Events

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OryCon 45
October 17–29, 2025
DoubleTree Hotel Portland, 1000 NE Multnomah St, Portland, OR

Readings by Horror Writers
October 24, 2025
Bold Coffee and Books - 1755 SW Jefferson St., Portland, OR
6:30–8:30pm

Horror Author Halloween Party
October 25, 2025
Beaverton City Library - 12375 SW 5th St., Beaverton, OR
1:00–3:00pm

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon - 30th Anniversary
September 19–21, 2025
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Sat 2:00pm @ Sonder Bar: Author Reading
Sun 4:00pm @ Sonder Bar: Panel: Reanimate THIS!: Reclaiming the Mythos

OryCon 44
October 18–20, 2024
DoubleTree Hotel Portland, 1000 NE Multnomah St, Portland, OR
Fri 7:30–8:00pm @ Grant: Author Reading
Sat 1:00–1:50pm @ Morrison: Essential Fantasy Novels
Sat 3:00–3:50pm @ Dealer Lobby: Autograph Session 2
Sat 6:00-6:50pm @ Broadway: Archery In Reality
Sat 7:00-8:50pm @ Grant: Northwest Speculative: Cozier Cosmic Readings

Author Readings by Oregon Horror Writers
October 25, 2024
Bold Coffee and Books - 1755 SW Jefferson St., Portland, OR
7:00–9:00pm: HWA Horror Author Readings

Booverton
October 26, 2024
Beaverton City Library - 12375 SW 5th St, Beaverton, OR
1:00–3:00pm @ Meeting Room B: Horror Authors Book Party

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 4–6, 2024
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Sat 4:00pm @ Sonder Bar: Author Reading
Sun 10:00am @ Hollywood Library: Panel: Ghosts and the Uncanny in the Modern World
Sun 2:00pm @ Hollywood Library: Panel: Monsters In/Inspiring by Nature

StokerCon 2024
May 30 – June 2, 2024
San Diego Marriott – Mission Valley - 8757 Rio San Diego Dr, San Diego, CA

Andrew S. Fuller Reading
November 26, 2023
Rose City Book Club - 1329 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR
7:00–8:30pm: Author Reading, book signing

OryCon 43
November 10–12, 2023
Holiday Inn Portland – Columbia Riverfront - 909 N Hayden Island Dr, Portland, OR
Fri 4:00pm @ Flanders: Author Reading
Sat 1:00pm @ Ballroom Foyer: Autograph Session
Sat 6:00pm @ Rm 256: Panel - Decade’s Best Horror
Sat 7:00pm @ Pettygrove: Panel Mixing Genres

Author Readings by Oregon Horror Writers
October 31, 2023
Mad Hanna - 6129 NE Fremont St, Portland, OR
5:00–8:00pm: Author Readings

Author Readings from The Cozy Cosmic anthology
October 21, 2023
Browser’s Books - 107 Capitol Way N, Olympia WA
4:00–6:00pm: Author Readings

The Cozy Cosmic anthology - Virtual Reading
October 13, 2023
Virtual Reading - join here https://tinyurl.com/2a2485fm
7:00pm: Author Readings

Book Launch The Cozy Cosmic anthology
October 10, 2023
Rose City Book Club - 1329 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR
5:30–7:30pm: Author Readings

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 6–7, 2023
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Sun 1:00pm @ Hollywood Library: Author Reading
Sun 2:00pm @ Hollywood Library: Panel: Monsters: Indistinct or Immeasurable
Sun 4:00pm @ Hollywood Library: Panel: Modern Cosmic: The More We Change, The More We Stay the Same?

Release Day Reading
April 21, 2023
Live stream reading from new book Constellations of Ruin
Friday 4:00pm (Pacific): Livestream on YouTube
we had to move this at last minute to Instagram — will do another soon!

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 7-9, 2022
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Sat 10:30am–1:30pm: Author Readings at Multnomah County Library - Hollywood Branch

OryCon 42
November 12–14, 2021
Red Lion Hotel - Jantzen Beach, Portland, OR
Sat 1pm: Author Reading

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 1–3, 2021
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Sun 1pm: Author Reading

Rainforest Writers Retreat
Feb 26 – March 1, 2020
Quinalt, WA

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 2–4, 2020
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR

Rainforest Writers Retreat
Feb 26 – March 1, 2020
Quinalt, WA

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 4–6, 2019
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Fri 7PM: Author Reading
Sun 1PM: Lovecraft Under the Gun 72-Hour Short Film: Cloudfall
Sun 8:30PM: Shadows Out of Time - panel

Locus Awards
June 28 – 30, 2019
Seattle, WA

Rainforest Writers Retreat
Feb 27 – March 3, 2019
Quinalt, WA

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 5–7, 2018
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Sat 10AM–12PM: Author Signing
Sat 3–4PM: Author Reading

Rainforest Writers Retreat
March 7–11, 2018
Quinalt, WA

OryCon 39
November 17–19, 2017
Red Lion Hotel - Jantzen Beach, Portland, OR
Fri 2:00–3:00PM: Panel - Voice & Style
Sat 12:30–1:00PM: Reading
Sun 12:00–1:00PM: Panel - Short Stories, Novelettes, Novellas, and The Markets Who Love Them

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 6–8, 2017
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR

Rainforest Writers Retreat
March 1–5, 2017
Quinalt, WA

Bizarro Con 2016
November 17–20, 2016
Edgefield - 2126 SW Halsey St. Troutdale, OR
Saturday evening & the otherwise bar

OryCon 38
November 18–20, 2016
Portland Marriott Downtown - Waterfront 1401 SW Naito Parkway, Portland, OR
Sat 11:00 AM: Panel - Publishing Ethics
Sat 1:00 PM: Panel - Strong Characters in SF
Sat 3:00 PM: Panel - Short Stories, Novelettes, Novellas, and The Markets Who Love Them

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 7–9, 2016
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Sun Oct 9 9:30 PM: Reading

Westercon 69
July 1–4, 2016
Doubletree Hotel - 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR
Fri Jul 1 4:30 PM: Reading
Fri Jul 1 5:00 PM: Panel - Short Fiction Markets
Fri Jul 1 8:00 PM: Panel - Literary Beer
Fri Jul 1 9:00 PM: Panel - Match Game SF
Sun Jul 3 11:00 AM: Panel - Cosmic Horror in Mainstream Media

Rainforest Writers Retreat
March 2–6, 2016
Quinalt, WA

OryCon 37
November 20–22, 2015
Portland Marriott Downtown - Waterfront 1401 SW Naito Parkway, Portland, OR
Friday 3PM: Panel - Strong Characters in SF
Friday 4PM: Panel - Buy Your Unconscious Mind a Drink
Friday 6PM: Reading
Saturday 7PM: Panel - Short Stories, Novelettes, Novellas, and the Markets That Love Them
Sunday 11AM: Panel - Publishing Ethics

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 2–4, 2015
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Saturday 8PM: Reading
Sunday 9:30PM: Panel - Small Press Publishing in the New Weird

World Horror Con 2015
May 7–10, 2015
Atlanta Marriott Marquis - 265 Peachtree Center Ave., Atlanta, GA
Thursday 10PM: Panel - Dark Carnivale: Freaks, Geeks, Magicians and Spiritualists
Friday 12PM: Panel - Beyond the Edge: Screenwriting Without Frontiers
Friday 6:30PM: Mass Author Signing

CthulhuCon
April 25–26, 2015
Crowne Plaza, 1441 NE 2nd Ave., Portland, OR
Saturday 4PM: Panel - External Monsters, Internal Demons
Sunday 1:15PM: Reading

OryCon 36
November 7–9, 2014
Doubletree Hotel - 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR
Friday1PM: Publishing Ethics
Friday 4PM: Short Stories, Novelettes and Novellas, and The Markets Who Love Them
Friday 9PM: A Darke Phantastique signing
Saturday 1PM: Freaking Me Out, Not Grossing Me Out
Sunday 2:30PM: Reading

World Horror Con 2014
May 8–11, 2014
Doubletree Hotel - 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR
Friday 6–9PM: Mass Signing
Friday 12PM: Writers’ Workshop Session, Pro Author
Saturday 10AM: Reading

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
April 11–13, 2014
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Saturday 3PM: Reading
Sunday 1PM: Lovecraft Under the Gun short film

OryCon 35
November 8–10, 2013
Doubletree Hotel - 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR
Friday 2–3pm (Jefferson/Adams Rm.): Publishing Ethics
Friday 5:30–6pm (Grant Rm.): Author Reading
Saturday 11am–12pm (Roosevelt Rm): Magical Realism
Sunday 12–1pm (Madison Rm.): Short Stories, Novelettes and Novellas, and The Markets Who Love Them

GearCon 2013
July 5–7, 2013
Doubletree Hotel - 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR
Friday 3PM: Steampunk Bookshelf
Friday 4PM: Book Reading, Signing and Author Chat
Saturday 5PM: First 500 Words – Open Reading Critique
Saturday 6PM: Steampunking American Literature
Saturday 7PM: Stranger than Fiction
Sunday 11AM: Multnomah & Holladay: Mega Writers’ Panel

World Horror Con 2013
June 13–16, 2013
Hotel Monteleone - 214 Royal St., New Orleans, LA
Mass signing: 8–9pm Friday

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
May 3–5, 2013
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR

OryCon 34
November 2–4, 2012
Doubletree Hotel - 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR
Panel: Saturday 11am–12pm (Hawthorne) “Publishing Ethics”
Reading: Saturday 12:30pm–1:00pm (Grant)
Panel: Saturday 2–3pm (Lincoln) “Stalking the wild anthology — tips for success”

Deadfellas Hallowe’en Bash
October 31, 2012 at 8:30pm
Jack London Bar - 529 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR
Readings by: Kerry Cohen (Loose Girl), Andrew S. Fuller (The Circus Wagon), and G. Xavier Robillard (Captain Freedom).

Readercon 23
July 12–15, 2012
Burlington Marriott, Burlington, MA

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
May 11–13, 2012
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Panel: 8pm Saturday “Writing New Horrors”
Reading: Sunday 3pm (short fiction)
Short-film: 3pm Saturday, 9pm Sunday “Coda”

World Horror Con 2012
March 29 – April 1, 2012
Radisson Hotel - Salt Lake City, UT
Reading: Friday 11am
Signing: Friday 8pm
Panel: Saturday 1pm “The Supernatural in Fiction”

OryCon 33
November 11–13, 2011
Doubletree Hotel - 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR
Panel: Friday 3–4pm (Idaho) “Internal and external change”
Panel: Friday 4–5pm (Roosevelt) “Writing with all your senses”
Panel: Saturday 12–1pm (Mult/Holl) “Ask Dr. Genius: Ad-lib answers to audience questions”
Panel: Saturday 4–5pm (Hamilton) “Fiction in a flash”
Panel: Saturday 5–6pm (Roosevelt) “Stalking the wild anthology - tips for success”
Panel: Sunday 10–11am (Broadway) “A touch of Farmer, a pinch of LeGuin”
Panel: Sunday 1–2pm (Sellwood) “Symbolism in speculative fiction”

World Horror Con 2011
April 28 – May 1, 2011
Doubletree Hotel Austin - 6505 IH-35 North, Austin, TX
Panel: Saturday 10am “What Horror Editors Want”
Reading: Saturday 9pm

OryCon 32
November 12–14, 2010
Doubletree Hotel - 1000 NE Multnomah St., Portland, OR
Reading: Friday 9pm (Lincoln Room)

H. P. Lovecraft Film Festival & CthulhuCon
October 1–3, 2010
Hollywood Theater - 4122 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland, OR
Reading: short fiction at Author Readings • Sunday 3:30pm
Panel: moderator at Writing Horror Fiction • Sunday 1:30pm
Short film: Effulgence at Shorts Block 3 • Saturday 1:30 and Sunday 7:00pm

Reading fiction
Wednesday, Steptember 1, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Blackbird Wine Shop - 4323 NE Fremont St., Portland, OR
Sponsored by Oregon Literary Review
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Reading fiction
Friday, February 12, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Atelier Meridian - 665 N. Tillamook St., Portland, OR
Readings, collaborative Valentines, print and bookmaking.
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Reading from Ink-Filled Page: Red Anthology and other stories
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 7:00 pm
Lili Patisserie Cafe Monday, 8337 SE 17th St., Portland, OR
Come sample the stories and sweets.
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Reading from Ink-Filled Page: Red Anthology and other stories
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 7:30 – 9:30 pm
St. John’s Booksellers - 8622 N. Lombard, Portland, OR
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Reading from Ink-Filled Page: Red Anthology
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 7:30 – 8:30 pm
Powell’s Books - 3723 SE Hawthorne, Portland, OR
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Movie premiere for Effulgence
A short film by a3o Studios, with award-winning screenplay by ASF
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 8:00 pm
SEIU Hall Ballroom - 6401 SE Foster, Portland, OR
Drinks & food 8:00 pm, film 9:00 pm. Formal or costume attire — this is a blood-red carpet event. $3 proceeds go to Defend Oregon.

Reading & Launch Party for Ink-Filled Page: Red Anthology
Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 6:00 pm
Writers’ Dojo - 7518 N. Chicago, Portland, OR