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October 15-17, 2010

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With Guest of Honor P.C. Hodgell

P.C. Hodgell is the author of the novels God Stalk and Dark Side of the Moon, recently republished by Baen in the omnibus volume [Editor comment: personally I would have preferred God Stalks the Dark Side of the Moon) The God Stalker Chronicles; Seeker's Mask and To Ride a Rathorn, reissued by Baen as Seeker's Bane; the new novel, Bound in Blood; and the story collection Blood and Ivory: A Tapestry. Most of her [ed: P.C. Hodgell is a woman?] fiction deals with Jame, a young woman with a hidden past and unusual powers, in and out of the wonderful city of Tai-Tashtigon. Her fiction freely mingles humor with the macabre. Visit her at [http://www.pchodgell.com/site].

Caitlin R. Kiernan is unable to attend Arcana 40.

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With Guest of Honor Caitlin R. Kiernan!

GUEST OF HONOR: CAITLIN R. KIERNAN
Dublin-born, Caitlin R. Kiernan grew up in Alabama, studied geology and vertebrate paleontology at the University of Alabama and the University of Colorado, and has held museum and teaching positions. Her academic writings include a co-authored paper describing the new genus and species of mososaur, selmasaurus russelli. Since turning to fiction writing in 1992, she has published the novels Silk (1998), Threshold (2001), The Five of Cups (2003), Murder of Angels (2004), Daughter of Hounds (2007), Beowulf (screenplay novelization, 2007), and The Red Tree (2009); and the story collections Tales of Pain and Wonder (2000), Wrong Things (with Poppy Z. Brite, 2001), From Weird and Distant Shores (2002), To Charles Fort, with Love (2005), Frog Toes and Tentacles (2005), Alabaster (2006), Tales from a Woeful Platypus (2007), A is for Alien (2009), The Ammonite Violin & Others (forthcoming 2010, Subterranean Press), and Confessions of a Five- Chambered Heart (forthcoming 2010, Subterranean Press).

Caitlin R. Kiernan's fiction ranges from science fiction to dark fantasy. She has had stories selected for Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, Year's Best Science Fiction, and The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror; has been the recipient of the Maiden Voyage and International Horror Guild awards, and has been nominated for the Bram Stoker and World Fantasy awards, among others. At Neil Gaiman's invitation, she wrote the DC/Vertigo comics series The Dreaming, set in Gaiman's "Sandman" universe. Ms. Kiernan also served as lyricist and vocalist for the "goth-folk-blues" band Death's Little Sister. She lives in Rhode Island.

FFI: Wikipedia article, Caitlin R. Kiernan
Caitlin R. Kiernan's Official Website: http://www.caitlinrkiernan.com
Caitlin R. Kiernan's Live Journal: http://greygirlbeast.livejournal.com
CRK's Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/greygirlbeast

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