More →
avatar for Ted Begley

Ted Begley

Ted Begley's career has consisted of such fields as cook, farmer, lightning rod salesman, and accountant. He lives in Kentucky with his wife of more than thirty years, Laura, who acts in the capacity of his first reader and editor. He has several short stories published in as many... Read More →
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Gregory Radabaugh

Greg Radabaugh, an author published by Raconteur Press and others, retired from the US Department of Defense after a 44-year career. He now works as a consultant for various commercial and government entities. Prior to his retirement, he was a member of the Department of Defense Senior... Read More →
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Wally Waltner

Wally Waltner is a tech consulting executive and gentleman science fiction/fantasy author. Born and raised on a farm in South Dakota, his early creative muses led him down a musical path and earned music scholarships and eventually a BMus degree in brass performance from Saint Olaf... Read More →
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Joe Salem

Joe Salem writes technothrillers such as "Arrow Storm", alternate history short stories and sci-fi. The sci-fi novel has been in progress for so long, it will soon be sci-fact. He works in the oilfield in Houston.
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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 →
avatar for Richard Cartwright

Richard Cartwright

Richard Cartwright was born and raised in Tennessee when he was not bouncing around the country and Canada in the sleeper of his parents tractor trailer rig that his father bought after retiring from the Navy to go into trucking. His first reading lessons were road signs at four... Read More →
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Amanda Montandon

Amanda Montandon is a Colorado mountain girl living in North Carolina with her husband, author Kal Spriggs, their son, & 4 mischievous felines. A Jane-of-All-Trades, she has experience in law enforcement, veterinary care, private security, & more. She runs her own editing business... Read More →
avatar for Janet Spaulding

Janet Spaulding

Janet has taught English for over twenty years She holds a Doctorate in Creative Invective as well as a black belt in sarcasm. All her puns are 100% intentional. In addition to teaching and editing, she has been a military contractor, a mortgage officer, a stand-up comedian and a... Read More →
avatar for Jonathan Koan

Jonathan Koan

Jonathan Koan is a Professional Book Reviewer on YouTube. His YouTube channel, "Jonathan Koan", features book reviews, author interviews, rankings, book hauls, unboxings, recommendations and more! He reviews Science Fiction, Fantasy, Media Tie-in Fiction, Thrillers, and more!
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K. Anders

K. Anders is the author of multiple short stories including two which ranked #1 in their respective categories on the Amazon Best Seller list including Science fiction and comedy! His first novel "Dragonsworn" is set to be published by Jumpmaster Press in late summer 2025.
Saturday June 21, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

3:00pm EDT

Westerns vs. Science Fiction: Is Weird Wild West the Best of Both Worlds?
Saturday June 21, 2025 3:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
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
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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 →
avatar for David (Brena) Bock

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.
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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 →
avatar for Gini Koch

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 →
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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 →
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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.
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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

4:00pm EDT

Writing Groups - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Saturday June 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
The Alpha Mercs is a group of writers, editors, and artists. Our group is all published and practice the philosophy of “rising tide” mutually supporting each other by sharing critiques and open calls. This Roundtable will be a nuts and bolts approach to the establishment, development and maintenance of such groups. The discussion will touch on determining if a particular group is a good fit. Also, if and when a writer might have outgrown a group. Sam Robb moderates.
Moderators
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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 →
Guests
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Richard Cartwright

Richard Cartwright was born and raised in Tennessee when he was not bouncing around the country and Canada in the sleeper of his parents tractor trailer rig that his father bought after retiring from the Navy to go into trucking. His first reading lessons were road signs at four... Read More →
avatar for Spearman Burke

Spearman Burke

After retiring from a globe spanning career of swashbuckling adventure in the U.S. Marine Corps, Spearman Burke decided to try his hand at this GI Bill thing he had been hearing about. He earned an interdisciplinary degree in English Literature and Creative Writing with a minor in... Read More →
avatar for James V. Henson

James V. Henson

Jamie Henson is the founder of Alpha Mercs, a private fellowship of writers forging craft, resilience, and timeless virtues. Together they stand for what storytelling was—and must be again. The forge is lit. Join the fellowship at omicronstation.com.
avatar for Jesse James Fain

Jesse James Fain

Jesse James Fain is a Science Fiction and Fantasy Author, Editor, and retired powerlifting champion. Jesse’s extensive experience in martial arts and weapons training leads to vibrant martial tales of revenge and combat that bring a taste of reality to fictional battles, along with... Read More →
avatar for Zane Voss

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 →
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Shari Robb

Shari Robb is a loving wife, mother, technical writer, and counselor. She has worked as an editor for political campaigns, multiple non-fiction books, and shorts from the Alpha Mercs. Her work as a freelance editor includes multiple SF/Fantasy anthologies, including game fiction... Read More →
Saturday June 21, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

6:00pm EDT

What's New in Paranormal Romance?
Saturday June 21, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
Gini Koch will moderate this roundtable discussion on what's new in Paranormal Romance.
Moderators
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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 →
Guests
avatar for Nancy Northcott

Nancy Northcott

Nancy Northcott has loved comic books, mysteries, fantasy, history, and romance since childhood. A sucker for fast action and wrenching emotion, she combines the action and high stakes she loves in the books she writes. On the way to becoming a published author, she taught courses... Read More →
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Lydia Sherrer

Award-winning and USA Today-bestselling author of snark-filled adventures, Lydia Sherrer thrives on creating stories you love to love, and hate to leave. She is the author of the bestselling urban fantasy Love, Lies, and Hocus Pocus universe of books featuring several series, which... Read More →
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Lyndie Ferguson

Lyndie Ferguson is the author of the Urban Fantasy Series, THE ANGELQUEST CHRONICLES. She loves paranormal books and movies with quirky characters and larger-than-life storylines. When she’s not writing, she loves to travel and spend time with her family.
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Amie Gibbons

Amie was born and raised in the Salt Lake Valley. She started making up stories before she could read and would act them out with her dolls and stuffed animals. She started actually writing them down in college, just decided to do it one day and couldn't stop. She loves urban fantasy... Read More →
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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 →
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Marina Fontaine

Marina Fontaine is a Russian by birth, an American by choice, and a writer of optimistic fiction. She uses her experience of living in a totalitarian society to demonstrate how human yearning for freedom and love endures in the darkest of circumstances. Her dystopian works include... Read More →
Saturday June 21, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm EDT
M - Plaza Ballroom C
 
Sunday, June 22
 

11:00am EDT

Four Horsemen Universe (4HU) Roundtable and Mass Autograph
Sunday June 22, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Four Horsemen Universe (4HU) Roundtable and Mass Autograph session, Chris Kennedy (mod)
Guests
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Nick Steverson

Nick Steverson is a 2023 Imadjinn Award winner for Best Science Fiction Novel. Multiple works with Chris Kennedy Publishing in the Salvage Title Universe, Four Horsemen Universe, Ashes of Entecea, and Fallen World. Other works include co-editing 13 Stories Of Horror and a short in... Read More →
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Jon R. Osborne

Jon R. Osborne turned a journalism education and a passion for role-playing games into writing science fiction and fantasy. His second book in The Milesian Accords modern fantasy trilogy, “A Tempered Warrior”, was a 2018 Dragon Awards finalist for Best Fantasy Novel. Jon is a... Read More →
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Mark Wandrey

International bestselling author of military sci-fi, space opera, and zombie apocalypse, Mark Wandrey is also the only 4 time DragonCon Dragon Award finalist! Newest Release - Winged Hussars: Andromeda - Book 9 in the 4HU Phoenix Initiative series, set in the Four Horsemen mil-sf... Read More →
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Marisa Wolf

Marisa Wolf is a second-generation nerd who started writing genre stories at six. At least one was good enough to be laminated, and she's been chasing that high ever since. Over the years she taught middle school, was headbutted by an alligator, built a career in education, earned... Read More →
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Casey Moores

Casey Moores was a USAF rescue/special ops C-130 pilot for over 17 years- airdropping, air re-fueling, and flying into tiny blacked-out dirt airstrips in bad places using night vision goggles. He’s been to those places and done those things with those people. Now he lives a quieter... Read More →
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Mark Stallings

Mark Stallings is an Internationally published and Amazon Best Selling author, speaker at International conferences on technology topics, is a writer of Wuxia, Fantasy, and Military Sci-Fi. He is a competitive shooter, avid martial artist, drinker of craft beer, and motorcycle enthusiast.You... Read More →
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Chris Kennedy

A Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy is a Science Fiction/Fantasy author, speaker, and small-press publisher who has written over 70 books and published more than 500 others. Get his free book, “Shattered Crucible,” at his website, https://chriskennedypublishing.com... Read More →
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David Shadoin

David "Shady" Shadoin is a trouble-making, scotch-drinking, corn-fed Nebraska boy the United States Air Force managed to turn into a somewhat decent pilot of whirly birds. All of his publications can be found at Chris Kennedy Publishing or Amazon, as some are a part of the famous... Read More →
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Melissa Olthoff

Melissa Olthoff spent her youth daydreaming about riding dragons and slaying monsters. After joining the United States Air Force, she might not have gotten to ride any dragons, but she had plenty of real-world adventures over the years—including flying the T-6, becoming a certified... Read More →
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Kevin Steverson

Kevin Steverson is a retired veteran of the U.S. Army. With several best-selling novels, including the Salvage Title Trilogy, picked up for development into feature film, he is also a published songwriter. When not at a convention or concert, he can be found in the foothills of the... Read More →
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Ian J. Malone

Ian J. Malone is the bestselling author of numerous works, including the MAKO space opera series and FREE BIRD RISING, the military scifi epic from the Four Horsemen Universe. Malone has written in a variety of arenas over the years, ranging from public health to news and sports... Read More →
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Carolyn Kay

Carolyn Kay grew up surrounded by fantasy and science fiction. Legos and Star Wars figures were her favorite toys, and Madeleine L’Engle and Tolkien graced her bookshelves. Carolyn melded her two favorite genres—steampunk and fantasy—into a series titled, “Galessel’s Tale... Read More →
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Rob Howell

Rob Howell is the publisher of New Mythology Press, including his work as editor of the Libri Valoris anthologies of heroic fantasy. He’s the creator of the Firehall Sagas, an author in the Four Horsemen Universe, and a writer and editor in Luke Gygax’s World of Okkorim. He writes... Read More →
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Kacey Ezell

Kacey Ezell is a helicopter pilot with 3000+ hours in the UH-1N Huey, Mi-171, and EC130 helicopters. When not beating the air into submission, she writes sci-fi/fantasy/horror/noir/ alternate history fiction. She is a two-time Dragon Award Finalist for Best Alternate History and won... Read More →
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Robert E. Hampson

Dr. Robert E. Hampson is a Neuroscientist and author. By day, he is a professor at Wake Forest School of Medicine, studying how our brains encode memory. By night, he writes military, adventure and hard-science Science Fiction as well as nonfiction articles explaining science to the... Read More →
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David Alan Jones

David Alan Jones is a veteran of the United States Air Force, where he served as an Arabic linguist, a role that sharpened his ear for language and deepened his appreciation for complex storytelling. A 2016 Writers of the Future Silver Honorable Mention recipient, David writes across... Read More →
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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 →
Sunday June 22, 2025 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402

1:00pm EDT

What's New from 3 Ravens Publishing Roundtable
Sunday June 22, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
William Joseph Roberts moderates this roundtable discussing what the coming year holds for Three Ravens Publishing.
Moderators
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William Joseph Roberts

William Joseph Roberts has been called a Renaissance man, and an insane squirrel wrangler by his peers. Since his enlistment ended, he has pursued careers as an industrial and architectural designer, design engineer, and is now an award-winning author, editor, and publisher with Three... Read More →
Guests
avatar for Nick Steverson

Nick Steverson

Nick Steverson is a 2023 Imadjinn Award winner for Best Science Fiction Novel. Multiple works with Chris Kennedy Publishing in the Salvage Title Universe, Four Horsemen Universe, Ashes of Entecea, and Fallen World. Other works include co-editing 13 Stories Of Horror and a short in... Read More →
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Isaac Craft

Isaac Craft writes science fiction and fantasy with horror elements. His flash-fiction stories are in nearly a dozen of the Cornerscribblers anthologies via Three Ravens Publishing and continues to work toward honing his craft. When not writing or reading, Isaac does digital illustration... Read More →
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Marisa Wolf

Marisa Wolf is a second-generation nerd who started writing genre stories at six. At least one was good enough to be laminated, and she's been chasing that high ever since. Over the years she taught middle school, was headbutted by an alligator, built a career in education, earned... Read More →
avatar for Casey Moores

Casey Moores

Casey Moores was a USAF rescue/special ops C-130 pilot for over 17 years- airdropping, air re-fueling, and flying into tiny blacked-out dirt airstrips in bad places using night vision goggles. He’s been to those places and done those things with those people. Now he lives a quieter... Read More →
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Philip K. Booker

An award-winning editor and genre writer, Philip K. Booker lives near Chattanooga, Tennessee, with his wife and five children collectively known as Clan Booker (trademark pending). Writing stories across any genre, but he focuses on Urban Fantasy, Science Fiction and Horror-comedy... Read More →
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Michael Gants

Michael Gants is a science fiction and fantasy author and retired Navy submariner. He currently works as an inspector at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. His other jobs have included nuclear mechanic, anti-terrorism trainer, small craft boarding specialist, programmer, journalist, and aquarium... Read More →
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Dan Hollifield

Dan L. Hollifield is the author of the ‘Mare Inebrium Spaceport Bar’ series of short stories. Other works include the “Adventures of Tom Darby” ongoing series of stories, one of which is titled ‘Abducted,’ and is available on Amazon. Further Tom Darby stories are awaiting... Read More →
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Richard Cartwright

Richard Cartwright was born and raised in Tennessee when he was not bouncing around the country and Canada in the sleeper of his parents tractor trailer rig that his father bought after retiring from the Navy to go into trucking. His first reading lessons were road signs at four... Read More →
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Bart Kemper

Bart is a writer, photographer, inventor, and consulting Professional Engineer based in South Louisiana. He served over 34 years in the US Army, Active and Reserve, enlisted and officer, including as a Sergeant in the 82nd Airborne Division up to a Lt. Colonel engineer officer in... Read More →
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Chris Woods

Christopher Woods, writer of fiction, teller of tales, and professional liar was born way too long ago to be talking about it and has spent the majority of his life with a book in hand. He is known for his popular Soulguard series and creating the shared universe in The Fallen World... Read More →
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Charli Cox

Charli Cox writes in multiple genres including SciFi, Military SciFi, and Military Fantasy. She recently finished writing her first novel set in the world of Joint Task Force 13 and is working on a Car Warriors trilogy for Three Ravens Publishing. She is also working on a Fae Wars... Read More →
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Rich Groller

Programming Director
Our own LibertyCon Director of Programming, Dr. Richard Groller, is also an author in his own right. He is co-author of The Warrior's Edge (with Janet Morris and COL John Alexander), and a contributing author to The American Warrior (Janet and Chris Morris, Eds.), and to 7 volumes... Read More →
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Tim Bischoff

Tim “Cajun” Bischoff, born in Kentucky and raised in Bourbon country on a dairy farm. Writing along with cooking, fishing and cruising in his restored 1973 Chevelle are some of his passions. Tim has had three short stories published, the newest as author Timothy Hardy in 3 Ravens... Read More →
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Jesse James Fain

Jesse James Fain is a Science Fiction and Fantasy Author, Editor, and retired powerlifting champion. Jesse’s extensive experience in martial arts and weapons training leads to vibrant martial tales of revenge and combat that bring a taste of reality to fictional battles, along with... Read More →
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Jonathan Koan

Jonathan Koan is a Professional Book Reviewer on YouTube. His YouTube channel, "Jonathan Koan", features book reviews, author interviews, rankings, book hauls, unboxings, recommendations and more! He reviews Science Fiction, Fantasy, Media Tie-in Fiction, Thrillers, and more!
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Brisco Woods

Brisco retired from the USAF and TNANG in 2015 and became a REALTOR working in east Tennessee. Seeing the success two of his siblings were having as authors, he decided to give it a try. Now, five short stories, one novella, and two novels later, he’s an official multi-national... Read More →
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K. Anders

K. Anders is the author of multiple short stories including two which ranked #1 in their respective categories on the Amazon Best Seller list including Science fiction and comedy! His first novel "Dragonsworn" is set to be published by Jumpmaster Press in late summer 2025.
Sunday June 22, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
CC - Ballroom E (Main Event Programming) Chattanooga Convention Center 1 Carter St, Chattanooga, TN 37402
 
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