Panelists include authors from the Horror& nbsp\;Writers Association Chicago Chapter. Submit your questions with regi stration or bring them the night of the event! \;
\n\nBryan Alaspa i s a Chicago-based author who wrote his first short story in the third grad e. He writes horror\, thrillers\, suspense and mysteries\, and is the auth or of more than 60 books and novels. He is also the co-creator of a podcas t called When the Night Comes Out that focuses on horror fiction.
\nMichael Fassbender is a part-time writer in the Chicago a rea. His highlights include &ldquo\;The Cold Girl&rdquo\; in \;Re-Haun ts\, &ldquo\;Miroir de Vaugnac&rdquo\; in \;Dark Divinations\, &ldquo\ ;Schattenlenker&rsquo\;s Hidden Treasure&rdquo\; in \;The Nightside Co dex\, &ldquo\;The Lord of the Horizon Beckons&rdquo\; in \;The Nameles s Songs of Zadok Allen and "Making the Connection" in Hallowed. He is an A ffiliate-level member of the Horror Writers&rsquo\; Association and he is active in its Chicago Chapter. More information can be found on his websit e\, michaeltfassbender.com.
\nChristopher Hawkins i s the multi-award-winning author of Downpour and Suburban Monsters. He is the former editor of the One Buck Horror anthology series and the co-chair of the Chicagoland chapter of the Horror Writers Association. When he's n ot writing\, he spends his time exploring old cemeteries\, lurking in muse ums\, and searching for a decent cup of tea.
\nPeter O'Keefe is a Detroit native currently residing in Racine\, Wisconsin. Hi s first novel\, Counted With the Dead&mdash\;a horror/crime hybri d that reimagines the Frankenstein myth set in the racial cauldron of late 90s Detroit&mdash\;was published in June of this year. Peter's short stor y "By Their Works You Will Know Them" is part of the Bishop Rider Live s anthology from Down &\; Out Books. His short story "You Had Me A t Hello" will appear in next Spring's Chthonic Matter Quarterly. In a prev ious life\, Peter worked as a Hollywood screenwriter\, optioned numerous o riginal screenplays\, and wrote TV movies for German networks. After a dec ade of alternating between script writing assignments and word processing temp jobs\, he came to fully understand the expression "a square peg in a round hole" and returned to the Midwest. \; Since then\, his narrative short films have been screened at a variety of film festivals and Peter's documentary about visual artists in the Midwest\, Dreaming In Public\, Ma king Art In the Real World was awarded a Chicago Regional Emmy. His short stories have appeared in various literary and online journals and his one- act play &ldquo\;Brotherhood of Man&rdquo\; was a finalist for the Humana Theatre Festival&rsquo\;s Heideman award. Peter's full-length play &ldquo\ ;The Algiers Motel&rdquo\; received staged readings at the Stage Left Ense mble Theatre and Chicago Dramatists\, among others. Along the way\, Peter has worked as a video writer/producer\, commercial director\, bartender\, office temp\, road worker\, night janitor\, postal clerk\, loading dock wo rker\, warehouse grunt\, store clerk\, busboy\, parking attendant\, zoo tr ain conductor\, video production assistant\, copywriter\, journalist\, and grant writer.
\nDamian Serbu is an author of gay h orror/speculative fiction. \; After over twenty years of teaching hist ory at the collegiate level\, he now writes full time. \; He lives in the Chicagoland area with his husband and two dogs. \; The dogs contro l his life\, tell him what to write\, and threaten to eat him in the middl e of the night if he disobeys. He has published Witch in the Wind\, The Ba chmann Family Secret\, and Santa Is a Vampire\, as well as his vampire ser ies\, The Vampire&rsquo\;s Angel\, The Vampire&rsquo\;s Quest\, The Vampir e&rsquo\;s Witch\, The Vampire&rsquo\;s Proté\;gé\;\, and The Vampire&rsquo\;s War. Find him on Facebook\, Blue Sky\, Instagram\, Thread s\, Twitter\, or at www.DamianSerbu.c om.
\nChris Bevard \;has been a writer of h orror and crime fiction for the better part of three decades. \; His w ork has appeared in numerous publications including \;Rag Shock\, Rue Morgue\, Cemetery Dance\, and \;Penny Dreadful\, and he is the author of \;Junkman \;and \;The Mystery of Lullabies\, \;among ot hers. \; He is also the writer and producer of the serialized horror podcast \;Cicatrix\, Season 1 of which is available on all podcast&nbs p\;platforms. \; His next novel will be released in early 2025.
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