2024 Special Guest Authors
Time Travelers Weekend

~ Mike Allen ~
Saturday & Sunday
November 16 & 17

Mike Allen is an author, editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy and horror. He has written, edited, or co-edited thirty-nine books, among them his forthcoming dark fantasy novel Trail of Shadows, his sidearms, sorcery, and zombies sequence The Black Fire Concerto and The Ghoulmaker’s Aria, and his new horror collection, Slow Burn.

Unseaming and Aftermath of an Industrial Accident, his first two volumes of horror tales, were both finalists for the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Story Collection, and his dark fable “The Button Bin” was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. He’s a three-time winner of the Rhysling Award for poetry. His six poetry collections include Strange Wisdoms of the Dead, a Philadelphia Inquirer Editor’s Choice selection, and Hungry Constellations, a Suzette Haden Elgin Award nominee.

As an editor and publisher, he has been nominated twice for the World Fantasy Award: first, for his anthology Clockwork Phoenix 5, the culmination of the Clockwork Phoenix series showcasing tales of beauty and strangeness that defy genre classification; and then, for Mythic Delirium, the magazine of poetry and fiction he edited for twenty years. With his wife, Anita, he runs Mythic Delirium Books, based in Roanoke, Virginia. Their cat Pandora assists.

Find him on Instagram at @mythicdelirium and on BlueSky at @mythicdelirium.bsky.social.

Cass Morris lives her life at the intersection of storytelling, performance, and education as a writer and editor of novels, short fiction, and immersive experiences. Her novels, The Aven Cycle, are Roman-flavored historical fantasy. She is also one-third of the team behind the four-time Hugo Award Finalist podcast Worldbuilding for Masochists. Cass works as Story Editor at Mythik Camps, providing writing and developmental editing for the mythology-themed summer camps' interactive theatrical experiences, as well as other programming and media projects. Previously, she worked in the education department at the American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, VA. She holds a Master of Letters in Shakespeare studies from Mary Baldwin University and a BA in English and History from the College of William and Mary. Find her online at linktr.ee/cassrmorris.

~ Megan Sheperd ~
Sunday November 17

New York Times bestseller and Carnegie Medal-nominated author Megan Shepherd grew up in her family’s independent bookstore in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She is the author of many acclaimed novels for readers of all ages. She now lives and writes on a haunted 130-year-old farm outside Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband and children, cats, chickens, bees, and an especially scruffy dog.

~ Sam Parks ~
Saturday & Sunday
November 16 & 17

Sam Parks, a.k.a. Sam Gale, moved from North Carolina to the UK to pursue her love for writing. Now she’s settled there, writing romantic stories and going for long walks with her golden retriever Kirby. In the little spare time she has between working full-time and writing books, she likes to play D&D with her friends and dress up like she could stumble through a portal into a fantasy realm at any moment. She also reads as much as life allows, documenting her reading and writing on her YouTube channel, @searchingforsamantha. Her website is www.samanthaparks.com

~ Scott Reintgen ~
Saturday Only
November 16

Scott Reintgen is a former public school teacher from North Carolina. When he's not writing, he uses his imagination to entertain his wife, Katie, and their three children. Scott is the New York Times bestselling author of A Door in the Dark, the Nyxia trilogy, and The Last Dragon on Mars. You can find him on Instagram at reintgen, on X as Scott_Thought, or visit his website at itspronouncedrankin.com.