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PEOPLE, PLACES, & CONVENTIONS WE'RE ATTENDING
**** PEOPLE ****
Selina Rosen (Author & Editor-in-chief of
YARD DOG PRESS)
Lynn Abbey (Author)
David Lee Anderson (Artist)
Maggie Bonham (Author)
Peter Bradley (Artist)
P.D.
Cacek (Author // Horror)
C.J. Cherryh (Author // Sci-Fi /Fantasy)
Claudia Christian (Actress, singer, & writer)
Richard
Dansky (Horror writer, game
designer/developer, etc.)
Jerry Davis (Author)
Linda J. Dunn (Author)
William (Bill) Eakin (Author // spec fic /
regional dark humor/horror)
Rhonda
Eudaly (Author)
Jane Fancher (Author // Sci-Fi /Fantasy)
Detra Fitch (Reviewer extraordinaire!)
Melanie Fletcher (Author)
Beverly Hale (Sci/Fi, Fantasy,
Children's stories, cook books, you name it; she writes it.)
Gary Jonas (Author of One Way Ticket
To Midnight and many other strange tales)
Kevin Hopkins (John Kevin Hopkins) (Artist)
Janis Ian -- You probably remember her as a
singer/songwriter. Now she's breaking into SciFi. Check out her site.
Gary Jonas (Author // Sci-Fi/Horror)
Katharine Eliska
Kimbriel (Author)
William Ledbetter (Author)
Tracy Morris (Author)
Lee
Martindal (Author/Editor)
Gary Moreau (Author // Sci-Fi)
Vera Nazarian (Author // Sci-Fi
& Fantasy // SFWA Musketeer)
Gloria Oliver (Author // Sci-Fi, Fantasy
& Dark Fantasy)
Andrew Probert (Artist -- check it out!)
Dusty Rainbolt (Author // Sci-Fi & NF //
"Cat person" extrordinaire)
Ken Rand (Author)
Unfortunately, Ken is lost to us now, but you can still find his work both at
his web site and here at our store.
Sandra
SanTara -- Windwolf // Creativity at the Speed of Flight. Visionary artwork. Tribal Designs. Originals. Prints.
T-Shirts. All by Sandra SanTara.
Bradley
Sinor (Author // reviewer)
Glenn R. Sixbury (Author)
Allison Stein (Artist)
Mark Tiedemann
(Author & Photo-artist)
Laura J. Underwood -- Author, artist,
harpist, musketeer -- a true "Renaissance" Woman!! Check out her Cafe Press site!
John Urbancik at Dark Fluidity. (Author &
Critic // Horror)
**** PLACES ****
Apex Science Fiction and Horror Digest. Lots of
great information and useful links. Check it out.
Baryon (online) Magazine, for the finest in reviews.
BookCrossing.com. This website encourages people
to Read, Register, and the Release their books "into the wild" and then keep
track of where they go and the lives they touch. Best of all, it's FREE. While
we usually don't encourage giving away books (go figure!) this is a great way to get new
readers!
Castle Farms--Selina Rosen's dairy farm and animals
EDGE Books. New and Used SF and Fantasy
Collectables.
The Eternal Night Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror
Fiction Web Site. A great UK connection!
Fantastic Literature Ltd., (Simon & Laraine Gosden) -- 16,000 out of
print and rare books - 10% cheaper than our stock on all major search engines. We
accept all major credit cards including VISA, M'Card, Switch, Delta & Solo. You can
also use Pay Pal. The UK's biggest on line out-of-print science fiction, fantasy and
horror genre bookshop! Fanzines, pulps and vintage paperbacks as well.
4 Star
Stories.com, (David Gray & Mary Gearhart-Gray) -- Great on-line magazine with
awesome taste!. Check out Selina's story
here.
Instant Attitudes -- Shirts, buttons, and much,
much more!
Locate Authors -- A great site to find out about a new
author or find your favorite author's website.
The Omaha Science Fiction Education Society, Inc. //
An excellent fan-run site full of information on fandom in the Omaha area and with links
to many other interesting conventions, presses, people, and publications. Check it
out! Hey, they really like YDP, so they obviously have excellent taste! :-)
Pegasus
Publishing
Penguin Playhouse Players // An off-off-off... OK it
has NOTHING to do with Broadway, but this group of players sure can make you laugh.
If you've been to Conestoga or the old OKon, you've probably run into them. Check
out their new site!
ReadAssist.org -- "...links to sources of
E-books, audio books, and paper books, to SF fannish activity, and (especially for those
whose hands or eyes no longer do their bidding) to sources of gadgets and software
(assistive technology) that will enable them to continue to enjoy fiction and
fanac." This is worth a look, folks!
Swimming Kangaroo Books // A great new micro press.
Check them out!
Van Der Ploeg Knife Works // Dolls and daggers!
Great stuff. Check them out!
**** CONVENTIONS ****
Conventions marked with ** will be attended by Selina, but not by the company.
Conventions marked with ?? ( if any ) we are still undecided about, but are STRONG "maybes".
Conventions marked with :-( we will NOT be attending, but encourage anyone in the area to do so because we'd be there if we could be.
Con DFW IX, Dallas, TX -- February
17-19, 2012.
Midsouth Con, Memphis, TN -- March
23-25, 2012.
ConQuesT,
KC, MO -- Memorial Day Weekend, May 25-27 2012.
SoonerCon, Oklahoma City, OK -- June
15-17, 2012.
Selina will be Toastmaster.
Trek-Expo, Tulsa, OK, June
22-24, 2012. The writing track is back!
That's right, we're hosting a writing track at Trek-Expo again in 2012. We tried
it in 2010 to limited success, but with more advertising we're hoping to beef up
the attendance. So, fans of literary/writing programming, there will be even
more for you at Trek Expo this year. Get your tickets now!
FenCon, Dallas/Fort Worth, TX -- September
21-23, 2011.
Archon 34, St. Louis, MO
(Actually held in Collinsville, IL) -- October 12-14, 2012.
Different Weekend!
Memphis Comic and Fantasy Convention, Memphis, TN -- November 9-11, 2012