Golden Grove Vol. 3 Issue 2

Contents

Letter from the Editor 3

When Master Meets his Match 4

Book Review 10

Upcoming Books from Misty 10

List of Fairs and Conventions 11

Submission Instructions 17

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Letter from the Editor

Another quarter has passed and it’s time for a new issue of Golden Grove. This issue has an original story by a new author – Quantum Leek. This is one of her early works, a one shot about Sherlock Holmes. Personally I think it’s a cute story, but I might be a little biased.

Work has been a bit crazy this past month since they updated our computer systems and now we are all going through a period of feeling our way around in the dark and attempting to get our bearings. I suppose I’m luckier than some in that I’ve only been working with the legacy systems for a few years and am hopefully not as set in my ways in using them. I don’t envy my co-workers who have been using the old systems since the last change.

Con season is starting again, I saw from Larry Dixon’s Twitter account, he and Misty have already been to a few cons on the west coast this year. Our first local con (MTAC) was just over a week ago. I only got to attend on Saturday because I had work travel on Sunday, but I still had fun. I got to see my friend from Evergreen Burrow (she’s become my con Easter-egg, is that a thing?). I love her jewelry and it always makes my day to talk to her. If you like geek jewelry check out her Etsy shop.

Until next quarter.

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When Master Meets his Match

By Quantum Leek

I recall quite vividly, to this day without consulting my notes, one particularly memorable occasion which turned out to be more comical than tragic when my friend Sherlock Holmes' abilities were called into use. I say comical, not because of the case itself on which Scotland yard consulted him, but because of a specific event which I found to be particularly amusing.

It was nearing seven in the evening when there came a knock on the door of our sitting room and a telegram was delivered to my friend. I watched Holmes as he read this note and noted the change in his expression from one of boredom, to one of interest, to the expression only worn by Holmes when he'd been captured by a wonderfully baffling case— the kind that he required to keep his brilliant mind occupied.

"Watson! There is no time to waste—quickly, your coat!" he cried, jumping from his chair as if it were a hot coal, and dashing for his coat and hat.

Puzzled, but in no mood to argue with my companion I stood and followed his example—in less than two minutes we were out the door, on the street and in a cab. "Holmes, what—?" I didn't have time to finish the question before he gave me a tut of impatience and thrust the telegram under my nose. It read as follows.

Mr. Sherlock Holmes,

Usually we would not consult you for matters of arson—but this one is particularly trivial and I remember your liking for such cases. The house in question was an uninhabited house; burned not to the ground as one would think it should be, but burned in bits, with certain parts of walls nothing more than ash and the wall inches from them unharmed.

Though this is easily explained with the proper investigation, the presence of people in the house could not be.

Inside the house was found the body of a badly charred and definitely dead man, and a still- living child who is too young to talk yet. We would much appreciate your professional advice.

-Lestrade

"Peculiar…" I murmured, unable to think of anything else to describe it as I handed the telegram back to Holmes. "What do you make of it?"

"Me? Nothing at all, of course. You know my methods, Watson; it would be foolish to attempt to form theories without proper evidence first," I should have know as much.

We were on the scene soon after and found the house just as Lestrade had described it. It didn't actually look like it had been set on fire, more as if something had exploded from within

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Already a large crowd of passersby were gathering, held off the yard by several members of Scotland Yard. The only people standing on the other side of the wall of police were

Lestrade himself, a young woman who, observation learned from Holmes told me, was a doctor, and a child no older than two years of age—if even—who must have been the one referred to by Lestrade. The doctor was holding the youngster, who looked not only scarred out of her wits, but on the verge of bawling, which, by the looks of the tracks in the soot on her face, had only just stopped.

Holmes and I made our way through the crowd and were admitted into the yard by the police officers and thankfully welcomed by Lestrade, who looked to be in over his head.

"I'm glad you've come, Holmes," Lestrade said, certainly sounding it. "I've kept everyone off the yard and out of the house—but I caution you to watch your step if you're going in there, it looks about ready to fall any moment now."

"Thank you Lestrade, you've outdone yourself," Holmes said with a slight sarcastic note to his sharp voice.

Before Lestrade could work out the fact that this wasn't really a compliment, Holmes was off, searching every inch of the yard, looking like a hound on a trail.

Finding it hopeless to try and help him, I, instead, introduced myself to the doctor on the premises as her fellow in the medical field. The woman, whose name I learned shortly to be Saphrin, was quite pleasant to talk to and appeared to be as much at home with a baby on her hip as she was with her medical knowledge. I presumed, from this observation, that she was often around children and, thus, that she was a mother of several—though why on earth a mother of several would be working I had no idea and considered it was safer to leave deductions like this to Holmes in the future; perhaps all women were at home with children.

In any case, Dr. Saphrin and I chatted pleasantly, in spite of the none-to-pleasant circumstances, while Holmes paced back and forth with his nose to the ground, and Lestrade watching him with hopeful eyes. Soon Holmes had disappeared into the ruins of the house; and then returned with a look of triumph upon his face.

"Well Lestrade, you need not have been so puzzled," Holmes said returned from the ruins, dusting his hands off. "Oh, and Doctor," he added, his face suddenly becoming more serious, "I believe that the one you're holding is not the only survivor in this tragedy—on the second story in the back room—" but Holmes didn't have time to finish his sentence before she had thrust the child she was holding into his arms and disappeared into the crumbling house herself.

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I had never before, and have never since, since a look upon my friend's face that was so bewildered and out of place as when he found himself holding the child. It was, to say the very least, the most comical look I have ever seen upon his face. It was not only his expression, which consisted half of horror, half of confusion and bewilderment, which told me he had never before been in charge of a human younger than 12, but the way he held her.

Dr. Saphrin had stood quite comfortably with the child perched on her hip, and one arm looped around her keeping her there. Holmes, however, held the child out at arms length, looking at her with bemusement. Unable to contain myself, I gave a short laugh to relieve the pressure of amusement building up inside me. The sound seemed to awaken Holmes from his state of confusion and he attempted to adjust his grip on the child to a more stable position.

"Holmes, old man, would you like me to take her?" I asked, hardly able to control my amusement as he tried several different ways to hold the child without any success.

"No, certainly not. I can deal with a child," Holmes said in his stubborn manner, finally settling the child in his arms in what would have been nearly the same position as Dr.

Saphrin had held her, if Holmes had hips.

"Oh, yes, of course," I said quickly, still amused, "You just looked rather out of place and I just thought…." I let my voice trail off; Holmes said nothing though the expression on his face was an indignant one at being thought unable to hold a child.

The infant, meanwhile, was looking at Holmes with an expression which looked nearly identical to the one he had worn when she had first been forced upon him. He looked down at her, spotted the expression and looked slightly startled.

"Watson…" He said, not taking his eyes off the infant, "Watson she's looking at me oddly."

I was hardly able to contain my amusement at this comment, and thus, did not reply for fear of bursting into laughter and tears if I opened my mouth.

To my right, Inspector Lestrade appeared torn between amusement, curiosity, and confusion. Even the bulldog-like inspector couldn't help but be amused by the current happenings, but he did seem to be wondering whether he should interrupt to find out what Holmes thought of his case, he also seemed confused by my occasional spurts of laughter and Holmes' general reaction to the infant he was now holding.

The transfer from Dr. Saphrin to Holmes did have one good effect on the child, however—she no longer seemed on the brink of tears. In fact, quite to the contrary, she was looking up at my friend with a look of the deepest mistrust I've ever seen written on such a young face. Having gotten over the initial shock of being transferred from a caring, motherly figure, into the hands of a man who didn't even know how to hold her, she seemed to be under the impression that Holmes wasn't the sort of person to be trusted as her current protector.

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Holmes, on the other hand, attempted to ignore this and looked up at Lestrade, attempting to explain his take on the situation as the infant tugged at his jacket as if inspecting it for her approval. He proceeded with his explanation, pausing occasionally to look warily down at the child, who immediately stopped whatever she was doing on these occasions, and looked up at him with big blue eyes as if daring him to accuse her of doing something untrustworthy.

Though I was interested in Holmes' explanation—which he seemed to have come to very quickly, considering Lestrade's confusion on the case—I was more amused by the occasional pauses in which he and the child looked at each other, and several times was unable to contain myself and burst into random fits of laughter, which confused Lestrade and irritated Holmes.

Half-way through Holmes' explanation of the case and his support of his conclusion, the infant in his arms began attempting to wriggled free of his grip, causing Holmes to stop abruptly, mid- sentence, and look down at her as she continued to try and dive from his arms. Holmes adjusted his grip on her, looking slightly unsure as to whether he should let her get down, or continue to hold her; it was obvious what she wanted, but it also was obvious that if he let her down someone would have to follow her around and make sure she didn't get into trouble.

Back in his confused state, Holmes gripped her with two hands and held her out and arms length as he had done upon first receiving her. She continued to wriggle for a moment before deciding it was futile and looking at him with a very disgruntled look printed upon her small face. Upon finding that her first attempt had not worked, she began to fuss, subtly at first, then more loudly and obviously; attracting the attention of several of those who were standing behind the line of Scotland yard officers.

Holmes, looking startled, put her back in the position she had been in attempt to hush her fussing. This didn't work, however, and he seemed to be growing increasingly nervous as more eyes turned towards him.

"Watson!" Holmes said with a note of panic in his voice, "Watson, what did I do!?"

"Well Holmes," I started to say, but was unable to continue as my speech turned into laughter at the panic-stricken look on my usually cool-minded and composed companion's face. "I... think… she wants… you to put... her… on the… ground…" my advice to him was something like this, punctuated with frequent intervals of laughing.

"Now Watson, this is no laughing matter!" Holmes said, trying to keep the note of panic from his voice, but failing, if I don't say so myself, quite horribly. "Can't you see I'm attracting attention? These people will think I'm abusing her or something!" he added in an urgent whisper.

I managed to stifle my laughter long enough to explain to him that anyone who had any sense as far as children were concerned knew that they fussed and complained even when no harm was being brought to them—and had harm been brought to her she would have been all-out bawling.

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"But what should I do?" Holmes asked again, shifting uncomfortably and moving the complaining child from one side of his waist to the other.

"You could put her down," I suggested unable to prevent myself from grinning.

Holmes put action to my words but, much to his distress, she simply threw herself upon the ground in a temper tantrum.

"It didn't work, Watson," Holmes said urgently, sounding uncannily like a school boy consulting his master. "What should I do next?"

"Put her in her bed until she stops," I suggested still amused.

"Now really, Watson!" Holmes insisted, glancing at Lestrade.

Lestrade, whom my attention had previously been distracted from, currently looked as if he was trying very hard to contain the urge to point and laugh at my friend. Certainly it must have been quite degrading to Holmes to be caught in this situation, witnessed by a man who he was considered the superior of.

"Pick her up, Mr. Holmes—she will stop when she realizes it's not getting her what she wants," that advice had come from neither me, nor Lestrade as we were both preoccupied with mirth.

Holmes, who seemed relieved to have advice but not too comforted by the fact that the advice banked upon the eventual stopping of the child's bawling, and not the immediate halt, picked her up. The child buried her dirty face in Holmes jacket and bawled, grabbing fistfuls of his once-clean jacket and shaking them. Holmes, still looking disconcerted, looked up to see where this advice had come from.

Dr. Saphrin had returned from the house, she had already called for a few of the present police officers to retrieve her patient from inside the damaged building, and was now looking at Holmes, her expression impossible to read.

"You-you are sure she'll stop?" Holmes asked tentatively.

"Of course. Children only have so much energy, just like the rest of us—they can only keep up such tasks for a certain amount of time, after which they will almost always fall asleep," she said, looking not at Holmes now, but at the child in his arms, who already seemed to be loosing some of her will to carry on bawling. "Inspector Lestrade, I've taken the liberty of having some of your men bring down the other surviving member of the fire. I'll need transportation for him." And with Lestrade's consent she turned about and hurried off to see to the care of her patient.

Lestrade turned, making to call for a cabbie, but Holmes stopped him.

"What shall I do with the child?" he asked; this was, after all, Lestrade's jurisdiction.

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"Oh I think she's taken quite a liking to you, Mr. Holmes, You can keep her, if you'd like," and before Holmes could string together two coherent words of objection Lestrade was off into the crowd.

"Keep her?!" Holmes rounded on me, looking appalled by the thought. "I can't even hold her!"

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Book Review – Green Rider by Kristen Britain

Recently, on the advice of a friend, I picked up the first book in the Green Riders series. I wasn’t sure what to expect going into the book, the library synopsis wasn’t helpful and my friend had only said she thought I would like the series. The book starts with Karigan G’ladheon on her way home from school, where she has been indefinitely suspended for fighting and things pick up from there.

The action revolves around Karigan’s adventures as she tries to deliver a message that she received from a dying messenger to the king. The pacing of the book feels more even than some of Misty’s works with highs and lows throughout and a more gradual build to the climax at the end. The world in this book reminds me more of the Obsidian and Enduring Flame trilogies than Valdemar, I think in part due to the descriptions of the Grey One in the first chapter and also the forests Karigan rides through. There is also something in Karigan’s running from school, her temperament that reminds me of Kellen. I would defiantly recommend this book to anyone who likes fantasy, adventure or books Betsy Wollheim has edited.

Up Coming Books

The Hills Have Spies – June 5, 2018 according to Amazon. This is a new Valdemar book, and according to what I understand from comments made at DragonCon and elsewhere this is Mags and Amily and their kids. From Amazon:

Mags, Herald Spy of Valdemar, and his wife Amily are happily married with three kids. The oldest, Justyn, has the Gift of animal Mindspeech--he can talk to animals and persuade them to act as he wishes. Justyn's dream is to follow in his father's footsteps as a Herald Spy, but has yet to be Chosen by his horse companion.

Mags is more than happy to teach Justyn all he knows. He regularly trains his children, including Justyn, with tests and exercises, preparing them for the complicated and dangerous lives they will likely lead. Justyn has already held positions in the Royal Palace as a runner and in the kitchen, useful places from which he can learn to listen. As the next stage of Justyn's training, Mags proposes that Justyn joins a group of traveling players and musicians, to get experience away from home and out in the world. Justyn joins the troupe, and he starts collecting information for his father. And the patterns he finds are unsettling....

During the troupe's travels, Justyn witnesses growing rural unrest about an indigenous community of Valdemar, known as Hawkbrothers. When the troupe settles for a season at a fortified manor of a local lord, Justyn watches the unrest grow increasingly hostile. The manor lord dismisses Hawkbrothers as inhuman--and has a local militia to back up his hatred. When a child goes missing, the locals immediately blame Hawkbrothers, and Justyn finds himself in a

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dangerous position.

He enlists the help of a local stray dog, who knows a lot about the town's goings-on, despite being a bit...odd. Justyn must find the missing child and warn the Hawkbrothers community of the trouble headed their way--before tensions turn deadly.

The Bartered Brides – October 16, 2018 according to Amazon. Based on the description this is another in the Elemental Masters books and also a Nan & Sarah story. From Amazon:

The threat of Moriarty is gone—but so is Sherlock Holmes.

Even as they mourn the loss of their colleague, psychic Nan Killian, medium Sarah Lyon-White, and Elemental Masters John and Mary Watson must be vigilant, for members of Moriarty’s network are still at large. And their troubles are far from over: in a matter of weeks, two headless bodies of young brides wash up in major waterways. A couple who fears for their own recently-wedded daughter hires the group to investigate, but with each new body, the mystery only deepens.

The more bodies emerge, the more the gang suspects that there is dangerous magic at work, and that Moriarty’s associates are somehow involved. But as they race against the clock to uncover the killer, it will take all their talents, Magic, and Psychic Powers—and perhaps some help from a dearly departed friend—to bring the murderer to justice.

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List of Fairs and Conventions

Dates Convention Location April 13 -14 South Campus Anime Con 3 Forth Worth, Texas April 13 -15 1d4Con Martinsburg, West Virginia April 13 -15 221B Con Atla nta, Georgia April 13 -15 AnimeCon Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas April 13 -15 El Paso Comic Con El Paso, Texas April 13 -15 Great Epikonian Adventure 2 Hixson, Tennessee April 13 -15 Salute To Supernatural Nashville, Tennessee April 13 -15 Yellow City Comic Con Amarillo, Texas April 14th Cecil Con North East, Maryland April 14th Enchanted Pub Crawl Atlanta, Georgia April 14th Otaku Fest Ellicott City, Maryland April 14th Unpub Mini Durham, North Carolina April 14 -15 Brick Universe Raleigh, North Carolina April 14 -15 Infinity Con 5 Lake City, Florida April 14 -15 TigerCon Valdosta, Georgia April 14 -15 TriCon 3 High Point, North Carolina April 15th Charlotte Comicon Concord, North Carolina April 1 5th Kamecon College Park, Maryland April 20 -21 North Texas Teen Book Festival Irving, Texas April 20 -22 Cape Comic Con Cape Girardeau, Missouri April 20 -22 Fur the 'More Tysons Corner, Virginia April 20 -22 JAMPcon Chattanooga, Tenn essee April 20 -22 JordanCon Atlanta, Georgia April 20 -22 LexiCon Lexington, Kentucky April 20 -22 Ravencon Williamsburg, Virginia April 21st Augusta Toy and Comic Show Augusta, Georgia April 21st Enchanted Pub Crawl Atlanta, Georgia April 21st FlamingoCon West Palm Beach, Florida April 21st Largo Playcon Key Largo, Florida April 21st Mobile Bay Anime Fest Daphne, Alabama April 21 -22 Anime, Comic & Toy Con Clarksville, Tennessee April 21 -22 Daytona Beach Comic Con Daytona Beach, Florida April 21 -22 Hatsume Fair Delray Beach, Florida April 21 -22 Marble City Comicon Knoxville, Tennessee April 21 -22 Toy & Hobby Show Charlotte, North Carolina April 21 -22 Tupelo Con Tupelo, Mississippi April 22nd Co mic Book Show Annandale, Virginia April 25 -28 Lib -Con Abilene, Texas

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April 26 -29 Game Days Parkville, Maryland April 26 -29 Recon Orlando, Florida April 27 -29 Camp NC Gameday Raleigh, North Carolina April 27 -29 Causecon Beckley, West Virginia April 27 -29 OZCon West Plains, Missouri April 27 -29 Red River RPG Con Shreveport, Louisiana April 27 -29 Universal FanCon Baltimore, Maryland April 28th BTL Collectibles Show Miami, Florida April 28th Comic & Toy Con Col umbia, South Carolina April 28th Piedmont TableTop Day Kernesville, North Carolina April 28th NeRVe Con 3 Blacksburg, Virginia April 28th Steampunk Day: Carnevale Orlando, Florida April 28th Toy & Comic Show Salisbury, North Carolina April 29th Raleigh Comic Book Show Raleigh, North Carolina May 4th Bash Of The Empire VII Atlanta, Georgia May 4 -6 Anime St. Louis St. Louis, Missouri May 4 -6 ChupacabraCon Round Rock, Texas May 4 -6 Kameha Con Irving, Texas May 4 -6 Tex as Frightmare Dallas, Texas May 4 -6 WHOlanta Atlanta, Georgia May 5th Chattanooga Zine Fest Chattanooga, Tennessee May 5th Mini -Mini Con San Antonio, Texas May 5th North Dallas Toy Show Farmers Branch, Texas May 5 -6 Kilgore Geekend Kilgore, Texas May 11 -13 LouisiAnime Baton Rouge, Louisiana May 11 -13 Outlantacon Atlanta, Georgia May 11 -13 Tidewater Comicon Virginia Beach, Virginia May 12th Art Pop Comic Expo Jonesboro, Arkansas May 12th Eckman's Comic Show Sa n Antonio, Texas May 12th Tampa Bay LibCon Tampa, Florida May 12 -13 Heroes & Villains Nashville, Tennessee May 12 -13 Savannah Mega Comic Con Savannah, Georgia May 12 -13 Tidewater Comicon Virginia Beach, Virginia May 12 -13 Walker Stalk er Nashville, Tennessee May 17 -20 Atlanta Game Fest 31 Atlanta, Georgia May 17 -20 Frolicon Atlanta, Georgia May 17 -20 Geekway to the West St. Louis, Missouri May 18 -20 Days Of The Dead Charlotte, North Carolina May 19th Asheville Co mic Con Fletcher, North Carolina May 19th Borderlands Comic Book Show Russellville, Kentucky May 19th Burton Bar Crawl Atlanta, Georgia

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May 19th Florida Nerd Feast Vero Beach, Florida May 19th Mini Con Plantation, Florida May 19th Mode l Train Show Greenville, South Carolina May 19th QuakerCon Kernesville, North Carolina May 19 -20 GoTE 4TheKids Clearwater, Florida May 19 -20 Little Rock Comic Con Benton, Arkansas May 19 –20 Southern Steampunk Expo Gulfport, Mississippi May 20th Comic Book Show Annandale, Virginia May 24 -27 Animazement Raleigh, North Carolina May 24 -27 MegaCon Orlando, Florida May 24 -27 MomoCon Atlanta, Georgia May 25 -27 Americana Burlesque Festival Asheville, North Carolina May 25 -27 Animazement Raleigh, North Carolina May 25 -28 Balticon 51 Baltimore, Maryland May 25 -28 BGG.Spring Dallas, Texas May 25 -27 ComicPalooza Houston, Texas May 25 -27 ConQuesT 49 Kansas City, Missouri May 25 -27 Escape Velocity Washington, D.C. May 25 -27 Mobicon Mobile, Alabama May 25 -27 Treklanta Atlanta, Georgia May 25 -26 Vandaliacon Parkersburg, West Virginia May 26th BTL Collectibles Show Miami, Florida May 26th Roanoke Valley Comicon Roanoke, Virginia May 26 -28 Seekerpalooza 2 Montreat, North Carolina June 1st Extremicon St. Robert, Missouri June 1 -3 ConCarolinas Charlotte, North Carolina June 1 -3 Extremicon St. Robert, Missouri June 1 -3 Once Upon A Time Orlando, Florida June 2nd Hickory Comic Con Hickory, North Carolina June 2nd Tricon Huntington, West Virginia June 2 -3 Blackbeard Festival Hampton, Virginia June 2 -3 WonderFest Louisville, Kentucky June 3rd Clandestine Comics Glen Burnie, Maryland June 7 -10 A-Kon 29 Dallas, Texas June 7 -10 MAGstock Louisa, Virginia June 8 -10 Lizard Man Festival Bishopville, South Carolina June 8 -10 Magic City Con Birmingham, Alabama June 8 -10 Maryland Faerie Festival Darlington, Maryland June 8 -10 NuCon Gadsden, Alabama June 8 -10 OMG!con Owensboro, Kentucky June 8 -10 Southern -Fried Gaming Expo Atlanta, Georgia

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June 9th Gamga Con Greensboro, North Carolina June 9 -10 Collector Mania Pharr, Texas June 9 -10 Con Kasterborous Huntsville, Alabama June 9 -10 New Orleans Comic Con Westwego, Louisiana June 9 -10 Toy & Hobby Show Greensboro, North Carolina June 9 -10 Virginia Comicon Fairfax, Virginia June 10th Clandestine Comics Glen Burnie, Maryland June 14 -17 Cosplacon Jefferson City, Missouri June 15 -17 Anime Mid -Atlantic 18 Chesapeake, Virginia June 15 -17 Heroes Con Charlotte, North Carolina June 15 -18 CampiCon Birmingham, Alabama June 16th Galactic Con Columbia, Maryland June 16th Time Lord Fest Jacksonville, Florida June 16th Wizard Pub Crawl Savannah, Georgia June 16 -17 Blacktasticon Atlanta, Georgia June 16 -17 Comic Book Connection Ocala, Florida June 16 -17 Greater Austin Comic Con Cedar Park, Texas June 16 -17 SWFL Spacecon Fort Myers, Florida June 16 -17 Toy & Hobby Show Raleigh, North Carolina June 21 -24 GIJoeCon Chattanooga, Tennessee June 22 -24 Hamacon Huntsville, Alabama June 22 -24 Sci Fi Summer Con Atlanta, Georgia June 23rd Comic Book Show Annandale, Virginia June 23 -24 Corpus Christi Comic Con Robstown, Texas June 23 -24 Durham Comics Fest Durham, North Carolina June 23 -24 Mississippi Comic Con Jackson, Mississippi June 23 -24 St. Louis Comic Con St. Charles, Missouri June 23 -24 Steampunk MidAtlantic Raleigh, North Carolina June 23 -24 Ocala Comic Con Ocala, Florida June 29 -July 1 Anime Blues Con 8 Memphis, Tennessee June 29 -July 1 Anime CTX Austin, Texas June 29 -July 1 Arkansas Anime Fest ival Bentonville, Arkansas June 29 -July 1 Cosplay America Chapel Hill, North Carolina June 29 -July 1 Fanboy Expo Knoxville, Tennessee June 29 -July 1 Grand Brony Gala Tampa, Florida June 29 -July 1 LibertyCon 31 Chattanooga, Tennessee June 30th ArlingCon Arlington, Texas June 30th Asheville Zine Fest Asheville, North Carolina June 30th BTL Collectibles Show Miami, Florida June 30 -July 1 VrockCon Flat Rock, North Carolina July 4 -8 Dice Tower Con Orlando, Florida

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Ju ly 6 -7 ZiCon Edinburg, Texas July 6 -8 Hypericon Nashville Tennessee July 6 -8 Sausomecon Kansas City, Missouri July 6 -8 Shore Leave 40 Baltimore, Maryland July 8th Atlanta Comic Convention Atlanta , Georgia July 12 -15 Florida Super Con Miami Beach, Florida July 12 -15 Historicon Fredericksburg, Virginia July 12 -15 Paradise City Comic Con Miami, Florida July 13th Burton Nightmare Bash Atlanta, Georgia July 13 -15 Atlanta Comic Con Atlanta, Georgia July 13 -15 Cha rCon Charleston, West Virginia July 13 -15 ConGregate 5 High Point, North Carolina July 13 -15 Delta H Con Houston, Texas July 13 -15 Crypticon Kansas City, Missouri July 14th Frankfort Comic Con Frankfort, Kentucky July 14th Statesvill e Comic Con Statesville, North Carolina July 14 -15 C1COMICON Ringgold, Georgia July 14 -15 Comic Book Connection Jacksonville, Florida April 15th Charlotte Comicon Concord, North Carolina

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Golden Grove Submission Instructions

Deadlines for submissions are the 10 th day of December, March, June and September.

Poetry, stories, book reviews and advancement requirements should be submitted as Word document or a .txt file. Original artwork may be submitted in any digital format. If you would like help editing your stories please submit them well before the deadline and put 1 st draft in the subject line.

All submissions should be sent to [email protected]

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