Larry Atchley
(Website)Larry Atchley Jr writes Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Horror, and Poetry. He has had many stories and poems published in anthologies, including two shared-world series, Heroes in Hell, and The Sha'Daa. He performs with the Seadog Slam, reciting pirate, steampunk, and adventure poetry at various events around North Texas. He enjoys tall ship sailing/spotting, reading and collecting books, drinking hot tea, hiking, history, and watching Brit-Coms with his wife Ali.
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Julie Barrett
(Stately Barrett Manor) (Steamcat) (Facebook)Julie Barrett is a writer, photographer, and maker of interesting things from Plano, TX. She is also a founding member of The Generic Radio Workshop, member of the Dallas Future Society board, and sells photography, fiber art, and hats through SteamCat.net. Julie writes short stories, radio plays, and whatever else helps pay the bills. She hates the bills. Find her at Stately Barrett Manor or on Facebook.Julie Barrett is a writer, photographer, and maker of interesting things from Plano, TX. She is also a founding member of The Generic Radio Workshop, member of the Dallas Future Society board, and sells photography, fiber art, and hats through SteamCat.net. Julie writes short stories, radio plays, and whatever else helps pay the bills. She hates the bills. Find her at Stately Barrett Manor or on Facebook.
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Jon Black
(Jon
Black) (Facebook)
(Twitter) (blueSky) (Instagram) Jon is an award-winning author, game designer, and musical journalist. His blend of historical fiction with pulp, supernatural, or horror twists has been called "historical fan service." Jon's publications include ther series combining 6th-century Arthurian fantasy with 21st-century pulp and the Jazz Age supernatural mystery, Gabriel's Trumpet. Look for Chupacabra vs. Rougarou and Hill Country Supernatural out soon!
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Paul Black
(Paul Black) (Wikipedia) (Facebook) Paul Black
always wanted to make movies, but a career in advertising sidetracked him. He's
the international award-winning author of The Tels, Soulware, Nexus Point, The Presence, The Samsara Effect, Cool
Brain, and Dark Slide. He has twice won the Independent Publishers Book Award, London and the New York Book
Festival. He has also been on the Barnes & Noble Regional Best Seller list,
has won the Writer’s Digest Book Award for Genre Fiction, and was optioned for television.
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Todd Caldwell
Todd grew up at an airport. Then went on to study physics and math. That led to a job building machines for high energy physics experiments. From there he went on to build missile launchers, and from there to air conditioners.
This is obviously leading to something involving a freeze ray and minions.
But for now, he's taken up conrunning.
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David Carrico
David Carrico, like a surprising number of other fans and writers, was a military brat, raised in the Air Force. He writes alternate history, science fiction, and fantasy, and is published by Baen Books and Eric Flint's Ring of Fire Press. His latest publication is The Blood Is the Life, released by Baen Books in September 2022, but there are new books from ROFP in 2022 as well.
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Jack Carroll
Jack Carroll is a long-time fan and author in the 1632 / Ring of Fire series, with 22 published stories, one published novel, and one freshly completed. His filk songs are in various fan hymnals. Professionally, he is a retired electronics engineer. Jack lives in New Hampshire, accompanied by two ever-inquisitive cats.
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Howard Carter
Howard Carter came to SF through watching Star Trek reruns in the 70s but didn't become a Con goer until the 2000s. He's a major classic film fan who is constantly hoping to see better SF films. For his day job, he has spent the majority of his career working for various NASA contractors. He has worked on projects ranging from EVA tools and Shuttle payloads, to the Orion capsule. Currently he supports the Commercial LEO Development Program.
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Lys Childs-Wiley
Melyssa “Lys” Childs-Wiley grew up in Western New York. She began reading at the age of four to escape watching apple trees grow, and hasn’t stopped.
Lys brought home as many books as the librarian allowed. When she wandered out of the children’s section into the main room, she discovered strands of Thread falling from the sky, to be destroyed by Dragonriders. This was when Lys realized that imagination is limitless. She has been writing, acting, and roleplaying ever since.
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R. Cat Conrad
(Facebook) R. Cat Conrad is a jack of all trades …especially if casting calls for someone named Jack. He’s an artist of note who doesn’t sing, but writes song parodies, an illustrator who paints, but has been known to draw to an inside straight, and an actor who campaigns for silent films where his non-speaking roles stand out. A dark ale lover, vintage comic historian, celebrated auctioneer and more…Cat's leather trousers have been active in the SF community for decades!
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J.L. Curtis
(JL Curtis) (twitter) (Amazon) (Facebook)JL Curtis has novels out in three different series, The Grey Man (urban fiction), Rimworld (military science fiction), and a new series, Showdown on the River (western). He has written a number of novellas and short stories for a number of anthologies. A retired Naval Flight officer, he spent 20+ years in the Navy, then worked as an engineer with a defense contractor for another 20+ years. A long-time shooter and NRA instructor, he now lives in North Texas and writes full time.
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Virginia DeMarce
Virginia DeMarce began writing in Eric Flint's 1632 alternate history series in 2001. She has co-written three books (1634: The Ram Rebellion; 1634: The Bavarian Crisis; 1635: The Dreeson Incident), one solo (1635: The Tangled Web) and numerous stories in the Ring of Fire anthologies and The Grantville Gazette (paper and online). DeMarce is a retired historian with a specialty in early modern Europe (Ph.D., Stanford, 1967). Now widowed, her other activities include genealogy, gardening, and volunteering.
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Chris Donahue
Chris Donahue is an electrical engineer living
in the Dallas area with his wife and fellow-author, Linda. A former member of a
Joe Bob Briggs' Drive In Review committee, he served the public by counting
rolling heads, types of Fu, and exposed breasts in committee films. Outside of
that, he has been a Navy Avionics tech, brewer, and writes sci-fi, military
fiction, horror, humor, and combinations of those themes. His first novel,
Death's Paladin, is now available.
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Linda L. Donahue
Linda has degrees in computer science, Russian studies, Earth science education, and electrical engineering. Additionally, she teaches tai chi and belly dancing, can borrow moon rock samples, and is a certified commercial instrument pilot, advanced ground instructor, and SCUBA diver. Her latest short stories have appeared in Heroic Fantasy Quarterly #25 and Chicks and Balances. Her novel, Jaguar Moon, is available from Yard Dog Press. She lives with her husband and pet rabbits, sugar gliders, and cats in Garland, Texas.
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Phillip Drayer Duncan
(Philip Drayer Duncan) (Website)
Phillip Drayer Duncan is the author of 15 novels including the Blade Mage, Moonshine Wizard, andAssassins Inc. series.
Along with reading and writing, he enjoys kayakin', canoein', fishin'; and pretty much anything nerdrelated. During warm months, his habitat includes the river or a campfire. In the colder season, he maybe spotted under a pile of books or videogames. His greatest dream is to become a Jedi, but since thathasn’t happened yet, he focuses on writing.
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Rhonda Eudaly
(Rhonda Eudaly) Rhonda Eudaly lives in Arlington, Texas where she's ventured into several industries and occupations for a wide variety of experience. She's married with dogs and a rapidly growing Minion© army. Her two passions are writing and music, which is evident in her increasing horde of writing instruments. Rhonda has a well-rounded publication history in fiction, non-fiction, and script writing. Check out her website for her latest publications and downloads.
(Photo by Bobby Hitt)
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Bill Fawcett
Bill has been a professor, teacher, corporate executive, dean, RPG, board game, and computer game designer. After writing for the early issues of Dragon Magazine in the 1970s Bill became one of the founders of, and lead designer at, Mayfair Games. He has continued his board and electronic game design work. In publishing Bill Fawcett & Associates has packaged over 400 books science fiction, fantasy, military, non-fiction, and licensed books for major publishers.
As an author Bill has written or co-authored over a dozen fiction books plus near one hundred articles and short stories. Bill collaborated on several mystery novels with Chelsea Quinn Yarbro including the Authorized Mycroft Holmes novels. He has edited two oral histories of the Navy SEALs. As an anthologist Bill has edited or co-edited over 40 anthologies. His most recent novels are the Blood and Armor Science Fiction series.
Bill’s historical "Mistakes" series include: It Seemed Like a good Idea, It Looked Good On Paper, and You Did What; How To Lose A Battle, How To Lose a War, How To Lose WWII, How To Lose a War at Sea, and How To Lose the American Civil War. Among his non-fiction books are: Oval Office Oddities, 100 Mistakes that Changed History, 100 Leadership Mistakes that Changed History, and 101 Stumbles in the March of History.
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Declan Finn
Declan Finn is the author of over 40 published books a slough of short stories. His writing spans the gamut from history to fantasy, to thrillers and romance. He was a Dragon award finalist for two of his Love at First Bite quartet. He is best known for his Urban fantasy series Saint Tommy, NYPD. He is currently publishing Honeymoon from Hell. His next project is On Tiber’s Edge, part of Blaine Lee Pardoe’s Land & Sea series. He can be easily found on social media.
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Mark Finn
(Mark Finn) (The Gentlemen Nerds) (Twitter) Mark Finn is an author, editor, game designer and pop culture critic. His writing can be found in various RPG zines, comics, books, anthologies, and elsewhere online courtesy of his fictitious North Texas Apocalypse Bunker. When he’s not waxing passionate about popular culture or Robert E. Howard, Finn writes stories, publishes cool stuff, and performs community theater. He lives in North Texas over a historic movie theater with his high school sweetheart and an embarrassing excess of books.
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J. H. Fleming
J.H. Fleming is the author of Jack of Crows, the Music the Gathering series, The Call of the Fae series, Rhythms of Magic, and Peter Pixie, Mayor of the Multiverse: The Black Wand. Her work has appeared in anthologies by NewCon Press, Evil Girlfriend Media, Mocha Memoirs Press, Seventh Star Press, and Pro Se Productions, as well as "New Realm Magazine" and "Visionary Tongue Magazine." She received her Bachelor’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Central Arkansas and is a full member of SFWA. She is also a founder and co-host of the Future Bestseller Podcast and the lead singer of the folk band Wildwood Minstrels.
In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing video games, and learning other languages. She'd prefer to live in a library in the middle of a forest, and has so far collected fourteen hundred books toward that goal. Until then, she and her boyfriend live just over the Arkansas-Missouri state line, where they keep buying more books than they have room for.
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Melanie Fletcher
(Melanie Fletcher) (Twitter)Melanie Fletcher writes SF as herself and romantasy as Nicola M. Cameron. Her most recent Melanie publication is the alternate history mystery novel A Most Malicious Murder, and her most recent Nicola publication is the romantasy novel Crystal Reflection. She also likes cheese.
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Monalisa Foster
(Monalisa Foster) (Facebook) (Amazon) Monalisa is an award-winning science fiction author whose main genre is space opera. Her first contact story, The Deviltree, won the 2023 AnLab for Best Novelette. She’s currently working on several sequels, both to Threading the Needle and in her Ravages of Honor series.
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Bill Frank
(Website) Bill Frank is an evildoer at NASA's Johnson Space Center. He is a Chief Training Officer--he leads the team that creates problems for astronauts and mission controllers during training events. His short story, 'Moon Unit,' was published in Analog Magazine.
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Julie Frost
(Facebook) Julie Frost is an award-winning author of every shade of speculative fiction. She lives in Utah with a herd of guinea pigs, her husband, and a “kitten” who thinks she’s a warrior princess. Her short fiction has appeared in Weird World War IV, Straight Outta Dodge City, Monster Hunter Files, The Horror at Pooh Corner, Cirsova, Sidearm and Sorcery, and many, many other venues. Her books are available on Amazon. Visit her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/julie.frost.7967/
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Generic Radio Workshop
(Generic Radio Workshop)Generic Radio Workshop has been around longer than the Golden Age of Radio lasted -- a little over thirty years. They started with the Texas Broadcast Museum and have performed at festivals, conventions, and yes, on the radio. They use as much vintage equipment as possible for that "old time radio" feel. Plus, many of their sound effects devices are hand-built, following period designs. While they've made a few concessions to modern technology, their core practices follow radio's Golden Age.
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Jan S. Gephardt
Jan S. Gephardt (pronouns: she/her) is a science fiction novelist, fantasy artist, publisher, and sf/f fan from Kansas City. Co-founder and Art Director of Weird Sisters Publishing, her “XK9” books feature a pack of uplifted police dogs in a far-future world. (the dog does not die). She recently finished and published the third novel in her XK9 “Bones” Trilogy. She’s also a former officer and current member of ASFA. Look for her nationally-recognized paper sculpture in the Art Show.
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Abby Goldsmith
(Abby Goldsmith) (Abby Facebook)Abby Goldsmith is the SFWA qualified author of a dark sci-fantasy book series which starts with Majority (Torth Book 1). Published by Podium, with audiobooks narrated by George Newbern, this 6 book epic was originally serialized online with over 750,000 views, and has garnered starred reviews from Booklist and Kirkus.
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RJ Hanson
(Website) (Facebook) (Twitter)R.J. Hanson is the author of the epic fantasy saga Bloodlines Reforged as well as the historical fiction play 'Fatherland' set in Texas in 1960 which is scheduled to run at the Addison Theater beginning May 15th, 2025. He is a retired detective with 27 years on the force and now owns and operates a small ranch with his wife, Michelle.
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C. Stuart Hardwick
(C. Stuart Hardwick) (Facebook) (Twitter) (Amazon) (BlueSky) (YouTube) C. Stuart Hardwick is an award-winning science fiction author whose work appears regularly in top anthologies and magazines and has been translated into a dozen languages. Most recently, he edited Tales of the United States Space Force for Baen Books and has a story coming in an upcoming issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact. A military brat from South Dakota, he's been known for blending hard science with human drama in compelling, thought-provoking stories. Visit his website for more info and a free story sampler.
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Teddy Harvia
Teddy Harvia
is the well-known pen name of David Thayer. He has drawn scores of wild
beasts, strange BEMs, and big-nosed whiz kids from a world far
from Earth who use short words to make fun of all kinds of things
in scores of toons and fan art for flyers, zines, and con pubs since 1967.
He lives with wife, Diana, and five fat cats in Dallas, Texas. To earn
his keep, he works with words at a high-tech firm.
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Bjorn Hasseler
In the early 2000s, Bjorn stumbled across Eric Flint's 1632 and discovered fans were not only allowed to write their own stories, but they also got paid for it. His first 1632 story was published in 2010, and he now has 4 novels and 26 shorter stories in the 1632verse. In 2014, he became assistant editor of the Grantville Gazette. He is now the editor-in-chief of Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond. His first non-1632 book came out in May 2024.
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Rob Howell
(Rob Howel) ( Amazon) ( BLOG ) (New mythology Press)Rob Howell is a founder of the Eldros Legacy fantasy setting and an author in the Four Horsemen Universe. He is also the publisher of New Mythology Press, including his work as editor of the Libri Valoris anthologies of heroic fantasy. He is a reformed medieval academic, a former IT professional, and a retired soda jerk. His parents discovered quickly books were the only way to keep Rob quiet. Without books, it’s unlikely all three would have survived.
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Gorg David Huff
(WarSpell) (Facebook) (Facebook Group) Born in Texas Gorg Huff has been many things in his life; paratrooper, construction worker, cashier, and so on before he became an author.
Gorg writes in several universes including the “1632” universe, the “Queen of the Sea” universe, “WarSpell” multiverse, the “StarWings” universe and others. His bibliography and snippets of upcoming books can be found at the WarSpell facebook group. His books can be bought on Amazon. And some of them at Baen.
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Fred Hughes
The International Bestselling Author of ‘The Prince of Britannia’ series, and its follow on series 'Heroes of Britannia,’ Fred writes military science fiction.
Fred believes characters are the most important part of a story. So important he starts with developing his characters and then writes the story through their eyes.
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Walter Hunt
(Walter H. Hunt) (Facebook) Walter H. Hunt is a science fiction and historical fiction writer. His first four books (the Dark Wing series) are military science fiction, originally published by Tor, presently part of the Baen Books e-library.
He has written two 1632 series books with the late Eric Flint, and a third will appear in March 2025. He has also written historical fiction and alternate history (most recently City by the Bay, soon to be republished by Prince of Cats).
He was formerly the librarian for the Grand Lodge of Freemasons in Boston.
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Albert Jackson
(LPI)
(History)
Dr. Jackson was member of the original Dallas Futurian Society and one of the
organizers of the July 1958 "Southwestercon 6", the first science fiction convention
in Texas. He has spent a fair portion of the intervening years working for NASA in
Houston.
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JL. Yarrow
(J L Yarrow) (Facebook) (TikTok) (JL Yarrow) John and Leanne Yarrow just released their international award winning sequel, Future Unfolds, the continuation of Future's Dark Past, and their series, the Time Forward Trilogy.
Their writing appeals to fans of science fiction and speculative fiction, blending scientific concepts with human emotion to transform their work into a journey through “future” possibilities.
They enjoy travel, hiking in the great outdoors, experiencing new places, and relishing a good meal and bottle of wine with family and friends.
Book three, Future Impact comes out in February 2026
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Becky Jones
After 20+ years teaching in different parts of the country, Becky realized that faculty politics had lost their allure and fled academia. She decided to try her hand at telling stories like the ones she loved to read. "Academic Magic" was her first work of fiction, quickly followed by a number of short stories, and the next two books in the "Academic Magic" series. She currently lives in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area with her husband and two cats.
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Bethanne Kim
Bethanne Kim is the publisher for the alternate history magazine Eric Flint's 1632 & Beyond. She currently writes alternate history (Eric Flint's 1632 universe) but has also written extensively about emergency preparedness and several cookbooks, as well as a book on the US Constitution.
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Dara Kountz
Dara Kountz is a creative with a wide range of interests. In addition to sewing cosplays and plushies, she has been a forever DM for over 20 years, written several books, and conducted panels on everything from being a creative to how to LARP to “Violent Women Of History”. Her latest work is an upcoming LARP in March - The Leprechaun’s Shark Tank. She can be found on Instagram as corvus_manor and facebook at Corvus Manor.
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Keith Lansdale
Keith Lansdale is a versatile writer of comics, film scripts, novels, and short stories. His notable works include films like The Pale Door and The Projectionist (in production). Keith has penned comics such as Red Range and Hoot Goes There (X-Files), and co-wrote the novel Big Lizard with Joe R. Lansdale. His short stories include Elijah’s Elixir, Hoppity White Rabbit Done Broke Down, and many others. Keith also co-edited About That Snowy Evening, as well as Son of Retro Pulp Tales. He co-wrote The Companion (which was picked up for Creepshow) and wrote the children's book In Waders From Mars.
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William Ledbetter
(William Ledbetter) William Ledbetter is a Nebula Award winning author with three novels and more than seventy speculative fiction stories and non-fiction articles published in five languages, in publications such as Asimov's, Fantasy & Science Fiction, and Analog. He's been a space and technology geek since childhood and spent most of his non-writing career in the aerospace industry. His Killday novel series is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Audible and Interstellar Flight Press.
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Steve Liptak
Steve Liptak is a retired pilot who has been involved in fantasy/SciFi and costuming for over 30 years. He has earned costume awards from DragonCon, AllCon, and Fencon. Over the last few years he has lectured on prop fabrication at conventions such as AKon, SoonerCon, and FenCon. He enjoys working in metal, leather, and plastics, and uses a kit-built 3D printer to speed prototyping. His last few projects have been lathed metal sonic screwdrivers, featured at Tardisbuilders.com in the UK.
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Julia S. Mandala
Julia S. Mandala holds a BA in history from Kansas State
University and a JD in law from Tulane. In addition to being editor of The
Fantasy Writers Asylum, an imprint of Yard Dog Press, she is a scuba diver and
belly dancer. She lives in Plano, TX with her husband, Larry, and two demanding,
but adorable cats. She is best known as a co-author of the Four Redheads of the
Apocalypse series and the Corimar series.
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Kip McMurray
Clifford R. (Kip) McMurray is a freelance writer who’s been an sf reader and space activist practically from birth. He has served on the National Space Society Board of Directors, including a term as Executive Vice-President and Policy Committee Co-Chairman. He was a founder of the NSS Space Blitz, an annual citizen lobbyist event. He’s the CEO of an editing and manuscript coaching company for authors and public speakers. He also filks and sings Irish music at the local pub.
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Ian McMurtrie
LawDog was born on the island of Malta to an oil engineer and a teacher -- both Americans. He was raised in Africa and the Middle East, before being dragged kicking and screaming to the United States.He has been a soldier, an EMT, a short order cook, the world's worst rodeo clown, and recently retired from law enforcement in Texas.When not Standing Out Front and Looking Pretty for his publishing house, he can be found in North Texas, usually staring perplexedly at a blinking cursor on a blank screen; in the company of a very patient lady and two fur children.
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Margaret Middleton
Describe Margaret in 80 words or less: voracious reader of not just F&SF, Filk Hall of Fame member, quilter, Civil Air Patrol member, model rocket builder, Gooneybird geek, willing to drive amazing distances to indulge any of these interests. Retired from 25 years of "designing piles of dirt and holes in the ground" for the Arkansas Highway Department; now lives in Eupora, MS. Yeah, that’s a 2-day drive from FenCon.
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Iain Miller
Conceived around the same time as FenCon - by some of the same people - Iain Miller is a local guitarist with folk influences. When not taking photos or playing cricket, Iain is training to be a professional hobo.
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Tim Morgan
Tim Morgan is an award-winning professional futurist, past president of the Dallas Future Society, and a former FenCon Con Chair He also occasionally writes essays on strategic foresight and the future on his Substack blog, The Everyday Futurist.
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Tracy S. Morris
(Tracy S. Morris) Tracy S. Morris’s journalism career was inaugurated with the O.J. Simpson Bronco chase and ended the week after 9/11. In between, she photographed presidents and sports legends. Tracy’s first novel, Tranquility, published 2005 by Yard Dog Press, was runner-up for Darrell Award for Best Midsouth Science Fiction in 2006. Bride of Tranquility, published in 2009, was a finalist for the Darrell Award in 2010. Both are in eBook format from Baen Books. Her most recent book, The Grantville Inquisitor, co-written with Brad Sinor, was published in 2021 by Ring of Fire Press.
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Michelle Muenzler (she/her)
(Michelle Muenzler) (Facebook) (Haiku Bakery) Michelle Muenzler (she/her) is an author of the weird and sometimes poet, also known as "The Cookie Lady" at local conventions. She bakes by day in Haiku Bakery, her in-house bakery, and writes dark and terrible things by night, all while trying not to be devoured by her cats. Visit her websites for links to her work...or for cookies if you are in the Dallas area!
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Kathleen O'Brien
(Vintage Fashion Explained) (Victorian Smoking Caps) (Writers' Resources) Kathleen M. O'Brien began sewing at age four, learning traditional techniques from her mother and grandmother. She collects and studies vintage clothing to decipher mysteries of drape and fit found in previous eras. Her costumes include both original designs and reproductions, utilizing many historical techniques. She enjoys sharing both these skills and her collection with others and has published several books including Victorian Smoking Caps and her Writers' Resources series.
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Stephen Patrick
(Facebook) Born in the Kentucky bluegrass, but inspired by the Lone Star
state, Stephen Patrick's storytelling ranges between historical, thriller,
science fiction, and horror. His most recent offerings include The Holocaust Engine trilogy
with David Rike, and stories in Road Kill: Texas Horror by Texas Authors, Vol
1 and 2 and Crimson Streets. Every
year, he explores new skills/disciplines to find ideas for his work. This year is yoga/breathing as a discipline and 3D design and printing, which have more in common than he cares to admit.
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Teresa Patterson
(Event Horizon EBooks) (Facebook)Teresa Patterson is a writer, artist, musician, and outdoorswoman. Known for the best selling World of the Wheel of Time, based on the Robert Jordan series, she has also partnered with authors such as Terry Brooks, Robert Asprin, and Bill Fawcett. As a fan she organized SF conventions, earned a Master rating in costuming, worked as a movie extra in films, and run a jousting and horseback combat show. She is currently working on a book called Trailer Trash.
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Ted Pennella
(Ted Pennella) (Facebook) (Instagram) Ted is
an Oklahoma-based architect, gamer, pithy observer of the human condition,
and author of the forthcoming sci-fi novel Infinity. As an architect for
twenty years, he's keenly aware of layout, design, and spatial relations,
which benefits him as a storyteller. With short stories published in various
anthologies, Ted writes to not just entertain, but also to show the struggles
of finding meaning in life, family, and love amongst those called friends and
enemies. When not listening to his characters eager to be fleshed out in his
writing, he fills his copious free time with woodworking, gaming, and
endeavoring to create the perfect cheesecake.
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Dusty Rainbolt
(Website) In decades past, Dusty got her thrills investigating haunted locations with her EMF meters and video cameras. Those experiences later fueled her paranormal mystery, Death Under the Crescent Moon, as well as her award-winning books Ghost Cats and Ghost Cats 2 – collections of personal accounts about things that head-bump in the night! Sci-fi fans know Dusty for her hilarious sci-fi adventure, All the Marbles, and the Four Redheads of the Apocalypse series co-authored with three other redheads.
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Kim Redford
(Kim Redford) (Goodreads) Kim Redford is the bestselling author of fantasy, horror, romance and history under several pen names. Her first novel sold a half million copies and Out of the West was optioned for a television movie. Fresh Fiction says “Tightly plotted, impeccably paced, and rich in Texan detail” about her cowboy firefighter series. She divides her time between city and country, frequently escaping to her ranch where she rides horses and plots her next novel.
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M. T. Reiten
(M. T. Reiten) (Facebook) M. T. Reiten comes to FenCon after relocating to the National Capitol Region after pursuing a new job during the pandemic. He is a Writers of the Future winner, Phobos award winner, and Jim Baen Memorial winner. His stories have appeared in S. M. Stirling's Change anthology and Robosoldiers: Thank You for Your Servos. His newest story is due out in June in Tales of the US Space Force, edited by C. Stuart Hardwick.
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David Rike
David Rike is the author of the Holocaust Engine series with Stephen Patrick. He is also the host of the YouTube channel "From the Bunker" which explores topics of literature and the possibility of societal collapse.
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Rook Riley
(Rook Riley)(Facebook)(Instagram)(Podcast) Rook Riley (she/they) is a former Army linguist, horror author, game writer, voice actor, and middle school teacher who occasionally participates in the Good Morning Evildoers podcast. Their work on Edge Games' Arkham Horror RPG solidified a lifelong aversion to Lovecraft's particular nomenclature.
An active member of the Horror Writers Association, Red Herring Society, Texas Center for the Missing, and Cold Case Coalition, Rook’s recent stories appear in All the Promises We Cannot Keep (Nov 2024) and the upcoming Don’t Ask, Ghosts Tell.
Current hobbies include binge-watching horror and collecting tattoos. Follow Rook on Instagram, FB, or their website for updates. And don't forget to checkout the podcast!
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Selina Rosen
(Selina Rosen) (Yard Dog Press) (Castle Farms) (Facebook) (YouTube) Some of Selina Rosen’s short fiction has appeared in The Lorelei Signal, Sword and Sorceress, Turn the Other Chick, and Thieves’ World. Her most recent novel, The Territories, is the 5th in the Sword Masters series. Among her 33+ novels are the Chains trilogy, Strange Robby, The Holmes & Storm Mysteries, and How I Spent the Apocalypse. She has also written a self-help book, It’s Not Rocket Science, and non-genres including The Pit and Vanishing Fame. Visit her on YouTube.
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Amber Royer
(Amber Royer) (Facebook) (Instagram) (Youtube) (Amazon) (Goodreads)Amber Royer writes the Chocoverse comic telenovela-style foodie-inspired space opera series, and the Bean to Bar Mysteries. She also teaches creative writing and is an author coach. Amber and her husband live in the DFW Area. They both love to travel, and Amber records her adventures on Instagram – along with pics of her pair of tuxedo cats. Amber blogs about creative writing technique and all things chocolate on her website.
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Ken Ruffin
(Twitter) (National Space Society of North Texas) Ken Ruffin, a former career environmental engineer and the ongoing president of the National Space Society of North Texas (NSS-NT), is transitioning into a space industry career by leveraging his aerospace engineering undergraduate education and his extensive public speaking experience. Ken has spoken to over 200 audiences in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) Metroplex, Texas, USA, and he has been interviewed dozens of times by DFW-area TV news stations, all regarding the present and future of space travel. Ken has been pursuing contracts to conduct public outreach directly with companies in the commercial spaceflight industry, in order to engage and inform audiences of all ages at museums, planetariums, nonprofit organization meetings, libraries, and more, about the importance of those companies' missions.
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Cedar Sanderson
(Cedar Sanderson)Cedar Sanderson's long and checkered career started with being paid in plants. Since then, she's come to prefer money, and has tried many ways to earn it: balloon twister, face painter, children's librarian, scientist, cosmetic chemist, author, artist, and many more. Currently she writes for a living with facts, and on the side she writes fiction for fun. Author of ten novels, countless short stories, and a children's book, she has also edited an anthology, and illustrated five coloring books. A born researcher, Cedar's passion for reading metamorphosed into writing, fueled by her long interest in history, infectious disease, food anthropology, and human behavior. After her four children had reached a suitable age, Cedar returned to higher education and obtained a Bachelor's of Science in Forensic Science and Investigation with minors in Chemistry and Molecular Biology, which enabled her to finally display the credentials to match her passion for scientific research. She currently resides somewhere in the north of Texas with a retired husband (who brings her coffee in the morning), a teenage son and his cat, and the family dog. She creates art daily, and writes fiction as often as she can make time. Her business, Sanderley Studios, offers her an umbrella under which she offers graphic design services, publishes her fiction and art books, and enables her to edit anthologies on occasion.
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Adrian Simmons
(Facebook) (Heroic Fantasy Quarterly) (Heroic Fantasy Quarterly Facebook) (Best of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly) Adrian Simmons writes and edits from a
well-stocked location in central Oklahoma. When not working on his own writing,
he hammers out Heroic Fantasy Quarterly ezine. There is
backpacking in his life, and taekwondo, too. He’s helmed 49
issues of Heroic Fantasy Quarterly released and three
best-of anthologies. His fiction has appeared in James Gunn's Ad Astra,
Tales From the Magician’s Skull, and Giganotosaurus. His
nonfiction has been published at Strange Horizons, Internet
Review of Science Fiction, and Black Gate.
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Libby A. Smith
Libby A. Smith’s short stories have appeared in Avast, Ye Airships and Haunted Holidays, online at 4 Star Stories, and in small press comics. Her adaptation of ‘Rainbow Bridge’ was designed for cross-stitch by Sue Hillis. A member of the filk pirate group Bad Bards & Beyond, she has been known to burst into songs at inappropriate times. Libby lives in Central Arkansas with Oscar Wilde and Dolly Parton, her cats.
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Mike Stewart
(Victorious Website) (Facebook)Mike Stewart is a prolific writer in the tabletop RPG industry for decades, including an award winning Steampunk RPG Victorious. He is also working on the Gygax Castle Zagyg dungeon. His fiction has appeared in several anthologies for various publishers.
Mike is a podcaster, and is a founding host of the Save For Half podcast, a show about Old School games and current inspirations.
In his secret identity, he's a professor of US history, but don't tell anyone!
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Marc Tyrrell
Marc Tyrrell is a recovering academic who still reads too much. As an Anthropologist who looks at how people make sense of their world, he has studied everything from cults to military / intelligence operations over the past 5000 years. Outside of his academic writing, which people are still trying to make sense of, he has written stories in the 1632-verse and OP ED pieces for several publications including War On The Rocks. When he's not writing, he's usually singing obscure music from the 16th through 18th centuries or trying out new recipes.
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John Van Stry
(John Van Stry) John Van Stry is a United States Air Force Veteran with over sixty novels in print. He has worked in robotics, as a flight test engineer, and as a quality and test engineer in the medical devices industry. He is a collector of motorcycles and former big cat trainer. He is an indy author as well as a Baen author writing both SciFi and Urban Fantasy. He is the author of the Wolfhounds Series(SciFi), Portals of Infinity (Series - Urban Fantasy), Summer's End (SciFi - Baen), Days of Future Past Trilogy (SciFi/Post Apocalypse), Valens Legacy Series (Urban Fant - as Jan Stryvant), Dan's Inferno Series (Urban Fant - as Jan Stryvant).
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Alex Wakal
(Alex Wakal) (Facebook)Alex got tired of the military after 25 years and decided to get a real job. He is still looking despite experience in intelligence, munitions, and law enforcement but meanwhile he serves as a museum director, runs a shooting range, and shamelessly spoils longhorns. He understands that “military intelligence” makes as much sense as "honest politician" and that “military grade” is both a baseline and a pejorative. He is still perfecting his Far Side homage "cow phone" project.
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C.V. Walter
https://cvwalter.com/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 adventures where passion knows no bounds.
But C.V. isn’t just about cosmic canoodling. As a firm believer that the family you choose is more important than the one you’re born into, C.V. infuses her stories with the power of found family and unbreakable bonds forged in the heart of the universe.
When she’s not navigating the stars and penning tales of extraterrestrial amore, you can find C.V. bouncing between the stunning vistas of Colorado and the wide-open skies of Texas, always on the lookout for inspiration (and maybe a close encounter of the third kind).
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Mel. White
(Facebook) (Twitter) Known to her kids as "Indiana Mom", Mel. has gone back to school to become "Dr. Indiana Mom." She still works on fossils for the Museum of Nature and Science and is now a volunteer educator at Trinity River Audubon Center as well as a Texas Master Naturalist. She's also a proud member of the Yard Dog Press gang, with a story in A Bubba in Time Saves None.
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D.L. Young
(Facebook) (Instagram) (TikTok)D.L. Young is a Pushcart Prize nominee and winner of the Independent Press Award. He’s the author of the Dark Republic series, set in a failed Texas secession, the Amazon bestselling Cyberpunk City series, and the space opera trilogy Empire and Ashes.
His intense, fast-paced novels echo his many influences from books and movies, including Star Wars, Dune, Blade Runner, Star Trek, and the novels of William Gibson.
For more on his books, check out his website.
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