Author John Kiste will host this session t o discuss gothic literature\, a style of writing that combines horror\, ro mance\, and a sense of mystery and terror. He will \;explain his exper iences with the publishing process to encourage aspiring writers to explor e it for themselves. Bring some writing samples to share if you wish.
\ nJohn Kiste is a horror writer who was previously the president of the Stark County Convention &\; Visitors&rsquo\; Bureau and a board member of the Massillon Museum. He is a double-lung transplantee and organ donati on ambassador\, a McKinley Museum planetarian and an Edgar Allan Poe imper sonator who has been published in Flame Tree Press&rsquo\;s \;Terr ifying Ghosts\, \;Third Flatiron\, A Shadow of Autumn\, Love Letters t o Poe\, Dracula Beyond Stoker\, Unnerving Press&rsquo\;s Haunted Are These Houses \;and dozens of other anthologies\, magazines\, and e-zines. \;An active member of the Horror Writers Association\, an d the president of the Tuscarawas County Writers Guild\, he recently won t he Dark Sire Award for Best Fiction. Find him at \;johnkiste.wordpress .com.
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