DSM Book Festival (Des Moines Book Festival) on Saturday, March 22nd, 2025. I’ll be at my table from 2:45 pm to 4:15 pm with copies of Monsters and Machines and Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast, along with bookmarks.

The DSM Book Festival is a free event, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday, March 22nd, 2025, at the Franklin Event Center, located at 4801 Franklin Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa. There will be author programs, workshops, book signings, children’s activities, and more all day long.

I’ve been invited to be a Pro Guest at DemiCon 36 at the Holiday Inn & Suites Des Moines-Northwest from May 2nd-4th, 2025. I’ll have a table in the vendor room with my books and I’m also participating in a few panels (perhaps a secret panel as well. 👀)

DemiCon Panels:

• Monstrous Women: Come explore the evolution of monstrous women, starting with their depictions in classic myths and fairy tales and concluding with their roles in modern speculative fiction, comics, movies, and more.
• Fusion Worlds: Blending Fantasy and Science Fiction for Unique Narratives: Explore the art of merging the realms of fantasy and science fiction to craft compelling stories. We’ll discuss how genre mashups can complement and enhance each other, creating rich worlds and unforgettable characters.
• Reading from Monsters and Machines: A Strange Happenings Collection
• I'll be a guest on Alan Koslow's panel, Science Fiction from Ancient Greece Until 1890

The 1893 Exposition & the Curse of Cthulhu

May 30th-June 1st

Hyatt Regency Schaumburg

1800 E Golf Rd, Schaumburg, IL 60173

From the Expo:

The 1893 Exposition displayed several odd artifacts from around the world, but the strangest was a statue best described as a “monster of vaguely anthropoid outline, but with an octopus-like head whose face was a mass of feelers, a scaly, rubbery-looking body, prodigious claws on hind and fore feet, and long, narrow wings behind” . . . 

More details to be announced!

Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast is August's reading for Temporal Textual Talks, a virtual steampunk book club! More details coming soon.