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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, publisher, screenwriter, and podcaster Tony Acree as a Spotlighted Guest! Tony is the author of the award-winning Victor McCain thrillers. Two streaming shows, one based on his Victor McCain thrillers, and the other on his Samantha Tyler thrillers, will be produced by Dark Harbor Pictures. In addition, his screenplay, Songs of Bloody Harlan has been optioned for the silver screen by Jamezz Hampton and 1209 Productions. His screenwriting honors include awards from the L.A. Film Awards and Imaginarium, where The Dead Man’s Flood most recently won Best Long Format Screenplay. Tony’s award-winning publishing house, Hydra Publications, features several imprintsRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning screenwriter, filmmaker, and comic creator Devin Hylton as a Spotlighted Guest! Devin is a two-time Imadjinn Award winner, as well as a second-place finisher in the inaugural Arlan Andrews, Sr. Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Story Challenge. Devin has placed in Oscar-qualifying film festivals including Cinequest, Hollyshorts, and Flickers. He also won awards as diverse as, The Dark Fest, Gen Con, and Treasure Coast. His first feature film, The Repairman, won numerous awards internationally and screened on multiple continents. Devin has also published several graphic novels from companies as diverse as Markosia Enterprises and Arcana Studio! In addition, some propertiesRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author Laura Hawks as an Official Panelist! Laura will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Laura.below! About Laura Hawks: Ms. Hawks has always been interested in writing in some form or other, including writing for a local newspaper. Deciding to become more knowledgeable, she headed back to school and received her Master’s Degree in Ancient Civilizations, Native American History and United States History. It was at this time she got involved in role playing on FaceBook, which gave her ample opportunities to grow and hone her writing ability. She lives in theRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes content creator, filmmaker, and podcaster Chris Flanigan as a Spotlighted Guest! His company TN2M Shows was created in 2015 on a single podcast and has grown to include several podcasts, a YouTube channel, live events, and so much more! The podcasts are heard in 41 countries, and the TN2M Shows YouTube page has grown to over 192,000 subscribers. Whether it’s shorts, long form videos, podcasts, or even feature length productions, Chris is always pushing to find his next creative outlet! We are honored to have Chris join us for our 14th year, taking place July 23-25, 2027 in Louisville, Kentucky atRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, artist, poet, and journalist Gabrielle Faust as a Spotlighted Guest! Gabrielle has predominantly focused her work within the dystopian cyberpunk horror, horror, and dark fantasy genres for her long-form work including short stories, novels, and novellas. Crowned “Vampire Royalty of New Orleans” in 2010, she is best known for her post-apocalyptic vampire series Eternal Vigilance which received high international praise by critics and readers alike. Her work as an entertainment journalist and editorial illustrator has appeared in dozens of publications including Weird Tales Magazine, Austin Food & Wine Magazine, SyFy, Blastr, Fear Zone, Girls & Corpses Magazine, Revelator, andRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Tommy B. Smith as an Official Panelist! Tommy will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Tommy.below! About Tommy B. Smith Tommy B. Smith is a writer of horror and dark fiction whose works meander through the darker spaces of the psychological and the cosmic. A two-time Imadjinn Award-winning author and 2023 nominee for the Michael Knost Wings Award, he has been featured in numerous publications to span the years, and is the author of the Black Carmenia series. As well, he currently serves as secretary for the heartland chapter ofRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author Matt Clark as an Official Panelist! Matt will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Matt.below! About Matt Clark: Matt Clark writes psychological horror rooted in grief, guilt, and institutional failure — stories about what happens when the people or systems meant to protect us don’t, and what it costs the ones left behind to live with that. He’s drawn to unreliable narrators and slow-building dread over shock or gore, and to horror that stays believable even when what’s hunting his characters isn’t human — the damage it leaves behind alwaysRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, filmmaker, podcaster, screenwriter, and playwright Amy Leigh McCorkle as a Spotlighted Guest! a 4x Telly, Silver Davey, ISA, World Entertainment Award-winning filmmaker and is one half of Healing Hands Entertainment. With over 40 published works and 40+ produced films Amy is also a fierce mental health advocate. Amy is the author of the international  #1 Amazon Bestseller Letters to Daniel. Currently, the sequel to Letters to Daniel, Letters to Matthew, is in development, She has a 2 picture deal with Fish4Him Entertainment, and is partnering with NAMI of Louisville on the documentary Hope Reimagined: One Woman’s Journey Overcoming Stigma.Read More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes poet, author, podcaster, and blogger Erynn Crittenden as an Official Panelist! Erynn will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Erynn.below! About Erynn Crittenden: Erynn Crittenden has written poetry since she could hold a pen. This love prompted her to earn a BA in Creative Writing, where she learned how to experiment with syllables and styles. Since then, Erynn has self-published four poetry collections (“By the Bones,” “Transfiguration,” “Into the Western Sky,” and “Structured Chaos”), and also works as a contributor and editor for the Coffee House Writers Magazine. Her work has appearedRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author and journalist Dave Creek as an Official Panelist! Dave will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Dave.below! About Dave Creek: Dave Creek is the author of the novels CHANDA’S LEGACY, CHANDA’S HOMECOMING, WATCHER OF THE SKIES, ALL HUMAN THINGS, CHANDA’S AWAKENING, SOME DISTANT SHORE, SAUROTOPIA (with Rosemary Claire Smith) and short story collections A GLIMPSE OF SPLENDOR, THE HUMAN EQUATIONS, THE SECRET OF PLAINSVILLE, KAYONGA’S DECISION, and novella THE EPHEMERAL. His short stories have appeared in ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION AND FACT, AMAZING STORIES, and APEX magazines, and various anthologies. InRead More →