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Imaginarium 2024 proudly welcomes award-winning author and editor John Palisano as a Spotlighted Guest! A Bram Stoker Award-winner, John’s stories have appeared in Weird Tales, Cemetery Dance, PS Publishing, Independent Legions, Space & Time, Dim Shores, Kelp Journal, Monstrous Books, DarkFuse, Crystal Lake, Terror Tales, Lovecraft eZine, Horror Library, Bizarro Pulp, Written Backwards, Dark Continents, Big Time Books, McFarland Press, Darkscribe, Dark House, Vincere Press, and many others! His non-fiction pieces have appeared in Blumhouse Online, Fangoria, and Dark Discoveries magazines and he’s been quoted in Vanity Fair, The Writer, and the Los Angeles Times! We are honored to have John join us for ourRead More →

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Imaginarium 2023 proudly welcomes award-winning editor and author Michael Knost as a Spotlighted Guest! Michael is a Bram Stoker Award®-winning editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and supernatural thrillers who has helmed several anthologies. Michael’s novel, Return of the Mothman, was recently produced as a feature film that premiered in 2022. He is nationally recognized as a writing instructor, regularly conducting writing classes and workshops at several colleges, conventions, and online. We are honored to have Michael join us for our 10th Anniversary, taking place July 14-16, 2023 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2022 proudly welcomes five-time Bram Stoker Award nominee Jeff Strand as a Spotlighted Guest! The author of over 50 books primarily in the horror genre, Jeff has also written several young adult comedy novels. Several of Jeff’s books are currently under development as motion pictures, including some that have him involved as the screenwriter. Imaginarium 2022 is honored to have Jeff join us for our 9th year convention, taking place July 8-10, 2022 in Louisville, Kentucky! For further information on the Imaginarium Convention, please visit www.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2022 proudly welcomes award-winning editor and author Michael Knost as a Spotlighted Guest! A Bram Stoker Award-winner, Michael Knost is the editor of many internationally celebrated books on writing and the book business, including the Writers Workshop of Horror, the Writers Workshop of Horror 2, the Writers Workshop of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Author’s Guide to Marketing With Teeth, and others! Michael’s writing spans several genres such as science fiction, fantasy, horror, and supernatural thrillers, and includes the highly acclaimed novel Return of the Mothman, a Bram Stoker Award finalist that is now in production to become a feature film! Nationally renowned for hisRead More →

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Imaginarium 2021 Proudly Welcomes Bram Stoker Award-winning editor and author Michael Knost as a Spotlighted Guest for our in-person event! Michael is the editor of internationally acclaimed titles such as the Writers Workshop of Horror (featuring contributors such as Clive Barker and Joe R. Landsdale) and the Writers Workshop of Science Fiction and Fantasy (featuring contributors such as Neil Gaiman and Ursula K. Le Guin). His novel Return of the Mothman is currently being developed into a feature film! An exceptional instructor of creative writing, Michael is going to be a tremendous part of our programming! His workshops always have rave reviews, and we areRead More →

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Imaginarium 2019 is proud to welcome Bram Stoker Award®Winning and two-time Shirley Jackson Award nominee Nicole Cushing as an Imaginator Guest! An exceptional writer with an uncompromising dedication to the craft of writing, Nicole is a tremendous addition to our nationally-acclaimed programming. We are thrilled to have her joining us this year as one of our highlighted Imaginator Guests! About Nicole: Nicole Cushing is the Bram Stoker Award® winning author of Mr. Suicide and a two-time nominee for the Shirley Jackson Award. Various reviewers have described her work as “brutal”, “cerebral”, “transgressive”, “taboo”, “groundbreaking” and “mind-bending”. Rue Morgue magazine recently included Nicole in its listRead More →

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Imaginarium 2019 is proud to welcome Bram Stoker Award-winning author Tim Waggoner as a Spotlighted Guest! With over 40 novels and 5 short story collections, Tim is also a tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition! An Imaginarium favorite, Tim is a fantastic mentor who has helped countless writers of all genres develop their craft. Attendees will have a great opportunity to interact with Tim in our panel and workshop programming! We are honored and excited to have Tim back with us this year! About Tim Waggoner: Tim Waggoner has published over forty novels and five collections of short stories. He writes original darkRead More →

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Imaginarium 2018 is proud to welcome Bram Stoker Award®-winning Author and Editor Michael Knost as a spotlighted guest for 2018!  An Imaginarium Convention favorite, Michael brings a wealth of literary and industry expertise to Imaginarium’s highly-acclaimed panel and workshop programming.  Attendees can look forward to meeting Michael and having the opportunity to learn from him in our milestone 5th year! About Michael Knost: Michael Knost is a Bram Stoker Award®-winning editor and author of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and supernatural thrillers. He has written in various genres and helmed several anthologies. His Writers Workshop of Horror won the 2009 Bram Stoker Award® in England for superiorRead More →

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Imaginarium 2017 is proud to announce award-winning, multi-genre author Gary A. Braunbeck as an Imaginator guest! With 19 books, over 200 short stories, and genres spanning from mysteries, to thrillers, to science fiction, fantasy, horror and mainstream literature, Gary’s work exemplifies award-winning achievement and dedication to the craft of writing. An adjunct professor at Seton Hill University and frequent host of workshops and seminars, Gary is also an outstanding writing instructor who has always been willing to help other writers on their path. Imaginarum Convention is elated to have Gary joining us for our 4th year and our attendees will see why he is aRead More →

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Imaginarium 2017 is proud to announce 5 time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Lucy A. Snyder as an Imaginator Guest! From her novels, to her works in short fiction and non-fiction, and being a faculty member of Seton Hall University’s MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction, Lucy is one of the nation’s top talents in the world of creative writing. Imaginarium is thrilled to have her as an Imaginator Guest this coming year! About Lucy A. Snyder: Lucy A. Snyder is a five-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author. She wrote the novels Spellbent, Shotgun Sorceress, and Switchblade Goddess, the non-fiction book Shooting Yourself in the Head for Fun and Profit: A Writer’sRead More →