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Horror Depot’s Author-Con highlights award-winning and unknown writers in the horror genre and beyond. We’ll have comic books, supernatural, true crime, horror fiction, and more! With over 30 writers they’ll be something for everybody! Also check out the free table in the con for free swag, bookmarks, and other goodies.
Held at Rhode Island College Student Union Hall. Parking available in lot J. Food will also be available Next door at the Donovan Dining Center for the entirety of the show.
Tickets will be $5 at the door! $3 for students with a Rhode Island College ID. (At The Door Only.) Under 13 have free entry.
See the full list of authors bellow. Under them is the itinerary of presentations, panels, and readings running from 2pm-6pm! The Facebook event page and Google map are at the very bottom…
Jason graduated from RIC in 2005 and went on to author and illustrate the comic book series
Tales of Rocky Point Park, based on the urban legends and bizarre history of Rhode Island’s once famous amusement park.
A few years later he went on to direct a 3 episode series for Rhode Island PBS entitled Haunted RI, documenting some of Rhode Island’s most famous haunted locations.
After that he adapted his Rocky Point comic series into a documentary released in 2017.
Jason is also known for illustrating the last, lost collaboration between George Romero and Stephen King entitled Pinfall. Originally planned as a segment in Creepshow 2, the story was written but never filmed. Jason’s Pinfall comic was released with a Special Edition dvd of Creepshow 2 released from Arrow Films in the UK.
Jason also works behind the scenes on many film and television projects in New England as a graphic designer and storyboard artist, including The Town, NOS4A2, Castle Rock The Unholy and New Mutants just to name a few.
Matt Forgit lives and writes in New England. His interests include spending time with friends and family, annoying his better half, trying to be a cool uncle, scary stuff, movies, television shows, music, reading, eating, board games, creepy folklore, urban legends, spooky history, abandoned places, castles, islands, cabins in the woods, being near the ocean, and the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. He is terrible with social media, dreams of owning a haunted bed and breakfast atop a cliffside overlooking the sea, hopes that someday Chopping Mall: The Musical becomes a reality, and doesn’t normally talk about himself in the third person. For updates, random thoughts, horror recommendations, and general nonsense.
Kristopher Triana is the Splatterpunk Award-winning author of Gone to See the River Man, Full Brutal, The Thirteenth Koyote, They All Died Screaming, and many other terrifying books. His work has been published in multiple languages and has appeared in many anthologies and magazines, drawing praise from Rue Morgue Magazine, Cemetery Dance, Scream Magazine, and many more.
SCARS magazine was created in 2006 with the intention of being a periodical focusing on independent horror.
Covering films, books, toys, music and true crime.
There were some bumps along the way causing the magazine to undergo changes in the way of distribution and getting seen.
The digital age was upon us and SCARS had to adapt. It was time to evolve.
After some time away, the team has reassembled and ready to pick up where they left off and bring light to dark, independent culture.
Join us in the Resurrection of SCARS MAGAZINE.
Peter J Larrivee writes horror in the Lovecraftian vein, so they all have a little touch of either cosmic horror, or a weird twist. From Rhode Island, he has written four books, numerous short stories, and for almost a decade was the dedicated craft beer columnist for Motif Magazine in Providence. He currently lives in Coventry with his witchy wife, black cat, and an abandoned graveyard in the woods behind the house.
Aron Beauregard was born and raised in Central Falls, Rhode Island. He’s been writing horror since the 6th grade and has now released over 25 books. An avid supporter of horror art and illustration, Aron has made it his standard to hire interior illustrators for every book that he puts out under his brand AB Horror.
His style of writing is dark and without boundaries and, as a result, he’s won the Splatterpunk Award twice after garnering 5 total nominations. He has achieved #1 Bestseller status in horror on both Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Brandon Perras-Sanchez is a writer, musician, filmmaker and actor who is inspired by 80s horror, folklore, mythology, metal and noise rock. He grew up in the woods of Vermont but now resides in Providence, RI. He is currently working on future horror projects such as the full length film Queen of the Rats and a second book/screenplay recessive NATURE. Brandon is part of the production company Monster Makeup who brought you the gory, campy, Drag Queen cult classic Death Drop Gorgeous, the nightmarish folk horror Saint Drogo and music videos for Providence noise rock weirdos Anxious Wave.
Stay tuned for updates for these projects along with a few more surprises in the works.
Respect all animals and don’t be an asshole.
John Lynch is a horror author and Marine Corps veteran from Cranston, RI. He currently lives in Rhode Island with his Wife, Kids, English Bulldog, and Cat.
Erica Summers is an independent filmmaker, artist, film industry grip, and writer with an unwavering passion for horror. Several of her award-winning feature films have screened worldwide including Obsidian, Mister White, & Loverboy (available on most streaming services.)
Though born and raised in Wyoming, Erica spent most of her life in the swampy American South. She now resides in Connecticut where she works in film and writes and illustrates genre fiction. In her downtime, the bizarre bisexual is typically slathered in garden dirt, kayak fishing, or devouring horror movies with her boyfriend and their two jack russell terrors.
Publications include: Mantis, Vanity Kills, Writhe (co-written with H.M. Wohl), Bad God’s Tower, and The Choice is Yours: Yakshar’s Lost Treasure (co-written with Rowen Sikora).
Victoria Dalpe is a Providence-based horror writer and painter. She has published over forty-five short stories, the gothic horror novel PARASITE LIFE, and the short story collection LES FEMMES GROTESQUES. “Dalpe’s horror stories are equal parts intriguing, compelling, and appropriately macabre. Les Femmes Grotesques tidily secures Dalpe her position as an author to watch.”—Monica S. Kuebler, Rue Morgue. Book one of her dark fantasy series SELENE SHADE: RESURRECTIONIST FOR HIRE coming fall of 2024 with CLASH BOOKS.
Paul Magnan has been writing stories that veer from the straight and narrow for many years. He is the author of the four-book dark fantasy series, “Kyu, The Unknown” and the short story collection “Veering From the Straight and Narrow”. He has had several stories published in various venues, including the anthologies “Violent Vixens: An Homage to Grindhouse Horror” (Dark Peninsula Press) and “We Are Providence” (Weird House Press). He lives in the wilds of Rhode Island with his family.
Author W.P. Quigley graduated in 2005 with his undergraduate in Biochemistry and in 2018 with a masters in same. By day, he supervises biopharmaceutical research. He currently resides in Framingham, MA with his trusted advisor and cat, “Big” Al.
At night, he has authored two books thus far – the anthology “ChaoS/HeaveN” and “The Ascendant: Hierophant Trilogy part one”. Later this year, he will be releasing the second in his trilogy entitled “Crimson Mirror” as well as the novel “Pandora”. Additionally, he has launched both a magazine entitled “DOUBLE FEATURE” – a literary quarterly dedicated to grindhouse, drive-in, and B-movies as well as his own indy publishing company, Ascendent Publishing. Frickin’ overachiever, this guy.
At Author-Con on March 23rd, he plans to exclusively release a novella penned especially for the event, entitled “Arsenikos”. More details to follow….
Jason Parent is an author of horror, thrillers, mysteries, science fiction and dark humor, though his many novels, novellas, and short stories tend to blur the boundaries between genres. From his EPIC and eFestival Independent Book Award finalist first novel, What Hides Within, to his widely applauded police procedural/supernatural thriller, Seeing Evil, to his fast and furious sci-fi horror, The Apocalypse Strain, Jason’s work has won him praise from both critics and fans of diverse genres alike. He currently lives in Massachusetts, surrounded by chewed furniture thanks to his corgi and mini Aussie pups.
Errick Nunnally was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, and served one tour in the Marine Corps before deciding art school was a safer pursuit. He enjoys art, comics, and genre novels. A graphic designer by day, he has trained in Krav Maga and Muay Thai kickboxing. His work has appeared in several anthologies of speculative fiction. His work can be found in APEX MAGAZINE, FIYAH MAGAZINE, GALAXY’S EDGE, LAMPLIGHT, NIGHTLIGHT PODCAST, and the novels, LIGHTNING WEARS A RED CAPE, BLOOD FOR THE SUN, and ALL THE DEAD MEN. He has a short novel THE QUEEN OF SATURN AND THE PRINCE IN EXILE, due out in 2025 from upstart publisher Clash Books.
J. Paré has lived most of his life in Coventry, Rhode Island. He lives with his wife, Patricia and his two children, Mikaela and Tyler. He has been self published with such titles as Cycle of the Beast, In the End, Come Again Soon and Look Behind You. His short fiction has also appeared in All Roads Media and Collective Tales Publishing.
Recently retired as a high school biology and chemistry teacher, David earned an
undergraduate degree in biology from Southeastern Massachusetts University (now UMass
Dartmouth). A graduate in education from The George Washington University was next,
followed by a second graduate degree in business administration from Boston University of
Brussels, Belgium. David is a veteran junior officer of the U.S. Coast Guard.
David lived in Maryland before moving to Germany for four years. Cheyenne, Wyoming, came
next before going back to Germany once more. He returned to the United States in 2001.
Originally from Massachusetts, David now lives in Rhode Island.
Refuge: A Novel of Lost Democracy is David’s debut novel. Refuge’s genre is military and
political thriller with a large measure of the dystopian fiction genre. Set in the near future, the
story imagines the descent of American democracy into autocracy.
How does this political thriller fit Horror Depot’s Author Con? Think of Refuge as a timely new
genre – political horror. Vampires and zombies are not the only occupants of our nightmares.
Our domestic politics can be equally terrifying, perhaps more so.
Gage Greenwood is the best-selling author of the Winter’s Myths Saga, and Bunker Dogs. He’s a proud member of the Horror Writers Association and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers association.
He’s been an actor, comedian, podcaster, and even the Vice President of an escape room company. Since childhood, he’s been a big fan of comic books, horror movies, and depressing music that fills him with existential dread.
He lives in New England with his girlfriend and son, and he spends his time writing, hiking, and decorating for various holidays.
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JP Behrens spends his days writing, reading, and practicing Kung Fu. The rest of the time is reserved for family and what little sleep he can get. His debut novel, Portrait of a Nuclear Family was well received and he hopes his new collection, We Don’t Talk Anymore and Other Dark Fictions does even better.
Rick Claypool (he/him) writes absurdist horror. His books include SKULL SLIME TENTACLE WITCH WAR (Anxiety Press, 2024), TENTACLE HEAD (Bear Creek Press, 2022), THE MOLD FARMER (Six Gallery Press, 2020), and LEECH GIRL LIVES (Spaceboy Books, 2017). His fiction has been described as “deeply weird” (Locus Magazine), “wonderfully odd” (Brian Evenson), and “if China Miéville wrote Saturday-morning cartoons” (Nick Mamatas). He grew up in the industrial outskirts of Pittsburgh, Pa., lives in Rhode Island, and spends as much time as he can in the woods looking for mushrooms.
Monstah Mag is a quarterly 8.5 x 11 full color magazine focused on New England independent horror culture distributed in both print and digital format. It is packed with original tales of horror, awesome art, unique comics, movie reviews, cosplay, make up/special effects tutorials, show listings and classifieds.
John A. McColley digs into primordial memories to drag slimy, flopping, clawing ancestral fears out into the light where he can examine every tentacle, every stinger, then drop them in mutagenic ooze, clone them, and loose them all on his readers. He writes from the eldritch forests of New Hampshire where the bones of the Earth protrude, wailing dirges into the night winds.
R. K. Bentley was raised in New England on a steady diet of 80’s Cartoons, Tom Baker Doctor Who, Babylon 5, Star Trek, Star Wars, comics books & movies. He’s the co-creator, co-writer and letterer for the self-published indie comic, Totems. He is a member and social media director for the Association of Rhode Island Authors (ARIA). Where Weavers Daire is his first sci-fi novel in an ongoing series.
SHERRYANN BYRON graduated New England Institute of Technology with an Associates Degree in Surgical Technology. She attended Mount Ida College, and has taken several courses in death education. In addition, she has furthered her education at R.I. College. SherryAnn volunteered 4 ½ years, taking care of hospice patients. She has had positions in home health care over the years. SherryAnn started writing when she was 12 years old. This is her first novel.
Sean McDonough is the author of six novels, including The Thirteen Black Cats of Edith Penn and Beverly Kills. His blend of dark humor and 80s style splatter has cultivated a devoted following of grimy little ghouls worldwide.
Erich Gamache is an independent self published horror author from New Hampshire. He has self published 2 novellas and 2 short story collections. He has also written scripts for horror movies and acted in a few independent horror films. Erich enjoys all things horror be it video games, comics, books or movies.
Harold Sipe has spent years in the video game industry and writes comics and graphic novels. His first book, Screamland, received honorable mention in Publishers Weekly and was named Best Horror Series by Fangoria Magazine. He has written comic books for 12 Gauge Comics, Image Comics and IDW Publishing.
Thomas D’Agostino and Arlene Nicholson have been extensively studying and investigating paranormal accounts for over 42 years with over 2,000 investigations to their credit. Creators of 18 books and counting, together they have penned and captured on film the best haunts and history New England has to offer.
Tom and Arlene’s books include; Haunted Rhode Island, Haunted New Hampshire, Haunted Massachusetts, Pirate Ghosts and Phantom Ships, Abandoned Villages and Ghost Towns of New England, A Travel Guide to Haunted New England, A History of Vampires in New England, Haunted Vermont, Ghost Stories and Legends of Connecticut, Legends, Folklore and Secrets of New England, Rhode Island’s Haunted Ramtail Factory, Ghosts Of The Blackstone Valley, Haunted Litchfield County, two books adapted for middle grade readers; Ghost Stories and Legends of Connecticut and A Travel Guide to Haunted New England, Strange New England, New England’s Haunted Route 44 and the upcoming Ghosts of King Philip’s War.
Raymond Johnson is an army brat who was born in Würzburg, Germany at a very young age. He decided to move to the United States after his father’s tenure in the military was over because he was too young to drive on the Autobahn by himself. Ray always had a fascination with superheroes, monsters, horror, fantasy, science fiction, and kung fu and did everything he could to incorporate those things in his daily life, to that end he decided to become a Funeral Director; Who knows kung fu. He married the love of his life in 1999, unfortunately it wasn’t on Space 1999, but he made do and has been happily married ever since. He has five children, one dog and two cats but not a lot of space when you factor in his enormous comic book collection. He also has a deep and abiding love for the LITRPG Genre, and currently hosts the LITRPG Audiobook Podcast where he does skits and generally has a good time sharing his love of books with sound. He does not take life seriously, in spite of his chosen profession, and tries to laugh at least thirty times a day. Please take anything he says to you with a grain of salt, because he does like to have fun with a story. His wife calls it lying, but what does she know?
Carl L. Johnson has been investigating reports of strange phenomena for the past 49 years, beginning with his association with noted ghost-hunting couple, Ed and Lorraine Warren. As members of Parapsychological Investigatory and Research Organization: R.I.R.O., a research team based at Rhode Island College in Providence, Carl and his identical twin brother Keith were called in to investigate the Perron family’s situation in Harrisville, Rhode Island during August and September of 1973. P.I.R.O. notified the Warrens of the Perrons’ situation. Forty years later, this inspired a motion picture titled, The Conjuring.
