OryCon 411 2 ArtistRob Carlos

EditorSusan Chang

LifetimeCJ Cherryh Achievement

AuthorFonda Lee

MediaDragon Dronet

ScienceMika McKinnon

FilkCecilia Eng Contents 2...... Letter from the Chair 2...... Get Connected! 3...... Convention Policies 7...... Hours of Operation 8...... Activities & Events 13....In Memoriam 14....Artists 14....Dealers 14....Fan Tables 15....Committee Members 17....Fonda Lee 19....Rob Carlos 21....Dragon Dronet OSFCI Presents... 23....Susan Chang 26....C.J. Cherryh OryCon 41 27....Mika McKinnon Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations 28....Cecilia Eng Nov 8-10, 2019 28....The Oryconian Oregon Conventions Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) non- 29....Susan C. Petrey Clarion profit corporation. Scholarship Fund Souvenir Book Layout & Design 29....John Andrews Memorial Meredith Cook Scholarship www.mulchmedia.com 31....Panelist Bios Across the Divide, Rob Carlos Letter from the Chair Get Connected! Welcome to OryCon 41! We have a orycon41.sched.com fantastic group of OryCon programming is available guests of honor. Rob online via a mobile-friendly website Carlos, Susan Chang, at orycon41.sched.org. No account is CJ Cherryh, Dragon necessary to view the programming Dronet, Ceclia Eng, information. Set up a free account Fonda Lee, and Mika McKinnon are all here with Sched and you can create your to to share space, fun, own custom OryCon schedule. and deep discussions with all of us. If you Don’t Miss an Event want to meet them, All of OryCon programming is listed you’ll seldom have a better chance. online. Panels can be sorted by (Do be respectful, date, track topic, location, and by though. We’re panelist. View the Sched site in keeping them busy.) any mobile browser and you will We have the usual suspects: automatically be served the mobile panels, readings, Art Show, gaming optimized version. You can save a with the GameStorm game library. shortcut on your home screen. We’ve changed the time grid in hopes of making it easier to travel between panels, get a snack and Stay Up-to-Date share some space in Hospitality. Sched will cache the schedule data Find local groups and conventions to your mobile device for offline in the Fan Tables area. Buy things access. Use the “refresh” button in in the Dealers’ Room. Have dinner the options menu while connected with friends in the spiffy new to the internet and Sched will restaurant, ideally located for people-watching. Have fun! update your programming data with the latest OryCon information. As always, OryCon is a product of hundreds of hours of preparation OryCon staff will update Sched data and work from the people who are regularly throughout the con. willing to commit their hearts and minds to the cause year ‘round. I got help from people who have Sched.comShare with has optional Friends social been with OryCon since its founding features that are integrated with and people for whom OryCon is a Facebook, Twitter and email to easily brand-new experience. A couple share your custom schedule with of people moved mountains; everyone gave the best they your friends. You can connect your had to give. Thank you all. Sched account to any of these social Remember - if you see something networks via the settings page. you’d like to try helping with next year, OryCon runs on Need Support? blood, sweat and volunteers. For additional support with Talk to one of the staff about Sched visit support.sched.org. volunteering for next year! Lea Rush Chair, OryCon 41 2 chair is final. Action Weapons Policy Convention by the convention in OryCon does not allow no way precludes the real weapons either Policies injured individual or as part of a costume the hotel from pursuing or for everyday Oregon Science whatever remedies, civil convention wear. Fiction or criminal, they see fit. Examples include, but Conventions, After the event, OSFCI are not limited to, real Inc. (OSFCI) may take further firearms, ammunition, Code of Conduct action, including tasers, pepper spray, OSFCI does not banning the violator or other real weapons. tolerate discrimination from further events. The OryCon committee or harassment of any Please note that other and staff have the kind, including but behaviors, including final say on what not limited to physical but not limited to items require peace- assault, battery, destruction of hotel bonding or removal deliberate intimidation, property, can also to safe storage. stalking, inappropriate result in the actions language or unwelcome described above. physical contact. A copy of the Props Policy This policy applies procedures for Safety to any attendee’s enforcement of this We reserve the right interactions with fellow code are available on to inspect and reject con-goers, program the OSFCI web site any prop and/or device participants, hotel at http://osfci.org/ at any time. Violation employees, and guests code-of-conduct-2/ of this policy in part of the hotel, including or in whole may lead panel discussions. to your removal from Be respectful of and OSFCI the convention by courteous towards Statement of convention staff and/ others. Attendees are Inclusiveness or from the hotel expected to understand OSFCI is committed by hotel security or that one needs to to creating a safe and local authorities. ask before touching inviting space that is Banned items: and that “no” means inclusive of all fans, “no”. If someone says gamers, families, and • Functioning projectile “no” or “go away”, an members, regardless weapons, devices, or attendee’s business with of race, ethnicity, toys, including items that person is done. age, orientation, or meant to be thrown Violation of this policy gender identity. We (See information for can result in action take security and anti- disabled projectile by the convention harassment policies weapons below. committee ranging from very seriously to ensure • Firearms or projectile warnings to having the safety and respect for items that look like violator’s badge revoked all attendees of all of real or functioning with no refund, and the our sponsored events. weapons from decision of the event 10 feet away 3 • Live steel swords. If you buy it is not possible to • Props made of metal one of these, you repair or restore the need to immediately item to functionality. • Potentially dangerous take it off-site or to In most cases, this props which are your hotel room. means the item must not part of a bona be filled with glue fide costume Where? Peace-bonding and all moving parts • Props wide or long will be conducted in rendered immobile. This enough to inhibit the front lobby at the decision is at OryCon’s hallway traffic Peacebonding Table. sole discretion. Check at the Info The OryCon committee Desk for directions. Violations and staff have the final say on what Examples of Any violation of this items require peace- items requiring policy may result in a bonding or removal peace-bonding: warning, temporary to safe storage. • Any prop or device convention suspension, that resembles temporary or Peace-bonding: a weapon from permanent membership Any item or prop that any genre revocation, up to and could be used as a including legal action, • Toy sword made at OryCon’s discretion. weapon, could be of foam dangerous, or appears Changes to be dangerous Prop conduct: (even if it’s not), must This policy may be • Do not brandish or changed at any time at be peace-bonded. wave around props Peace-bonding is an our sole discretion. The agreement to carry • Do not point or aim most current version your prop safely and props at anyone of this policy will be on requires signing an • Prop firearms the OryCon website, acknowledgement must have a highly https://orycon.org/41/ of the requirements visible orange tip policies/. Our code of conduct is available at of safe carry. A staff • Props must always http://osfci.org/code- member will attach a stay holstered, of-conduct-2/. Printed peace-tie to your item slung, or sheathed, copies will be provided which signals to all except while in the operations office. staff that your item posing for photos has been reviewed. Special exception for Purchased items: disabled projectile Child Policy All children must be If you buy a prop in the items: Projectile items registered with the Exhibits Hall or Artist which do not violate convention, and all Alley, remember to get any other aspect of children purchasing it peace- bonded, if the banned items lists memberships must needed. Also, exhibitors are allowed only if be accompanied occasionally sell a few they are, or have been by an adult. things that you can’t made, permanently carry around the con non-functional. Children ages 5 and at all, like live steel “Permanently” means under are admitted 4 4 to the convention Smoking Policy If alcoholic drinks without charge and Smoking allowed in are served ALL will be issued a badge designated areas only. members must show that must be kept with valid identification. Vaping is considered the child (or a nearby Responsible individual diaper bag, for example) smoking for purposes of this policy. Vaping is must attend their party rather than with one during party hours, or if of the parents. The allowed in designated areas only. needed, leave someone child must be under connected with them the supervision of an in charge with a way adult, or in the official Party Policy to be contacted if Child Care Area, at all What is a party? they are required to times. If a young child Any event held in be somewhere else. is found unattended, he hotel space where: or she will be delivered No alcoholic drinks to the Child Care Area • Fliers are posted in other hotel or and the responsible • Public invitations are convention space. All adult(s) will be billed. given out (verbally alcohol must remain in the party room. Children ages 6-12 are or written) admitted at half the • If Convention Comply with all hotel adult price. Children Committee or Hotel rules and Oregon over the age of 10 may Security deems it state law. If you do operate independently to be a party. something that gains as long as they cause the attention of the no problems. Those not Rules: hotel (noise complaints, capable of operating A member of OryCon smoking, etc.) then responsibly on their must register the party the person or persons own must be kept under with OryCon Hotel responsible for the adult supervision or Liason. This person room and party are taken to the official Child will be responsible to responsible for any Care Area. Children see that the rest of fines or legal problems 6-10 need to be under the rules are followed that may arise. the supervision of in their party. someone age 16 and up. The list of parties Photo Policy All children 12 or under will be handed off By entering the OryCon must be under direct to the OryCon Party convention space, adult supervision after Coordinator at con. members consent to 8 PM. Children 8 and Responsible individual video and/or audio over may work as must not be under the recording by both convention volunteers, influence of alcohol. OryCon staff and other but those ages 8-11 event attendees. may do so for no more A contact list for individuals responsible Visual recording than 4 hours per day. includes both Those ages 12-16 may for each party must be given to the OryCon photography and do so for no more than videography. 6 hours per day. Party Coordinator prior to the event. Some convention spaces or events will 5 prohibit or restrict (Flickr, YouTube, chair, checking badges. visual and/or audio Photobucket, Facebook, We have more complex recording; signs will etc.). Attachments stuff, but either way, be posted indicating will be ignored. Please we need you and it’s such restrictions. send all submissions to a great way to get For the purpose of photos[at]orycon.org. that amazing feeling visual recording, of helping out and OryCon event spaces Signage Policy feeling appreciated are not public. Signs may be attached without making a huge Attendees may ask to vinyl walls with blue time commitment. photographers and painters tape only. And the perks! The videographers to Perks! We got stuff! not be specifically Pet Policy There is cool swag recorded; however, While we appreciate available for volunteers unintentional or non- that this hotel is pet on the last day of con. specific recording is friendly, all nonservice Great things from the likely due to the animals are not vendors’ tables and of the convention. to be brought into other wonderful items People have a function space. This are donated just to reasonable expectation includes suites that reward volunteers. of privacy and the are being utilized for Picking order for your right to control visual programming. This reward is based on and audio recording is for the safety and hours worked. The in their hotel rooms. comfort of all our fan with the most When stopping for members. When not in hours gets to pick photography in a function space please their swag first, so hallway, please be follow all rules set by the more hours you brief and do not block the hotel and local volunteer, the greater the flow of hallway laws. This includes the chance of you traffic. Be aware that leash laws and cleaning getting the best swag. a flash or other light up after your pet. Interested? Let source may interfere us know! Check with event activities. Volunteers out Volunteers or Want to be in on contact volunteers@ OryCon will only the know at the accept submissions orycon.org for convention? Have an more information. if they include an hour to kill between explicit statement activities? You should from the owner of volunteer because the work giving Orycon runs on Blood, OryCon permission to Sweat, and Volunteers. reproduce, publish, We know this, we have and distribute the the T-shirt. Volunteers work for the purpose are the stuff from which of promoting OryCon. great conventions are Submissions must be made. Some of it is a sent in the form of simple as sitting in a links to online galleries 6 Hours of Dealers Room Food Truck: Coin Friday 12pm-6pm Operated Boy Operation Saturday 9am-6pm Sat 11am-7pm Artifacts Sunday 10am-4pm Friday 2pm-6pm Registration Saturday 9am-6pm Fan Tables Friday 9am-10pm Friday 12pm-7pm Sunday 9am-2pm Saturday 9am-10pm Saturday 10am-7pm Sunday 9am-2pm Sunday 10am-4pm OryCon 41 is proud to Art Show offer an entirely optional Artist Check-in Gaming membership badge for Thursday 8pm-11pm Gamestorm Library your Service Animal Friday 8am-11am & Open Gaming at absolutely no cost Friday 12pm-12am to you. This is not a Open to Membership requirement in any way, Friday 1pm-7pm Saturday 8am-12am but if you wish, you are Public Artist Reception Sunday 8am-2pm welcome to register your Service Animal at Fri 9pm; early LAN Gaming entry at 8pm by for their very own invitation only. Friday 12pm-10pm commemorative badge. Saturday 10am-10pm Saturday 9am-8pm After hours, Reg Sunday 9am-1pm Sunday 10am-2pm assistance will be Sunday Auction provided in the Hospitality Ops Rm 252. 1pm-1:30pm Close- Friday 10am-2am out for set-up Saturday 8am-2am OryCon 42 1pm-2pm Auction memberships will Sunday 8am-2pm 2pm-5pm Pick-up be available most of art/Tear-down the weekend. Check Info Desk with Registration Friday 9am-9pm to find out when Child Care Saturday 9am-9pm you can purchase Friday 3pm-6pm; memberships 7pm-11pm Sunday 9am-6pm for next year. Saturday 10am-1pm; 2pm-6pm; 7pm-11pm Lounges: Fan / Sunday 10am- Teen / GEAR Con 12pm; 1pm-3pm Friday 1pm-11pm Saturday 9am-11pm Sunday 9am-2pm *See program for scheduled events.

7 Child Care the child is staying late. Activities Childcare will be Hot meals, bottle or provided by professional spoon feeding snacks, & Events adult nannies. The medication and special parent or legal guardian nutritional needs, are Art Show must sign a medical the responsibility of The OryCon Art Show waiver so that the the parents. Please features fantastical nanny can release the alert the nannies of any works from all facets child for emergency allergies. This service of fandom. From medical care in the is provided on a first- to faeries, event of an emergency come, first-served dragons to deathstars and the parents cannot basis. The nannies are our artists translate be located in a timely legally allowed to take their visions into fashion. We also require only a certain number two and even three a liability waiver. Both of kids (total number dimensions! Stop by forms will be available is age dependent) at a and see what your at check in. Scrip will time. A $10 surcharge favorite local artist be available at the will be applied for has been up to in the rate of $5 per hour or late pickup. For more last year, and discover 5 hours for $20. For information or to donate new artists who have security purposes, child-appropriate recently joined us. the room number items please contact While visiting the will only be given [email protected]. Art Show, be sure to scrip purchasing to fill out a ballot convention members at for the Member’s the OryCon Info Desk Children’s Favorites Awards! in the main lobby. Programming / Featured events this Waivers are available on OryKids year include Artist the orycon.org website. OryKids’ goal is to Pictionary, with favorite Low allergy healthy provide a slate of artists of the convention snacks, safe toys, programming to make ,along with Scheduled G-rated videos, games OryCon a more family- Artist Demos and and arts and crafts will friendly event and, of Sketchbook Critiques be available. We plan course, fun for kids! that are happening on on having beds and a OryKids programs Friday and Saturday, playpen for naps in a explore fan interests and Saturday morning, separate room from the like gaming, costuming, Art Show is located in play area, in case your crafts, music, science the Exhibit Hall next to child needs quiet time. and writing as well as the Dealer’s Room and The kids always have kid stuff like story times is open to membership. a lot of fun. We do not and play times. We Please do not bring in have any spare diapers have designed activities any food or drink. No so please leave all the to appeal to a wide age photography is allowed necessary supplies for range (3-12) with some in the Art Show. infants and toddlers in events listing specific training pants. Pajamas ages, and our programs might be a good idea if are scheduled all in one 8 room on the lower level, kids); Pokémon Go aficionado of many down the hall from the Meetup; Vegan Tastings genres of music and Dealer’s room. OryKids Kids Making Games loves to showcase is made possible (kids teaching kids her eclectic tastes for by a great group of fundamentals of setting audiences everywhere. volunteers, so please up rules and worlds); Expect to hear beats be kind to them! Please Hogwarts Homework to get you on your note that our programs (immersive, multi- feets as well as our are not childcare hour experience) midnight must haves. and that OryCon --Writing Wizardry: Dance begins at 10pm rules and common Making Quills & Wax in the Mt. St. Helens sense should guide Seals;--Herbology;-- Ballroom. We hope caregivers in whether Divination;--Potions;- to see you there! or not to accompany -Quidditch Prep (Make a participating child. a Golden Snitch);-- Ollivander’s Wand- Dealers’ Room Making;--Defense What do you need, or Creation Against the Dark Arts; better yet, what do you Station (Rm 206) (learn how to play really really WANT? Creation Station Wizards Unite);-- OryCon41 offers you is an autonomous O.W.L.’s (Harry Potter over 40 Dealers to meet collective of panelists, trivia);--Dumbledore’s your every shopping bringing innovative, Army (Wizards Unite need: New and used audience-participation, meetup);--The Quibbler Books, Garb & Gear, welcoming, inclusive, (Make Field Recordings Games, Music, Original progressive events & of Nargals!); Novels direct from safe space to cons since the Authors, Jewelry, 2003! Mostly all-ages, Could You Survive Blades, fine Leather kid-friendly, hands-on! Space Travel? Live, work, and oh… did we Annual favorites, e.g., Interactive Trivia mention BOOKS? Doctor Who Live Script Game!; --LGBTQ Youth Meetup; Please find us in the Reading, Fandom Food, Grand Ballroom, at & Kitten Caboodle, Bees, Please! Raising the end of the hotel’s plus new innovations! Local Pollinators;-- main level, next to Ask Gandalf the Grey Intro to Soundboards; the Art Room; right Anything; Choose- Tolkien Quest: Fanwork on your way to many Your-Own Adventure Creation Here (Create of the guest rooms, Play-Through; Fan Art/Crafts/Fanfics) Hospitality, etc. Get and Back Again (Share your treasures and Clay-O-Rama (make Them)! Join us & enjoy! Play-Doh minis & memories here, where battle!); Storytelling you’ll find shopping Through Fanfiction: Dances pleasure you can’t Tips, Tricks, & This year we have DJ easily get elsewhere. Acceptance; Intro to Dirty Mollie who will be And while you’re Needle Felting; Spooky rocking the ballroom shopping, don’t forget Creations (hands-on Friday and Saturday to get your Eggs to craft, run by kids for nights. Mollie is an trade for a wealth of 9 goodies, all to benefit electronic program having the courage the Susan C Petrey (orycon41.sched.com). (and talent) to do so. Scholarship fund! Be sure to check for So to everybody in the announcements at the “funny clothes” this bulletin board next to weekend -- Thank you! Fan Tables the GameStorm library. Need a break but don’t want to miss the fun? Hospitality Stop by the Fan Tables Hall Costumes (Glisan & Rm 106) located in the main What would a con be Hospitality is a perk lobby and around the like without people in and a service that lower level landing. costumes roaming the OryCon provides to all Here you can find a halls? A lot less colorful members in attendance. fan group to join, a all around and perhaps When people think of event to attend, a bit less interesting Hospitality they often and much more. for some. Costumes think of food (and that people can see up there will be plenty of close can be fascinating snacks!) but the core LAN, Open & regardless of whether of what the OSFCI Scheduled Gaming the outfit is simple or Board, ConCom and Gaming returns to extravagant. It is a Staff want to provide OryCon this year, with form of self-expression is a sense of welcome. both video and tabletop called wearable art We invite you to think gaming content! Come and while some may of Hospitality as a visit the Jantzen Room say “Art who?”, many comfortable retreat for panels from great would be disappointed within the bounds of area creators. The to see it disappear. Hall the convention – sure, Multnomah Room will costumes have started we have snacks to tide host our open tabletop many a conversation you over until your next gaming space, hosted and more than a few meal and drinks to keep by our sister convention friendships. They’ve you hydrated – but the GameStorm (and been around since main service we provide their library of games) the early days of the is a comfortable place (gamestorm.org)! And conventions and will to sit and relax; to read if you’re looking for most likely (hopefully) a book, play a game, or some video games or be around for a long engage with someone want to do some LAN time to come. Why you might not otherwise gaming, our friends do we give awards get a chance to during from Kumoricon will be to people who make the convention! hosting video games in and/or wear these the Clackamas Room sometimes-silly, (kumoricon.org)! Try sometimes-scary, Kaffeeklatches & your hand at one of frequently thought Literary Beers our games, or bring provoking creations? Meet with authors your own and play To say “Thank You” and artists for a cup with friends! Newly for visually livening of coffee/tea or an scheduled games up a weekend for a evening drink. Daytime will be added to the lot of people and for Kaffeeklatches will be 10 located in JBs Night Explorers, Adventurers, participate in OryCon’s Club (please bring your & Romantics Convention costume contest! For own beverage). Seating (GEAR Con) is Portland, those that want to is limited; sign up at Oregon’s annual just strut your stuff on the Information Desk in steampunk festival. stage, there will also the main lobby. Evening Come visit the lounge be a costume fashion drinks will located in to share tales, show off show before the main White Stag (drinks costumes, and enjoy contest. Participation can be purchased at the company of other in one or both is the bar outside of steampunk (Victorian highly encouraged. Ballrooms downstairs). retro-futurism) Saturday: enthusiasts and lovers- of-the-anachronistic. 5pm ~ Rehearsal/Check- Fan Lounge in in the main ballroom. (Rm 266) 5:30pm ~ Seating The Susan C. Petrey Teen Lounge for Masquerade and Memorial Fan Lounge (Rm 116) Fashion Show. is a community area Teen Lounge is a safe 6pm ~ Costume for fans to meet and space for people ages Fashion Show. hold gatherings during 13-21 to be as geeky as Orycon. It is also a they please. The Teen 6:30pm ~ Judging & room for individual fans Lounge has a range of Masquerade Contest to come, decompress, games that are both in the main ballroom. and have quiet table top and console. Categories: conversations. It is There are plenty of • Young Fan a quiet, safe space. snacks, drinks and • Novice If your club/guild/ like minded geeks. • Apprentice committee/alliance/ • Journeyman group of friends would • Master/Pro like a free area to host Masquerade Entries are judged on a get-together, please Costume Contest workmanship and stage sign up on the door & Fashion Show presentation. Please of the lounge during Costuming and cosplay let the judges know if theconvention. View have been an inherent you are only competing orycon41.sched.com part of SF/F fandom for workmanship. for the latest schedule since almost the very Recreationists are asked information. Light beginning. The first to bring a source image. refreshments will be WorldCon, in 1939, provided, and the only had fans in costume. requirement is that For some of us, it’s the ORC An Open Read & your event is open and primary reason why we Critique (ORC) is an welcoming to any fans attend SF/F conventions. opportunity to read who might wander in. And the great thing is, the first 750 words costumers can be of all of your short story or ages and skill levels. GEAR Con Lounge novel aloud to your It is with that in mind peers and receive a (Rm 202) that we invite you to The Gaslight-fantastic Clarion-style critique of 11

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The Clayton Memorial Medical Fund was founded in July 1996 as the Oregon SF Emergency Fund by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) in response to the illness of Portland writer Jo Clayton. The Fund is sponsored by OSFCI, a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. TO REQUEST HELP Clayton Memorial Fund Or By E-mail: Or to Make a Donation c/o OSFCI James Fiscus, Chair CONTACT: P.O. Box 5703 Clayton Memorial Fund, at: Web Site: www.osfci.org/clayton Portland, Oregon 97228 [email protected] Send donations to "Clayton Memorial Medical Fund/OSFCI" at the above address. Or use the PayPal link on our Web site. 12 your work. Our theme is “How to Hook a In Memoriam Reader.” All writers and Barbara Oldham, grandmother, listening genres are welcome! 65, died on June 10, to her read authors like Look for sign-up sheets 2019. From Portland, outside our meeting Barbara was an avid and Robert E. Howard. reader of SF, attending Best known for the Sarah room starting Friday and participating in the Beauhall morning (first come, committees of SF Cons series, he also published first served). Content at home and abroad. short fiction (including should be rated PG-13 Barbara’s health issues a collaboration with Ken and contain no explicit caused her to decline Scholes). He earned a BA sex, graphic violence, physically in the last in English and a Masters or excessive profanity. few years but she never of Library Science at the complained and she never University of Kentucky, More info online at missed an OryCon. She and worked in the www.orycon.org. was a proud member technology sector. He is of the group who have survived by his wife Kathy attended every single Pitts, daughter Emily, and OryCon. She had a son Patrick. delightful sense of humor and enjoyed a Opportunity, launched whole family of stuffed July 7, 2003 and declared pet/friends who often “Mission Complete” Feb. accompanied her at 13, 2019. Designed conventions to last just 90 Martian days and travel 1,000 Anthony “Skip” Ward, meters, “Oppy” vastly 70, died on July 11, surpassed all expectations A Note About 2019. Skip was born in in endurance, scientific OryCon 41 Oregon in 1949 and was value and longevity. a member of The Society Publications: of Strangers that put on This year’s Souvenir Stan Lee, 95, at least two science fiction died November 12, Book and Pocket conventions in Portland 2018. Stanley Martin Program have been an in the early 1970s. While Lieber, was a revolutionary experiment in making still in college; Skip was and influential comic changes for better an early member of book writer, editor, accessibility. Specific the SCA and active in publisher, and producer. west coast APAs. After “Marvel is a cornucopia fonts and sizes have retirement, he returned been researched and of fantasy, a wild idea, a to his family home in swashbuckling attitude, an chosen to make the Portland in the 1990s, escape from the humdrum text more readable renewing his friendship and the prosaic. It’s a for dyslexic and low with long time Portland serendipitous feast for vision readers. fan, John Andrews. Skip the mind, the eye, the worked in the Multnomah imagination, a literate Digital copies of the County library system celebration of unbridled books are available and rejoined the Portland creativity, coupled with a at www.orycon.org. fannish community. touch of rebellion and an

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2019 Endeavour Award Finalists Blood Orbit by K.R. Richardson The Girl in the Green Silk Gown by Seanan McGuire Irontown Blues by Moonshine by Jasmine Gower Trial by Treason by Dave Duncan Judges for the 2019 Award Kij Johnson, Linda Nagata, and Bud Sparhawk Endeavour Award Reception Saturday, 8:00pm The location will be announced at the Award Ceremony.

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16 Fonda Lee Author Guest of Honor reading lists. Fonda has been a finalist for the Nebula, Locus, and Awards, and has won the Aurora Award, Canada’s national science fiction and fantasy award, twice in the same year for Best Novel and Best Young Adult Novel. She is hard at work on Jade Legacy, the third and final book of the Green Bone Saga. Fonda is a black belt martial artist, action movie aficionado, Fonda Lee is the and Eggs Benedict author of the Green enthusiast. A former Bone Saga, the genre- corporate strategist, blending epic fantasy she advised Fortune series beginning with 500 companies for Jade City (Orbit), many years before which won the 2018 leaving a career in business to pursue her for Best Novel, and dream of writing stories continuing in Jade about prizefighting in War, which released space, armored aliens, in 2019 to widespread and magic-fueled kung critical acclaim. Her fu. Born and raised in young adult science Calgary, Canada, Fonda fiction novels Zeroboxer has lived in Toronto, (Flux), Exo and Cross the San Francisco Bay Fire (Scholastic) have Area, and Portland, garnered accolades and Oregon, where she award nods from the and her husband, two Junior Library Guild, kids, and scruffy mutt the American Library now make their home. Association, the Oregon Council of Teachers of English, and been named to numerous state and provincial www.fondalee.com 17 Starbase Draconis, Rob Carlos 18 Rob Carlos Artist Guest of Honor the convention world drawing people’s that exists up here. A personal dragons, couple of years later, a and occasionally bookstore/art gallery creating enormous in Kent, WA called murals for locations “Browser’s Books” was around Washington displaying and selling and Oregon. work by local artist Amy Brown, and decided to add Rob to their walls as well. Browser’s Books became Rob’s home base for many years, and most of his paintings from that time started as sketches done there in the bookstore. Rob Carlos started his art career working as a In 2007, Rob started digital graphic designer showing his work for a printing company at Norwescon, and in Florida, illustrating other sci-fi/ fantasy the D&D games he conventions. For years, Rob concentrated ran with friends and Bookworm Elf, Rob Carlos drawing and painting on illustrating for whenever possible. independent and small- When that company press writers and folded, he started musicians. During that selling prints on his time, Add An Accent website (the worldwide produced a line of web was a brand new pewter dragons and thing at that point) ceramic tiles based and was asked to do on Rob’s artwork. some paintings for the Recently, MGL licensing Wheel in London has chosen of Time TCG, starting to represent Rob, and his official professional there should be many work as a fantasy artist. more new products to look forward to in years In 2001, Rob, Jean and to come! Meanwhile, their daughter Josalyn Rob stays busy doing Ravens at the Lighthouse, Rob Carlos moved from Florida both self-directed to the Seattle/Tacoma and commercial area, and discovered painting projects, www.colorsmith.com 19 20 Dragon Dronet Media Guest of Honor Renegade Effects hounds in “Artificial Group, receive Intelligence.” Dragon’s requests for hand- latest work has involved made, specialty items. collaborating design These requests span ideas between the multiple genres and costume department include specialty armor and director to create pieces as well as the functional, specialty creation of multiple costumes for Ridley suits of armor for one Scott’s new mini series, production. His work “Strange Angel.” In (sculptures, weapons, addition to his craft, you props, and acting) can find Dragon himself can be found in Star modeling on the cover Trek films, “Babylon 5 of Star Wars novels Crusade,” “Star Wars: and Wired Magazine, As an artisan of the The Old Republic” as Darth Malgus for entertainment industry, costumes, “Chronicles the “Star Wars: The Dragon makes things. of Riddick,” and the Old Republic” video From costumes and purple belly police of game, or performing props to martial arts “Serenity.” Dragon has in various television and stunts, Dragon’s worked with Master shows like “Teen Wolf,” work can be seen in Armorer, Terry English “The Vampire Diaries,” movies, television, (“Clash of the Titans,” and “True Blood.” YouTube, and stage “Excalibur”) on Mr plays. Dragon and his Freeze for “Batman,” production company, as well as the biker

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The Pacific Northwest’s Premier Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention! WWW.NORWESCON.ORG 22Astronomer’s Library,DoubleTree Theresa Mather by Hilton Seattle Airport, 18740 International Blvd SeaTac, WA 22 Norwescon is a 501(c)(3) educational nonprofit Susan Chang Editor Guest of Honor Susan acquires chapter books, middle grade, and young adult fiction. She does not acquire picture books, new adult, or adult books. Like many editors, she has eclectic tastes, and is open to be queried about anything and everything, not limited to science fiction and fantasy. For chapter books she is looking for high concept books or series with an educational hook; for middle grade, action and high-stakes adventure; and in young adult, stories Susan Chang is a that are thought-provoking Senior Editor at Tor and emotionally truthful. Books. She acquires If you are interested in and edits books for submitting to her, please the Starscape middle follow Tor’s submission grade and Tor Teen guidelines, which can young adult imprints. be found here: https:// After graduating from us.macmillan.com/ Vassar College with torforge/about/faq/ a degree in Medieval and Renaissance Studies, she began her publishing career at HarperCollins Children’s Books, where she worked for nine years before moving on to shorter stints at Hyperion Books for Children and Parachute Publishing, a book packager. In January 2004, Susan got her dream job at Tor Books as acquiring editor for the Starscape and Tor Teen imprints. 23 Across the Divide, Rob Carlos Ravens in the Library, Rob Carlos

Taurus, Rob Carlos C.J. Cherryh Lifetime Achievement Crete, Celts, and caves. part of the whole I’ve traveled from New universe: I’m stuck York to Istanbul and on it a while, and Troy; outrun a dog pack until I get the chance at Thebes, and seen to get off it—(I want Columbia lift on her to do a flyby of Mars first flight. I’ve fallen and take a look at Nix down a muddy chute in Olympica and the Vallis a Cretan cave, nearly Marinaris, personally; drowned in the Illinois and I want to see River, broken an arm, Titan and Saturn’s been kicked and tossed rings and the Red Spot by horses, fended off on Jupiter)— I don’t an amorous merchant plan to neglect where in a Turkish tent bazaar, I am either, and I’m fought a prairie fire, keeping a constantly slept on deck in the updated list of wonders I write full time; I Adriatic, and driven this planet has to see. travel; I try out things. Picadilly Circus at rush Jane Fancher is my life The list includes, hour. I’ve waded in two partner and my writing present and past oceans and four of the partner. We share tense: fencing, riding, seven seas, I’ve seen 3 cats and two fish archery, firearms, Halley’s Comet from tanks, a koi pond, and ancient weapons, Australia’s far coast, a garden that generally donkeys, elephants, and I want to visit the needs weeding. camels, butterflies, Amazon, the Serengeti, frogs, wasps, turtles, and see the Erebus bees, ants, falconry, volcano in Antarctica. exotic swamp plants I’ve seen the Northern and tropicals, lizards, Lights and experienced wilderness survival, tornadoes and a small fishing, sailing, street earthquake. I choose and ice skating, to live downwind of mechanics, carpentry, five active volcanoes, wiring, painting (one of which has just (canvas), painting waked up) and directly (house), painting atop the evidence of (interior), sculpture, world-class cataclysms: aquariums both fresh lava flow and Ice Age and salt, needlepoint, flood. I love snow bird breeding, furniture and cold and winter is refinishing, video my favorite season. games, archaeology, www.cherryh.com/ Roman, Greek civ, I see this planet as WaveWithoutAShore/ 26 Mika McKinnon Science Guest of Honor Mika McKinnon is a including , Star geophysicist, disaster Trek, Madam Secretary, researcher, and scientist No Tomorrow, and for fiction. As our [redacted]. When not friendly neighbourhood lurking around set or geoscientist, she tromping through the offers tasting notes on mud scaring bears, she rocks, tweaks party ponders landslides on planning to enhance asteroids for Project disaster preparedness, ESPRESSO. Her writing and obsesses over appears in BBC, Wired, impending doom. New Scientist, io9, McKinnon scrawls Broadly, Vox, and more. equations and She shares her establishes plausible press passes with a phenomena behind the bevy of mischievous scenes of in TV shows plush creatures. @mikamckinnon

27 Cecilia Eng The Filk Guest of Honor Oryconian guitar from various family Again, this year, members. Harmony, she OryCon will feature the picked up from church OryConian, the multiple- hymnals when she found times-a-day newsletter she couldn’t sing in the keeping you up to date key everyone else sang, on program changes, but noticed there were convenient harmony notes party announcements, in the hymnal. So when book launches and other Cecilia discovered filk news of the convention. music in the mid-1980’s If you have items that she was well-prepared by you’d like included past artistic endeavors, in the early issues, and fell in with friends who send them now to wanted to sing about Dr. newsletter@orycon. Who, Blake’s Seven, Star org. At the convention, Trek, and songs about items can dropped off science fiction and fantasy at the Info Desk. In the late 1950’s, Cecilia’s books. She was soon ballet career was cut writing lyrics and original Be a reporter for music and performing at short at the age of 3 or the OryConian! 4 when she absolutely, conventions across the positively refused to US, Canada and England. You can contribute play a mushroom in the Her music can be found program information, Nutcracker Suite, taking on two CDs, Of Shoes party reviews, quotes a stand against racial and Ships and Harmony from the convention and profiling before she knew in Practice. You can also other items. If you’re what it was. She never download her 2015 Conflikt interested, contact us at took to the piano lessons, Guest of Honor concert [email protected]. much to her later regret online if you Google (it would have made it “Cecilia Eng Conflikt”. much easier to write midi John Lorentz accompaniment for a & Ruth Sachter number of Firebird Arts & Music CDs). In grade school, when she asked to learn the flute, the adults consulted and decided her fingers would have trouble with the fingering and she found herself with a French horn and was told that it would sound much like a flute (not!). She learned to sing from Julie Andrews movies and Peter, Paul and Mary records and learned 28 Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund The Petrey scholarship is selected by the workshop the greatest Egg prizes a memorial to Susan, a directors based on talent available just for you. friend and early member and need. In addition, And at only $2.00 an egg, of Portland fandom. Since the fund provides a grant it’s an easy and fun way her death in 1980 we to sponsor a Clarion to help us raise funds have raised money to West instructor each year for the Susan C. Petrey annually send aspiring who is designated the Clarion Scholarship Fund. wri­ters the Clarion Susan C. Petrey Fellow. Buy an egg or ten and Science Fiction Writer’s Each year, the Petrey don’t forget to check Workshops. This was Fund pays out more in out the silent auction for an event Susan had scholarships and grants those wonderful t-shirt hoped to attend herself than our income from quilts. A great opportunity but was unable to do fund raising, so we need comes again if you so because of financial­ your help to help writers. missed last years! For reasons. For Clarion West The fund is administered more information, please the fund also sponsors a by us, and­ is legally a visit osfci.org/petrey/ Petrey Fellow, one of the part of Oregon Science professional writers who Donations are always Fiction Conventions welcome. Contact us c/o teach at the workshop. Inc., a 501(c)3 tax Wrigley- Cross Books, Currently the fund exempt organization. 2870 NE Hogan Dr., Ste awards two scholarships E, PMB 455, Gresham, annually, one to each of Egg Table OR 97030 or email us at the Clarion Workshops. We’ve spent the last year susanpetrey@comcast. The recipients are scouring the world for net or call 503-667-0807. John Andrews Memorial Worldcon Scholarship The late John Andrews every year. The Worldcon for at least 5 was one of the scholarship comprises years. If you’d like to founding members of of a membership for apply, please do so by OryCon and OSFCI. the Convention and the end of January. Without his efforts, it a cash grant to help To apply, please is quite possible that cover expenses. The download the application neither would exist 2020 Worldcon will from from today. He was also be in Wellington, New osfci.org/andrews very active in and Zealand, from July 29th and email it to devoted to Worldcon, to August 2nd, 2020. [email protected] the World Science In order to be eligible, or send it by US Mail to: Fiction Convention, an applicant must have OSFCI Scholarship Fund, which is held in a been active in OSFCI PO Box 5703, Portland, different city every sponsored functions OR 97228-5703 year. In his memory, (including GameStorm OSFCI provides a and OryCon) for at For information about the 2020 Worldcon, go scholarship to send one least 2 years, and may to conzealand.nz. person to Worldcon not have attended a 29 THREE WHOLE DAYS OF MUSICAL MADNESS AND MAYHEM IN THE MOIST PACIFIC NORTHWEST! JANUARY 24 - 26, 2020 SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

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30 the Pacific Northwest of having written for several Panelist Bios the USA (where she lives role-playing games, such with her husband and two as Call of Cthulhu and Alexander James cats and the wonderful Shadowrun. He serves Adams fantasy worlds of her as the Line Developer for In March 2007, Alexander own imagination. www. Mind’s Eye Theatre for By James Adams, the gender- AlmaAlexander.org. Night Studios, producing a opposite twin of Heather number of MET products. Alexander, inherited K.G. (Karen) Anderson the music and magic of K.G. Anderson is a Seattle- Monica Arguelles the Heatherlands. His based writer, gardener, fiery fiddle, compelling dancer and cat-herder. Josie Ark voice conjure the same She worked on the launch Josie Ark is a comics enchanting magic, inspiring of the iTunes Music Store creator best known for her audiences to make their and current writes for a love of worms. She doesn’t dreams come true & look wide range of lifestyle and know anything about for the wonders within. technology publications. worms, but she sure does Currently, he is involved Her short stories love ’em. She’s an amateur in a major multi-media have appeared or are mermaid, but she’s really production; Canticles, forthcoming in magazines bad at it, so don’t expect conceived by Matthew and anthologies including much. She goes to PSU. Morrese. An online live- Galaxy’s Edge, Weirdbook, Josie’s work includes the action adventure series, and the B Cubed Press former webcomic Love with music, art and Alternative Truths In Idleness, current print written stories, this new series, and are online at comic Just Normal, and world was released at Factor Four Magazine, co-running the convention Worldcon 2016. Just Ares Magazine and Far- Fanaticon PDX, along with finished, is the shooting Fetched Fables. She is her teen comics class. of the pilot episode, and a graduate of the Viable Her art can be found at Alec plays the role of Paradise and Taos Toolbox imaginarytownart.tumblr. Everon XIII the bard. workshops. Find her at com, and imaginarytownart (no typecasting here!) writerway.com/fiction or on Instagram. on twitter @writerway. Alma Alexander JJ Ark Alma Alexander’s life so Jason Andrew Father of two comics far has prepared her well A writer, editor, and game creatives, Husband of a for her chosen career. designer. He lives in retired, disabled writer. She was born in a country Seattle, WA with his two Support Engineer for open which no longer exists on partners Lisa and Andrea source Drupal CMS with the maps, has lived and and his pug, Otter. He a background in Telecom worked in seven countries writes in several genres Project Management. I on four continents (and in and styles, including try to be a good person. cyberspace!), has climbed contemporary fiction, Gene Armstrong mountains, dived in coral historical fiction, young Gene Armstrong has been reefs, flown small planes, adult, science fiction, a figure in Fandom for over swum with dolphins, fantasy and horror. In 30 years. He is a founder of touched 2000-year-old 2011, his story ”Moonlight Rainfurrest. He has Chaired tiles in a gate out of in Scarlet” received an Imperiacon, Knightcon, Babylon. She is a novelist, honorable mention in Anglicon, ConComCon, anthologist and short ’s List for Rustycon, and Rainfurrest. story writer who currently Best Horror of the Year. He has vice-chaired Omni- shares her life between Jason is a rabid gamer, con (was given the position 31 the day of the convention) steampunk line, Steam Jamie Bear Anglicon, Rustycon, Dreams. Her workshops With over 30+ years Orycon, Rainfurrest, and include: Flash Fiction in of sewing experience, ConComCon. He has held a Flash, Going Indie?, 20+ years of gaming virtually every position one a workshop related to experience, and years can in fandom he has held her book: Write Your as an MIB for SJ games executive positions on two Book! Publish Your Book! and volunteer at multiple Westercons, a Nasfic and Market Your Book! conventions you would is on the programing he think she knew better worked in Programming Karen Azinger than to volunteer. A for the Chicago Worldcon, Author of the medieval longtime Cosplayer and and the Vice Chairman epic fantasy The Silk & general fangirl, she of Westercon 73 coming Steel Saga. For fans of is happy to share her to Seattle in July of Martin’s Game of Thrones excitement with all of you. 2020. He is an expert comes an action-packed in most aspects of fantasy with stunning Julie Delliana Beard convention running. female leads. Azinger’s Betty Bigelow Silk & Steel Saga is rich Costumer,artist,dancer,mu J.S. Arquin with intrigue, swords, love, J.S. Arquin is a writer, sician,part-time landscape sorcery and seduction. designer,linguist and writer, editor, audiobook narrator, This 7 books saga starts and producer based in Betty Bigelow has been a with The Steel Queen,and citizen of the science fiction Portland. He is the host then moves to The Flame and editor of The Overcast, and historical recreation Priest, The Skeleton King, communities for 45 years, an audio fiction podcast The Poison Priestess, producing speculative and enjoys sharing her The Knight Marshal, award winning skills and fiction from the PNW and The Prince Deceiver and beyond. He has produced knowledge with everyone reaches its final epic she can pin down long and narrated dozens of conclusion with The Battle sci-fi & fantasy audiobooks, enough to lecture. She Immortal. Before writing, is the artistic director of and is currently finishing Karen spent over twenty writing his own Sci-Fi Shahrazad Dance Ensemble years as an international of Seattle, a Middle Trilogy, due to be released business strategist, around the end of this Eastern dance troupe she eventually becoming a helped found in 1978, and year. You can find out more vice-president for one of at arquinworlds.com. is active in the Tolkien the world’s largest natural costuming communities. Blythe Ayne resource companies. Blythe Ayne’s most recent Karen L. Black fiction is the EOS series, Steven Barnes I’m an engineer-turned- with lots of Steven Barnes has farmer with a lifelong horses. Her most recent published over three interest in gizmos and nonfiction book is Bed Yoga million words of fiction, gadgets aplenty. – Easy, Healing Moves You fantasy, and mystery. He lives in Southern California Pharoah Bolding Can Do In Bed. In addition Pharoah Bolding is the to her books, Blythe has with his son Jason and wife, American Book (self-proclaimed) World’s numerous flash fiction and Greatest Comic Drawin’, short stories published in Award winner Tananarive Due. His website, www. Pop-Culture Skewerin’, various venues, as well as Wrestling Lovin’ HR several novels published diamondhour.com, has all kinds of fun stuff. professional, ready to under a pseudonym. Her defend his title at a greeting cards include a moment’s notice! By day 32 Pharoah kicks HR butt with as well as working with he has over ten years a focus on equity, diversity, numerous other volunteer experience training in, and inclusion! By later in events including Table and teaching, Historical the day Pharoah makes Top Day and over 6 years European Martial Arts. Joe comics, watches wrestling, of staffing GameStorm. is also an accomplished and kicks pop culture butt! He also helps run or performer, with a history In other words, he kicks demonstrate games at in musical theater. a lot of butt. Pharoah is up to 6 other conventions available for HR consults, a year. His breadth of A.M. Brosius anti-racism trainings, knowledge on the gaming A.M. Brosius is a pen panels, commissions, industry, game styles, name. He writes fiction and bar mitzvahs, bas and convention activities nonfiction: ”history, real or mitzvahs, wakes, funerals, makes him entertaining feigned”; political-economic weddings, 80s action and engaging. and cultural theory; and movie re-enactments, the history and techniques and pro wrestling grudge Josh Boykin of swordplay. He is an matches. Check out his Josh has worked as a critic amateur historian, with work and geekery at and journalist in the video varied interests including: pharoahbolding.com! game industry since 2009. Pristine Civilizations, With a passion for quality Hellas and Byzantium, Sonja Bolon storytelling and innovation, Medieval Europe, the Was hooked on reading by Josh dedicates his time Labor Movement, Dada discovering The Chronicles to finding new, innovative and Surrealism, Lettrists of Narnia in the 5th grade game experiences and Situationists. He has and after Tolkien’s Trilogy that enhance people’s studied and practiced of the Rings, became a understanding of the swordplay for over thirty dedicated fantasy and potential of games as well years. The Commonwealth Science Fiction reader. A as themselves. He currently in his novels reflects Graduate with a BFA in runs Intelligame.Us, a all of his many hobbies Visual Arts, and an MA in game criticism and culture and interests. Art Therapy, sees art as a blog that discusses games healing, personal growth and their impact on the Bob Brown and insight process. Has world we live in. He runs Bob Brown is Chief Cook been a long time substitute a weekly livestream called and Bottle washer at teacher, artist, facilitator ”Let’s Intelliplay” where B Cubed Press and the of a brain injury group, he plays and discusses editor of several best writers group member, thought-provoking games, selling anthologies. He and am a partly retired art and runs the Intelligame is also the author of The therapist. My philosophy Radio podcast. Find him on Damsel, the Dragon and is to pay it forward, stay social media @Wallstormer, the Knight, a children’s creative, and encourage or go to intelligame.us. book. He is also the co- all who happen within my author of The Lost Enforcer, sphere while remaining Joseph Brassey with Irene Radford, and perpetually curious Joseph Brassey is the numerous short stories. and open to having my author of the Drifting Lands Bob is a Health Physicist paradigm shifted. series from Angry and works at the Hanford Books, as well as the head Nuclear Reservation where Jason Bostick instructor of Grit City HEMA he has worked for most An avid gamer, Jason and Tacoma Washington. of his career. He raises brings over 10 years In addition to writing chickens, operates an of dedicated game fiction professionally for organic farm, and drives demonstration experience, the past eight years, places in his spare time. 33 Sheri Budrow Patrck Califia Orycon Chair Sheri, Better known as Califia is a widely- The Great Leader, Chaser Cassia while in cosplay publshed transgender of OryCon Staff, & Keeper these days, has been author whose work of Con Problems. a cosplayer for about addresses issues of gender, 6 years, and active on pleasure, and violence. Susan Chang the con circuit for 4. OryCon 41 Editor Guest She loves to teach what Jane Campbell of Honor (See pg 23). Jane Campbell is owner, she can and pass on Mark Chapman knowledge shes learned. designer, corsetiere and sweat shop laborer for Agathon McGeachy holds a BSME and worked for Chad Budrow Seams Like Magik. She specializes in historical 20 years as a machine Chad is an engineer by designer, the last 14 years profession, and has a deep and fantasy clothing for all sizes. She also happens to in the medical research love for art and history. field. He has skills as a The Boudrot Armory is a be a chemical engineer and worked at Kennedy Space fabricator, foundryman small part time educational and machinist. As shop devoted to recreating Center for 12+years. Jane is a voracious reader, proud Manfred Kriegstreiber art and armour of the he participated in SCA medieval and renaissance mother, long time SFF fan, multitasking hobbyist, tournaments and left eras in European history. having achieved that Though my skills are still traveler, geek and an unpredictable adventurer. group’s highest honors. quite novice, I am very He is an accomplished happy to share what I Jean Carlos ceramic sculptor. His have. The shop has moved Published author of gargoyle sculpture, ”Just and expanded and is still extremely short stories Keeping an Eye on Things” being reconstructed. for Eilfin Publishing’s RPG, was Best 3d Art in Show ”Undiscovered.” Manager, (non-jewelry) at Worldcon John C. Bunnell wife and minion for her in Spokane 2015. John C. Bunnell - no husband, fantasy artist and relation to the police- illustrator Rob Carlos. Jean Curtis C. Chen video host - has been has always been drawn (no Once a Silicon Valley writing and reviewing pun intended) to creativity software engineer, Curtis for and is still searching for C. Chen, now writes over two decades. His her best outlet. She is also speculative fiction and most recent work, “Spirit a Spiritual Healer with the runs puzzle games near of All the Russias”, Universal Life Church as Portland, Oregon. His was released in March well as a Geek Travel Agent debut novel Waypoint 2014 by Oregon-based with Other Worlds Travel. Kangaroo (a 2017 Locus e-publisher Uncial Press. Awards Finalist and John’s previous works for Rob Carlos Endeavour Award Finalist) Uncial Press include the OryCon 41 Artist Guest is a science fiction thriller Expatriate Sidhe stories of Honor (See pg 19). about a superpowered (”Charmed, I’m Sure” spy facing his toughest and ”Phantom of the Christina Cato mission yet: vacation. Operetta”) featuring Juliet Christina Cato is a droid The sequel, Kangaroo McKenna, who left Faerie builder, author, and Too, lands our hero on the for a career on the mortal professional shoemaker. Moon to confront long- stage; further installments She enjoys challenging buried secrets. Curtis’ short are in development. others to find their stories have appeared in own creative joy. Playboy Magazine, Daily 34 Science Fiction, Mission: paperbacks, hardcovers, two Endeavor Awards. Tomorrow, and Oregon audio books, and Brenda is a technology Reads Aloud. He is a by such authors as F. professional and a futurist, graduate of the Clarion Paul Wilson, Elizabeth and publishes non-fiction West and Viable Paradise Engstrom, and Jeremy on the environment and writers’ workshops. Robert Johnson. the future. Her non-fiction curtiscchen.com has appeared at Slate Cheryce Clayton and Crosscut and her C.J. Cherryh Ghostwriter, nonByline short fiction has appeared OryCon 41 Lifetime journo, content editor, and in Nature Magazine, Achievement (See pg 26). independent. Dyslexic, among other venues. survivor, veteran, slacker. Mike Chinakos Brenda lives in the Pacific Choctaw, Roma, NDN, Northwest where she A lover of Horror, Sci- Mixt. All just words Fi, and Fantasy, Mike is gardens, bikes, writes without context, lets fiction, non-fiction, and the author of Hollywood get coffee and talk. Cowboys, Kiss of the poetry, and loves sunrises. Traitor, Dead Town, Stoney Compton brenda-cooper.com. Terminal Horizons, Grim Stoney Compton writes Aaron Curtis Highways, When the and publishes science Aaron is a founder of Lightning Strikes, Exiles fiction alternative history, Orycon’s sister convention, in Time, Tales of the Ten and historical fiction, his GameStorm, and served Realms and numerous supportive wife, Colette, as OSFCI President for ten short stories. A proud teaches ballet and years. He also curates the father of two, he lives choreography, the dogs board game library used in the beautiful Pacific chase tennis balls, and the at both conventions. Northwest. Mike is the past cats just do whatever. president and co-founder of Leah Cutter the Northwest Independent Tina Connolly Leah Cutter writes page- Writers Association. Tina Connolly’s books turning fiction in exotic include the Ironskin and locations, such as a magical Alan M. Clark Seriously Wicked series, New Orleans, the ancient Alan M. Clark has created and the collection On the Orient, Hungary, the Oregon illustrations for hundreds Eyeball Floor. She has coast, rural Kentucky, of books, including works been a finalist for the Seattle, Minneapolis, and of fiction of various genres, Hugo, Nebula, Norton, and many others. She writes nonfiction, textbooks, World Fantasy awards. literary, fantasy, mystery, young adult, and children’s She co-hosts Escape Pod, science fiction, and horror books. Awards for his runs Toasted Cake, and fiction. Her short fiction has illustration work include is at tinaconnolly.com. been published in magazines the World Fantasy Award like Alfred Hitchcock’s and 4 . He Brenda Jean Cooper Writes science fiction Mystery Magazine and has authored 13 novels, Talebones, anthologies like 4 collections, and a full- and fantasy novels and short stories. Her most Fiction River, and on the color book of his artwork. web. Her long fiction has His latest novel,13 Miller’s recent novel is Keepers, from Pyr, and her most been published both by New Court, coauthored with York publishers as well as John Linwood Grant, was recent story collection is Cracking The Sky from small presses. Read more released in the fall of 2018. books by Leah Cutter at Mr. Clark’s company, IFD Fairwood Press. Brenda has been nominated for www.KnottedRoadPress. Publishing, has released 45 com. Follow her blog at titles of various edition’s the Phillip K. Dick and Canopus awards and won www.LeahCutter.com. 35 Anne Davenport novels and more than a Stories of Healing Trauma. Anne Davenport has hundred short stories in She writes for several been a fan for 40 years; multiple genres, including websites and edits for Orycon 1 was her first urban fantasy novels SinCyr Publishing, an convention. She is a Ghosted and Shaded. She erotica company with a physicist and a costumer. is a founding member of focus on shifting culture, the Uncollected Anthology one story at a time. Howard Davidson project, and her short Howard Davidson was fiction has been lauded Ann Ezell Ann Ezell is a teacher, captured by a Heinlein in year’s best anthologies award winning costumer, book in second grade, in erotica, mystery, gardener, con geek, and and hasn’t been seen and horror. She also mom. She is planning much since. Inspired to do edits for Fiction River. global domination by science fiction by reading indoctrinating her students it, he went off and got Harakhty with lessons learned a Ph.D. in physics, the Dragon Dronet from Star Trek. She best training available has one husband, one for becoming a crackpot OryCon 41 Media Guest daughter, two cats, and inventor. He is currently of Honor (See pg 21). many, many books. a senior physicist in Spencer Ellsworth the computer industry. Spencer Ellsworth has been Cindy Fangour He holds more than 50 writing since he learned Hello, My name is Cindy, I patents, has published how. He is the author of work for the King County and presented numerous The Great Faerie Strike, a Sheriff`s Office in AFIS technical papers and fantasy about the gnome (Automated Fingerprint one technical book union leader and plucky Identification System) unit chapter, taught Computer vampire reporter who stand for the last 27 years. I have Engineering at Stanford, up to magical industrialists been apart of a team of and goes to cons. He gets in the Otherworld of 1851. examiners that go out into to write science fiction for He is also the author of the the field to lift fingerprints the annual budget cycle. Starfire Trilogy from Tor from crime scenes using and many short stories. various lifting techniques. Sebastien de Castell He lives in Bellingham, I`ve been a fan of science Sebastien de Castell’s Washington with his wife fiction/fantasy for many, acclaimed swashbuckling and three children. many years, seeing, fantasy series, The reading, writing and talking Greatcoats was shortlisted Cecilia Eng about it, to anyone who will for both the Goodreads OryCon 41 Filk Guest of listen. I love costuming, Choice Award for Best Honor (See pg 28). AD&D and being silly Fantasy and the Gemmell Jacob Engstrom when I am not at work. I Morningstar Award. His YA love to help out with the fantasy series, Spellslinger, Sienna Saint-Cyr children’s panels at the is published in more than Sienna Saint-Cyr’s erotic con and any cat panels. a dozen languages. He and romantic fiction has spends his time writing, appeared in series like Elizabeth Fellows travelling, and going on Love Slave and Sexual I am a Textile Artist and strange adventures. Expression, anthologies costumer who likes Dr. like Silence is Golden and Who and Harry Potter. Dayle A. Dermatis Best Women’s Erotica of I like to knit, bead knit Dayle A. Dermatis is the the Year, and nonfiction and cross stitch. author or coauthor of many in Kintsugi’s Powerful 36 Jim Fiscus dazzles.”. Jocelyn draws fantasy novels, 90s video Jim Fiscus works in inspiration from her military games, and the curious Portland as a freelance service and her travels, experience of growing up in writer and photographer. using her experiences the rural Willamette Valley, After time served as to inject realism into her Jasmine has a passion a photographer in the world-building and battle for exploring themes of Navy, he freelanced as scenes. Her current project gender, sexuality, and a photojournalist before is an urban fantasy trilogy disability through the getting his MA in Middle set in the Pacific Northwest. conventions of speculative East and Asian History. He fiction, mythology, and worked as a medical and Cliff Fox fantasy world-building. political writer in Oregon, and has written history Manny Frishberg John R. Gray III books for high school Manny Frishberg has made John R. Gray III has been students. His fiction has his home on the West showing his artwork at generally made use of Coast for more than 40 convention art shows history as the basis for years. Manny has been nationally since 1981. stories. He lucky enough to learn He is also currently is a former board member Sf writing from a couple working as a freelance of Science Fiction and of dozen brilliant writers commercial artist and as Fantasy Writers of America and teachers, well known a luthier, building custom (SFWA) and columnist and not, for the past autoharps. He recently for the SFWA Bulletin. 30+ years. He published became interested in Filk about two dozen short and soon joined up with Neku Fox stories since 2010 and the filk group, ”Starlight”. Andrea has been the is the editor of two www.johnrgrayiii.com masquerade director anthologies: ”Horseshoes, for Radcon masquerade Hand grenades and Magic” Paul Groendes for 8 years and now from Knotted Road Press expands her experience to and ”After the Orange” Dustin Gross Orycon. She has several -- stories of a post-Trump Dustin Gross owns and years under her belt of world from B Cubed Press. operates Dragondyne costuming experience and Publishing, creator of has recently expanded Danielle D.M. Gembala the Neverwhen RPG. from cloth to armor. Danielle is a neurodivergent Since he bought his first parent of two RPG at the tender (and Author Jocelyn A. Fox neurodivergent children, impressionable) age of 8. Jocelyn A. Fox is the historical archaeologist, Hes been hosting a Friday bestselling author of the museologist, and writer of night game ever since. Fae War Chronicles, an fiction and non-fiction. He is into tabletop RPGs epic fantasy series inspired of all sorts, war gaming, by Celtic and Arthurian Jasmine Gower board games, and video legends. The series Jasmine Gower, author of games. He was an Outrider features a mortal heroine Moonshine and other queer for GW, worked for WotC, who is drawn into the world fantasy works, hails from and writing his own of the Fae when her best Portland, Oregon. Jasmine adventures. He has been friend Molly is summoned received a Bachelor of Arts a gamer for 40+ years,an to Queen Mab’s Unseelie in English and a Master author for the past 20+, Court. Kirkus Reviews of Arts in Book Publishing going to conventions calls ”The Iron Sword,” the from Portland State for over 25 years, and first novel in the series, ”a University. Inspired to write running panels and demos sword-and-sorcery that by a childhood filled with for over 10 years now. 37 Theresa Halbert Frank Hayes pregnancy and placental Theresa Lee Halbert (AKA Frank Hayes is an award- development. She has Teri) is a multi-media winning technology a passion for teaching textile artist specializing writer who co-created and scientific outreach, in art bags, art quilts and Computerworld’s Daily primarily through the costumes. She utilizes Shark feature (”true tales Science Communication fabrics, beads, found of IT life, fresh every Fellowship at OMSI. items, trims and paint, weekday”). He’s also a filk When she is not in the (Or whatever else she can songwriter (”Never Set lab, Jessica is a singer- get her hands on.) She is the Cat on Fire”, ”Little songwriter with nerdband very inspired by patterns, Fuzzy Animal”, ”S-100”, The PDX Broadsides and color and texture and ”When I Was a Boy”) Captain Greta of Portland draws inspiration from whose voice was used to privateers PDXYAR. science fiction, history, wake up NASA shuttle fantasy, other cultures, astronauts in space, twice. Laurel Anne Hill Laurel Anne Hill has fairy tales, nature. She Matt Haynes spent over 20 years as authored two award- Matt Haynes is an a professional costumer winning novels, most internationally acclaimed in film and theater and recently The Engine audiobook narrator with has had her work shown Woman’s Light (Sand Hill over 40 titles to his credit. all over the world. She Review Press), a gripping He has narrated books in has a discovered the spirits-meet-steampunk a wide variety of genres rich and colorful world of heroic journey of a young including; Biographies, costuming at conventions. Latina in an alternate Fantasy, Science Fiction- (What a concept!) 19th Century California. Romance, Memoirs, Self The Engine Woman’s Vandy H. Hall Help, Business, Horror, Light has won a total of Vandy H. Hall is a multi- Comedy... and many more. 12 honors and awards. media artist. Her current He specializes in educating Laurel’s published short projects involve fiber and people about the audiobook stories total over thirty. felt art, blowing glass, art and production process. For more about her go to www.laurelannehill.com. multi-media painting and Hazard drawings, illuminated Hazard is a BFA grad sculptures, and research Barbara Hoffert whose favorite art medium on historical glass blowing is writing. Currently Hazard techniques and furnace Bill Holden is focused on scripting, technology. Vandy has Bill was disabled in the line designing, and illustrating degrees in Sculpture of duty as a firefighter/EMT the @ARCANEcomic and Art History, and IV Tech. He then took his project. Follow along on all has enjoyed a varied passion for technology and social media at: @Hazarcl professional career in turned it into a career. Bill many interesting places is also an artist practicing Dr. Jessica Hebert in many mediums. His such as: an internship in Dr. Jessica Hebert leads rights and reproduction favorite is chainmaille a double life: scientist by jewelry. He has a long at the Smithsonian, day, geek and filk singer/ performing in the Hot history of volunteering songwriter by, well, always. with numerous PNW glass show at the Corning She received her PhD in Museum of Glass, selling conventions, usually in biology from Portland State Security. He was able her work at medieval University and is currently markets in Europe. to turn this hobby into a postdoctoral researcher a professional asset, at OHSU specializing in consulting for private 38 security firms on crowd and appears weekly in a of audience participation- management, de- podcast devoted to sci-fi, oriented events at 36 or escalation techniques, and fantasy, literature, and con so cons in 17 yrs, (now EMS integration. Bill lives culture. In his mundane OryCon, Miyakocon, & on the North Coast, serving life, Frog works as an GameStorm). I was the one cat, and reading attorney in Mason County. first recipient OSFCI’s as often as possible. Worldcon Scholarship. Bob Kanefsky When my cats permit, Anna Holiday Bob Kanefsky is a filk I compose & perform parodist. His lyrics Shane Hosea ecological concept albums are available on www. (Dryad Drone, Bast Loki songworm.com. In his Awakening, Pavlovian mundane day job, which Response) & plant trees. Price is neither, he writes Price is 1/4th of the software used for day-to- Nathan Koch YouTube and twitch day operation of pretend group Stumpt Gamers - human missions to Mars Elliott Kay a group of let’s players and asteroids, real robotic Student debt and space focused on co-operative missions to Mars and the pirates combined to propel games whether they Moon, and the International Elliott into a full-time are digital or physical. Space Station. writing career with the hit indie/hybrid series ”Poor Esther Jones Matt Kellam Man’s Fight.” He also mixes Esther Jones is owner of urban fantasy with comedy Impulsive Walrus Books, Bart Kemper and steamy storylines and a speculative fiction Bart Kemper is a in his ”Good Intentions” author who writes with her Professional Engineer books. Like many husband, Frog Jones. She and based in Louisiana. Seattleites, Elliott Kay has published 3 novels, When he is not there, he is came to the Northwest as and many short stories somewhere else, such as an economic refugee from and articles. She also Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Los Angeles. He is a former loves anime, k-dramas, or Washington State. He’s Coast Guardsman with a j-dramas, and puttering a writer, soldier, engineer, Bachelor’s in History. Elliott around in her garden killing photographer, father, has survived a motorcycle plants, when she is not to inventor, and problem crash, serious electric busy killing her characters. solver. Using explosives. No shocks, severe seasickness, boom today. Maybe boom summers in Phoenix Frog Jones tomorrow. Engineering and winters in Seattle. Frog and Esther Jones are background includes Authors that Cons Built. subsea and diving; medical Princess Bob After winning the League devices; aerospace; Cindi Lou (any pronoun is of Extraordinary Writers equipment design and fine) is a lifelong gamer, competition and meeting troubleshooting; fabrication Scadian, and convention their publisher at this and manufacturing; failure nerd; a familiar face in the very convention, Frog and analysis and forensics; local gaming community. Esther have gone on to blast and ballistics. An avid cosplayer, amateur author the Gift of Grace filker, experience play- series as well as many Ellen Klowden tester, and aspiring short stories in anthologies I founded & coordinate merchant, this long-hair like How Beer Saved the Creation Station, an hobbyist has long been World! Frog is also one autonomous collective of involved with indy game of the 3 Unwise Men, panelists who have run a developer Melancholy newbie-welcoming track 39 Media and, of late, can Rebekah Leib Christian Lipski be found merchanting A medievalist & historical Christian is the guitarist at local events with re-creationist specializing in and a vocalist for nerdy Arbitrary Crafts and The the Norse & Viking-era as band The PDX Broadsides. New Goblin Workshop. well as Bronze Age Scythian He has played guitar and cultures. She has far too drums in venues across Creede Lambard many sheep, goats & other the country, served as By day Creede Lambard livestock running amok on an Eisner Award judge, gets to play with computers her homestead, is a spinner, and covered comics news all day and people pay weaver, dyer, feltmaker & in Portland. You could him for it. He thinks this obnoxiously enthusiastic definitely say that music is a pretty sweet racket. textiles geek. She has and comics make up most At night he still plays with enough hobbies/passions of Christian’s life. When computers, and although for at least 8 people and not on the musical road, he doesn’t necessarily get does not comprehend the he enjoys meeting people paid for it, he can play his meaning nor possibility at conventions. With the banjo Tuneslayer while of ”boredom”. She also PDX Broadsides, he has he’s doing it. He lives in enjoys target and combat performed at OryCon (as Shoreline, Washington with archery, arrow-making, musical guest of honor), his wife, assorted other throwing various Sharp NorWesCon, GeekGirlCon, family members, and not Pointy Objects at targets, Dragon*Con, and Conflikt, nearly enough computers costuming, making glass . You can and musical instruments. beads with her lampworking follow Christian’s personal Captain Xavier torch, creating various exploits on Twitter at Captain Xavier is Youtuber sorts of geeky art things, @ChristianLipski. and commander of the and spending quality time with her draft horses. Ken Lizzi Crew and Crew Auxiliary. Ken Lizzi is determined to The Crew is a company David D. Levine provide literature a shot of Mercenaries that David D. Levine is the of two-fisted fabulism. participates in a wide author of Norton Award So far his forays have variety of hobbies including winning novel Arabella of included crime fiction, Nerf, LARP, and Medieval Mars (Tor 2016), sequels fantasy, science fiction, Recreation. The Crew Arabella and the Battle and mystery. He is the Auxiliary is an international of Venus (Tor 2017) and author of ”Reunion” (2014 militia that helps the Arabella the Traitor of Mars Twilight ), Captain and the Crew when (Tor 2018), and over fifty ”Under Strange Suns” they travel to events. science fiction and fantasy (2015 Twilight Times Stumpt Gamers stories. His story ”Tk’tk’tk” Books), and”Thick As Co-Founder of Stumpt won the , and Thieves” (2017 Alternate Gamers, and Campaign he has been shortlisted Universe Press.) Ken Manager for Fig.co for awards including the lives in Oregon with his Hugo, Nebula, Campbell, wife Isa, daughter V.V., Jasmine Leavenworth and Sturgeon. Stories have and growing collections Co-founder of appeared in Asimov’s, of novels and antique Stumptgamers. rnArtist Analog, F&SF, five Year’s weapons. www.kenlizzi.net and video game enthusiast. Best anthologies, and his award-winning collection Arther Fonda Lee Space Magic. His web Over 45+ years at a OryCon 41 Author Guest page can be found at practicing Pagan in the of Honor (See pg 17). www.daviddlevine.com. Portland area. Over the last 30 years have had 40 a role in helping the choice) awards: some crafter, and above all Aquarian Tabernacle for fiction, some fact. His else a spiritual seeker Church put on it’s Spring 51 science fiction stories . A practicing Pagan Mysteries Festival. Hosted have also appeared in and Zen buddhist, she an open ritual, the Orycon Cosmos, Nature, Abyss holds graduate degrees Pagan Circle, at Orycon & Apex, Running Times, in both Theology and for many, many years. and Marathon & Beyond, Psychology, with emphasis Started gaming with first and been translated into in Ecopsychology and printing of D&D. Beta Russian, Chinese, Polish, therapeutic ceremonies and tested three MMO games. Finnish, and Portuguese. rituals. She has experience Still play two of them. Once a law professor, he working in crisis mental Helped start Portland’s now makes his day job as health care; she is also GameStorm. Retired last a science writer, running an experienced Officiant year after 50 years in the coach, sports writer, and and group facilitator. She Security industry. Yes, I author of a popular series specializes in creating did wear a red shirt for of articles on writing therapeutic ritual and many of those years. I science fiction. These, ceremony. She loves have worked on Orycon plus some of his fiction RPGs, fiber arts, singing, security, programming and his science book Here and anything fantasy or and registration. Be There Dragons are metaphysical. She has two available on amazon.com. cats and recently traveled Rhiannon Louve www.richardalovett.com. with her partner to Poland Rhiannon Louve is a to attend her first LARP: freelance writer of short Scott James Magner College of Wizardry! fiction, video game Once upon a time, there dialogue, table-top role- was a man who lied for Mika McKinnon playing books, privately a living. He told tales of OryCon 41 Science Guest commissioned fiction, strange worlds, fantastic of Honor (See pg 27). and the occasional Pagan places, and other adjective theaology. In addition, plural nouns. In truth, EM Prazeman Rhiannon has a Master of over the last 20 years Aka Kamila Z Miller, is a Arts in Applied Theology Scott James Magner has writer, artist and book and has taught World lied about pretty much designer who lives in Religions at the college everything, and people the Pacific NW with her level. Rhiannon studies keep paying him to do it. husband, international primate psychology and You can find his work in man of mystery Rory Miller. various languages for Role-Playing, miniatures, She primarily writes LGBT- fun, including French, tabletop, board, card, friendly fantasy novels, Spanish, Japanese, Irish, and video games. He was which include The Lord Chinese, and Swedish! a contributing editor to Jester’s Legacy trilogy. several now defunct online Her short stories can be Rik Lovan magazines, once ran the found in Beneath Ceaseless 1/4 of Stumpt Gamers, largest Dungeons and Skies, Lady Churchill’s a 4-player gaming Dragons campaign in the Rosebud Wristlet and a channel dedicated to world, avenged the deaths handful of anthologies. co-OP video games and of his parents by becoming She also writes non-fiction Dungeons and Dragons. a shadowy vigilante. as Tammy Owen. She’s traveled to some neat Richard A. Lovett Daimei Jaybird places, including Belize, the A 170-time contributor Marmaduke Czech Republic, Greece, to Analog and winner A dancer, activist, and has gone round Ireland of 12 AnLab (reader’s academic, geek and clockwise. She has fired 41 archaic weapons including SunnyJim Morgan Broken Eye Books’ Ride the a flintlock pistol, a primitive SunnyJim is a bespoke Star Wind. Remy works in revolver, and longbow. shoemaker and artist the funerary industry and She enjoys sailing and has working primarily in thrives in the PNW’s dark studied celestial navigation. textiles. A Lord of the wet winters. He is quite Rings nerd since the possibly a mushroom. Rory Miller second grade, she’s Rory Miller is the author of also fond of the 10th Brigid Nelson several non-fiction books Doctor, those books by Brigid is a textiles artist on violence including Rowling, and her darling and bag designer who ”Violence: A Writer’s husband. Her owners, specializes in stipple Guide,” ”Facing Violence” a trio of incorrigible quilting and Victorian and ”Meditations on housecats, diligently needlework techniques. Violence.” He has been a supervise all of her work. Inspired most by pre- soldier (91A) corrections 1960’s textiles, buttons, officer, corrections Just Role With and machines,she reliably sergeant, tactical team It Podcast stops for signs that read leader, and contractor Loremaster, wanna be ”estate sale” or ”historic in Iraq. Rory currently writer, military veteran, downtown” in hopes teaches seminars and big old nerd. Lover of of finding treasures to on violence and self- Dnd and sci fi/fantasy. incorporate in her work. defense world-wide. Sara A Mueller G. David Nordley Seth Milstein Sara is a Pacific Northwest G. David Nordley is Seth Milstein is a standup writer, and escaped Yooper. the science fiction pen comedian and writer in She has been through name of Gerald Nordley, Oregon. He writes for every state in the lower astronautical engineer Savage Henry Magazine 48, and has lived in six of and author of numerous and can be seen on stages them. Sara is an amateur published stories, articles all over the west coast. historian. Sara has worked and papers. In fiction, his He is heavily featured in as a paid Elizabethan main interest is the human the comedy documentary recreator, a knitting stories of exploration and ”I Am Road Comic” instructor, and a stage settlement of space in and lightly featured hand. She’s ridden horses a scientifically plausible in the documentary in multiple disciplines. She future. His latest book ”Harmontown”. Seth’s graduated from Sweet is a collection, Around comedy is a mix of Briar College (English, Alien Stars, from Brief personal stories and Anthropology, and History) Candle Press. See www. irreverent thoughts. and had post-graduate gdnordley.com. training in education. Petrea Mitchell Scott Perrin Petrea Mitchell is a lifelong Remy Nakamura fan of sf in all its aspects, Remy Nakamura is a Lindsay Pierce from books to gaming biracial, bilingual, and Lindsay is the author of to zines and more. She bisexual writer of weird, the science fiction novel follows simulcast anime dark and Lovecraftian Trans Liberty Riot Brigade, for Amazing Stories fiction. He’s a graduate of published by NineStar (amazingstories.com) Clarion West. You can find Press. Brigade received and reads books for the his work in Escape Pod, an honorable mention Endeavour Award. Pseudopod, and a variety from the 2017 Rainbow of anthologies, including Awards. When she isn’t Swords v. Cthulhu and writing, she works as an 42 anti-oppression trainer, lives in Oregon�she Shawna is fond of Irish a queer activist, and and her husband make music and dance, and a Marriage and Family their home in Welches, she has on occasion been Therapist. Lindsay Oregon where deer, bears, found in medieval garb holds a Bachelors in coyotes, hawks, owls, and on a caparisoned horse, creative writing from The woodpeckers feed regularly throwing javelins into Evergreen State College. on their back deck. innocent hay bales that never did anything to her. Robert Plamondon Mithrandir A writer, publisher, free- Mithrandir (formerly Milo Joyce Reynolds-Ward range egg farmer, and Brownlocke) has been Joyce Reynolds-Ward engineer living in Blodgett, reading and purchasing divides her time between Oregon. His first book Tolkien memorabilia Portland, Oregon, and was ”Through Dungeons regularly ever since his Enterprise, Oregon. Recent Deep: A Fantasy Gamers’ high school decision to short story publications are Handbook,” during the devote himself to Middle- in Steam. And Dragons, glory days of D&D. He has earth & start a group. Trust and Treachery, How recently reissued ”Plotto: He is interested in many Beer Saved the World, The Classic Plot Suggestion fandoms, however, and and Tales from an Alien Tool for the Writers of will be Severus Snape Campfire. Recent books Creative Fiction” (and for a day as well. include Klone’s Stronghold, its instruction manual), Netwalking Space, Exile’s which is the ultimate non- Theresa Reed Honor, Pledges of Honor, random plot-creation Theresa ”Darklady” and Challenges of Honor. tool. Robert has written Reed is the author of Book-length works are one SF novel (”One ”Darklady’s Carnal available through Amazon, Survivor”) and one book- Archives & Mesmerizing Barnes and Noble, Kobo, length fanfiction series Hate Mail” from Knotted iBooks, and other sources. (a third season for the Road Press. She is one of Alien Savvy is available as anime ”Big-O”). Robert’s the women your parents an audiobook on Audible, publishing company, warned you about. iTunes, and Amazon. Norton Creek Press, carries Daniel Reitman Follow Joyce’s adventures his own three books, plus Daniel Reitman is a local through her blog at www. reprints of classic works filk fan who has been joycereynoldsward.com. in poultry science, back- involved with running Gibbitt Rhys-Jones to-the-land adventures, the OryCon music and other topics. In everybody’s lives there track for many year. are major plot points. One Jeff Polier Shawna Reppert of Gibbitt’s is when she Jeff is a husband, Shawna is an award- picked up a copy of The boyfriend, and father winning writer of fantasy Last Unicorn when she was who has been letting his and steampunk, a best- 8. Another was when she geek flag fly since before selling author who keeps was 13 and picked up Wolf that was even a phrase. her readers up all night Moon, and yet another was and makes them miss when she took her editing Irene Radford of newspaper skills to help Irene Radford has been work deadlines. Her fiction asks questions for which her husband put out an writing stories ever since RPG. Other plot points she figured out what a there are no easy answers while taking readers on a along the route include pencil was for. A member going to her first con in of an endangered species fine adventure that grips them heart and soul. 1991, being on her first a native Oregonian who staff in 1995, and getting 43 married at Norwescon 20. Maquel A. Jacob Erica L. Satifka Gibbitt currently works Maquel A. Jacob is a Erica L. Satifka’s short closely with her husband, Science Fiction author fiction has appeared in Dustin Gross, as an editor who hails from Chicago Clarkesworld, Interzone, on his RPG Neverwhen. and currently resides in Shimmer, and many Hillsboro Oregon. She other magazines and J.S. Fields grew up on Stephen King, anthologies. Her debut J.S. Fields is a scientist B rated horror movies, novel Stay Crazy (Apex who has perhaps spent too and is an avid Anime fan. Publications) won the 2017 much time around organic Maquel has three series British Fantasy Award for solvents. They enjoy in the works. The Core best Newcomer, and her roller derby, woodturning, Trilogy, Curve of Humanity, novella Busted Synapses making chainmaille by and The Blood Saga. She will be released soon hand, and cultivating fungi was also a guest author from Broken Eye Books. in the backs of minivans. for Women In Horror for Fields is the author of her collection of shorts, PeachyAenne both science nonfiction Welcome Despair. Her Aenne is the Narrative and science fiction books. writing platform deals Designer/Producer at Their Ardulum series with gender shifters, Fiction Factory Games. was a finalist for the defining humanity, They speak on a variety 2018 Forewards Indies and alien contact. All of topics about the games awards in science fiction, with a bit of romance industry including romance and the 2018 Goldies and a touch of gore. and retro. They also awards in science fiction. stream and cosplay. @Galactoglucoman Lark Roe I am a retired art therapist. James Daniel Sena Sean Robinson I am a SoulCollage(R) James has had an interest A research scientist facilitator since 2014. in Firefighting and EMS working in the areas since his days in the US of machine learning, Andrew Ross Navy. A Firefighter & EMT social media analysis, Andrew Ross disguises with Millington Fire in artificial intelligence himself as a stodgy, high- Coos Bay, a former Board and data science for priced Alpha Male attorney Member and Captain with a leading technology and suburban father of two the Dora-Sitkum RFPD, incubator in Seattle. in the mundane world, in he holds certifications Sean has led a variety of an effort to hide his (poorly as both a structure and simulation, modeling and kept)secret existence as a wildland Firefighter, analysis tasks pertinent musician, parody lyricist, Fire Instructor, and an to detection algorithm book blogger and space Oregon EMT License, in development, search mercenary. He has been addition top other Fire for items of interest, the an OryCon regular since Service Certifications. He protection of U.S. borders 1997 and helped to run also has a life long love and the development of the music programming of Science Fiction and signatures of anomalies since 2005. He has been Fantasy Literature, and and rare events. He a guest at GaFilk, ConFlikt is a member of multiple earned his Ph.D. in physics and Conterpoint, and fan organizations. from the University of appeared on the Pegasus Washington, developing ballot for best songwriter Sarah Sharp source characterization and best badass song. Editor, nerd, board-gamer, algorithms for a NASA/DOE bookworm, defender Gamma Ray Telescope. of time and space.

44 Sheila Simonson so far, including four in table top RPGs. I am Sheila Simonson is The Empowered series, extremely gifted in the a longtime fan and a and Gremlin Night. His art of Silly Face Making member of the Endeavour stories have appeared in (It’s a serious subject). Award committee. She Perihelion Science Fiction, taught both science fiction the Street Spells anthology, Katrina Spillman and fiction writing at Every Day Fiction, and Katrina is an avid fan of Clark College for many 10Flash Quarterly. many fantasy and sci- years. Her fifteenth novel, fi verses and the proud Call Down the Hawk, Jeff Soesbe mother of 3 children, each a mystery, is available When Jeff isn’t writing named for characters in from Perseverance Press stories, he writes software epic literary series. She is or Amazon.com in both and simulations for particularly skilled at The regular and formats. subsea in Northern Oregon Trail, frequently Her latest regency, The California. Jeff has sold making it to Oregon Young Pretender, is stories to Diabolical Plots in July. Last time she available from Uncial (upcoming) , Abyss & Apex played someone in her Press in e-book format. (upcoming), Factor Four, party died of dysentery, She is working on an Andromeda Spaceways, but it was Bed Stark, historical novel about the and Flash Fiction Online. so perhaps that’s to be impact of the GI Bill. Jeff is a graduate of the expected... Find her and Viable Paradise Writing try to name the symbols Arthur Smid Workshop (Elevensies!). on her bicep tattoo. Arthur Smid lives in Portland, Oregon where he Arwen Spicer Tristian Spillman became a member of the Arwen Spicer is a In addition to being a Independent Publishing science fiction writer and celebrated stand-up Resource Center in 2002 educator born in the San comedian, Master Spillman and printed his first two Francisco Bay Area and is an efficacious writer of novels using the Espresso loves northern California comic books, a published Book Machine at Powell’s. through fires and all. Her playwright, and is in fact Integrating creative writing doctoral studies in ecology the very anthropomorphic to work in technology, in utopian science fiction personification of humility. he collaborates with sparked her interest in (We have video proof.) software developers and developing techniques for Tristian lives in Gresham, designers to advance utopian world building. OR with his beautiful progressive causes. She has published two wife, three better than Available November sci-fi novels, Perdita and average looking kids 1st, his new book is You The Hour Before Morning. and a cat to which most Will Win The Future. She lives in Portland observers seem to express with five other humans ambivalence in regards Dale Ivan Smith but, alas, only one cat. to its attractiveness. For Dale Ivan Smith got into example they might say, trouble in grade school Rowan Spillman ”I don’t know, it’s an OK for sneaking off to the I’m an avid fan of anime, looking cat I guess.” During library during class, so particularly Attack on a six month period of his naturally after earning a Titan, Deathnote, OHSHC, senior year in high school, history degree he became Parasyte, Erase, and Tristian could do a backflip. a librarian, and has worked Say I Love You (just to for Multnomah County name a few). I enjoy Theoden Spillman Library system since 1987. cosplaying, video games, Theoden loves games! He’s published six novels especially Undertale, and 45 Dr. Laurel Standley feature production. He The Elder Scrolls, I am an environmental is currently co-owner of and Harry Potter. chemist, author of fiction Allied Video Productions and nonfiction, and in Salem Oregon. His Contessa Paxton member of the National free time (which is very Timmerman Academy of Science’s little) is generally filled An accomplished Science and Entertainment with cosplay, acting, and craftswoman, working in Exchange. My works of working with various cons many mediums including fiction are in the climate around the northwest. writing, knitting, crocheting fiction, dystopian, and watercolours, charcoal mystery genres. I advise Yvan Strong sketches, and designing authors on use of science Linnea Thompson Costumes. Her costuming in their works of fiction Linnea Thompson is Music talent began in 1986 and nonfiction. I also Co-Head for OryCon at Gavilan College in teach wellness classes 41. She has been a part Gilroy, CA. Contessa is and post on reducing of the filk community an award-winning Quilt personal exposure to toxic for over a decade and designer. She has been chemicals in home and collects filk recordings. quilting and sewing for other environments. over 30+ years. One of Victor Lyle Thorn her friend encouraged Debra Stansbury Born in November of 1951 her to write a Novel, Debra is an advocate of under another name, one so in 2010, she joined well-written fan fiction, he wishes were best left NaNoWriMo She has won loves to create things forgotten. Oldest son of 4 out of the 7 years she with her hands, organizes one of Hoffman Estates’ has participated. Contessa people and their stuff, first town drunks, he has been a part of NIWA and wanders around escaped the Northwest (Northwest Independent the internet looking for Suburbs of Chicago (and Writers Association) since shiny things. She’s a evaded the draft) in 1972 its inception in 2011 a long time volunteer for by voluntarily joining part of Creation Station Orycon (has chaired the United States Navy. at Orycon since 2011. once), GameStorm (has A veteran of nearly 15 chaired once), Kumoricon years, he has been nearly Brittany Torres (anyone want cat ears?), everything from avionics Likes dragons, wine, and serves on the Board tech to truck driver, father, and attempting to paint for OSFCI (because she grandfather, college student way too late at night. hasn’t learned her lesson). (X3) (”Vic, wouldn’t it have She braved the college When not raising her hand been easier if you hadn’t world to emerge with a to help, she holds down a partied your way out of Bachelor’s of Arts in English desk job and rides around college in the first place?” and Medieval Studies, on her shiny red scooter. ”Only if you don’t take specializing in King Arthur, into account what I would Beowulf, and manuscript BrAd Steiner have missed by not.”). research. After working BrAd has worked in film in publishing, marketing, and video production Joeseph Thurman and at a fine arts school, since 1993 when he she is now running her graduated with a degree Nora Timmerman own business where she in radio/tv/film from Sam Nora has been cosplaying helps other artists with Houston State University for several years, going branding and marketing. in Texas. He’s worked by the cosplay name When not glued to the in corporate video, as MeraHunt. Her main computer you can find well as commercial and fandom include Fable, her with a cup of coffee in 46 hand, living a ridiculously Cerin Takeuchi do special effects, but he fun life with her husband I’m an individual of many still helps out as he can. and cat in Washington. talents and hobbies that include fictional writing, Wendy N. Wagner Dr. M.S. Vann role-play, gaming, arts and Wendy N. Wagner is a crafting. I’ve competed in full-time SF/F nerd. She Elizabeth Vann-Clark Junior Olympic archery, I’m is the author of An Oath Do not play poker with Liz. a martial artist, and German Of Dogs, a sci-fi thriller, She always has pairs. Renaissance guild member. as well as two Pathfinder I was raised on an urban Tales novels. She serves Andy Vanoverberghe as the managing/senior andyvanoverberghe is a ranch in Southern California growing crops, raising editor at Lightspeed and Pacific Northwest artist Nightmare magazines, whose current work livestock, and working my horses. I graduated with and served as the Guest consists of high detail fine Editor of Nightmare’s art illustrations using ink my bachelors in Psychology from Cal Poly Pomona, and Queers Destroy Horror! and charcoal on wood, special issue. She lives in paper, and stone. With then earned my Masters in Social Work from USC. My Milwaukie, Oregon, with formal studies in animation her very understanding and media production, career interests focus on becoming a licensed clinical family. Keep up with her his works span several at winniewoohoo.com. genres including Science social worker, and focusing Fiction, Fantasy, Sacred on non-traditional techniques Blaze Ward Geometry, Philosophy, for trauma recovery Writes science fiction in Nature, Anatomy, and the involving agriculture, the Alexandria Station Cosmos. Using the natural animal, and art therapy. universe as well as The elements of the organic Chad ”Fin” Volpe Collective. He also write canvas he subconsciously Composer, Technologist, fantasy stories with several draws and consciously Swordsman. Simply put, characters and series, designs storied worlds Chad hates to be bored from an alternate Rome invoking imagination so he does as many to epic high fantasy in the and contemplation. interesting things as he desert. You can find out can squeeze into the more at his website www. Vincent Vaughn blazeward.com, as well Vincent makes his home day. Lifelong musician, dedicated martial artist, as Facebook, Goodreads, in Portland, OR. When and other places. Blaze’s he is not working for actor, stuntman, filmmaker, film composer, Information works are available as a company that does ebooks, paper, and audio, database and web services Technology professional, renaissance faire, cosplay, and can be found at a support for the automotive variety of online vendors industry, he is working on etc. Chad has been doing cons since 2010 due to (Kobo, Amazon, and several pieces of artwork, others). His newsletter playing RPG and MMO his more than 20 year friendship with Dragon comes out quarterly, and computer games and you can also follow his blog is an official member Dronet. They met at a renfaire in 1994 and on his website. He really of the local chapter of enjoys interacting with the Mandalorian Mercs have been best friends, fight partners, music fans, and looks forward Costume Club appearing to any and all questions. in costume at charity partners, film partners fundraisers for children etc. ever since. Chad is and other public events. Dragon’s #2 at all the cons, doesn’t officially 47 Stephanie L. Weippert and general weirdness filk and fan music concerts Many years ago, a local and achieves occasional at Conflikt, Norwescon, sci-fi convention sent out feats of journalism. VCON, GaFilk, and Orycon. a call for short stories for She lives in Oregon. an anthology, and since Rob Wynne their mascot was a slug, Jenny Windom Rob Wynne is a musician, every story had to have a Jenny is the Community podcaster, gamer, con slug, either as an important Developer for Rose City runner, and occasional character, or an important Games, the Portland blogger who currently lives plot element. The idea indie studio behind The in the Seattle area. In 1997, tickled my funny bone, so I World Next Door, Cat he helped Dan Hollifield wrote my first story to send Lady, and Garden Story. create Aphelion Webzine, out for approval. It wasn’t In addition to enjoying all an amateur original fiction accepted of course, but the the cat pictures the RCG website which is still writing bug bit and with community sends her publishing today. He has the help of my tolerant, way, Jenny contributes to been on the committee wonderful husband, I’ve Intelligame, website that of Gafilk, the Georgia filk been writing ever since. highlights the intersections convention, since 1999. After a lot of hard work of games and the world In 2011, he helped launch and years of practicing, my around us. Jenny also the podcast Tadpoolery, a first book, Sweet Secrets, curates and critiques indie weekly, general interest came out March, 2016. games on her own Twitch geek-oriented show. and Youtube channels. Kris Wildman-UrthDiva Kris ”UrthDiva” Wildman, Amanda Wolfe soprano. Roles in regional music theatre and Opera a Berlynn Wohl la Carte (G&S). Chorister Berlynn Wohl is an & soloist, concert & sacred octopus in a Russian fur venues. Campanile-English hat. She is the author Handbells as percussion of the sci-fi anthologies theatre. Graduation recital ”Oh, Earthman” and (MFA, Voice, CalArts 2006) ”Dreams and Machines,” of music by living American available on Amazon women led to composer from Carnation Books. Maria Newman’s house concert series. Now in rural CD Woodbury So. Oregon, Kris has local CD Woodbury is a music house concert partnerships & geek and professional teaches voice, emphasizing electric blues musician. healthy technique for all In what he jokingly calls Opportunity, NASA 2004 styles. Introduced to Filking his ”music for mundanes by Filthy Pierre at LA Con project” in fan circles, he “My battery II, she’s now a regular at is a multiple award winner filk circles, sang 1st solo from the Washington is low and it’s concert at Westercon 71, & Blues Society for Blues duos with Callie Hills (Echo’s Performer, Songwriter, NW getting dark.” Children) as Resounding. recording and a five time winner for Electric Guitar. - Jacob Margolis’ Jennifer Willis The album Monday Night interpretation of Jennifer Willis writes charted internationally in its Opportunity’s last UF, SF, SFR, spec fic, genre. CD has performed transmission. 48 Panels • Gaming • Vendors • Art Show • Dances Concerts • Workshops • Children’s Activities OryCon is an annual science fiction/fantasy convention held every year in November since 1979. Hosting some of the major names in science fiction and fantasy, OryCon features panels about the business of writing and publishing, costuming, comics, sci-fi media, art/artists, computers, technology, and more. Additional entertainment includes a costume contest, dances and multiple musical performances.

OryCon42 Nov 13-15, 2020 Red Lion Hotel - Jantzen Beach Portland, Oregon

Oregon’s Largest Science Fiction/Fantasy Convention www.orycon.org facebook.com/OryCon • twitter.com/@OryCon OryCon is a production of Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI), registered 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation. Photo by Phil Whitehouse Planet Dragons, Rob Carlos

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