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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 →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes author Bekka Scott as an Official Panelist! Bekka will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Bekka.below! About Bekka Scott Bekka Scott – Where Rules Are Optional & Page-Turning Is Mandatory When the clock strikes midnight and the rest of the world drifts off to sleep, Bekka Scott’s mind springs to life. Armed with a cup of tea that’s probably gone cold and a stubborn disregard for literary conventions, she crafts stories that refuse to be boxed in by genre expectations. A self-proclaimed “literary mixologist,” Bekka blends mystery, thriller, and romance with anRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, and screenwriter Mick Williams as an Official Panelist! Mick will be participating in our extensive Panel and Workshop Programming at Imaginarium 2027! Learn more about Mick.below! About Mick Williams: Mick Williams is an award-winning author and screenwriter, who lives in Louisville, Kentucky, with his wife and two needy cats, Crash and Thud. His novel Exodus won Best Thriller award at the Imaginarium Convention, and the adapted screenplay also won Best Action Screenplay at the New York Script Awards. Hope’s Game also won Best Sci-Fi novel, also at the Imaginarium Convention. He is a member of The Authors Guild,Read More →

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After many requests over the years, the Imaginarium Convention proudly announces our new online shop carrying Imaginarium Convention and Star Chamber Show merchandise!  We’ve unveiled our first t-shirts, mugs, and tote bags and the catalog will be growing steadily!  Check it out and pick up some Imaginarium or Star Chamber Show merch at: https://shop.entertheimaginarium.comRead More →

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Imaginarium 2027 proudly welcomes award-winning author, editor, publisher, and book reviewer Chris Helvey as a Spotlighted Guest! An award-winning short story writer, poet, and novelist, Chris has penned more than a dozen novels and multiple short story collections. His latest book, The Bind Man and the Midget (a short-story collection), was recently released by Trajectory Press, He is the editor-in-chief and publisher of Trajectory Journal and also a founding member of the Bluegrass Writers Coalition. We are honored to have Chris join us for our 14th year, taking place July 23-25, 2027 in Louisville, Kentucky at the Crowne Plaza! For further information on the ImaginariumRead More →