The Future Society of Central Oklahoma Presents SOONERCON 28 SOONERCON JUNE 7–9, 2019

JUNE 26–28, 2020 EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTER | NORMAN, OK JUNE 7– 9, 2019 Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center GET YOUR EARLY BIRD MEMBERSHIP Norman, OK AT CONVENTION REGISTRATION.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Letter from the Chair ...... 4 Artist Guest of Honor .... 27

A Note from FSCOK ...... 5 Writers Workshop Clinician ...... 29 SoonerCon 28 Sponsors ..6 Toastmaster ...... 31 Convention Committee .....7 Featured Guests ...... 33 Letter from Positive Tomorrows ...... 9 The Art of Julie Dillon .... 48 SoonerCon Policies ...... 11 SoonerCon 27 Winners .53 Special Thanks ...... 16 Program Summaries Friday ...... 55 Friends of SoonerCon ....17 Saturday ...... 67 Facility Map ...... 18 Sunday ...... 79

Program Highlights ...... 21 Guest Bios ...... 87 Literary Guest of Honor .25 Final Salute ...... 120

Cover illustration by Julie Dillon. Book design by Phillip Grimes. Edited by Mark Alfred, Matthew Alfred, Aislinn Burrows, Amber Hanneken, Damon Seymour, Shai Fenwick, and Leonard Bishop. The SoonerCon Program Book, Volume 14, Number 1, is published annually by the Future Society of Central Oklahoma (FSCOK). Copyright © 2019 FSCOK. After publication in this form, all rights return to individual authors and artists. Nothing in this Program Book may be reproduced without the permission of FSCOK and/or the individual artist or author. All copyrighted images remain the property of their prospective owners. FROM THE CHAIR

e call it bravery when someone perseveres, despite their fear, to endure the challenges before them. It sounds easy, but it’s one of the most difficult things to be: Brave. ScienceW fiction’s narratives and its imagined technologies envision a brave creative space. It takes real guts to envision the realities of the future—to ask not only what is probable, but to dream and bring to life what is possible. It is a brave act to give hope, to care about tomorrow. Hope thrives in new beginnings and in possibilities. There are no shortages of opportunities for courage, fresh starts, and optimism in the face of what may come to be— in this multiverse. SoonerCon 28’s theme is “Brave New Worlds,” because we have embraced our own new beginnings. As members of the Future Society of Central OK, we aspire towards the possibilities of positive futures. Let me be the first to welcome you, and invite you to explore and imagine with us in our new convention home. This year’s event features more space, guests, activities, meetups, workshops, gaming, kids programming, costuming, vendors, parties, panels, and excitement than ever before! Thank you for joining Oklahoma’s longest- running fandom and pop-culture experience. The con committee staff have worked tirelessly over the past year to level-up SoonerCon. No small feat; much XP gained. These people are my ride-or-dies, and many of my dearest lifelong friends and family. I am truly humbled to have served alongside them these past two years as convention chair. I am honored by their faith, mentorship, compassion, and love. Indeed, SoonerCon would not be possible without the dedicated support of so many people in fandom and in the metro community. To all our volunteers, donors, sponsors, advertisers, supporters, friends, and fans—you are so appreciated. We see you, and we all thank you for believing in what we can achieve together. Thanks as well go to our eleven headline guests, whose creations, inventions, and imaginations have inspired us and made our world a better, more interesting, and more entertaining place. It is a treasure to have them with us this weekend. I hope everyone will take the opportunity to visit with these folks, and all of our amazing panelists, presenters, and performers. Swing by our charity store to learn more about SoonerCon’s charitable partner, Positive Tomorrows, a nonprofit school that serves homeless OKC elementary students. Education is essential to breaking the poverty cycle, and Positive Tomorrows works tremendously hard to do this every day for their students and their families. Proceeds from sales in our charity store, along with Saturday’s charity auction, will benefit Positive Tomorrows. Remember: Fear is the mind-killer. Struggle, loss, birth, and change are inevitable in life, but we can choose how our perceptions and curiosity shape the world. That is power. Know that your membership to SoonerCon is helping to make a brave new world right here at home. A vast sequence of small, bold steps by many individuals make giant leaps possible for us all. Thank you for attending SoonerCon 28: Brave New Worlds. Here’s wishing everyone a fun and fellowship-filled convention experience! Cheers as always, Aislinn Burrows, SoonerCon Convention Chair Photo by JSJ Photography.

2 A NOTE FROM FSCOK

oonerCon has been around since 1986, but the Future Society of Central SOklahoma, as a sponsoring organization, has only come into existence in the last few years. The Board’s principal responsibilities are two-fold—to ensure that we stay compliant with all the rules and requirements for a Federal 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, and to make certain that SoonerCon is working towards the fulfillment of our mission statement. That mission is: Promoting arts, literature, and the sciences through the lens of pop culture.

I believe this year’s SoonerCon will achieve that splendidly. Spread throughout the jam-packed schedule is a broad spectrum of writing and lit, arts, and science—and they’re available and accessible for all ages. SoonerCon is a celebration, and we’re glad to share it with you. But, as any event organizer will tell you, celebrations take a lot of work. If you enjoy this celebration, I invite you to follow us on social media, and consider getting more involved. FSCOK sponsors other, smaller events throughout the year, and it is always open to people interested in a more active level of participation. Pop culture is more and more a part of everyday life. To quote Sam Gamgee (before he was Sam Gamgee), “This is our time, guys. This is our time.” Thank you for joining us here at SoonerCon. Enjoy your weekend, watch for future events, and consider this an invitation to become part of a group of extraordinary people, whose efforts make Oklahoma a better place for all of us. Leonard R. Bishop FSCOK BOARD OF DIRECTORS President, 2019 Board of Directors Future Society of Central Oklahoma Leonard Bishop President www.fscok.org Perrin Smith Vice President James Smith Treasurer Shai Fenwick Secretary Brittany Ellis Member-at-Large

3 WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS PATRON SPONSORS

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SUPPORTING SPONSORS 110 EVENTS CRAZED LEMMING PRODUCTIONS JUNIPER JONES PHOTOGRAPHY PAYLESS THRIFT/VALUE VILLAGE THRIFT SIGNS TO GO COMPANION SPONSORS ELITE TANK, INC. MCKINLEY DESIGN STUDIO REAPER MINIATURES

4 CONVENTION COMMITTEE If you meet any of these people, tell them “Thank You.”

Aislinn Burrows Convention Chair Matthew Alfred Phillip Grimes Zac Hallows Director of Programming Director of Marketing & PR Director of Operations Jeanie Burns Caleb Haldane James Smith Director of Finance Director of IT & Software Director of Development Development

Mark Alfred Jerry Hansen Tim Pesch Editor-in-Chief & Archivist Videographer & Software SoonerCon Dance Coordinator Annette Asprin Developer Ty Randolph Cash Manager Sahar Hasan Children’s Programming Leonard Bishop Hotel Liaison Assistant Coordinator, Heroic Inner Kids Guest Relations Coordinator Sean Hinckley Robert Raymond James Borja Head Gopher Special Guest Liaison & Green Room co-Chair (Programming & IT) Bernina OKC Carmen Bryan Lauren Howard Katie Reddick AV Chair Children’s Programming Hotel Liaison Assistant Coordinator, Heroic Inner Kids Marci Bull Brian Scoles Art Show Chair Rebecca Jackson Logistics Chair Serendipity Video Room Taylor Burrows Kristi Selensky Coordinator, SoonerCon Writers Workshop Coordinator Safety Officer Secretary Damon Seymour Ken Chalker Matthew Jones Exhibitors Chair Sr. Web Developer & TD Lighting Productions Administrator, IT Support Kimber Chessmore (Main Programming AV) FSCOK Volunteer Perrin Smith Jennifer Jones FSCOK Vice President Coordinator Shuttle Captain & Michael Dean Special Guest Liaison Shannon Smith Charity Co-Coordinator Kaylnn Loftin Member-at-large Brittany Ellis Art Show co-Chair Savannah Thomas Anime Room Coordinator Joseph Loftin Volunteers Registration Assistant Shai Fenwick Art Show Coordinator, Logistics Bill Thompson Hotel Liaison Jessica Lothrop Gaming Chair Daniel Grimes Green Room co-Chair Arich Walters IT & Network Support Brenton Major Logistics Coordinator Elaina Hamilton PTSD Software Developer Pandy Warren Charity Coordinator Ryan McKinley Special Guest Liaison Chase Hamilton Costuming Chair Shana Wiessner AV Gopher Andy Merts Convention Store Manager Amber Hanneken PTSD Software Developer Howard Wilson II Social Media Coordinator Peng Pan Content Contributor Software & Web Developer

5 UNCLE BILL WANTS YOU TO JOIN THE SOONERCON 29 COMMITTEE

Visit the SoonerCon Info Table for more info. Dear Friends and Members of SoonerCon, Positive Tomorrows wishes to express our sincerest gratitude for being selected as the 2019 SoonerCon Charity. As Oklahoma's only elementary school specifically for children and families experiencing homelessness, this support means the world to hundreds of little ones in need. Imagine not knowing where your next meal will come from, where you will sleep tonight or if your home today will be the same place you call home by the end of the week. Our students face these issues every day of the week. Unfortunately, learning takes a back seat to surviving. Positive Tomorrows helps students and their families in three main ways: • Removing barriers that hinder access to education and enrichment such as: transportation, hunger, and basic needs such as clothing, personal care items, school supplies and basic medical care • Supporting homeless families to help them become empowered and self-sufficient • Providing a robust, intensive and differentiated education to each child Education is the key to ending the cycle of homelessness and poverty, and you are making that possible. Keep up with our students by finding us on Facebook (Positive Tomorrows), lnstagram (@positivetomorrows), and Twitter (@ptokc), or signing up for our newsletter at positivetomorrows.org. We have an exciting year ahead as we plan to move into a new facility this fall that will nearly triple our capacity so keep an eye out for updates! We are so grateful to again partner with SoonerCon this year and are looking forward to a fun-filled weekend. Thank you for ALL you make possible for our students and families! Sincerely, The Staff, Students and Families of Positive Tomorrows

SOONERCON POLICIES

SoonerCon contact information for help them by contacting hotel/venue security convention policy, security, and or local law enforcement, providing escorts, harassment concerns: or otherwise assisting to ensure that they feel 1-800-745-0398 or [email protected] safe for the duration of the convention. We Norman Police Emergency: 911 value the attendance of every participant. Dispatch non-emergency: 405-321-1600 SoonerCon contact information for security and harassment concerns: We expect participants to follow these rules at all SoonerCon venues and SoonerCon-related [email protected] social events. Norman Police Emergency: 911 Dispatch non-emergency: 405-321-1600 ANTI-HARASSMENT POLICY We expect participants to follow these rules at SoonerCon is dedicated to providing a all SoonerCon venues and SoonerCon-related harassment-free convention experience for social events. everyone, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, ALCOHOL physical appearance, body size, race, or Oklahoma’s laws require all drinkers to be religion. We do not tolerate harassment at least 21 years old. If somebody underage of convention participants in any form. receives alcohol, the person paying for SoonerCon participants who violate these the room bears all responsibility. Also, rules may be sanctioned or expelled from the convention membership for the parties convention without a refund at the discretion responsible will be revoked without refund of SoonerCon or security staff. for that convention year, and may impact Participants asked to stop any harassing membership eligibility for future years as behavior are expected to comply immediately. determined by the convention chairperson Harassment includes: deliberate intimidation, and safety officer. Oklahoma law also doesn’t stalking, following, harassing photography allow open containers in the hallways, even or recording, sustained disruption of talks from room-to-room. So drink up in one room or other events, repeatedly disregarding before going next door. moderator or staff requests, inappropriate ANIMALS physical contact, unwelcome sexual attention, Trained service and assistance animals are and offensive verbal comments. permitted in all public areas, at all times. No Exhibitors in booths, Artist’s Alley vendors, other animals will be permitted inside the artists in the Art Show, game masters, and SoonerCon convention space. players are also subject to the anti-harassment policy, as are all programming participants. COSTUMING If a participant engages in harassing behavior, For safety purposes, all attendees must wear the SoonerCon staff may take any action they some form of protective footwear. Please be deem appropriate, including: warning the mindful of your safety and that of others offender, expulsion from SoonerCon with no while in costume. Please cosplay safely and at refund, and/or disallowing future admission your own risk – SoonerCon and FSCOK are to the convention. If you are being harassed, not liable for injuries or accidents incurred by notice that someone else is being harassed, costume hazards. or have any other concerns, please contact Do not impede traffic or pose a fire hazard. a convention staff member immediately. Plan for assistance if you have an oversized Convention staff can be identified by badge costume or prop. There are plenty of folks ribbons labeled “STAFF” and/ or “staff” who can help you if asked. t-shirts. Staff members will be visibly moving No costume is no costume. No nudity is around all convention areas. Convention allowed inside the convention center or other headquarters, security, and lost and found public spaces. All costumes must include full items are located at Registration. coverage bottoms. Breasts and nipples must In the event of any participant experiencing be fully covered/concealed. Underwear is harassment, SoonerCon staff will be happy to not accepted attire. Swimsuits are accepted

9 SOONERCON POLICIES attire, as long as they provide full coverage. ILLEGAL SUBSTANCES Body painting must abide by the coverage SoonerCon abides by all local, state, requirements detailed here. and federal laws in addition to facility All SoonerCon convention participants must policies regarding the use, possession, or comply with our Weapons Policy. Props, distribution of illegal substances during the weapons, and costumes may be inspected by convention event. Violators are subject to convention staff or facility staff, security, or arrest and prosecution, and your convention law enforcement at any time. membership will be revoked without refund. No loose glitter, confetti, explosives, projectiles, or objects emitting smoke, vapors, INCIDENT REPORTING or excessive noise or light are permitted. Safety and security are our top priority! For specific questions about SoonerCon SoonerCon utilizes an incident-reporting costuming and planning your cosplay, system for record-keeping, safety, and email [email protected] or ask emergency management. These incident a convention staff member onsite. For reports include, but are not limited to: full detailed Costume Contest rules and Injuries, lost property, incidences of procedures, visit https://www.soonercon.com/ harassment, calls to law enforcement or costume-contest-rules/. other emergency services, etc. that may occur during the convention’s operation. EMERGENCIES Convention staff members will ask for your Always comply with the instructions of assistance as necessary to complete these onsite law enforcement and the convention’s reports when applicable. Reports are secured hired security personnel as directed. There in Con Headquarters and a copy of your are volunteer medical workers onsite during report can be made available upon request. SoonerCon events. In the case of a medical emergency, first dial 911. Please report any LOST AND FOUND injuries immediately to a convention staff Please turn in found items to Con HQ at member for assistance. convention Registration. You can help us to return these items to their owners by A full detail of convention emergency describing when and where you found the procedures and incident reports are items as well. Lost items should be reported available upon request at Registration/Con to Con HQ, or to convention staff. Headquarters (Con HQ), and all staff and volunteers are briefed on these procedures. MEDIA INQUIRIES For press kit, press badges, and other event information, email [email protected] FOOD & DRINK or call 1-800-745-0348. Please contact Outside food and drinks are not allowed [email protected] to request use inside the convention center. These can of logo or related brand elements. All be consumed outside the facility, and SoonerCon convention guests and members in the hotel. Concessions are available reserve the right to refuse interviews or other inside the convention center, and these onsite media requests. For media inquiries concession items may be consumed during the event, please contact SoonerCon anywhere inside the event facility. staff located at Con HQ. With the exception of the Friday PHOTOGRAPHY reception event, no food or beverage Please be courteous before taking pictures. is allowed inside the Art Show and Ask for permission. Don’t photograph Charity room during the convention. children without obtaining their parent These spaces contain original artworks or guardian’s consent. Please note that all and unique collector’s items. photography is prohibited inside the Art Show. SoonerCon staff may ask participants to disassemble or remove photography, video, and recording setups at any time. By 10 entering SoonerCon, all attendees agree to SIGNAGE have their photos taken by SoonerCon staff SoonerCon’s policy mirrors our facility’s and volunteers for promotional purposes. policy, and is very simple: No signs or SoonerCon agrees not to use the photos in notices may be attached to facility property. any other manner besides promotion and not No sticky notes, tape, tacks, or other to sell the photos to any third party. attachments. Easels bearing signs are allowed. RECORDS All notices must be printed by machine, not Public records related to the event are handwritten. Designated signage boards are available following the event by emailing located throughout the convention space and [email protected] or making a request by mail in the hotel. This is the best place to make to: announcements! If you have a room party or other announcement, you can post a notice Future Society of Central Oklahoma in a free space on these boards. Taped signage dba SoonerCon anywhere else will be removed. Signage will PO Box 950406 be periodically reviewed and updated by staff. Oklahoma City, OK 73195-0406 No personal or identifying information will SMOKING/VAPING be included in publicly available records. The smoking age in Oklahoma is 18. SoonerCon maintains the right to refuse Oklahoma law provides for NO SMOKING record requests that are not covered by the OR VAPING in any indoors public venue Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). A copy — which includes ALL SoonerCon function of these policies is also available by email or spaces. That means you can only smoke by mail upon request. outdoors in designated areas (patio areas, etc.). This policy includes vaporizers. Please RESTRICTIONS ON vape outdoors. The Embassy Suites is a PARTICIPATION completely nonsmoking/non-vaping hotel SoonerCon is an all-ages, membership- indoors. Please dispose of all trash properly in only event. To balance our policies of open the provided designated waste and recycling membership attendance and the safety of all receptacles. Underage smoking/vaping is event participants, SoonerCon restricts the prohibited. participation of any person who is a registered sex offender (as defined by Sex Offender SPONSORSHIP AND Registration and Notification Act [SORNA]) DONATIONS to basic “attendee” status for membership, SoonerCon accepts financial goods and with the understanding that such a member service donations to help operate the is personally responsible for maintaining their convention, as well as for our annual charity compliance as it relates to the disclosure of benefit auction event during the convention. such information at public and private events This support comes from the generosity of where minors are present. event sponsors, vendors, convention members, and the community. Email development@ ROOM PARTIES soonercon.com for more details on how to All open room parties are requested to sign up donate to the charity auction or to become a with SoonerCon’s Hotel Liaison staff, located SoonerCon convention sponsor. SoonerCon around the convention hotel’s registration is 100% nonprofit and volunteer operated. and atrium seating area. There are signage boards provided to hang notices about your UNAUTHORIZED open room parties or social meetups. This is SOLICITATION the ONLY place to hang party notices. We No unauthorized solicitation is allowed want you to enjoy your party/meetup to the during the convention, in any function fullest extent, and it helps us to know the space. Violators are subject to expulsion and plan. Email [email protected] for more arrest. Panhandling at the convention is also information. unacceptable.

11 SOONERCON POLICIES USE OF SOONERCON AND designated for this kind of play. Basically, no horseplay or roughhousing. This is considered OUR VENDOR’S EQUIPMENT harassing behavior and is not tolerated. Please We own or are loaned most of the fixtures, help keep SoonerCon inclusive and fun for AV equipment, and other supplies that everyone as you move through the convention SoonerCon uses to make the con happen, spaces. and we partner with various vendors like the By federal law, any prop weapons that appear convention facility to use their equipment as to be real firearms (airsoft, fabricated guns, well. Please help maintain a great convention replica, or formerly-functioning firearms, experience for everyone by keeping our stuff etc.) must have orange safety tipping that in good order. All convention participants is clearly and visibly displayed on the tip of are requested to use this property respectfully the prop’s barrel. Additionally, all triggering and will be held responsible for any mechanisms (functional or not) will be preventable damages. zip-tied at weapons check for peace-bonding before the owner may enter the convention VOLUNTEER INFORMATION with the prop firearm. The only exception to SoonerCon is 100% volunteer powered this policy is for foam prop firearm triggers, every year! SoonerCon is entirely planned, to avoid indentions on the foam. Foam prop organized, staffed, and facilitated by firearms must still display an orange safety volunteers for The Future Society of Central tip. Oklahoma, dba SoonerCon, a 501(c)3 nonprofit (www.fscok.org) organization. Some prop weapons are not allowed at all: any type of functioning projectile weapon VOLUNTEER BACKGROUND — loaded or unloaded — or any device that could be construed as a projectile weapon, SCREENING POLICY with the exception of foam dart guns. Airsoft Per the administrative policies of our and paintball guns must be fully disabled, parent body, the Future Society of Central and no air puffs or other discharge should be Oklahoma, all volunteers for SoonerCon are detected on testing. Bows may be displayed, required to undergo a criminal background but arrows cannot have any tips and must screening. Volunteers are treated as applicants remain inside a quiver or similar case at all under the Fair Credit Reporting Act times. (FCRA). This function is serviced by Verified Volunteers (https://www.verifiedvolunteers. Daggers, knives, and swords are to be kept com/) and facilitated by the FSCOK inside their sheaths or be belted, and then volunteer coordinator, convention chair, be peace-bonded. Illegal blades may be and FSCOK board of directors vice chair, as confiscated by security personnel or law applicable, at no cost to our volunteers. enforcement at any time. Foam swords, knives, etc. do not require peace-bonding at Please join us in making SoonerCon as safe weapons check. and welcoming as possible. More information about this policy may be obtained at All spears, staffs, and staves must be no longer SoonerCon Registration during its normal than six feet and the end of said devices must hours, or at www.soonercon.com/volunteer/. never project more than 12” from the bearer’s body. WEAPONS AND PROPS Bladed swords and similar weapons with All prop weapons must pass weapons check at a functional edge (“live steel”) will not be convention Registration before entering the allowed in the convention, with limited convention. Handle all props and weapons at exceptions: bladed weapons purchased onsite your own risk. must remain sheathed and peace-bonded Posing is fine. Take all the pictures you’d at all times, and proof of purchase must be like, but DO NOT brandish any props or provided upon request to retain the bladed weapons at other attendees when not posing weapon while inside the convention (it’s for a photo. Attendees may not shoot others recommended that you take these purchases with foam darts nor squirt them with water, to your vehicle or hotel room as soon as etc. unless participating in con activities possible). All blades regardless of size and 12 material shall be covered, sheathed, or belted provisions of this section. in all public areas and function spaces. Title 21. Crimes and Punishments All allowable weapons must be peace-bonded, Chapter 53 – Manufacture, Sale, and as applicable. The only exceptions to these Wearing of Weapons Oklahoma Firearms rules are weapons that have been approved Act of 1971 for display on stage during the Costume Section 1289.15 – Penalties Contests (see Costume Contest Rules for more information) and during programming Any person adjudged guilty of violating specifically designed for weapons display. any provision of Section 1289.9, 1289.10, Peace-bonding will be available at 1289.11, 1289.12 or 1289.13 of this title Registration weapons check and by the roving shall, upon conviction, be punished by a security personnel. If you have any questions fine of not less than Fifty Dollars ($50.00) about this policy, please ask or email info@ nor more than Five Hundred Dollars soonercon.com. ($500.00), or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten (10) days nor more The sale of firearms is strictly prohibited at than six (6) months, or by both such fine SoonerCon. Vendors are requested to contact and imprisonment. [email protected] with questions about saleable merchandise. SoonerCon For SoonerCon attendees, this means NO reserves the right to inspect and request COSPLAY/COSTUMING with actual removal of merchandise deemed unsuitable handguns, pistols, rifles, and/or shotguns. for sale at the convention event. This is considered reckless handling of a firearm by SoonerCon organizers and Per Oklahoma statute regarding concealed FSCOK. Law enforcement will be contacted, and open carry firearms: and you will be immediately disbarred for life Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 1289.11 from SoonerCon membership. Let’s all stay Okla. Stat. tit. 21 § 1289.15Reckless safe and abide by local, state, and federal laws. handling of a firearm is punishable by six (6) months to one (1) year in county jail OTHER POLICIES and/or a fine between $50 and $500. SoonerCon reserves the right to refuse Title 21. Crimes and Punishments admission and membership or to remove anyone from the convention for any reason. Chapter 53 – Manufacture, Sale, and Memberships may or may not be refunded at Wearing of Weapons Oklahoma Firearms SoonerCon’s discretion. Harassment of con Act of 1971 attendees, staff, game masters, volunteers, Section 1289.11 – Reckless Conduct guests, vendors, hotel and convention center It shall be unlawful for any person to employees or their vendors and guests will engage in reckless conduct while having in not be tolerated. Consequences for verbally his or her possession any shotgun, rifle or or physically disruptive conduct may include pistol, such actions consisting of creating membership revocation, ejection, and possible a situation of unreasonable risk and prosecution. Shoplifting is a crime and will probability of death or great bodily harm be prosecuted, in addition to permanent to another, and demonstrating a conscious revocation of membership. disregard for the safety of another person. The Future Society of Central Oklahoma Any person convicted of violating the dba SoonerCon does not and shall not provisions of this section shall be punished discriminate on the basis of race, color, as provided in Section 1289.15 of this title. religion (creed), gender, gender expression, Any person convicted of a violation of age, national origin (ancestry), disability, the provisions of this section after having marital status, sexual orientation, or military been issued a concealed handgun license status, in any of its activities or operations. pursuant to the Oklahoma Self-Defense These activities include, but are not limited Act, Sections 1 through 25 of this act, to, selection and dismissal of volunteer staff, shall have the license revoked and shall selection of other volunteers and vendors, be subject to an administrative fine of and provision of services. We are committed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), to providing an inclusive and welcoming upon a hearing and determination by the environment for all members of our staff, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation event attendees, volunteers, subcontractors, that the person is in violation of the vendors, and clients. 13 SOONERCON WANTS TO THANK... These fine folks and organizations helped with services and/or other donations to give you a great convention!

• 110 Events • FenCon • OKC Pathfinder Society • Aislinn Burrows & Carmen • First Unitarian Church of • Okie Geek Podcast Bryan OKC • Oklahoma Board Game • Amber Hanneken • Game HQ Inc. Community • Amy Mirault • GameFace • Oklahoma Garrison of the • AnimeZing Store • Gena Ford 501st Legion • Anne Shelby • Harry’s TV Video & • Oklahoma Retro Gamers • Ashley “Shadowheart” King Appliances Society • Ben Fenwick • Heroic Inner Kids • Outreach Thrift in Norman • Bernina of Oklahoma City • Holiday Inn Express & Suites • Pahl Pharmaceutical • BK Talent Agency Norman Professionals, LLC • Brad Foster • Interurban restaurant • Payless Thrift - Value Village • Brian Scoles (Norman) Thrift • Chelsea Haldane • James Smith • Pete Dixon • Click Gaming • JediOKC • Phillip Grimes/Nerf Hoarder/ Creative Guy • Comtech Design, Print, & • Jennifer Bradford Mail • Jerry Bennett • Pioneer Library System • Convention Artists Guild of • John Eads • Pooyan Nikjou Colorado • Johnny Ryan Weaver • Positive Tomorrows • Corner Copy • Juniper Jones Photography • Quik Print • Cornerstone United Methodist • Kari Baker • Rachel Couch Church • Ken Chalker • Raphael Dean Wilson • Crazed Lemming Productions • Kimber Chessmore • Reaper Miniatures • Cumulus Media • Kimberly Johnson Cross • Rebecca Jackson • D&D Adventurers League • Leonard Bishop • Red Six to Golden Corral • Dale Rogers Center and • Lonny Corder-Agnew • Representative Merleyn Bell Prism Place Awards & • Loot & XP • Retro Gamers Society Trophies • Lucinda Thornburg • Rex Amsler • Danny Olvera (BMC Gift • Mark Alfred • Robert Alaniz Shop) • Matthew Cavanaugh • Serendipity Doctor Who Club • Dave Burgat & Domino’s • Matt Smith • Shirley Amauric Pizza • Mayor Breea Clark • Signs To Go • David Lee Anderson • McKinley Design Studio • Sooner Bowling Center • David Sterling Ranne • Michael Dean • Susan Yorke • Deborah Kelley • Michelle Kelley • Talon Games • Dillion Sebree (T1 Airsoft) • Michael Kirk • TD Lighting Productions • E D Photography • Morgan Hanneken • Ted Pennella • E.T. Wardwell • Norman Convention and • Terry Southard • Edmond Unplugged Visitors Bureau • The Bath of Con • Elaina Hamilton • Norman Police Department • Uncovering Oklahoma • Elite Tank • Norman Pride • VerifiedVolunteers.com • Elite Trophies - Norman • Norman Transcript • VHS and Chill • Embassy Suites by Hilton • OKgamers • Vintage Stock - Norman Norman Hotel & Conference • OKC Fabric Market • VolunteerLocal.com Center 14 FRIENDS OF SOONERCON “Friends of SoonerCon” is an extra-level support membership. It includes a SoonerCon T-shirt, a special SoonerCon collectible available nowhere else, and a listing in the Program Book. We thank and salute these Friends of SoonerCon:

Carl Gilchrist Michele Furley-Smith Charley McCue Sharon Yelton Linda McCue Brett Estes Dianna Hopkins B.J. Beck John Woodall Jessica Metz Robin Glasgow Kevin Metz John Angier Tuck Davion Michael Young Krystal Orpi Zane Coates Katie Armistead Riley Martin Matthew Armistead Pete Dixon Julie Citro Sasha Chapman Ruth E. S. Cruise Robert Trobaugh Johnny Hunter Perrin Smith Marjorie A. Montague Shannon Smith Arhur R. Matthews Jr Glenn Robertson Drew Richardson Alex Stoner Ann Shelby Amanda Herr Brooks Williamson Deborah May Howard Wilson II John May Gerald D. Wroblewski Charles Banks Sarah Cruise Trina Jacobs Karen Knitig Peggy Farris Lennon Patton Sheila Hartney Kailey Emerson Kiss My Ale

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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

YARD DOG ROADSHOW 8 pm FRIDAY Veterans Roundtable 3D Printer Demo 1 pm WORLD PEACE THROUGH JediOKC: Oklahoma City Star Wars Fan and CHOCOLATE ART RECEPTION Collectors Club BRAVE NEW WORLDS SCI-FI BALL 9 pm Workshop: Marketing for Writers, Level 1 2 pm THEY ACT HUMAN CONCERT The Facts of Fiction SoonerCon @ Midnight: Worst Book Ever 9:30pm Together, We Are Better: Identity and Diplomacy in Star Trek Lee and Peri’s Trivia for Geeks! (Contest) 10 pm Music of the Night 3 pm Cards Against Humanity for Charity Writing the Epic: Voices, Layers, Landscape Filk/Bardic Circle Godzilla: King of the Monsters, King of the Box Office SATURDAY Koffeeklatch 9 am Robotics Demo with Moore HS Pioneer Library System Maker Mobile 10 am History of Count Gregore Geekly Oklahoman Anime Improv with EBA Comedy Bernina OKC Makeshop: Super Handy Zipper Bag MEET YOUR FAVORITE DRAGON MAID The Science of Superheroes It Was the Aliens 4 pm Airbender Training (Self-Defense with Tenzin) Lolita High Tea Lolita Fashion Show Bernina OKC Makeshop: Super Fabulous Drawstring Bag “The Grave” and the Gangster Era in Oklahoma Japanese Idol Style Dancing Vintage Clothing Exhibit 10:30am Combat Choreography for Medieval Music to a Flame 11 am Performance Far-Fetched Doomsdays The Future of Art In the Digital Age STAR WARS PARADE How to Paint Your Dragon: Demo Tai Chi for Beginners MEET AUSTIN TINDLE, Q&A Superhero School Costume Essentials for an Emergency 5 pm Re-Covered Books, for Charity! The Journey to Creating the Super Soaker THE POWER OF PERSEVERANCE Take One Con-Quest BUILDING MY FIRST LIGHTSABER Noon Thrifty Revisions: Adding SF Genre Elements Reading: A. Lee Martinez & Rachel Caine to Thrift Store Paintings Why Godzilla Matters “Overdue” & “Semi-Social” Short Films Stump the Bard! 1 pm Screenings with Q&A Wandmaking OPENING CEREMONIES 6 pm Q&A WITH NANA VISITOR Dresden Files LARP: A Night at Lucido’s Build a SyFy™ Saturday Night Literary Beers 7 pm Q&A WITH AUSTIN TINDLE AND Vintage Clothing Exhibit SARAH WIEDENHEFT Friends of SoonerCon Reception Costume Contest Info Session 2 pm VHS & CHILL PRESENTS: The Everyday Futurist “GODZILLA DOUBLE FEATURE” Workshop: Marketing for Writers, Level 2

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Potions Class 2 pm INSIDE THE ARTIST’S STUDIO SUNDAY Koffeeklatch 10 am HARRY POTTER SORTING CEREMONY Coffee and Coloring READING: SELINA ROSEN & Morning Exercise with a Firefighter KEVIN J. ANDERSON KIDS COSTUME CONTEST MEETUP The Beginning, Present, and Future 3 pm Anime Diamonds in the Rough 11 am of Podcasting Cinematropolis Live Podcast: Mourning Game Sing-Along: Disney Edition of Thrones Take One Improv Comedy Show Intro to Miniature Painting Workshop Trekland 2019: Disco Fever: Catching It? MUGGLE QUIDDITCH NERF FUNDRAISER Virtual Reality: The Ethics and Morals of a New Ravens Three Concert 4 pm Medium Portal 47 Meetup KIDS COSTUME CONTEST Tea Time with the Doctor presented Larry’s The State of the Trek 2019 by Serendipity Successful Writing Habits Noon Bernina OKC Makeshop: Super Fabulous Magic Show Drawstring Bag Bellydance Performance Noir’s the Thing A Gentle Suggestion: Peer Review and Critique COSPLAY COMBAT Session for New Artists The Muse, the Artist, and Everything! THE BAEN TRAVELLING ROAD SHOW— The Voice of Evil WITH PRIZES! Vintage Clothing Exhibit 4:30 pm Villain Scavenger Hunt 12:15 pm NERF GAMING 3D Printer Demo 1 pm Radio Show Rehearsal 5 pm Make Your Own Lightsaber Medieval Song and Dance Padawan Training MUGGLE QUIDDITCH 5:15 pm Ladies of the Legion ART/CHARITY AUCTION 6 pm Q&A WITH NANA VISITOR Literary Beers 7 pm HOW NOT TO BE A VOICE ACTOR COSTUME CONTEST LINE UP What’s in a Nom de Plume? 2 pm Bernina OKC Makeshop: Super Handy Zipper Bag COSTUME CONTEST 8 pm Magic Workshop for Kids BEER AND BLUES GARDEN 9 pm Evolving Military SF Karaoke Ravens Three Concert Pitch Session - Become a Radio Star! 9:15 pm Golden Age Comics—Art and Influence Intermission with Take One Improv 9:30 pm THE SHINING WOMEN OF ANIME Filk/Bardic Circle 10 pm Dr. Trek Show Behind the Seams of the Costume Contest 3 pm Gorgeous Ladies of SoonerCon Pajama Party Art of The Long Game: Maintaining Momentum and Not Giving Up CLOSING CEREMONIES 4 pm

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LITERARY GUEST OF HONOR KEVIN J. ANDERSON Kevin J. Anderson is the author of 140 novels, 56 of which have appeared on national or international bestseller lists; he has over 23 million books in print in 30 languages. Anderson has co-authored 14 books in the Dune saga with Brian Herbert; he and Herbert have also written an original SF trilogy, Hellhole. Anderson’s epic SF series, The Saga of Seven Suns, as well as its sequel trilogy, The Saga of Shadows, are among his most ambitious works. He has also bestselling author Rebecca Moesta, written a sweeping nautical fantasy have lived in Colorado for 20 years; trilogy, Terra Incognita, accompanied Anderson has climbed all of the by two rock CDs (which he wrote mountains over 14,000 ft. in the state, and produced). He has written two and he has also hiked the 500-mile Colorado Trail. steampunk novels, Clockwork Angels www.wordfire.com and Clockwork Lives, with legendary Rush drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. He also created the popular humorous horror series featuring Dan Shamble, Some of the current organizations Zombie P.I., and has written eight that claim to be working on a high-tech thrillers with Colonel Doug wonderful future world are Beason. the World Future Society; the World Future Council (offices in Anderson holds a physics/astronomy Hamburg, London, and Geneva); degree and spent 14 years working as and the Future Worlds Center a technical writer for the Lawrence (based in Cyprus). Don’t Livermore National Laboratory. He is forget the Association of now the publisher of Colorado-based Professional Futurists, or the WordFire Press. He and his wife, World Futures Studies Federation, founded in 1973.

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for Supporting SoonerCon 28 ARTIST GUEST OF HONOR JULIE DILLON Julie Dillon is a West Coast artist specializing in fantasy and sci-fi illustration. Her notable clients in this field include Tor Books, Simon & Schuster, Popular Science magazine, Penguin Books, and Wizards of the Coast. In addition, she’s created a large body of personal work, and has several self-published art books. Julie has always had a creative outlet of some sort, whether drawing, writing, crafts, or music, but she always gravitated towards visual media. Her art is bold, colorful, and Among the music groups or artists ultimately positive in its outlook, with releases titled Brave New ranging from dreamlike scenes of World: abstracted magic, to more structured • Iron Maiden illustrations focusing on visual (heavy metal, 2000) storytelling and narrative. • Toyah (new wave, 1982) When she isn’t working on new • Styx (rock, 1999) artwork, she’s busy working in her • Moskwa TV (synth-pop, 1987) garden, babysitting her three cats, • Fuzzy Logic (jazz-funk, 1995) hiking or biking on nearby trails, • New Model Army doing pottery, and volunteering at (punk, 1985) equine rescues. • Hawklords (space rock, 2018) www.juliedillonart.com • David Essex (pop, 1978) • The Bongos (new wave, 1985) • Genetic Control (2005, punk) • DDT (alternative, 1983) • Ana Christensen (alternative. 1990) • Steve Miller Band (rock, 1969)

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WRITERS WORKSHOP CLINICIAN TONI WEISSKOPF Toni Weisskopf succeeded Jim Baen as publisher of Baen Books, a leading publisher of sf and fantasy, in 2006. She has worked with such authors as David Weber, David Drake, Lois McMaster Bujold, Eric Flint, Wen Spencer, Mercedes Lackey, Larry Correia, Charles E. Gannon, D.J. Butler, and many others. With Josepha Sherman she compiled and annotated the definitive volume of subversive children’s folklore, Greasy Grimy Gopher Guts, published by August House. Baen is also known for its innovative conventions across the country. She e-publishing program. Founded is well known for her interactive, in 1999, it has expanded under audience-participation discussion Weisskopf’s leadership to include of Baen Books covers and artwork, not only titles published by Baen, ongoing and ever-changing since but titles from other publishers, all 1991. without DRM. Other new programs Weisskopf is a graduate of under Weisskopf include the Jim Oberlin College with a degree in Baen Memorial Short Story Award anthropology. She lives in a hundred- (co-sponsored by the National Space year-old house with her delightful Society), established in 2007; the daughter, four dogs, and two cats. Baen Fantasy Adventure Award, Taking care of them, house included, awarded at Gen Con and established consumes most of her spare time, but in 2014; and the Baen Best Military she is also interested in space science. SF & Adventure SF Reader’s Choice She takes part in the Tennessee Valley Awards, presented at Dragon Con, Interstellar Workshop. established in 2015. She has been a guest speaker at many writers workshops and science-fiction

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BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED. TOASTMASTER SELINA ROSEN by Laura Underwood If you ask Selina Rosen how long she has been in this business of writing and entertaining people, she will probably tell you she is older than dirt. Not entirely true, unless the dirt is the rich soil of an imagination born of living off the land, raising a family, being a carpenter and farmer, sword fighter and all-around renaissance person. It is also the reason Selina is a darn good writer. When you listen to Selina, you can tell her roots are stories like The Bubba Chronicles, planted deep in the fertile realm of , storytelling. The Ghost Writer How I Spent the Apocalypse, Queen of Denial, and Born in 1960, she is probably best Recycled and in science fiction,Chains known as the publisher and owner of Trilogy, Fire & Ice, Hammer Town, Yard Dog Press, which she founded Reruns, and Strange Robby. She has in 1995. Her house specializes in a even done mystery novels (with Laura variety of publications, including J. Underwood) called Bad City and fantasy, adventure and science fiction. Bad Lands. In addition to being a But it also has recently expanded publisher and a writer, she is the 2011 to include some thought provoking recipient of the Phoenix Award, a nonfiction as well. Selina has a lot life time achievement award given to of opinions of the world, and she is professionals in the field of Science not afraid to let anyone know. As a Fiction and presented by the Southern rule, listening to her always gets folks Fandom Confederation. laughing. A good thing for someone Not a bad career, when you think who is asked to be a Toast Master at about it. many conventions. selinarosen.com She has written short stories and www.yarddogpress.com novels, and edited many anthologies. www.facebook.com/selina.rosen Her works include fantasies like www.facebook.com/YardDogPress Jabone’s Sword and Sword Masters, www.facebook.com/SR.CastleFarms dark fantasy/horror such as The Host and Material Things, humorous

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Rachel Caine is the NYT, USA Today, Amazon Charts, and #1 WSJ bestselling author of more than 50 novels. They include the smash Stillhouse Lake thriller series, the Weather Warden series in urban fantasy, the Great Library series and the Honors series in YA. She’s won multiple awards, including a lifetime achievement award from Romantic Times, and writes novels, short stories, and screenplays. Most recent releases are Smoke and Iron (Great Library #4), Honor Among Thieves (The Honors #1, with Ann Aguirre), and Dead Air (Serial Box, with Carrie Ryan and Gwenda Bond). After the end of Star Trek’s run, Her upcoming 2019 releases include Gene Roddenberry pitched several Honor Bound (The Honors #2, with projects to the TV networks—to be Ann Aguirre), Wolfhunter River honest, it was one idea, continually (Stillhouse Lake #3), Pen and Sword redressed. All were set on a future (the Great Library #5), and the long- Earth, in the aftermath of a awaited 10th book of the Weather planetwide war. The TV-movie Warden series, Red Hot Rain. Genesis II aired in 1973, and Her web series Morganville premiered starred a 20th-century man on the Geek & Sundry channel in awakening in 2133 to an Earth 2015. She currently has two novels populated by splintered outposts under option for film and television. of mankind. A reworked version, She is married to R. Cat Conrad, and Planet Earth, aired in 1974. A they live and work in Fort Worth, TX. third telefilm based on the concept rachelcaine.com was broadcast in 1975. Its title— enterthelibrary.com Brave New World. www.thehonorsbooks.com www.morganvilletheseries.com 31

FEATURED GUEST MATT FRANK Since 2011, Matt Frank has been known in both Japan and America as “the Kaiju King,” the fan-favorite artist for all things giant and monstrous! Although drawing since childhood, Matt became a true professional artist around 2005. His first official foray into the Godzilla franchise was a cover for Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters for IDW Publishing, and more covers for The Texas artist’s work can also be

Godzilla: History’s Greatest Monster found peppering magazine; in 2012. By 2013, he headlined the G-Fan in from 25-issue series Ray Harryhausen Presents Godzilla: Rulers of Bluewater Productions; and the novels as story co-developer, cover Earth of Jeremy Robinson, for whom Matt artist, and lead interior artist; the has helped design many creatures. series became an instant classic among Matt is in the unique position of being fans. Matt is also an accomplished an American artist known for working Transformers artist, beginning with on Japanese properties on both sides The Beast Wars Sourcebook as a of the Pacific. In late 2017, he began character illustrator, and also providing working for the legendary Tsuburaya interiors for Transformers Animated: Productions, adapting the cult-classic Rise of Safeguard; Transformers hero Redman to comic form, published Spotlight: Trailcutter; Mars Attacks the in Japan by Phase 6 and America by Transformers; and numerous titles for Night Shining, Inc. Matt also finally both IDW and Fun Publications. Matt got to create a new Gamera comic story has created four new Transformers for a Japanese release of the classic characters, the Raptoricons, for the Dark Horse Gamera comics from the Official Transformers Collector’s Club 90s. As of 2018, Matt is an official in 2016. His final Godzilla comic Ultraman artist, with plenty more for IDW was the critically acclaimed projects to come! Godzilla: Rage Across Time #1 in 2016; a shipping error made the issue an www.mattfrankart.net instant collector’s item. Twitter.com/spankzilla85 Instagram.com/mattzilla85

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Dependability. Flexibility. Creativity. Event rentals for the most intimate gatherings to the grandest parties. 110events.com | 405.604.0041 FEATURED GUEST DR. LONNIE JOHNSON Dr. Lonnie Johnson, a bona fide “rocket scientist,” has just one mission—to ensure the world has enough energy for a prosperous future. Although he has devoted his life to solving some of the world’s most complex technological problems, he is best known for his widely popular invention, the Super Soaker water gun. Dr. Johnson is a prolific inventor and holds more than 100 patents, the vast majority of which are energy-related. Excellatron, is developing Lithium- In 2000, realizing that that a small Air batteries. Today, electric vehicles start-up company could not compete can run ~200 miles on a single in a technology where larger well- charge. However, with Excellatron’s established companies were already technology, an electric vehicle could beginning to focus, Johnson looked potentially achieve 1,000 miles on a beyond Lithium-ion, which was single charge. the emerging advanced battery An energy expert at the National technology at that time. With this Science Foundation has identified “leapfrog” strategy, Johnson Battery Dr. Johnson’s third energy invention Technologies (JBT) has become (the JTEC heat engine) as being a leading developer of the next “possibly the greatest on earth.” In generation of battery technology, 2011, Dr. Johnson was inducted into Ceramic Solid-State Batteries. JBT’s the Engineering Hall of Fame by the technology will not only provide an state of Alabama, the first African enabler for the IoT revolution, but also American ever to obtain such an change the paradigm for consumer honor in the state’s history. He was electronic devices, with more than awarded the “Breakthrough Award” 2x improvement over Lithium-ion. from Popular Mechanics magazine for In parallel JBT’s sister company,

35 DR. LONNIE JOHNSON (CONTINUED) the JTEC invention that converts heat During active-duty assignments in the directly into electricity. He has been Air Force and tours as an employee featured in countless magazines and at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, newspaper articles and has appeared he helped develop some of the on numerous television programs. nation’s most advanced technological Dr. Johnson holds a bachelor’s achievements—including the Galileo degree in Mechanical Engineering, mission to Jupiter, the Mars Observer a master’s in Nuclear Engineering, Project and the Cassini Mission and an honorary doctorate in Science to Saturn, and the Stealth Bomber from Tuskegee University. He served (B-2). He has received numerous as a Space Nuclear Power Safety honors including two Air Force Officer in the U.S. Air Force, where Commendation Medals, an Air Force he analyzed NASA space systems Achievement Medal, and a number of that utilized nuclear power sources. NASA awards. www.lonniejohnson.com

Some “new worlds” aren’t that great. Aldous Huxley’s dystopian look at a fascist future, the 1932 novel Brave New World, was a satirical riposte against the utopian dreams of H.G. Wells. In the future of Huxley’s tale, bottle babies and strict social castes are the norm. Technology’s sole aim is to keep the lower classes occupied so that the upper castes may indulge their government-sanctioned fancies. Huxley’s satirical title was a direct reference to Shakespeare’s The Tempest.

36 FEATURED GUEST LARRY “DR. TREK” NEMECEK You may know Larry for his classic Star Trek: Next Generation Companion and the recent Star Trek Stellar Cartography maps/book set; as a worldwide Trek pundit; or as the “chief experience officer” for global Trek fans on a backstage “mini-con every month,” with his pioneering PORTAL 47 live/online deep-dive program. Or as host of The Trek Files weekly from the Roddenberry Podcast Network, or Trekland Tuesdays Live on Facebook and YouTube. Visit him in L.A. and you may design your own winning Star Trek Continues, and Trekland Treks film site day-tour led its Creative Consultant for all 11 by Dr. Trek! episodes. But hang around SoonerCon long larrynemecek.com enough and you’ll also learn Larry is a twitter.com/larrynemecek native Okie from Norman, a graduate facebook.com/LarrysTrekland of East Central University in Ada, the founder of OKC’s ThunderCons— and the publicity chair of the very first Some pop groups have taken SoonerCons! the phrase “Brave New World” Meanwhile, The Con of Wrath and given it a sarcastic spin. documentary is in post-production, Jimmy and the Boys’ 1981 “Brave and his “A Fistful of Data” column New World” narrates a society marks 21 years, appearing each issue populated by genderless workers in . Larry also Star Trek Magazine whose mindless activity feeds the played Dr. McCoy in the award- machines of progress. “Brave New World” by the Tender Violent Chords, from 1982, looks forward to spaceships and satellite eyes that watch the world without emotion.

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FEATURED GUEST AUSTIN TINDLE Austin Tindle is an American actor. His birth was foretold by a swallow in a remote location in Orlando, FL. When he burst forth from the womb a new star illuminated the sky, the seasons suddenly changed from winter to spring, and a double rainbow appeared. At three weeks old he had learned to walk and by eight weeks he was talking. His voice- over career began soon after. He was raised in Austin, Texas, which was retroactively named after him. He has since voiced many characters in to inspect every grain of rice that is English-dubbed anime including: Ken served to him. He has never used a toilet as his body recycles everything Kaneki (Tokyo Ghoul); Marco Bott it consumes with flawless efficiency. (Attack on Titan); Karma Akabane Also, he invented the hamburger. (Assassination Classroom), Avilio Twitter: @austintindle Bruno (91 Days); Raspberry (Dragon Ball Z); Accelerator (A Certain Magical Index, A Certain Scientific Railgun); and Ichirohiko (The Boy Plenty of pop songs look ahead and the Beast). You can also hear him in time. Here are only a few: in many other shows including Is This “Song for a Future Generation” a Zombie; Guilty Crown; D-Frag; by the B-52’s; “This Used to Be Gonna Be the Twin-Tail; Prince the Future” by the Pet Shop Boys; of Stride; Prison School; No-Rin; “The Future that Never Was” ACCA; Maria the Virgin Witch; by Powerman 5000; “A Better Snow White with the Red Hair; and Future” by David Bowie; and more. I’m pretty sure he does video two songs called “Children of the games too, like Dragonball Xenoverse Future.” One’s from the Steve and Smite. Austin subsists on a Miller Band; the other is by humble diet and employs a servant Bloc Party.

39 PRINT. COPY. CREATE. 405.801.2020 •CornerCopyOK.com 770 Dean’s Row Ave • ​Norman, OK 73069 FEATURED GUEST NANA VISITOR Nana started her career in her hometown of New York City, starring in Broadway musicals such as My One and Only, 42nd Street, and Chicago. She had the pleasure of playing the role of Gypsy Rose Lee opposite Angela Lansbury in the touring companies of the musical Gypsy. Nana has guest-starred in over 50 TV shows. For years she was a regular on the soap operas One Life to Live, Ryan’s Hope, and The Doctors. Prime-time series include Working Girl with Sandra Bullock, Dark Angel with Jessica Alba, seven seasons on Star Trek: Deep Space 9 as Major Kira, four seasons of Wildfire on ABC Family, and she has provided many voices on Family Guy. Films include The Sentinel, Mimi’s First Ray Bradbury’s 1953 dystopian Time, Babysitter Wanted, Swing novel Fahrenheit 451 foresaw Vote, Friday the 13th (2009), and the a future in which independent upcoming releases Hell of a View thought is stifled through the and Ted 2. suppression of books and free twitter.com/nanavisitor learning. Bradbury originally said facebook.com/official.nana.visitor that the book was conceived in reaction to the McCarthy hearings’ chilling effect on free speech. In 2007, he revised his opinion to say that the book’s allegory also applies to mass media’s effect in reducing consumers’ interest in reading and literature.

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FEATURED GUEST SARAH WIEDENHEFT Actor Sarah Wiedenheft has provided voices for a multitude of anime. Some include Zeno from Dragon Ball Super; Tohru in Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid; Charmy from Black Clover; Phos from Land of the Lustrous; Shihoru from Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash; Shera Greenwood from How NOT to Summon a Dragon Lord; Charlotte Dimandias in Hundred; and several dozen more. She also lent her voice to the video games: HunieCam Studio and HuniePop. Some of her visual art may be seen on DeviantArt. www.swieden.com Twitter: @sarahwiedenheft Instagram: swiedish.fish

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e Art of Julie Dillon

Check out some of Julie’s artwork in the art show and your printed program book (included with weekend membership while supplies last) at SoonerCon 28! Check out some of Julie’s artwork in the art show and your printed program book (included with weekend membership while supplies last) at SoonerCon 28! Check out some of Julie’s artwork in the art show and your printed program book (included with weekend membership while supplies last) at SoonerCon 28! Airport Downtown NW Expressway The Village 4233 Charter Ave 119 N Robinson 3403 NW Expressway 10637 N May OKC, OK 73108 OKC, OK 73102 OKC, OK 73112 OKC, OK 73120 405-943-3222 405-232-7579 405-840-3275 405-751-5315 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Broadway Extension Uptown 401 W Wilshire Blvd 406 NW 23rd St OKC, OK 73116 OKC, OK 73103 405-843-9820 405-528-7976 [email protected] [email protected]

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SOONERCON 27 WINNERS These are award recipients and competition winners at SoonerCon 27, in 2018: — ART SHOW NUCLEON — 1ST PLACE FAN FAVORITE: Tim Chessmore for “Eternal Time” 2ND PLACE FAN FAVORITE: Nene Thomas for “Aveliad: The Forest” 3RD PLACE FAN FAVORITE: David Lee Pancake for “Heaters” 1ST PLACE PROFESSIONAL PEER: John Picacio for “La Calavera/Original Final Drawing” 2ND PLACE PROFESSIONAL PEER: Rachael Mayo for “Shadowgorge 4” 3RD PLACE PROFESSIONAL PEER: Joshua Cook for “Flying Tiger, Hungry Dragon” — MINI PAINTING COMPETITION — BEST OF SHOW Matthew Cavanaugh SMALL (28MM OR SMALLER) 1. Alexandra Manderfeld and Colby Savell 2. Nick Johnson 3. Michelle Morson LARGE (30 MM OR LARGER OR LARGE BASE) 1. Matthew Cavanaugh 2. Drew Richardson

51 — MASQUERADE WINNERS — MASTER 1. Qi’ra, by Macy Conaway 2. Lady Sansa Stark of Winterfell, by Jennifer Jones 3. Goddess Athena, by Marlie Adams JOURNEYPERSON 1. Harley Quinn, by Abigail Woodson 2. Cloud Strife, by Robert Compton 3. Mrs. Lovett, by Amber Hoffman NOVICE 1. Ichimatsu & Todomatsu, by Allison Eads & Heather Hewitt 2. Atris from Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, by Vivian Sloan 3. Warchief Thrall, by Drue Chilton YOUTH 1. Peashooter—Presenter: Sidd Auer, Creator: Dara Fogel 2. Pennywise—Presenter: Michael Coble, Creator: Twisted Oliver Cosplay 3. Gir, by Spencer SHOW & TELL BEYOND THE VEIL 1. Seto Kaiba, Lily Munster, by Debbie Oliver of by Courtney’s Cosplay Twisted Oliver Cosplay 2. Luna Lovegood, WHAT THE…? by Audrey Moylan Little Sweet, by John Eads 3. Zatanna, by Jessica Dunlap

BEST OF SHOW: Lilith, Mother of Demons,

by Sock Ninja Cosplay Photo by Squirrelly Jedi Photography

52 PROGRAM SUMMARIES Drawing Sci-Fi/Fantasy Characters, FRIDAY for Fun! Draw along as Mike (mikeyzart) 3D Printer Demo shows you his approach to drawing Panelist Richard Morgan presents your own science-fiction and fantasy a general overview on 3D printing, characters in a relaxed and fun showcasing printed models. environment. For all skill levels – as long as you can operate a pencil, 1:00 p.m., Boomer A you’ll have fun! Beginners will enjoy JediOKC: Oklahoma City Star Wars Fan creating their own characters, and and Collectors Club advanced artists will learn a few more tools and ideas to put into their maker After more than 15 years, the Force kit. Participants will draw many is strong with JediOKC. Learn more characters within the hour, so come about the family-friendly club’s prepared to have a good time and activities, charity work, and fellowship leave with lots of new ideas. Supplies through the love of cosplay and being provided, limit 24 participants. a geek. 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma A3 1:00 p.m., Boomer B Crime Solver Science with Sissy Space Intro to Miniature Painting Workshop Many of the sciences are used when This beginner-level workshop teaches working to solve a crime. In this the basic skill set necessary to paint presentation, scientist, anthropologist, most miniatures. Students will be and filmmaker Sissy Space taught how to inspect miniatures for demonstrates some of the simple flaws, correct them, and prime for experiments and techniques used to paint. Techniques taught will include figure out “Who dunnit?” paint thinning, washes, and dry brushing. At the end of the workshop, 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma B1 students should feel confident in their Creating a Short Story: Harder than ability to paint a miniature up to a You Think tabletop quality level. (2 hours) Limit 15 participants, $5 materials fee. There are many paths to the peak of the mountain, says an old proverb. 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1 Authors discuss what works for them, Portrait Painting Demo and share common stumbling blocks Portrait painting made easy, using to avoid when crafting short stories. an opaque projector technique. Join 1:00 p.m., Sooner A Oklahoma artist and teacher Terry Southard for this hands-on paint & take. Supplies provided, limit 11 participants. (2 hours) 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma A2

53 FRIDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Gaming Across the Generations Pom Pom Pokémon How can you game with kids? Join Love Pokémon? Come catch the us to talk about the challenges you Pokémon craze with Pioneer Library might come across when gaming with System! Learn how to make your very children and how you might overcome own fluffy, adorable Pikachu or Eevee them. out of pom poms in this hands-on 1:00 p.m., Sooner B guided session inspired by the book “Pompom Pokémon” by Sachiko Susa. I Was a Whovian Before it Was Cool 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma B1 Discuss and learn about the iconic Doctor Who: Classic Series, the series Character Building Exercises before the current series! I Wonder… Some characters spring forth, fully what you’ll learn! realized as Athena. Others might be 2:00 p.m., Boomer A throwaways, or that guy who annoyed you in high school. Panelists share tips Cosplay: The Horror & The Joy and techniques for keeping characters Everybody has a fail story. Cosplayers real and memorable. share their disasters, worst moments, 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma G and how they survived to achieve a triumphant costume comeback. The Facts of Fiction 2:00 p.m., Boomer B Finer Arts of Central Oklahoma shares the origins of popular myths Readings: Science Fiction and legends through dramatic 2:00 p.m., Noble clowning, audience interaction, and creative demonstrations. The story of Workshop: Marketing for Writers, Icarus comes to life with – ping pong Level 1 balls and a hair dryer. Participants learn the do’s and don’ts of magical This marketing session, led by enchantment – with a rubber chicken. best-selling author Rachel Caine, is Don’t miss the finale as performers open to all writers looking to market walk across a bed of mousetraps in their work. Level one covers topics Achilles’ soft heels. This presentation such as: Discovering and honing uses silly, wacky, and wonderful your marketing skills; a survey of moments to foster an appreciation marketing tools and approaches, for fantastical and “out of this world” marketing hooks – finding yours and stories. Appropriate for all ages. how to use them; marketing (targeted) versus publicity (untargeted) and; 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma H marketing through premiums and swag, with how-tos for sourcing these items. Limit 24 participants. (2 hours) 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma A3

54 Together, We Are Better: Identity and Writing the Epic: Voices, Layers, Diplomacy in Star Trek Landscape Cultural nuances make up Star Trek’s Panelists discuss writing a many- memorable world building. Races layered epic, whether science fiction within and outside of the Federation or fantasy. What makes a story epic? discover each other, work, and learn What does it mean to think outside together. But Trek isn’t without its the Tolkien box? How do you pick bad blood, warring factions, and POV? How many characters are too competing interests. Alliances are many? What elements have proven made by an unwavering appreciation most challenging or most useful? Is for each species’ differences that epic still meaningful in the modern elevates the idea of common good world? across the universe. Is this the great 3:00 p.m., Boomer A legacy of Rodenberry’s genius? 2:00 p.m., Sooner A Godzilla: King of the Monsters, King of the Box Office Here Be Dragons and Art Let’s talk about what we all just Dragons appear throughout legend, watched last weekend: Godzilla: King myth, and fairy tales from around the of the Monsters! world and in art throughout the ages. 3:00 p.m., Boomer B Visual creators analyze the forms of these creatures in different cultures, Readings: Alternate History as well as today’s various sf artistic 3:00 p.m., Noble expressions of the ultimate fantastic beast. Content Creation & You: 2:00 p.m., Sooner B Streaming Entertainment Music of the Night How do streamers come up with what to say and what to do in real time to Courtney’s Cosplay performs songs keep audiences engaged? How is live- from the darker side of the nerd world. streamed content monetized? What It’s all about the creatures of the dark does it take to build an audience (and and things that bump in the night. keep them) on platforms like Twitch Songs are from supernatural anime and YouTube? Find out, and more, (Black Butler/Dance with Devils/ in this interactive presentation with Diabolik Lovers), Disney villains, podcaster and streamer Stevo the horror games, and dark musicals. Gutter Nerd. Limit 15 participants. 3:00 p.m., Ackbar’s Snackbar 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1

55 FRIDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Introduction to Fiber Arts New Ancestral Myths Yarn matters! Join YouTubers and Writers, artists, and editors discuss knitting nerdesses Gal and Kitten recent works which combine as they talk all things fiber in this characters from ancient myths with interactive discussion on how yarns modern themes, situations, and are made and graded, plus tips for aesthetic trends in order to create selecting materials best suited for stories about today’s concerns with your next knitting, crocheting, or mythical resonance. What do they other fiber-art project. Limit 11 actually say about ourselves in the participants. current moment? 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma A2 3:00 p.m., Sooner A Robotics Demo with Moore HS Before and After the Apocalypse Members of Moore High School’s What happens after the world ends? robotics team share highlights from How has the threat of apocalypse their season, demo some of their changed how we live, how we work, favorite bots, and share how kids can how we govern in the modern age? get started in the robotmaker world What’s the state of the grid, and all for competition and play. the things we take for granted? 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma B1 3:00 p.m., Sooner B History of Count Gregore Meet Your Favorite Dragon Maid Living history, from the Count What’s it like being a dragon himself. Join SoonerCon’s Oklahoma who’s also a maid? Join the dragon Speculative Fiction hall of famer Tohru’s voice actress herself, Sarah and local legend John Ferguson, Weidenheft, in this interactive Q&A a.k.a. Count Gregore, for a look to find out! back at his 60-plus-year career in TV 3:00 p.m., University C broadcasting, plus his current roles in the Senior Follies and other stage It Was the Aliens productions. Mankind has been telling stories of 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma G invasion for centuries. Modern books and movies are full of stories of how Anime Improv with EBA Comedy the world would end by aliens. Join EBA Comedy performs anime- our discussion on the alien invasion themed improv. All-ages appropriate. in pop culture and how it’s influenced 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma H the apocalyptic genre in general. 4:00 p.m., Boomer A

56 The Writers’ Group: Band of Allies or Filking 101 Dysfunctional Family Borrow a tune and change the words A discussion of writers’ groups: their using your favorite sci-fi, fantasy, dynamics and their possible value. and nerdy topics. Learn tips and Compare online forums versus face- techniques for writing your own filk to-face groups. How can you tell songs, featuring favorite filk examples. if you’ve stumbled into something Audience participation encouraged! dysfunctional or delightful, without 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma A2 a sounding board? How to network? Advice for authors at any stage of Bernina OKC Makeshop: Super development looking to join a Fabulous Drawstring Bag writing group. Come and make a multipurpose 4:00 p.m., Boomer B drawstring bag. It can hold anything from dice to cards to the shrunken Lolita High Tea heads of your enemies. See the Youkoso! Join OKC Lolita BERNINA display in the Exhibitors Community for this social and Hall for examples. A kit with all interactive Japanese-culture High Tea the supplies needed is provided. The experience. Dress code required, limit class is for beginner sewists. Limit 15 35 participants. (2 hours, free with participants. (2 hours) convention membership) 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma A3 Dress Code: All Tea Party attendees are expected to wear Lolita, Ouji, Open Coloring/Crafting Aristocrat, or formal J-fashion attire SoonerCon kids crafting and coloring. to maintain the immersive aesthics of this event. All Japanese brands, indie 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma B1 brands, and handmade items in these Japanese Idol Style Dancing stylings are permitted. Other styles Have you ever wanted to be an idol? of cosplay, maid costumes, and casual Japanese idols (dance groups) are attire are not accepted attire for increasingly popular around the world. this occasion. Learn to dance like your favorite idol! 4:00 p.m., Embassy Suite 204 Have fun! Let your idol flag fly. Readings: Science Fiction 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma B2 4:00 p.m., Noble Autographs Introduction to Wearable Electronics 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma E - Wearable Electronics is a growing Autograph Tables field with applications in costuming and prop-making. Join Julie Barrett for an overview of products available and how to find the right tech for your project. There will be time for Q&A. 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1 57 FRIDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Boo, Hiss! Beloved Villains Meet Austin Tindle, Q&A Voldemort; Saruman; Lex Luthor — Come have a conversation with Austin explain the charm of bad guys who Tindle. You can talk about his life, absolutely revel in their villainy. career, getting into to voice acting, 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma G past characters or, ya know, other stuff too. If you don’t have any questions Combat Choreography for he’ll probably just talk about himself. Medieval Performance Or read Harry Potter out loud. Not Goblet of Fire, though. Ask Austin Come see swords in action and learn Tindle Weird Stuff, TL;DR:AMA. how to recreate a Medieval knight’s style of combat! Presented by the 4:00 p.m., University C Arthurian Order of Avalon. The Three F’s: Friends, Family, and Foes 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma H Behind every main character is a Yoda, the Space Wizard: High Fantasy cast of their friends, family, and foes. in the World of Star Wars How do these relationships interact to improve the story? Even though it’s set in space, Star Wars has its share of knights, damsels, 5:00 p.m., Boomer A and monsters. Join us in a discussion Costume Essentials for an Emergency about the fantasy elements of Star Wars. What should you pack in a “cosplay emergency kit”? Find out why you 4:00 p.m., Sooner A need more than a bit of thread and a The Future of Art In the Digital Age needle. With point-and-click applications and 5:00 p.m., Boomer B the ability to download any image Readings: Horror in the world, how will art evolve in the future? What are the primary 5:00 p.m., Noble differences between traditional media Superhero Creation Class and digital artwork that collectors are looking for? Can digital art be Learn quick-drawing techniques for considered fine art? sketching superheroes with Okie Comics Magazine’s publisher and 4:00 p.m., Sooner B Equinox Comics artists. Kid-friendly. How to Paint Your Dragon: Demo Limit 15 participants. Award-winning artist W.J. Hodgson 5:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1 demonstrates acrylic-on-canvas fantasy painting. 4:00 p.m., University B

58 Stuffed Animal Make & Take Science: The Core of Sci-Fi’s Kids and adults decorate, stuff, and Sense of Wonder finish fun stuffed animals. You take Many readers come to sci-fi for the your new friend with you! Ages 6+. wonder of imagining fantastic new Children should be accompanied worlds. They want their breath taken by parent. Scissors and needles will away by the long scope of time, of be used at participants’ own risk, evolution and geology and the stars. instructor supervision provided. What is that sense of wonder in new (Two 30-minute sessions. Limit 11 experiences and how do people feel it participants per session. $15 materials differently? What science in science fee.) fiction most succeeds at getting to 5:00 p.m., Oklahoma A2 those feelings? Autographs 5:00 p.m., Sooner A 5:00 p.m., Oklahoma E - Autograph Thrifty Revisions: Adding SF Genre Tables Elements to Thrift Store Paintings The Journey to Creating the Artists insert genre elements or Super Soaker monsters into reclaimed paintings and prints. Final works are up for Rocket Scientist and prolific inventor, sale in the Charity Sale and Auction. Dr. Lonnie Johnson speaks on his (Paintings provided.) history leading up to and the story of 5:00 p.m., Sooner B the creation of the Super Soaker: The world’s #1 selling water toy of all time. “Overdue” & “Semi-Social” Short Films 5:00 p.m., Oklahoma G Screenings with Q&A Take One Con-Quest 48Hour Festival Audience Choice winning short film, “Overdue” tells Come along and join the show of a the story of a pregnant librarian lifetime as Take One Improv takes seeking the perfect baby name who con-goers into a world of fun with goes into labor and is joined on her a variety of improv games, stand- journey by characters from her favorite up, dramatic readings of internet books. With time running out, her nonsense, lip-sync showdowns, and husband hits the road to get her to the beloved movies and television shows hospital. “Semi-Social” shows a tech re-cast with characters that definitely addicted teen attempting to attract don’t belong. Join us for a randomly the girl of his dreams and gets help wild ride! Note: this panel is rated from an unexpected source. Both PG-13 short films will be followed by Q&A 5:00 p.m., Oklahoma H with director Ricky Pope and writer/ producer Matthew Price. 5:00 p.m., University C

59 FRIDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Opening Ceremonies VHS & CHILL Presents: “Godzilla SoonerCon 28’s official opening. Double Feature” Toastmaster Selina Rosen will blast us In honor of this summer’s newest all into Brave New Worlds. Godzilla film release, we’re having a 6:00 p.m., Oklahoma H GODZILLA DOUBLE FEATURE at SoonerCon 28! In the first feature, Dresden Files LARP: A Night at Lucido’s Godzilla faces off against aliens who Join us in this 1938 film noir Dresden have taken control of Earth’s monsters Files adventure. This is a live action and are using them to exterminate role play game based on The Dresden the human race in the 1968 classic Files series of contemporary fantasy/ Destroy All Monsters! Then, time mystery novels written by Jim Butcher. travelers use Godzilla in an attempt to 6:00 p.m., Sooner B destroy Japan which pits our favorite kaiju against one of his toughest Literary Beers opponents in 1991’s Godzilla vs. Join panelists in the hotel for lively King Ghidorah! Both films are rated conversation. BYO beverage, please. for ALL AGES! Introductions by Godzilla artist Matt Frank! 7:00 p.m., Embassy Hotel: Interior Courtyard - Atrium 7:00 p.m., University C Vintage Clothing Exhibit Yard Dog Roadshow SoonerCon attendees are invited to Join the crew from Yard Dog Press as join costumer and historic clothing they offer their usual brand of comedy. collector Ms. Kathleen M. O’Brien 8:00 p.m., Oklahoma G in her parlor for a viewing of 20th Veterans Roundtable century vintage women’s and men’s garments. Questions welcome! (2 The Veterans Roundtable was started hours, come-and-go viewings) at a regional NW convention by a dedicated fan who asked that 7:00 p.m., Hotel Suite (look for the tradition be carried into any location on the signage boards) gathering of nerds whenever possible. Friends of SoonerCon Reception SoonerCon welcomes all Military Veterans to a closed space for Veterans Friends of SoonerCon membership- only to introduce themselves, talk exclusive social event with SoonerCon openly about Life, the Universe, 28 guests of honor and featured and Everything. All branches are guests. Heavy hors d’oeuvres and welcome, all are brothers and sisters beverages provided. Thank you to our having served in the capacity we have, Friends of SoonerCon supporters! or currently are. 7:00 p.m., Oklahoma B 8:00 p.m., Sooner A

60 World Peace Through Chocolate Art Lee and Peri’s Trivia for Geeks! Reception (Contest) Award-winning SF/F artists host a Six teams of 2, in a round-robin-style viewing of the region’s largest SF/F trivia game will compete for geek art show. Light desserts provided. (2 glory and SoonerCon bragging rights, hours) with two weekend memberships to our 8:00 p.m., University B 2020 convention. Artist Peri Charlifu and husband Lee Moody host this Brave New Worlds Sci-Fi Ball fan-favorite contest. But wait! There SoonerCon’s annual dance. Costumes are twists, turns, and unexpected encouraged! All Ages to Enter, must craziness! Sign up early at Con HQ. be 21 with ID to drink. Admission to The first six teams to sign up get to the dance is included with SoonerCon compete. Limit 12 total contestants. 28 memberships. Music and lighting (2 hours) by TD Lighting Productions. 10:00 p.m., Boomer A 9:00 p.m., Oklahoma H Cards Against Humanity for Charity They Act Human Concert Playing a modified version of CaH: Live at the Brave New Worlds Sci-Fi No minimum or maximum hand Ball! They Act Human is a music size and outside/custom cards are not project based on horror and sci-fi allowed. Buy-in is $0.25 per white movies, 80s video games, sad robot card, and cards can be purchased stories, and sometimes math metal. after questions are asked. The game Built by hand, note by note, beat runs two hours, or until all black by beat, this music is most loved by cards are claimed. Anyone can buy robots and sea monsters. All songs in at any time (except during the last written and performed by Art Sunday. 10 minutes). There is no limit to the number of players. The “Don’t be a 9:00 p.m., Oklahoma H Jerk” rule is in full effect. The player with the most points at the game’s end SoonerCon @ Midnight: will win a Cards Against Humanity Worst Book Ever Starter Box. All proceeds benefit Join us in the hotel bar as intrepid SoonerCon’s designated charity, writers lay on their best purple prose Positive Tomorrows. This game is to create titles and openings for the recommended for “mature” audiences Worst Book Ever, hosted by Larry only (18+). “Dr. Trek” Nemecek! (Supplies 10:00 p.m., Oklahoma F provided.) 9:30 p.m., Embassy Hotel: Filk/Bardic Circle Interior Courtyard - Atrium Open Filk in the round. 10:00 p.m., Sooner A

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touchscreen computer that connects customers with the library’s digital SATURDAY and print resources, STEM kits, and Koffeeklatch an onboard circulating collection of “maker” books. Come check out the Join panelists in the hotel breakfast Maker Mobile and create your own area for intimate conversation. BYO laser-cut acrylic LED SoonerCon coffee, please. Badge! 9:00 a.m., Embassy Hotel: 10:00 a.m., Event Center Portico Interior Courtyard - Fountain Geekly Oklahoman IDIC and Speculative Fiction’s Highest Ideals Join Oklahoma’s premier geek culture podcast, The Okie Geek podcast, “Infinite diversity in infinite for a retrospective on geek culture in combinations.” “I grok in fullness.” Oklahoma. Host Michael Cross is “Fear is the mind-killer.” “After all joined by guests to discuss how we this time? Always.” “What’s the have gone from small groups reciting point in two hearts if you can’t be a verbatim The Holy Grail, to being bit forgiving now and then?” “Do. accepted by the masses. They will talk Or do not. There is no try.” How do about the milestones and the hurdles these and other inspirations from sf that geek culture has gone through illuminate our reality? and how great the rise of geek fandom 10:00 a.m., Boomer A has been in the Sooner state. (Limit 14 participants) Creating Vector Line Art 10:00 a.m., Noble Learn tips and tricks on getting great line-art results for the vector format. Intro to Miniature Painting Workshop This panel features digitally drawn This beginner-level workshop teaches line work in comics and similar art the basic skill set necessary to paint media. Creators offer simple methods most miniatures. Students will be to improve your line-work game for taught how to inspect miniatures for creating quality, impacting character flaws, correct them, and prime for and scenic images. paint. Techniques taught will include 10:00 a.m., Boomer B paint thinning, washes, and dry brushing. At the end of the workshop, Pioneer Library System Maker Mobile students should feel confident in their The Pioneer Library System Maker ability to paint a miniature up to a Mobile brings STEAM-focused tabletop quality level. (2 hours) Limit programming into our communities. 15 participants, $5 materials fee. This amazing workshop on wheels 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma A1 features two 3D printers, a digital scanner, CNC Mill, two laser cutters, laptop lab, informational

63 SATURDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Tabletop RPG Writing Airbender Training (Self-Defense Got a great idea for a tabletop with Tenzin) role playing game, but not sure It is good to see that the Airbender where to begin? D20 game writer nation is growing, with newly Christina Stiles talks creating around awakened airbending powers in gameplay mechanics, collective each of you! As a master airbender, worldbuilding, establishing lore, play I will ensure that you get the basics testing, publishing and more in this of airbending under your belt before game writer’s workshop. Limit 11 heading out into the world. A one- participants. hour basic self defense course for all- 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma A2 ages. Tenzin (cosplayed by Jeremiah Edwards) is a 3rd-degree black belt Bernina OKC Makeshop: Super Handy in Tae Kwon Do, with over 7 years of Zipper Bag teaching experience. Come and make a small zipper bag. 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma B2 There will be 2 different possible configurations. One is a flat zipper Autographs pouch, which is excellent for carrying Autographs and selfies ($40/$20 cash) pencils, chopsticks, and magic wands. with featured guest Nana Visitor at The other is a boxed zipper pouch with her booth in the Exhibitors Hall. (50 side handle, best suited for snacks, mins.) miniatures, or protecting your favorite 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma E - crystal ball. See the BERNINA Nana Visitor Booth display in the exhibitor hall for examples. A kit with all the supplies Vampires Across the Ages needed is provided. The class is for Long a staple of Urban Fantasy, adventurous beginner sewists. Limit vampires first appear in folklore, 15 participants. (2 hours) and were markedly different from 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma A3 Stoker’s Count; even more so from Yarbro’s noble St. Germain, or the The Science of Superheroes sparkles from Twilight. We discuss Mad Science’s Professor Bungle Botch the influences of those early roots, and (as seen on KFOR’s “Rise and Shine” look at the many changes. and Fox 25’s “Living Oklahoma”) 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma G presents a high-energy, hands-on demonstration of the physics behind super-heroic powers. Participants will learn the science of super strength, sonic flight, and inhuman speed with laughter and excitement. Appropriate for all ages. 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma B1

64 Lolita Fashion Show “The Grave” and the Gangster Era Gothic, Sweet, Punk, Classic, and in Oklahoma Kodona, and more – this SoonerCon See the noir action-vigilante film “The inaugural Lolita fashion-show event Grave,” talk to the filmmakers, and features Lolita clothing and accessory hear about the film’s inspirations in styles from OKC and around the 1920s Oklahoma. globe. With fashions modeled by 10:00 a.m., University C Allison Breckon, Allison Eads, Ashley Evans, Brooke Merrick, Charli Vintage Clothing Exhibit Wrench, Chloe Elzo, Emily Pearson, SoonerCon attendees are invited to Heather Hewitt, Kayla Parker, Lollie join costumer and historic clothing Moore, Marlie Adams, Sable Ann collector Ms. Kathleen M. O’Brien Furrh, Savanna (Blake) Phipps, and in her parlor for a viewing of 20th Tori Rodgers. century vintage women’s and men’s 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma H garments. Questions welcome! (1.5 Urban Legends hours, come-and-go viewings) 10:30 a.m., Hotel Suite (look for Squatch hunting and so much more. location on the signage boards) Join us for a lively discussion of some of Oklahoma’s home-grown urban Music to a Flame legends. Courtney’s Cosplay performs songs 10:00 a.m., Sooner A from a concert that packs a punch, Live Figure-Drawing Studio so flame on! Songs are from action- based anime (JoJo, Attack on Titan, A beginner’s guide to human anatomy and Noragami), RWBY, and action- for figure-drawing, with emphasis packed video games. on proportion, scale, and symmetry. 11:00 a.m., Ackbar’s Snackbar Bring your sketchbooks and tablets! 10:00 a.m., Sooner B Far-Fetched Doomsdays Artwork Matting Demo Meteors and nuclear war are so last century. Come up with new, intricate, Photographer Blair Bartlett offers this and implausible ways for mankind to introductory demonstration on basic check out, or life on Earth to end. matting techniques for displaying your 11:00 a.m., Boomer A art-show finds. This method is usable for prints, photographs, and similar artworks. (90 minutes) 10:00 a.m., University B

65 SATURDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Social Media Marketing for Creatives Tai Chi for Beginners Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat, An introduction to basic Tai Chi Twitter, Pinterest...why (or why techniques for new practitioners. not) all? Simple how-tos for creative 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma B2 businesses on selecting and using social media to increase brand Autographs visibility and profit. There IS a method 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma E - to the madness of self-promotion Autograph Tables online to help you gain followers and maximize engagement, plus net more Craft Isn’t a Four-Letter Word website traffic and sales. There is nothing wrong with being 11:00 a.m., Boomer B crafty! We will discuss separating hobby crafts from fine crafting, as Readings: SF: Past, Present, Future well as making the leap from amateur 11:00 a.m., Noble to professional. Come defend your passion! A non-judgement zone for Star Wars Parade crafters and creators. Calling all fans and cosplayers 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma G to witness this march of rebels, Imperialists, Jawas, and other Star Superhero School Wars character favorites throughout New World Comics presents Avengers the convention floor. assembled, featuring MCU and comic 11:00 a.m., North Hallway book favorites. Creating RPG Characters 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma H Need help perfecting your RPG Words Are Hard: Writing Believable character? Or want to learn how Dialogue to create a character in 5e D&D? We all have trouble elucidating our Experienced gamers from the Pioneer thoughts at times. So how can writers Library System will be on hand for do it for two or three (or more!) main one-on-one sessions to help with characters and dozens of supporting D&D 3.5e, 5e, and several other characters? How can you encourage d20 systems. Space is limited to 11 the reader to hear the voices in your participant, so first come, first serve. head the same way you do? How do 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma A2 you write for a political view with Beast Science Hour which you may disagree, or a gender with which you don’t identify? Kids science time with X-Men’s Beast, 11:00 a.m., Sooner A a.k.a. Dr. Hank McCoy. 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma B1

66 Re-Covered Books, for Charity! Polymer Clay Make & Take: Artists create a new book cover Fairy Door Pendant for books in our charity collection. Participants will create their own Books and their custom covers will be miniature polymer clay fairy door available for sale in the Charity Sale. pendant. After the workshop, the (Books and cover paper provided.) items will be baked and returned 11:00 a.m., Sooner B within two hours (pick up in the Art Show room). All tools and materials The Power of Perseverance provided, including a handout for later Dr. Lonnie Johnson speaks about the reference. This workshop is geared for evolution of technology, and human’s adults and teens. $10 materials fee, relationship to the ever-changing which includes a handout reviewing technological landscape. the workshop and including tips on 11:00 a.m., University C variations. Limit 12 participants. (2 hours) And the Killer Is… Noon, Oklahoma A1 From Psycho, to Citizen Kane, to Digital Art with MS SurfacePro TZ’s “To Serve Man,” what are your favorite “Gotcha!” moments in Create breathtaking paintings without storytelling? Don’t forget literature. all the mess. In this interactive Is a written twist harder than in the workshop, you’ll learn how to use visual arts? tools in FreshPaint for Windows 10 to Noon, Boomer A create paintings and original drawings using lifelike oil and watercolors, In Defense of Difficult Women pastels, and more. You’ll also get a Maleficent, Elphaba, Ursula, and sneak peek at advanced digital art other witchy women who won’t stay skills like mixing paint and layering where we put them. Panelists dissect media. Workshop designed for ages the characterizations of complex 8+. Limit 11 participants. women in SF storytelling, how they Noon, Oklahoma A2 are written well or written poorly. Basic Leather Care How do these characterizations of women compare to real-life portrayals In this class we will discuss what it of women in media? means to be a bootblack and learn Noon, Boomer B some beginner steps on working on leather. We will cover the basic shine Readings: SF/F process, and how to care for clothing. Noon, Noble Learn what a basic kit includes, to be able to do almost any leather. Noon, Oklahoma A3

67 SATURDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Microscopy—Ugly Bug Developing Fantasy and Sci-Fi Art Ideas OU microscopy research scientists Quick tips for creating your own share images of insects from their inspiration! Panelists provide dozens infamous “ugly bug” collection. Learn of ideas and starter prompts for more about the Scanning Electron artists to use, the next time they Microscope, and how microscopes just can’t think of anything to draw. work with light, electricity, and Bring a notebook as we share these temperature to tell us more info about brainstorming ideas. what we’re seeing – with images you Noon, Sooner B can take home! Noon, Oklahoma B1 Why Godzilla Matters A conversation with Matt Frank, kaiju Autographs comic artist, about why Godzilla and Noon, Oklahoma E - the giant-monster genre is important Autograph Tables and not just meaningless schlock. Autographs Noon, University C Noon, Oklahoma E - Stump the Bard! Yard Dog Press Booth Give the bard a topic or a nationality, Building My First Lightsaber and she’ll find something in her repertoire to match (concert/ How bestselling author Kevin J. performance). Anderson went from small-town 1:00 p.m., Ackbar’s Snackbar fanboy to international bestselling author, with work for Lucasfilm,Star The Lore Breakers Trek, Batman, X-Files, and the band For awhile, everyone knew how to kill Rush. a vampire or werewolf, until writers Noon, Oklahoma G started changing things to make Cosplay Photography for Cosplayers their critter “better.” Where is the line drawn? When is a bloodsucker Being a model is hard! Posing tricks, or changeling no longer a vampire or selecting settings, and lighting tips wolf man? from cosplayers and photographers for 1:00 p.m., Boomer A getting the cosplay photos you’ll really love. “I Saw It in the Window” Fabric Stories Noon, Oklahoma H Come and discuss the best ways to use Reading: A. Lee Martinez & Rachel fabric in your costume. From using curtains, drapes, and sheets, to best Caine fabric choices, we discuss the good, Noon, Sooner A great, and not-so-great designs. 1:00 p.m., Boomer B

68 Readings: Fantasy library will also have premade wands 1:00 p.m., Noble for the kiddos to personalize, while supplies last. Save your wand for the Minecraft Coding Class Sorting Hat Ceremony later! Go behind the scenes to learn how 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma B1 to code, program, and play in your own gaming world. You’ll use fun, Autographs interactive coding to learn how 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma E - creativity and problem-solving come Autograph Tables together to make something all your own. Workshop designed for ages 8+. Endgame, and the Future of the MCU Limit 11 participants. Discuss the Marvel Cinematic 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma A2 Universe, the year’s exciting new additions to the franchise and what Hands-On Research for Cash-Strapped Endgame means for the future of Writers some of our favorite superheroes. Yes, Google is great. Books are even 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma G better. But no amount of reading in the comfort of your own living room Q&A with Nana Visitor can substitute for the real thing: going Moderated audience Q&A with Nana to a new place – talking to real live Visitor, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s human beings – smelling, touching, Major Kira. and even tasting the world you need 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma H your readers to believe in. In this one-hour class, we’re going to talk Build a SyFy™ Saturday Night about how to do all that when money Panelists spin the wheel for wacky is tight, time is short, and you don’t plotline components and actor already have an uncle who works for combinations, and create an original the CIA. Come discover just how (and crap-tastic) Saturday Night much you can do right in your own SyFy™ feature! backyard – and how to make your next 1:00 p.m., Sooner A expedition equal parts frugal, fruitful, and fun! The Art Robotic 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma A3 From mechs and jaegers like Optimus Wandmaking Prime, Hal 9000 to Johnny 5 to Bubo to Bender, Maschinenmensch to Mars The Norman Public Library shows rovers to Robby the Robot and R2- kids and teens how to create their own D2, how awesome is it to draw robots? uniquely styled wand. All materials Celebrating one of sci-fi art’s all-time will be provided by the Friends of the favorite subjects and the techniques Norman Libraries. Space is limited to artists use to bring them to life. the first 25 attendees. For those with 1:00 p.m., Sooner B youngsters under the age of 6, the

69 SATURDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Q&A with Austin Tindle and Advanced Miniature Painting Workshop Sarah Wiedenheft This advanced-level workshop Have you ever wanted to be a voice focuses on teaching skills for more actor and wondered what goes on experienced painters. Students will behind the scenes of your favorite develop and improve their brush anime shows? Come to this Q&A techniques such as glazing, wet and ask Austin Tindle and Sarah blending, edge highlighting, and Wiedenheft, both seasoned voice two-brush blending. Expert painters actors, your burning questions. teach basic color theory, lighting, and shading, and also instruct students in 1:00 p.m., University C the usage of a wet palette as a tool for A Shift in Urban Fantasy miniature painting. (2 hours) Limit 15 participants, $10 materials fee. Werewolves and shifters have become ever more popular in UF. Authors 2:00 p.m., Crimson Meeting Room describe their own werewolf or shifter Readings: Urban Fantasy characters, how they connect with their human side, and how that shapes 2:00 p.m., Noble the story. Podcasting 101 with Red Six Podcast 2:00 p.m., Boomer A Interactive workshop on recording Costume Contest Info Session and publishing a podcast. Learn which mics best suit your needs, what All interested costume contest hosting services to use, and how to contestants must attend. You do not post it online. BYO equipment for have to wear your costume to the usage tips and tricks, too. The ultimate panel! You should bring any weapons beginner’s guide to podcasting! Limit that might accompany your costume 15 participants. for clearance by the costuming chairpersons, as well as any audio (on 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1 USB drive) you wish to accompany The Everyday Futurist you on stage during the contest. Can’t make the sign-up? Find the How to be a Futurist in 6 Easy Steps Costuming Info table in Artist Alley. - Professional Futurist Tim Morgan walks you through using Framework 2:00 p.m., Boomer B Foresight to explore how current changes shape the future, and how you can use foresight tools in your personal and professional life. 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma A2

70 Workshop: Marketing for Writers, Harry Potter Sorting Ceremony Level 2 “There’s nothing hidden in your head This marketing session, led by best- The Sorting Hat can’t see, selling author Rachel Caine, is open So try me on and I will tell you to all writers looking to market their Where you ought to be.” work. Level two covers topics such -from the Sorting Hat’s Song, 1991 as: marketing at conventions and 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma H bookfairs; finding and utilizing cross- promotion opportunities; advantages Reading: Selina Rosen & and drawbacks of appearances, Kevin J. Anderson internet blogging and marketing, 2:00 p.m., Sooner A bookstores, libraries, or other venues; publicists or press releases: when and Eight Decades of Superman how to use them; and media training Superman first appeared in June of and interview techniques. Limit 24 1938, in Action Comics #1, then got participants. (2 hours) the first self-titled superhero comic the 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma A3 following year. How has pop culture’s iconic hero changed or stayed the Potions Class same? And we’ll recall that brief, dark Don’t be late for potions class! Once time in the 90s when the world went sorted into their houses, SoonerCon’s without him (he got better). witches and wizards in training will 2:00 p.m., Sooner B head back to the kids classroom for a quick magical make & take. Supplies Top Priority: Self-Care for Artists provided. If you want to be a productive and 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma B1 happy artist, you have to take care of yourself! If you’re not healthy, happy, Autographs well-rested, well-fed and hydrated, 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma E - Autograph your work will suffer. Our panel Tables discusses things to do to make self- care a part of your daily routine! Inside the Artist’s Studio 2:00 p.m., University B Presentation and Q&A with SoonerCon 28’s multiple award- Autographs winning artist guest of honor, Autographs and selfies ($40/$20 cash) Julie Dillon. with featured guest Nana Visitor at 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma G her booth in the Exhibitors Hall. (4 hours) 2:30 p.m., Oklahoma E - Nana Visitor Booth

71 SATURDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES The Beginning, Present, and Take One Improv Comedy Show Future of Podcasting Take One Improv puts on a short- Join a broad spectrum panel lineup form improv comedy show, similar of podcasters, who share why they to Whose Line Is It Anyway, that is got started, what’s best about it, and suitable for all ages. A tried-and-true where they see podcasting going in the comedy show performed across the future. Forward momentum! nation for the last 10 years, which has left a trail of laughter in its wake. This 3:00 p.m., Boomer A show involves audience participation Cosplay for Fun or Cosplay FTW and guarantees a once-in-a-lifetime experience. There are many different reasons for cosplaying for each cosplayer. Come 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma H learn the differences, share your own, Trekland 2019: Disco Fever: maybe even learn something new! Catching It? 3:00 p.m., Boomer B Larry’s behind-the-scene recap and Readings: Poetry update about Discovery and Picard as 3:00 p.m., Noble well as Anniversary Year backstage and in-joke lookbacks at The Cage, Basic Prop and Costume Lighting TMP, ST III, ST V, STG, ST 09. How to use off-the-shelf lighting 3:00 p.m., Sooner A (such as fairy lights and other battery- powered lights) for those who prefer Brand Development for Artists not to dig into the technical aspects. Even the best artists need a “brand.” 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1 Get tips from others and learn how best to brand yourself for fun and Autographs profit, while remaining true to your 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma E - style. Autograph Tables 3:00 p.m., Sooner B Autographs Magic the Gathering: 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma E - A Collection Explained Yard Dog Press Booth For 25 years and counting, Magic the Sing-Along: Disney Edition Gathering has delighted collectors and players worldwide. Travis Nance, Join the cast of EBA Comedy for emcee and MTG enthusiast, gives a this interactive sing-along to favorite specialty talk and presentation about Disney tunes. All cosplays and fans Magic the Gathering misprints, welcome! oddities, and other rarities. 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma G 3:30 p.m., Oklahoma A2

72 Nerf Fundraiser Dungeons and Dragons: Nerf gaming and special photo op/ 45 Years Strong autograph session with SoonerCon’s D&D was first published in 1974, featured science guest, Dr. Lonnie making it a venerable 45 years old. Johnson. A bona-fide “rocket How has it changed over the years? scientist,” Dr. Johnson has just one How is it stronger than ever these mission—to ensure the world has days? Do you remember the “Satanic enough energy for a prosperous future. Panic” of the 80s? And what about Although he has devoted his life to that Tom Hanks movie? solving some of the world’s most 4:00 p.m., Boomer B complex technological problems, he is best known for his widely popular Portal 47 Meetup invention, the Super Soaker water Meetup for curious Trek fans to gun. Dr. Johnson is a prolific inventor sample Portal 47, the exclusive global and holds more than 100 patents, the live/online monthly package from vast majority of which are energy- featured guest Larry “Dr. Trek” related. Nemecek. With door prizes, snacks, Proceeds from this event will gifts, and current Portals too! benefit the Johnson STEM Activity Center in Dr. Johnson’s hometown, 4:00 p.m., Crimson Meeting Room Atlanta, GA. Learn more at http:// Tea Time with the Doctor presented johnsonstem.org/. Donation by Serendipity participation tiers: $20-$30. Enjoy afternoon tea, presented by 3:30 p.m., Oklahoma B the Serendipity Doctor Who Club. (2 Ravens Three Concert hours) New and traditional Celtic songs and 4:00 p.m., Embassy Suite 204 instrumental music. (2 hours) Readings: Fantasy 4:00 p.m., Ackbar’s Snackbar 4:00 p.m., Noble Droid Building 101 with OKC R2-D2 Drawing Dynamic Figures for Comics and Others! Time to show your comic’s characters Everyone’s favorite astromech droid to the world. This demo by artist Eric shows off his secrets and makers share Osborn will show figure-drawing progress on their latest droid projects. techniques for comic books. 4:00 p.m., Boomer A 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1

73 SATURDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Bernina OKC Makeshop: Super The Muse, the Artist, and Everything! Fabulous Drawstring Bag What motivates us? How do artists Come and make a multipurpose become inspired? Is there really such a drawstring bag. It can hold anything thing as “The Muse”? Lets talk about from dice to cards to the shrunken what makes us create art, and how we heads of your enemies. See the come up with the ideas that fuel our BERNINA display in the Exhibitors creative passions. Hall for examples. A kit with all 4:00 p.m., Sooner B the supplies needed is provided. The class is for beginner sewists. Limit 15 The Voice of Evil participants. (2 hours) Villains can be more entertaining than 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma A3 heroes, but there are subtle ways that voicing our favorite baddies differs Autographs from voicing the good guy. Learn 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma E - those differences, and how voice actors Autograph Tables develop these characters using various vocal techniques. Noir’s the Thing 4:00 p.m., University C The hard-boiled detective stories of the past; we love ‘em. Who has Autographs successfully brought the genre to 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma E - fantasy and sci-fi settings? What are Yard Dog Press Booth some “must have” elements, and what are some favorites? Vintage Clothing Exhibit 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma G SoonerCon attendees are invited to join costumer and historic clothing Cosplay Combat collector Ms. Kathleen M. O’Brien EBA Comedy showcases an anime in her parlor for a viewing of 20th battle royale on the SoonerCon main century vintage women’s and men’s stage! garments. Questions welcome! (2 hours, come-and-go viewings) 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma H 4:30 p.m., Hotel Suite (look for loca- Before We Entered Wakanda: Minority tion on the signage boards) Characters in SF Film and TV Legos, Creativity, Building, and Writing Take a look at roles of minority characters in science fiction and This writing exercise starts by playing fantasy before the popularity of the with Legos. Professional Development Black Panther film. certificate available for teachers on request. Supplies provided, limit 11 4:00 p.m., Sooner A participants. (90 minutes) 4:30 p.m., Oklahoma A2

74 Nerf Gaming Creating Despite Depression or Anxiety Bring your favorite foam dart blaster At some point, every creator will be and join the fun. Visit the game afflicted with these issues as part of room for full rules. Didn’t bring your the ups and downs of life. Creating blaster? Don’t worry! A wide selection through depression and anxiety of blasters (with darts) are available in instead of walking away is sometimes the Charity Store. Charity sales and the best option. Authors and artists donations benefit Positive Tomorrows talk about the techniques they use for school in OKC. working while living with a neuro- 4:30 p.m., Oklahoma B atypical brain. 5:00 p.m., Oklahoma G Science in Star Trek? We like to think that Trek is fairly Medieval Song and Dance accurate science-wise. But don’t Join the Arthurian Order of Avalon look too close. Let’s discuss the for this interactive demonstration plausible science behind wormholes, on the dances and entertainments of transporters, and more. Medieval courts and countrysides. 5:00 p.m., Boomer A We’ll teach you how to get Medieval on the dance floor! What is Crossplay? 5:00 p.m., Oklahoma H Learn about Crossplay and its history, with tips and tricks to improve SonarCon: Sandwich Battles your skills! Where did the hoagies, grinders, 5:00 p.m., Boomer B and sub sandwiches of American culture originate? How do you Radio Show Rehearsal make a “proper” one? Are burritos Open casting/rehearsal for the radio a sandwich? What about hot dogs? play that takes place during the Only in America! A play on words Costume Contest intermission. that birthed a real panel. 5:00 p.m., Noble 5:00 p.m., Sooner A How to Make Comics Workshop Libraries in the Digital Age A workshop for creators interested In a world where we can get almost in making comics! Okie Comics anything at the touch of a button, Magazine publisher and author Jeff including books, (e-books and audio Provine leads this hands-on how-to books), who needs libraries? YOU for creating comics. Supplies provided, do! Come learn why libraries (and limit 15 participants. librarians) are the best soldiers we have in the war against ignorance. 5:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1 5:00 p.m., Sooner B

75 SATURDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Muggle Quidditch Costume Contest Muggle Quidditch is a sport based SoonerCon’s 28th annual Costume on Quidditch, the fictional sport Contest, sponsored by Bernina OKC developed by British author J. K. and McKinley Design Studios. Rowling in the Harry Potter series of 8:00 p.m., Oklahoma H children’s novels, as governed by the International Quidditch Association. Beer and Blues Garden As in the fictional sport, muggle Outdoor concert with the Bland quidditch has seven players on each Lemon band. team: 3 chasers, 2 beaters, 1 keeper, and 1 seeker. Muggle Quidditch has 9:00 p.m., Event Center Portico been adapted for play on the ground, Karaoke with game play confined to a playing Join Elijah Farmer for late-night field comparable in size to an ice karaoke. hockey rink. The sport is adapted using elements of rugby, dodge ball, 9:00 p.m., Sooner B tag, and lacrosse. Visit the game room Pitch Session - Become a Radio Star! for rules and to sign up. Cheap Streaming Service, Ltd. 5:15 p.m., Oklahoma B is taking pitches for original Art/Charity Auction productions. With a budget of approximately $1.49 per show, what Come bid high and often at the art could possibly go wrong? Plenty of and charity voice auctions! parts are up for grabs. 6:00 p.m., University C 9:15 p.m., Oklahoma H Literary Beers Intermission with Take One Improv Join panelists in the hotel for lively Take One Improv entertains with conversation. BYO beverage, please. dynamic, laugh-’til-your-belly-hurts 7:00 p.m., Embassy Hotel: improv comedy scenes during the Interior Courtyard - Atrium SoonerCon Masquerade Costume Costume Contest Line Up Contest judging intermission. 9:30 p.m., Oklahoma H All SoonerCon Masquerade Costume Contest participants (age 13+ division) Filk/Bardic Circle report to contest green room for Open Filk in the round. placement and line-up assignments. 10:00 p.m., Boomer A 7:00 p.m., Oklahoma B

76 Dr. Trek Show Nerf Gaming Help Larry’s indie film and preserve Bring your favorite foam-dart blaster Trek pop culture history – your $20 and join the fun. Visit the game gets a screen credit PLUS two hours room for full rules. Didn’t bring your of prize trivia, rare video, and sneak blaster? Don’t worry! A wide selection peeks of George, Nichelle, Walter, of blasters (with darts) are available in Harve… the Charity Store. Charity sales and 10:00 p.m., Crimson Meeting Room donations benefit Positive Tomorrows school in OKC. Gorgeous Ladies of SoonerCon 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma B Pajama Party Kids Costume Contest Meetup Join us for the inaugural all-inclusive SoonerCon pajama party! We’ll watch SoonerCon’s inaugural Kids Costume a movie of attendees’ choice, popcorn Contest on the main stage (ages 5-12) and candy and hang out. LGBTQ+ featuring costumes imagined and friendly! Your cutest PJs prefered. made by younglings. Sign up by 10:00 a.m. at the Costuming Info table 10:00 p.m., Embassy Suite 204 at Con HQ or online. Contestants meet the judges and line up for the SUNDAY Costume Contest at 11:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m., Oklahoma H Koffeeklatch Join panelists in the hotel breakfast Anime Diamonds in the Rough area for intimate conversation. BYO There are dozens of new anime every coffee, please. season, not counting the hundreds 10:00 a.m., Embassy Hotel: Interior already released with established, Courtyard - Atrium decades-long fandoms. This panel will look at some hidden gems that fans Coffee and Coloring may have overlooked. Bring your coloring book and colored 11:00 a.m., Boomer A pencils or markers, and join us for Cinematropolis Live Podcast: coffee. We’ll offer some tips and techniques for a cleaner or messier Mourning Game of Thrones look while you relax and color. The hit HBO series is finally 10:00 a.m., Embassy Hotel: Interior complete. Was it satisfying? Where do Courtyard - Fountain we go from here? How will this affect the conclusion of the book series? Join Morning Exercise with a Firefighter for this live recording and discussion Morning low-impact exercises for with Cinematropolis Podcast. daily health and wellness, with one of 11:00 a.m., Boomer B the metro’s geekiest bravest. 10:00 a.m., Event Center Portico

77 SUNDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Bias-Cut Draping (or “Why Do Those How Heavy Is that Sword, Anyway? 1930s Dresses Always Fit So Well?”) Hands-on sword experience for the The 1930s are renowned for bias-cut historical/medieval fantasy writer. garment construction. Creating a 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma A3 pattern for a bias-cut outfit requires allowing for the drape of the fabric Muggle Quidditch along the bias when drawing the Muggle Quidditch is a sport based shape of the pattern pieces. Dresses on Quidditch, the fictional sport constructed using bias-cut techniques developed by British author J. K. adjust to the shape of the wearer and Rowling in the Harry Potter series of are great for non-standard sizes or children’s novels, as governed by the shapes. Vintage dresses and a modern International Quidditch Association. interpretation will be on display. The As in the fictional sport, muggle presentation will include steps to quidditch has seven players on each create patterns for yourself. team: 3 chasers, 2 beaters, 1 keeper, 11:00 a.m., Crimson Meeting Room and 1 seeker. Muggle Quidditch has been adapted for play on the ground, Readings: Comedy with game play confined to a playing 11:00 a.m., Noble field comparable in size to an ice hockey rink. The sport is adapted Intro to Miniature Painting Workshop using elements of rugby, dodge ball, This beginner-level workshop teaches tag, and lacrosse. Visit the game room the basic skill set necessary to paint for rules and to sign up. most miniatures. Students will be 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma B taught how to inspect miniatures for flaws, correct them, and prime for Autographs paint. Techniques taught will include 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma E - paint thinning, washes, and dry Autograph Tables brushing. At the end of the workshop, students should feel confident in their Autographs ability to paint a miniature up to a Autographs and selfies ($40/$20 cash) tabletop quality level. (2 hours) Limit with featured guest Nana Visitor at 15 participants, $5 materials fee. her booth in the Exhibitors Hall. (50 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma A1 mins.) Writing Magical Realism Workshop 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma E - Nana Visitor Booth How can you craft powerful stories for middle-grade readers using magical realism? Learn more in this presentation by Skeleton Tree author Kim Ventrella. Limit 11 participants. 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma A2

78 Virtual Reality: The Ethics and Morals The Defeated Foes of Godzilla of a New Medium Rodan, Mothra, and King Ghidorah Virtual reality, like all new media of are just a few of the kaiju titans human interactions, opens a new can Godzilla has fought over the years. of worms regarding ethics. What are Who are your favorites, and how do the limits of user privacy? How do they stack up? we protect children? What kinds of 11:00 a.m., Sooner B applications may inform these choices? Larry’s The State of the Trek 2019 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma G Fan Forum for *your* options and Kids Costume Contest questions of each other, led by Larry, SoonerCon’s inaugural Kids Costume about everything in current Trekland: Contest on the main stage (ages 5-12) Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks aka featuring costumes imagined and AdultSwimTrek ... and #Section31 made by younglings. Sign up by 10:00 and even #NickTrek. a.m. at the Costuming Info table 11:00 a.m., University C at Con HQ or online. Visit https:// www.soonercon.com/kids-costume- Name that Pokémon contest/ for more info and to register. For those who aren’t familiar with Prizes sponsored by McKinley Design Pokémon, come take a guess at Studio and Bernina of OKC. the names of these funny-looking 11:00 a.m., Oklahoma H creatures in a Jeopardy-style game. Body Language: How to Draw an Image Noon, Boomer A in Your Fiction Successful Writing Habits More than half of our communication Writers share their tips for success. occurs through body language, much Covering everything from how to of which is instinctual rather than overcome Writer’s Block to what to conscious. Because of this, non-verbal do when real life interrupts. Let our clues can be hard to recognize and panelists share some tips. therefore reproduce successfully. This Noon, Boomer B panel discusses techniques to increase your awareness of body language and What Is a Furry? how to incorporate such descriptions Furries. Is it just a specialized form into your fiction. of anthropomorphic cosplay? Or is it 11:00 a.m., Sooner A more than that, or maybe something else entirely? How are fursuit mechanics different from other types of costuming? Are furries “dressing up,” or are they revealing their true inner selves? Let’s talk about it. Noon, Crimson Meeting Room

79 SUNDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Readings: Horror The B-Movie Panel Noon, Noble Bad sci-fi movies are a guilty pleasure for so many of us! Why do we love Basic Buckram Blocking movies that love to be bad? The Buckram is a versatile material used in legendary B-movie panel. hats and utility fashion applications. Noon, Sooner A The workshop will show you how to block buckram for a fascinator using a A Gentle Suggestion: Peer Review and Styrofoam wig “head.” The instructor Critique Session for New Artists will supply the buckram and other Artist attendees may bring one or two materials, and instructions (or links to pieces for critique. Our pro artists will instructions) for how to finish the hat. give you feedback on your work. This Make & Take, limit 11 participants. is a safe zone, and all critique will be Noon, Oklahoma A2 gentle and useful! Podcasting 102 with Red Six Podcast Noon, Sooner B The guys go harder in this level-two The Baen Travelling Road Show— intensive with Red Six podcasters, with Prizes! Nick and Caleb, giving the what-for to improve your mad podcast skills. This Our survey of art, covers, upcoming session includes topics on developing works and more. content and narrative, managing Noon, University C audio quality, the right tools for the Open Coloring/Crafting job, and much, much more. Limit 24 participants. (2 hours) SoonerCon kids crafting and coloring. Noon, Oklahoma A3 12:15 p.m., Oklahoma B1 Magic Show Villain Scavenger Hunt Stage magic show with OKC’s Find all the supervillains at the con renowned Magician Michael Corley. in this kids scavenger hunt game with Heroic Inner Kids. Noon, Oklahoma G 12:15 p.m., Oklahoma B2 Bellydance Performance 3D Printer Demo Traditional and tribal styles of bellydance performed by members of Pete Dixon presents a general the Aalim Bellydance Academy of overview on 3D printing, showcasing Oklahoma City. printed models. We’ll demonstrate how to use 3D printing software and Noon, Oklahoma H print several models. 1:00 p.m., Boomer A

80 Upcycling Props Make Your Own Lightsaber Ever wonder how cosplayers and Kids make & take. Use the Force sewists make fabric, ribbon, and (or some duct tape) to make your mundane items into beautiful accents own foam lightsaber, then head for garments? We show you how to off to Padawan training! (Supplies upcycle those household items & provided.) thrift-store finds into first-rate props 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma B1 for your completed costuming look. 1:00 p.m., Boomer B Padawan Training Lightsaber skills practice for kids, What is Twitch? guided by master Jedis. What is this thing called Twitch? 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma B2 What’s it for and how can you use it for your own needs, be they personal Ladies of the Legion or professional? A presentation and info session by 1:00 p.m., Crimson Meeting Room women from the official Star Wars clubs (501st, Rebel Legion, and Readings: Alternate History Mandalorian Mercenaries) offering 1:00 p.m., Noble how-tos and starter guide information for costumers planning and building Basics of Body Art Workshop a Star Wars costume specifically Costumer and artist Vanessa Green designed for women’s bodies and demonstrates how to apply body forms. paint by hand or by airbrushing, 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma G including blending, contouring and shading, applying evenly, making it Q&A with Nana Visitor last, using different types adhesives Moderated audience Q&A with Nana for prosthetics, makeup removal, plus Visitor, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’s what products to get and where to buy Major Kira. them. Live demo with presentation. Limit 15 participants. 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma H 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1 Aahh!!! Real Monsters: Tentacles in SF Making a Film in 48 Hours We’ll talk about the intrusion by tentacles into sci-fi and fantasy. Let’s Learn protips and easy tricks for discuss their metaphorical uses and making a 48-Hour Film Festival film celebrate just how cool cephalopods submission. Limit 11 participants. actually are. From Verne to Lovecraft 1:00 p.m., Oklahoma A2 to Tolkien’s “Watcher in the Water” to John Carpenter’s The Thing to Star Wars and Arrival, what’s so creepy about tentacles? 1:00 p.m., Sooner A

81 SUNDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Thanks, I Hate It: Artists’ Advanced Miniature Painting Workshop Horror Stories This advanced-level workshop Being an artist is not all sunshine focuses on teaching skills for more and art openings! Even the best have experienced painters. Students will their haters and detractors. But some develop and improve their brush unfortunate comments and feedback techniques such as glazing, wet can be funny as hell! Have a good blending, edge highlighting, and chuckle at our expense, and drop by to two-brush blending. Expert painters hear some artist horror stories. teach basic color theory, lighting, and shading, and also instruct students in 1:00 p.m., Sooner B the usage of a wet palette as a tool for How Not To Be A Voice Actor miniature painting. (2 hours) Limit 15 participants, $10 materials fee. Austin Tindle discusses the art of the voice and attempts to recount 2:00 p.m., Crimson Meeting Room his own experience falling into the Readings: Fantasy weird wonderful world of screaming alone in a dark room for a living. 2:00 p.m., Noble Q&A available and possibly audience Concept Art in Motion participation if, ya know, it seems like a good idea at the time. Chaz Kemp prompts attendees with ideas to draw, getting 15 minutes 1:00 p.m., University C to draw whatever comes to mind. “I What’s in a Nom de Plume? make sure to point out that there is no judging from me and they don’t Why do many authors use a pen even have to show the art to anyone. name? To hide identity, or to It’s for the pure pleasure of drawing in change genres while escaping reader a judgement free environment. Once expectations based on the name alone? the 15 minutes is up, I give them a When is it a good business decision, different concept to draw.” and how do you go about choosing that new identity? 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1 2:00 p.m., Boomer A Spinning Wheel Tutorial Open Discourse and You Okay, so how does wool become yarn, and what all can you make The latest installment in the ongoing from it? Join fiber-arts experts for discussion of censorship, political this interactive demonstration and correctness, the rules of polite resource share for beginners on using a society, self-control, and freedom of spinning wheel. Limit 11 participants. expression. We’ll briefly discuss the bad aspects of these behaviors that are 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma A2 alienating people and what we can do to encourage more positive interactions online and in-person. How can you express dismay without rage? 2:00 p.m., Boomer B 82 Bernina OKC Makeshop: Ravens Three Concert Super Handy Zipper Bag New and traditional Celtic songs and Come and make a small zipper bag. instrumental music. (2 hours) There will be 2 different possible 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma H configurations. One is a flat zipper pouch, which is excellent for carrying How Not to be the Creepy Person in the pencils, chopsticks, and magic wands. Corner The other is a boxed zipper pouch with There she is, looking radiant in her side handle, best suited for snacks, Squirrel Girl cosplay. So what do you miniatures, or protecting your favorite do now? You want to talk to her, but crystal ball. See the BERNINA it feels awkward. How to approach display in the exhibitor hall for this situation without coming across examples. A kit with all the supplies as “That Guy?” A candid talk on the needed is provided. The class is for increasing difficulty of meeting new adventurous beginner sewists. Limit people and picking up on social cues. 15 participants. (2 hours) 2:00 p.m., Sooner A 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma A3 Golden Age Comics - Art and Influence Magic Workshop for Kids Pop-culture enthusiast and artist R. Magician Michael Corley shares Cat Conrad connects the Lichtenstein secrets of up-close magic. For kids of dots in this presentation and all ages! discussion on Golden Age comics as 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma B1 the foundation for much of what we see in SF and movies today. Evolving Military SF 2:00 p.m., Sooner B Military SF is an ever-evolving genre because the tools of war and The Shining Women of Anime social mores change. With the rise of Female protagonists are some of private military companies, and the anime’s most fiercely capable, beloved, ability of the extremely wealthy to and admirable characters. Women purchase private armies, it often feels and girls in anime reimagine cultural like the real world is coming closer views on power, duty, beauty, wish to military SF. But military SF’s core fulfillment, and coming-of-age is the sense of a team, which has not storytelling. How do empowering changed since spears and swords. Our gender roles in anime create new panelists talk about the intersection twists on Japanese lore and its of technology, fiction, and military fantastic legends? culture. 2:00 p.m., University C 2:00 p.m., Oklahoma G

83 SUNDAY PROGRAM SUMMARIES Autographs Sixty Years in the Zone Autographs and selfies ($40/$20 cash) This retrospective on The Twilight with featured guest Nana Visitor at Zone’s 60th anniversary is just an her booth in the Exhibitors Hall. (1.5 excuse to reminisce about our favorite hours) episodes — or the ones that creeped us 2:30 p.m., Oklahoma E - out the most. All iterations of TZ are Nana Visitor Booth fair game. 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma G Behind the Seams of the Costume Contest Three Types of Magic in Fantasy Our Costume Contest contestants There are charms (magic anyone can and staff welcome everyone to learn a use with the right chant); invocations little more “behind the seams” of the (getting a demon or the like to do it Saturday-night Costume Contest. for you); and innate magic (it’s part of the magician). Does all magic 3:00 p.m., Boomer A have the same limits or are the limits Favorite or Best Costumes flexible? Which is the easiest to use in your story? What costumes have you had the most fun with? Let the panelists talk about 3:00 p.m., Sooner A what was the most fun for them and Art of The Long Game: Maintaining why. Momentum and Not Giving Up 3:00 p.m., Boomer B It’s easy to be super motivated when DIY Armature for Clay Sculpting your art business is brand-new. But Sculptor and painter Harold Neal keeping momentum is hard, with demonstrates his unique method for the setbacks and problems that every low-cost armature builds to make your artist faces. Our panel of artists share clay creations come to life! Supplies strategies that will keep you focused provided, limit 15 participants. and productive! 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma A1 3:00 p.m., Sooner B Build Your Own “Choose Your Closing Ceremonies Ending” Story SoonerCon 28’s official closing. Toastmaster Selina Rosen will launch Our panelists discuss the nefarious us into SoonerCon 29, coming June and often emotional media that is the 26-28, 2020. Choose-Your-Own Adventure, while writing one! 4:00 p.m., Oklahoma H 3:00 p.m., Oklahoma B1

84 GUEST BIOS 501ST LEGION LOU ANTONELLI Since its beginning in 1997, the 501st Lou Antonelli started writing science Legion has become a leading force in fiction in middle age; his first story was fan-based charity events around the published in 2003 when he was 46. world. Members of the Legion have His first professional science-fiction heightened awareness at promotional short-story sale, “A Rocket for the events, helped raise millions of dollars Republic,” placed third in the annual for charity, and spread the magic of Asimov’s Science Fiction Readers Poll. Star Wars to fans of all ages. We are a His collections include Fantastic Texas non-profit volunteer costuming club (2009); Texas & Other Planets” (2010); based on the Star Wars universe created and The Clock Struck None and Letters by George Lucas. Each of our members from Gardner, (both 2014). “Letters has constructed and paid for their own from Gardner” was a finalist for the costumes, which are required to meet Best Related Work Hugo in 2015. His strict requirements that match film, debut novel, the retro-futurist alternate pictures, game, or text references. history Another Girl, Another Planet, AALIM BELLYDANCE was a finalist for the Dragon Award for ACADEMY Alternate History in 2017. His story “Great White Ship” was a 2013 finalist The Aalim Bellydance Academy, founded for the Sidewise Award for alternate in 1997, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit school history. His short story “On a Spiritual for dance. It specializes in a wide variety Plain,” published in Sci Phi Journal, was a of styles of Middle Eastern dance, from finalist for the Hugo award in 2015. Oriental to Turkish Rom fusion, to www.louantonelli.blogspot.com tribal fusion and American Tribal Style. twitter.com/LouAntonelli Classes are offered weekly at the Aalim studio located at 2520 N. Meridian in ARTHURIAN ORDER OF Oklahoma City. AVALON MARK ALFRED The Arthurian Order of Avalon (AOA) is a non-profit educational organization Mark Alfred is a founding ConComm which seeks to teach its members and member of both the original SoonerCon audiences about the virtues and ideals in 1986 and its new incarnation in 2006. attributed to the legends of King Arthur He was the first President of the Future and his Knights of the Round Table. The Society of Central Oklahoma. He is the AOA builds leadership skills including reigning Pun King of SoonerCon. Mark how to use traditional medieval arms, art is a fountain of (probably useless) facts on and craftsmanship, performance skills, Silver Age DC Comics, monster movies, wilderness survival, domestic care, and Star Trek: TOS, and the like. much more! Central Oklahoma’s AOA He’s an editor of over a dozen non-fiction is for all ages, and is always looking for books for Jacobs/Brown Press. He also new members Join our quest to follow the works on Publications for SoonerCon. dream of Avalon! markssuperblog.blogspot.com spocksrecordround-up.blogspot.com starokc.blogspot.com www.jacobsbrownmediagroup.com/ mark-alfred1.html 85 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) JULIE BARRETT MITZI BARTLETT Julie Barrett is a writer, photographer, Mitzi Bartlett has been working in and maker of interesting things from polymer clay for the last 15 years, with Plano, TX. She is also a founding a focus on the whimsical and fantastic. member of The Generic Radio When not working in clay (or trying Workshop, a member of the Dallas to find where a tool has wandered off Future Society board, and she sells to), she enjoys learning more things, photography and art through SteamCat. spending time with family and friends, net. Julie writes short stories, radio plays, playing games, and seeing to the and whatever else helps pay the bills. She demands of her two feline overlords. hates the bills. Find her at Stately Barrett www.facebook.com/HavenArtSculpture Manor or on Facebook. www.instagram.com/havenartsculpture/ PAUL BARRETT BEARDEDOKIE A software engineer by day, Paul started PHOTOGRAPHY flogging custom props as a con vendor Matthew “BeardedOkie Photography” back in the ‘70s. He’s one of the Generic Pyle has been involved in photography Radio Workshop folks who will be doing for most of his life. His childhood dream the radio show (check it out!). He’s still was to become Peter Parker and to shoot into prop-making, these days with 3D photos of superheroes and supervillains. printing, automation, Arduinos, sounds, It became a reality when he began lights, and lasers. And he also hopes one photographing cosplayers regularly. He day to convince his K-9 to attend. works with costume artists to achieve www.facebook.com/K-9-The-Doctors- their desired look and feel, to showcase Faithful-Friend-842118422495802/ their workmanship in an artistic format. BLAIR BARTLETT BeardedOkie Photography has shot thousands of cosplayers at hundreds of Blair has been doing photography of professional shoots, cons, and charity one type or another since the 4th grade. events across five states. After trying his hand at various different www.facebook.com/ forms, he decided to stop selling his beardedokiephotography services as a photographer and instead concentrate on photography as an art www.instagram.com/ form. He has been showing his work beardedokiephotography in various local convention art shows www.beardedokiephotography.com for the past five years, this year adding other forms of art. Blair does all his own matting and also photographs his wife Mitzi’s sculptures. In 2018 he joined with a group of fellow creatives to form the Convention Artists Guild in Colorado. Blair lives in Colorado with his lovely wife of 30+ years, Mitzi, and their feline overlords Koda and Sparo. www.facebook.com/ AlternateRealitiesPhotography

86 JERRY BENNETT Jerry Bennett is a full-time artist of MARCIA BULL comic books, children’s books, and Marcia “Marci” Bull is the driving force shirt designs for Lucasfilm, Marvel, behind SoonerCon’s Art Show, with and Saban. He’s created storyboards for her daughter Kalynn Loftin. Marci is Mattel and DreamWorks; licensed art also one of the artists of the Mind Over sketchcards for Star Wars; and animated Splatter Art Studio. She is co-artist and book trailers for Scholastic and Lerner creative genius behind the design of Children’s Books. He also art-directed several previous SoonerCon badges and Even in Death, an award-winning posters. Her designs and creations span animated short, with talented students a variety of media including traditional on the autism spectrum. Jerry is the and digital art; sculpting and ceramics; current Paseo Arts Association artist-in- jewelry and costuming; and other residence at the Skirvin Hilton, focused disciplines. Marci holds a BA in Fine Art on teaching the comic-art process and and an ABS in Homeland Security. creating gallery comic art. Jerry is the Illustrator Coordinator for the Oklahoma AISLINN BURROWS region of the SCBWI. Aislinn Burrows is an old Millennial Instagram: @artistjerrybennett married to a young Gen-Xer. She stays twitter.com/comicbookjer pretty busy running SoonerCon in BUCK BERLIN Oklahoma City and geeking out with fellow fans. Volunteering is legit fun you Buck Berlin got his first comics in 1989 guys! after seeing Batman in theaters. Since She is the convention chair for then, he’s been obsessed with comic SoonerCon and it has been her proud books and comic-related material. At the honor to have volunteered on staff with age of 17, he got his first and only job at the con since its reboot in 2006. Her New World Comics, the best place on fandoms span a large cross section of Earth. At the age of 22 in 2006, he took SF media. She loves playing RPGs and over the store and has had the coolest life other games when fun is afoot, listening ever since. Also, he has met Oklahoma to podcasts, finding music to fall in love City’s first real-life superhero Metalhead. with, and she considers herself a Girl In person. For real. Friday type and NPR junkie. Find her ALEXANDRA BOHANNON on Facebook, out and about adventuring, studying, event planning, writing, or Alexandra Bohannon is a podcaster and working on con stuff with her crack team writes professionally. She currently has of awesome nerds. a film scores podcast called Sound Trek, Aislinn and her wife Carmen are proud and has been podding since 2013. aunties and like to get out the vote. They twitter.com/alexvbrohannon live with their fur family in a small house filled with books, oddities, art, warmth and joy. www.facebook.com/aislinn.burrows www.soonercon.com/volunteer

87 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) TAYLOR BURROWS Baen’s Universe e-zine. Baen Books has published a story collection by David, Taylor Burrows is a lifelong geek 1635: Music and Murder, and two novels and friend of fandom. He’s actively written in collaboration with Eric Flint: involved with the Society for Creative 1636: The Devil’s Opera, and The Span of Anachronism (SCA) as a heavy fighter Empire. The latter was nominated for the with bardic tendencies, can recite the first 2017 Dragon Award for Best Military chapter of The Hobbit by heart, and has SF or Fantasy novel. David is currently volunteered with SoonerCon ever since working on a solo project. His newest his big sister Aislinn first forced him, book, 1636: The Flight of the Nightingale, back in 2006. For his muggle job, he is a will be published by Baen Books in late firefighter paramedic in Oklahoma City. 2019. He and his wife Kasandra have two girls, Lilyth and Athena, and a black cat called davidcarricofiction.com Nyxie. www.facebook.com/davidcarricofiction CAPT. SEAN MACTAGGART MATTHEW CAVANAUGH Capt. Sean MacTaggart has been Matthew Cavanaugh has been a gamer running the Sky Marshals charity jail & for as long as he can remember, including bail since its creation in early 2012. He’s entering the world of Dungeons & written and acted in several Steampunk Dragons at the tender age of eight—and web series. He has entered the over-40 never leaving. In 2015 Matt began cosplay scene as a Ghostbuster, a Jedi, painting miniature figures for his D&D and Dean Winchester. games. Not satisfied with just tabletop He is a student of history and specializes quality, he honed his craft, learning in the Old West. He is an avid reader, techniques for competition and display and collector of dogs. figure painting. CAROUSEL COSTUMES In 2018 Matt received a silver medal in the ReaperCon Miniature Painting Carousel Costumes has been interested Contest and Best in Show in the in sci-fi/fantasy her entire life. She grew SoonerCon 27 Miniature Painting up loving all things geek. In 2009 she Competition. He also took first place joined JediOKC, and her collection of small figure at SoonerCon 26 and second costumes began. Carousel Costumes place small figure at SoonerCon 25. currently has 65 costumes, always adding PERI CHARLIFU more to her collection. She sews for others to support her costume habit. She Peri is a fine artist and potter from spends most of her free time attending Colorado. He is the Guild Primus for events with JediOKC. the CAG and has been an active part Instagram: @carousel_costumes of SoonerCon for years, including SoonerCon Artist GOH in 2017. You DAVID CARRICO can view his work and learn more about David Carrico made his first professional him at Aegeangoods.com, and visit sf sale to the Grantville Gazette e-zine in him on Facebook at Aegeangoods-Peri 2004. His stories have also appeared in Charlifu. the Grantville Gazette and Ring of Fire anthologies from Baen Books and in Jim

88 KIMBER CHESSMORE She is an active member of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Kimber Chessmore is a local legend and Chester attended the University of convention-runner. She is our resident Oklahoma and received her B.A. and reader and procurer of artwork. We M.A. in professional writing. Her most welcome her return after 359 days of recent books include The Fantasy Fiction convention retirement. She says, “Thank Formula Fiction, Formula Plotting, and you community—I missed you, too.” Justice at Percha Creek. Kimber’s interests are varied and wide, but this year she’s focused on art, health, www.deborahchester.com and Pokémon Go. KENT CLARK TIM CHESSMORE Kent Clark is a freelance comic-book Tim is a 3D artist. He earned a bachelor artist. He has done work for Looking of Fine Arts from Oklahoma State Glass Studios, Equinox Comics, University, specializing in jewelry and Strangeland Press, Grey Haven Press, small sculpture. After spending 22 years InDELLible Comics, Surprising as a graphic designer with Coca-Cola, Comics, Okie Comics, Upper Deck, and Tim has gone into business with his Marvel Entertainment. niece, Lucinda Thornburg, with Cloud www.deviantart.com/vagabondx 9 Designs, and operating Chessmore www.facebook.com/KentClarkArt Smithy full time. HAZEL CONLEY Tim has been active in the sci-fi community since 1990. He was A mythic artist and illustrator from nominated as a Chesley Award Oklahoma, her work can be seen at (Association of Science Fiction and various conventions and shows across Fantasy Artists) Finalist [1991] for his the country and online. When not 3D piece “Elements of Time.” Tim has in the studio, the Amazing Hazel also done two book covers for Yard Dog (assistant teacher, sometime cosplayer, Press—That’s All Folks! by J.F. Gonzalez, and coloring-page master) can often be and Dracula’s Lawyer by Julia Mandala— found at New World Comics’ Superhero both available at the Yard Dog Table in School. Exhibitors Hall. www.dreaminghazelstudio.com chessmoresmithy.com [email protected] www.facebook.com/TChessmore DEBORAH CHESTER Perhaps the best-known tale of Chester is the award-winning, best- a future fascist state is George selling, internationally published author of 42 novels and three non-fiction books. Orwell’s 1984, the tale of a She has written fantasy, science fiction, metaphorical boot crushing a historical romance, regency romance, human face—forever. It’s a young adult, and Western. Chester was world full of surveillance and named 1985 Oklahoma Writer of the government-run everything. Who Year; in 1994 was inducted into the would want a world in which your Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of TV watches you? Hello, Alexa! Fame. In 2004, she was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame of America.

89 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) R. CAT CONRAD seen guesting and performing at cons throughout the Oklahoma and Texas R. Cat Conrad’s creativity encompasses area. To see more: many areas, including illustration, painting, collecting, and entertainment. www.facebook.com/courtneyscosplay He’s known for his sly repartee as an instagram.com/courtneys_cosplay auctioneer and panelist at numerous soundcloud.com/courtney-mills-717011293 media and SF conventions. Cat’s most MICHAEL CROSS popular artistic works are his space landscapes and dragon sketches. He’s Michael Cross created and currently also a Golden Age comic-book historian, cohosts the Okie Geek Podcast. He collector, and comics investment also hosts Morning Edition for KOSU advisor. He co-starred in Rachel Caine’s Radio. A lifelong geek and lover of Morganville series as the Vampire science fiction and fantasy, Michael has Enforcer. immersed himself in media, games, and www.mannupcollectibles.com books. He is currently working his way through all of the Legend of Drizzt COUNT GREGORE novels by R.A. Salvatore. Michael John Ferguson enters his 61st year as acted for local theatre groups including Count Gregore. It began on WKY-TV, Oklahoma Shakespeare in the Park channel 4, the NBC affiliate in OKC, and the Jewel Box. He graduated from on Saturday night, May 10, 1958 at Oklahoma City Community College 11:30 p.m. Shock Theater, intended for with a degree in Theatre, the American a two-year run, remained undead until Broadcasting School, and the University 1988! John continues to make personal of Central Oklahoma with a major in appearances at special events. His many broadcasting and a minor in journalism. years in television spanned almost every www.facebook.com/OkieGeekPodcast facet of the broadcast business. John Twitter: @okiegeekpodcast and @ was in the first class of the Speculative kosumichaelc Fiction Hall of Fame, inducted in 2013 www.kosu.org at SoonerCon 22. He has also appeared in a number of theatrical stage shows, SHERRI DEAN comedies, and musicals from Indiana to Yr Feisty Mistress of Fear is a Jack-o- Hollywood. He is grateful and blessed to Lantern of all trades, Monster of None. consider his life and career—with more She is a published author and cover to come! artist, mostly with Yard Dog Press. This www.facebook.com/Nitehost58 is in addition to costuming, masquerade COURTNEY’S COSPLAY emceeing, and singing back-up with Bland Lemon and the Lemon-Aides. In Courtney’s Cosplay got her start in late her spare time she collects Funko Pops! 2015 when she went to a con as Seto and is Queen of the Flying Monkeys— Kaiba and was hooked. Since 2017 ask for your official Money Minion pin! she has hosted over 20 different panels www.facebook.com/sherri.dean.98 all throughout Oklahoma, Texas, and Twitter: @SkerriSherriD Arkansas. She’s competed and placed both in cosplay as well as singing competitions at various cons. She’s been

90 BLAND LEMON DENTON Superheroes: Ethics and Propaganda in Comics and Film. DiPaolo has also (co-) Bland Lemon Denton, the World’s edited five cultural studies anthologies, Oldest (and Worst) Bluesman, was born plus the Pearson composition textbook in 1892 in Yodee, Mississippi (which The Conscious Reader. A former New at that time also encompassed parts York reporter and consultant for the of Arkansas and Connecticut), and Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, he immediately began singing the Blues. has appeared on Robert Kirkman’s Secret He’s been joined by bassist Caroline History of Comics (AMC), in The Times “Honey Badger” Spector, drummer (UK), and on BBC4 and NPR. Bob “Thumper” Yeager, vocalist Sherri “Monkey Queen” Dean, and (on lucky drdipaolo.wixsite.com/marc occasions) David Lee “Psychobot” DIVINE CREATIONS Anderson. Bland Lemon Denton and the COSPLAY Lemon-Aides, inspire admiration, fear, Allison Breckon, one half of Divine and confusion. When not playing gigs, Creations Cosplay, has been cosplaying Bland also acts as literary executor for for 4 years, and competitively cosplaying the works of sf/f writer Bradley Denton for 3 years. Her cosplay inspirations come (Blackburn, Lunatics, Buddy Holly Is from Disney Princesses, Anime, Star Alive and Well on Ganymede, etc.), despite Wars, and comics. She has won several the fact that Denton claims to still be awards for her costumes, including Best alive. in Show at SoonerCon 26 in 2017 and www.facebook.com/blandlemon.denton Best Group at Visioncon 2018. She www.facebook.com/bradley.denton.3 enjoys sewing and designing, and is www.bradleydenton.net pursuing a degree in Apparel Design BRENNA DEUTCHMAN at Oklahoma State University. She loves meeting new people and hopes to Brenna Deutchman, owner of Whimsical make some new friends at this year’s Whiskers, LLC, is a fiber and textiles convention. artist who finds great joy in creating PETE DIXON stuffed animals and accessories. She travels to conventions around the Conceived after the airing of a Star country, helping friendly dragons find Trek episode, Pete grew up in Stillwater, adoptive homes. OK as a University brat. Though still www.whimsiwhiskers.com a Cowboy at heart, he did attend both Twitter: @whimsiwhiskers OU and OK State, achieving several degrees. He works by day “sculpting fire” Instagram: @whimsiwhiskers for hot-water pressure washers, but his www.facebook.com/whimsiwhiskers true passion is printing prototype game www.whimsiwhiskers.etsy.com pieces for game developers around the DR. MARC DIPAOLO greater Portland, OR area, as well as designing his own miniatures. He also Marc DiPaolo has twenty years of college runs a charity version of Cards Against teaching experience. He has published Humanity. nine books, including Fire and Snow: www.linkedin.com/in/pete-dixon- Climate Fiction from the Inklings to b2a722a Game of Thrones and War, Politics and

91 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) JAMES DOCK a medley of science questions. Can you stump the scientists?!?!?!? James got his nerd license at the tender age of three, when his father taught him microscopy.ou.edu the Vulcan salute. He has been building PHILLIP DRAYER DUNCAN and wearing props and armor for the last eight years and helping coordinate Phillip Drayer Duncan is the author costumers with charitable causes for of seven novels and over a dozen short the last six. James is a proud member of stories with Yard Dog Press, Pro Se JediOKC and the Oklahoma Garrison of Productions, and Seventh Star Press. the 501st Legion. His interests include Along with reading and writing like a Star Wars, Star Trek, Jurassic Park, Lord madman, he enjoys kayakin’, canoein’, of the Rings, and Harry Potter. Science fishin’, and pretty much anything nerd- Fiction and Fantasy worlds are relevant related. More than anything, he enjoys to his interests. spending time with his ridiculously awesome friends and his wonderful LINDA L. DONAHUE family. His earliest books were acted out Linda is Air Force brat with a pilot’s and with action figures and scribbled into SCUBA certification, and an ex-high- notebooks. Today he uses a computer school teacher. She writes fiction and like a real grown-up. His greatest dream teaches tai chi and belly dance. Linda’s in life is to become a Jedi, but since stories appear in various anthologies, that hasn’t happened yet he focuses on including a story coauthored with Mike writing. Resnick. Find her work also in Sword www.PhillipDrayerDuncan.com. and Sorceress 23 and Esther Friesner’s JOHN EADS anthologies Strip Mauled, Fangs for the Mammaries, and Chicks and Balances. John Eads is a member of JediOKC and Look for her novels Jaguar Moon and the Oklahoma Garrison of the 501st Tale of the Black Heart, along with three Legion. He is active in community collaborative novels in the Redheads service and volunteer work throughout series and two collaborative novels in the the state of Oklahoma. He’s passionate Corimar series. She and her husband live about bringing the magic and joy of in Texas with cats and rabbits. characters to those in need within the www.LindaLDonahue.com community. An award-winning costume designer and fabricator, his focus remains DR. SCOTT simply on FUN. No matter the skill level “Dr. Scott” is the Director of OU’s . . . no matter the budget . . . so long as Microscopy Laboratory, where people enjoy and encourage the art of microscopes go up to a million-and-a- costuming and cosplay—they’re winning! half times magnification (1,500,000×). Other microscopes use electrons, photons, lasers, and even other particles. Especially for SoonerCon, he will bring a scanning electron microscope, and we will be taking lots of images that you can take home. We will also look at light, electricity, and temperatures, and answer

92 EBA COMEDY RHONDA EUDALY EBA Comedy is a cosplay improv and Rhonda Eudaly lives in Texas, where MC group based around the American she’s worked in various industries to Midwest. They specialize in performing support her writing habit. She is married as their characters in improv situations. with dogs. Her passions are writing EBA Comedy is also well-known and music (mutually exclusive), and she throughout the Midwest for their famous enjoys reading, movies, friends, and panel “Cosplay Combat,” where the family. She also collects unusual writing audience interacts with each other in instruments and notebooks. Her Rubber cosplay/D&D/larping on the big stage. Duck collection has recently been ousted www.facebook.com/EBAthecrew by a persistent and precocious Minion© www.youtube.com/channel/ Army. She has a well-rounded history UCYj5ck6CVIG0vXzjHyR2dYA of fiction, non-fiction, and scripts published and produced in a variety of DAN ERICKSON locations. Check out her website—www. In the blue corner, standing at 6’3” and RhondaEudaly.com—for the latest weighing in at 245 pounds, the Deranged information and downloads. Man from the Desert, the redheaded ELIJAH FARMER stepchild of science fiction, the writer that articulates your desires and scares Elijah Farmer is notable for being you with the coming future, DAN almost important. He is a founding ERICKSON! Publishing on Amazon. member of the Oklahoma City Beard com and daringly doing so with an Club, a Renaissance festival enthusiast, editor and a spellchecker, he comes to Technical Director for the Dust Bowl SoonerCon for another year of magic, Dolls, and lover of all things geek. Elijah mystery, questions and answers, and too can generally be found running sound many giggles for a funeral. and music at various places of ill repute around Oklahoma City, but on Saturday Fresh off publishing Divine Fire II: night he will be taking care of your Mortal Coil and voicing Audibles of all karaoke needs at SoonerCon! his works, Erickson is here to talk about the publishing industry, social changes, www.facebook.com/swiftfiredj sexual outlaws, and the vibrant world SHAI FENWICK of Poetry Slam. He trained and fought Shai Fenwick was born in Trinidad and as a cage fighter as his midlife crisis and Tobago to two economists who spoke studies with awe the world of science nine languages between them, which and sexuality. Come sit next to him, you is probably why she spent most of her won’t be bored. time reading quietly as a child. She has www.amazon.com/Dan-Erickson/e/ worked in journalism all over. She has B01M4QIUEJ served on the board of the Oklahoma www.buymeacoffee.com/danerickson Coalition for Reproductive Justice and theherofiles.blogspot.com the steering committee for Take Root www.patreon.com/danerickson Conference on Red State Reproductive Justice. She is a founding board member, and still serves on the board of the Future Society of Central Oklahoma, and is hotel liaison for SoonerCon. She

93 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) is pursuing her PhD and is a founding “Life in the Holodeck” was included partner of Cobalt Prairie Consulting, in Blackwell’s The Ultimate Star Trek LLC in Norman. A fierce advocate for and Philosophy. She teaches philosophy, education and reproductive justice, Shai ethics and humanities at two local is wife to Ben Fenwick, and adoptive universities, and is delighted to be mom to many furbabies, plants, and returning to SoonerCon for the 5th year wayward students. Her favorite hobby, in a row. in addition to consuming and making www.province-of-the-mind.com stories, gardening, cooking, singing, www.facebook.com/Dara- sewing, and kayaking … is sleeping. Fogel-584023008328459 J.H. FLEMING TIM FRAYSER J.H. Fleming received her bachelor’s Tim Frayser is a writer, cartoonist, degree in Creative Writing from the martial artist, traveler, and photographer. University of Central Arkansas. Her He works at the Tulsa Zoo, volunteers work has appeared in anthologies by as a Ranger at the annual Burning Man NewCon Press, Evil Girlfriend Media, Festival as well as regional events, and he Mocha Memoirs Press, Seventh Star brews his own beer. Press, and Pro Se Productions, as well www.BurningClam.Com as New Realm Magazine, and Visionary Tongue magazine. Her latest novel, The Twitter: @TimFrayser Queen of Moon and Shadow, was released JAN S. GEPHARDT in 2018 from Pro Se Productions. She owns roughly 1400 books and spends her Jan S. Gephardt is a writer, artist, and free time reading, playing video games, longtime science-fiction fan. Her debut and learning Irish. J.H. lives in Arkansas sf novel, What’s Bred in the Bone, is now with her boyfriend, a Yorkie, and a available. She hopes to produce the turtle. second of the Bones Trilogy, A Bone to Pick, by autumn. The books feature www.jhfleming.net a pack of super-smart, bioengineered DARA FOGEL, PH.D. police dogs who struggle to establish themselves as full citizens of the space As a kid, Dara watched the original station where they live, while solving Star Trek with her dad, later going on to crimes and sniffing out bad guys. attend cons and win costume contests around the southwest. She designed Jan’s exhibited her fantasy artwork and taught several Star Trek and at sf conventions since 1981. Since Matrix themed philosophy courses. The 2007 she’s developed a unique paper- first Queen of the Norman Medieval sculpture technique. Her artwork also Fair, Dara is still an active volunteer, has been featured in regionally exhibited and was a founding member of the one-person shows, and juried into Arthurian Order of Avalon, the Santa mainstream national exhibitions all over Fe Renaissance Fair, and the Norman the United States. She’s a member and Family Theatre. She is the author of former officer of ASFA. She lives in the bestselling GrailChase Chronicles Kansas City, and is a longtime member Steampunk fiction series, and has of the Kansas City Science Fiction and written and presented extensively on Fantasy Society, Inc. (KaCSFFS). the philosophy of Steampunk and jansgephardt.com Holographic Universe theory. Her essay 94 www.facebook.com/ gaming schedule and event registration JanSGephardtArtdogStudio/ systems, expanded community relations, twitter.com/ArtdogJan and heavily contributed to SoonerCon’s www.etsy.com/shop/ sustained growth. Phillip works directly ArtdogPaperSculpture?ref=hdr_shop_ with the social media team, software menu development teams, programming team, and other creative professionals to make TYRELL GEPHARDT SoonerCon look better and function Tyrell Gephardt is a lifelong fan of the more efficiently each year. genre and of fandom. He is a writer and In his professional life, Phillip has a home-organizing consultant. He enjoys worked in design and marketing since reading and watching a wide range of 2005. During this time, he has created stories from high fantasy to hard science content for practically every print fiction, and is willing to talk about those production method, worked with over a and everything in between. He also dozen production houses in the greater enjoys studying and participating in Oklahoma City area and developed different sub-fandoms. His current focus ads for publications throughout the is on solar punk. continental United States. VANESSA GREEN In addition to running his business, Phillip teaches graphic design classes at Vanessa is a professional body artist and Oklahoma City Community College and has been a cosplayer for many years. helps organize events for the Oklahoma Her business, Fantasy Faces by Vanessa, City Nerf Club. brings smiles to children and adults Phillip lives in Oklahoma City, with alike. She loves to create art using several his beautiful wife Peng, his two cats, different media and techniques. She several free-range goldfish, and a massive loves to put original spins on well-loved collection of Nerf blasters and Nerf characters, and she’s always up for a blaster accessories. challenge. She continues to share her love of characters and cultural icons with CALEB HALDANE people of all backgrounds, nationalities, Caleb Haldane is the co-host and sound cultures, shapes, and sizes. engineer on the weekly comedy nerd- okcfacepainter.com culture podcast Red Six to Golden www.facebook.com/Fantasy-Faces-by- Corral. Red Six brings a comedic Vanessa-139506436738441 discussion to video games, movies, www.instagram.com/ board games, comics, and, occasionally, fantasyfacesbyvanessa slash fiction. By day, Caleb is a software engineer; by night, a connoisseur of pop/ PHILLIP GRIMES nerd culture including Star Wars, Doctor Phillip Grimes is the Director of Who, Stranger Things, Star Trek, and Marketing and PR for SoonerCon. He the like. He also enjoys tinkering with has volunteered for SoonerCon since Arduino, IoT, and Home Automation. 2011. During this time, he has designed the main line marketing materials, overseen website redesigns, rebuilt the exhibitor hall, artist alley, club space, and

95 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) CHELSEA HALDANE painting, PC gaming, knitting, sewing and cat cuddling. She’s also a lover of sci- Chelsea “Galialvia” Haldane is half of fi, fantasy and the art of animation. the hosts of the Gal & Kitten Knittin’, a knitting YouTube podcast. Gal and Amber graduated with a Bachelor Kitten discuss their current, finished, and of Journalism from the University of future projects. Gal enjoys many science- Missouri, Columbia in 2009. She’s been fiction and fantasy shows, including in technology marketing since 2010 as a BSG, Dr. Who, and Star Trek (TNG being copywriter, product marketing manager the fave, of course). You can likely find and now marketing communications Gal either at the Red 6 to Golden Corral manager. podcast table or in the gaming room at a She enjoys sharing her communication Dungeons & Dragons table. skills to help Oklahoma gaming www.youtube.com/channel/ communities grow. Besides managing UCXRv33KpZyL24rNMNja1GsA SoonerCon’s social media, Amber volunteers her time with the local Instagram: GalKnitsYarnTwitter: Children’s Miracle Network via Extra GalialviaRavelry Life. www.ravelry.com/groups/gal--kitten- knittin TEDDY HARVIA SALLY HAMILTON Teddy Harvia is the well-known pen name of David Thayer. He has drawn Sally Hamilton is a 10-year veteran of scores of wild beasts, strange BEMs, and the DFW Writers Workshop and has big-nosed whiz kids from a world far taught classes about the writer/graphic from Earth who use short words to make designer relationship at DFWCon. Her fun of all kinds of things in scores of work has appeared in the anthology toons—and fan art for flyers, zines, and Strange Afterlives, and has written many con pubs since 1967. He lives with wife posts for the Totally the Bomb blog. Diana and four fat cats in Dallas, TX. To Her day jobs include graphic design, earn his keep, he works with words at a illustration, and hocking (rarely cursed) high-tech firm. antiques. She reads comic books, watches teddyharvia.com cartoons, and has entirely too many long discussions with her husband, A. Lee www.facebook.com/david.thayer.104 Martinez, about both. She welcomes RUBIEE TALLYN HAYES discussion with you about comics, anime, and cartoons in general. You can check Rubiee is a renaissance Pooka who out some of her art at sallyannhamilton. sings, writes, blends geeky loose-leaf com. teas, and creates functional pottery. Her mischievous grin and bright laugh herald AMBER HANNEKEN her arrival. She owns Dryad Tea and Amber Hanneken has too many hobbies Dryad Pottery, where her art is available and not enough time in the day for them, for purchase. Find her at the Art Show. but she certainly tries her best. You’ll www.dryadpottery.com often find her participating in Dungeons dryadtea.com & Dragons or other tabletop activities around the Oklahoma City metro. At home, Amber dabbles in miniature

96 one, so feel free to share. If you miss my W.J. HODGSON art in the show, feel free to check it out at mrphillup.deviantart.com. Artist/Writer W.J. “Bill” Hodgson HONOR LYCHEE began writing and illustrating articles for magazines in the ‘70s. Since then, he’s Honor Lychee is a semi-professional had hundreds of illustrations published, cosplayer based in the Oklahoma City and has sold thousands of paintings and area, best known for multiple depictions drawings at shows, including renn faires, of the character Harley Quinn. Her group and individual shows, galleries, love of dressing up has led her to many museums, and hundreds of conventions. heights, including guesting at over He lives near Oklahoma City with his 30-plus conventions. Lychee has been wife, Sherrie, and various critters. featured on several notable sites, modeled www.wjhodgson.com for local businesses, has helped plan www.deviantart.com/willtheartman cosplay contests all throughout the country, and hosts the sponsored Lolita JAMES HOLLAMAN Fashion Shows. She loves giving back James is a writer and artist for Yard Dog to her community and helps moderate Press. He has stories in three of the an online community called One OK Bubbas of the Apocalypse books, and Cosplay on Facebook. in both Flush Fiction anthologies, as KEVIN HOPKINS well as a story in I Didn’t Quite Make It to Oz. His art can be seen on The Bubba Longtime SoonerCon grandee Kevin Chronicles; Marking the Signs and Other Hopkins teaches painting, drawing, and Tales of Mischief; Flush Fiction 2, and Photoshop. His designs went into space I Didn’t Quite Make It to Oz. He also on the Challenger. He was an artist for runs the convention/party RoomCon at Battlestar Galactica comics and winner ConQuesT in KCMO every Memorial of the international Illustrators of the Day weekend. His name can also be seen Future Contest. He has worked for in the credits for two movies he helped Warner Brothers Studios on such titles as produce. Buy his stuff and he will gladly The Matrix, Looney Toons: Back in Action, sign it. The Last Samurai, the first four Harry Potter films, Batman Begins, and many twitter.com/JamesHollaman more. He continues to produce art for PHILLIP HOLLECKER magazines and paperback book covers. Hello all, I am Phil Hollecker and I like www.facebook.com/Mind-Over-Splatter- to do drawings. I have been drawing Art-Studio-578605482285902 as long as I can remember, and in that BARRETT HUDDLESTON time I went off to the West Coast to art school. I have done many a con art Barrett Huddleston is a graduate- show, had a few gallery shows under educated instructor that has appeared on my belt, and done a little fan work for numerous television, stage, and assembly Palladium Books. I like mostly working programs as “Professor Bungle Botch.” with markers and doing stencils in spray A former editor of the Baylor Journal of paint. I have been working with students Theater and Performance and contributing over the last ten years giving the basics in author to the Rollin’ Dice and Two Script life drawing, comic art, and street art. I Guys podcasts, Barrett is the proprietor love to tell a good story and I love to hear of Finer Arts of Oklahoma, an arts- and-humanities educational enrichment 97 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) program for school-age participants. Tommy Brownell. Johnnie enjoys doing www.facebook.com/Finer-Arts-of- commissions at conventions and events, Oklahoma-1999517520125150 talking with other comics fans, and okc.madscience.org encouraging young artists. JENN JACKSON NICK JOHNSON Jenn Jackson is a freelance writer who Nick is co-host of the Red Six to Golden maintains too many side hustles. Her Corral podcast, where two nerd-culture written works have been featured enthusiasts in the American Southwest locally in the OK Gazette, MetroFamily discuss their interests in video games, Magazine, and The Lost Ogle blog. Jenn movies, board games, Godzilla, comics, dabbles in stippling art, French cooking, Rambo/Predator slash fiction, and all and drinking entirely too much coffee. other topics that relate to the lives of She has a life-long love affair with Star these thirty-something centaurs. Also Trek and a love-hate relationship with the writer for the Darker Side of Red Six MCU. She lives in Noble, OK with her webcomic. husband, pre-teen twins, and three dogs. www.redsixpodcast.com Instagram: @jennjaxiewrites BEKAH JUNE Twitter: @jennjaxie Bekah June Brown is a freelance JEDI OKC writer and aspiring programmer based in Oklahoma City. She is a former Jedi OKC is Oklahoma’s largest professional gamemaster, and mom Star Wars Fan Club. Established in of two boys. She is also a published 2001, it originally was a place for occult/paranormal author. Her book like-minded fans to share their love Turning the Table: A Look at the Victorian of Star Wars. Today, its membership Supernatural Obsession is available embraces numerous sci-fi and pop- on Amazon. She has lectured on the culture genres. Open to the public and Victorian paranormal at conventions and family-friendly, our bond has expanded conferences across the U.S. She is a voice beyond a pop-culture phenomenon and actor in the web series Tales of a Broken become something more. Our costumed Reality. She loves taking the stage at characters have supported dozens of local open mics as a stand-up comedian. local charities and events, keeping our Her passions are writing, art, and history. weekends full with appearances at area schools, fundraisers, and conventions. www.bekahjune.com HEATHER JOHNSON www.instagram.com/bekah_june www.facebook.com/AuthorBekahJune Heather is a knitter, sewist, and craft K-9 enthusiast from Oklahoma. She is co-host of the Gal & Kitten Knittin’ I am K-9, The Doctor’s Faithful Friend. YouTube podcast. This version of me was originally built JOHNNIE JOHNSON back in the 1980s as a stage prop by Pat Elrod. Paul Barrett adopted me and, with Johnnie is an illustrator/creator for the help of Earth technology, made me Tulsa-based publisher Equinox Comics. very much like my television counterpart. He is half of the creative team behind He says I am a good dog. Except when I Equinox’s The Chronicles of Rachel Strand leave a pile of bolts on the carpet. series alongside writer extraordinaire 98 ZACHARY KASTENS VICKEY MALONE KENNEDY Zachary works for the Pioneer Library System (PLS) making awesome things vickey malone kennedy, AKA vck, claims happen! PLS serves the Oklahoma state to be a writer of science fiction, fantasy, communities of Blanchard, McCloud, and paranormal romance. She actually Moore, Newcastle, Noble, Norman, spends most of her time rewriting her Purcell, Shawnee, south OKC, and own stories, editing other people’s stories, Tecumseh. For more information about and judging story-writing contests. vck is volunteer opportunities, community a former president of Oklahoma Writers’ events, classes, and services, visit Federation, Inc.; former editor-in-chief pioneerlibrarysystem.org or check out the for 4RV Publishing; and a co-founder PLS table in Artists Alley. of Rose Rock wRiters. She has won CAROLYN KAY numerous writing awards including the Darrell Award for Best Mid-South Short Carolyn Kay enjoys crossing genres and Story, the OWFI Crème de la Crème imagining what normally inanimate Award, and 1st Place in Genre Fiction in objects would do if given life. She is Writers’ Digest 85 Annual Competition. currently collaborating with award- vck is a retired nurse, a full-time writer, a winning illustrator Chaz Kemp, on the full-time granny, and a part-time actress World of Ashelon, a series of novellas represented by BK Talent Agency. set in a Steampunk fantasy world. When www.vickeymalonekennedy.com not writing, she can be seen dancing www.facebook.com/vickey.m.kennedy with Batavia, a tribal fusion belly-dance troupe, knitting, or playing with her Twitter: @ladyvck beloved cats. Instagram: lady_vck www.carolynkayauthor.com LEE KILLOUGH www.worldofashelon.com Lee Killough has been storytelling since www.facebook.com/CarolynKayAuthor/ the age of four or five, when she began twitter.com/bewitchinghips making up her own bedtime stories. At www.instagram.com/bewitchinghips age eleven she became hooked on SF/ fantasy and mysteries. She soon began to CHAZ KEMP write her own stories, usually combining Bram Stoker Award finalist Chaz the genres. Most of her sixteen novels Kemp embraces an Art Nouveau style are SF, supernatural mysteries, or urban that incorporates vibrancy and color fantasies. Current print books include into fantasy and Steampunk art. His publications by The Leopard’s Daughter, work combines the artistic energy of Checking on Culture: An Aid to Building the Roaring 20s with the untamed Story Backgrounds, and Ancient Enemy. diversity of Steampunk and fantasy. Seven of her novels have been revised and His current project is the world called published as e-books by Books We Love, Ashelon, created with his wife, award- including new updated/revised editions winning author Carolyn Kay. You can of the first two Brill/Maxwell future cop find his work at ChazKemp.com; buy novels Doppelganger Gambit and Spider the Ashelon Oracle Deck at bit.ly/ Play. Work on the third, Shadow Maze, AshelonOracle; or become his patron at is in progress. www.patreon.com/ChazKemp. www.fantasticfiction.com/k/lee-killough

99 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) MICHAEL KIRK writing, creating digital art, or working in CSS and HTML/DOHTML coding. I am a longtime avid gamer and painter. She reads on occasion and really likes I work in the gaming industry as part snuggling her cats, Jynx and Eevee. owner in a game shop in the Oklahoma City area, as well as having written www.facebook.com/kyroscosplay for Pinnacle Entertainment Group. www.instagram.com/kyroscosplay Miniature painting is my passion and www.twitter.com/kyroscosplay a hobby as well. I have always enjoyed MELINDA LAFEVERS teaching painting to those who wish to learn. I have worked closely with Melinda is an arts educator with a wide SoonerCon for years, and look forward variety of interests and hobbies. She is to continuing. I also have deep interest in a teacher- trainer with the Arkansas history and sports. I proudly served my A+ program of arts integration. She country as a member of the US Navy in brings children and teachers into the my younger days. world of castles or log cabins, providing MIKE KLOEPFER hands-on experiences to bring history alive. Hobbies included spinning and Mike “mikeyzart” Kloepfer is an award- handweaving. Her published writings winning artist with a career spanning include non-fiction, a magazine column over 3 decades. His artwork has appeared on traditional herbal use, and a number in books and magazines. He has been an of short stories. She hopes to get a story electronic illustrator for Microsoft and published in almost every genre possible. Boeing, and he has drawn over 1,000 So far she’s made it in alternative history, commissioned portraits and over 12,000 paranormal, horror, Steampunk, fantasy, professional caricatures for collectors and political fiction. She is currently from every continent on Earth! working on a poetry chapbook, several Mike is a founding member of the short stories and hopefully someday, she Convention Artists Guild (Colorado will have that fantasy novel finished . . . Chapter,) and a studio artist at Helikon wordpress.com/view/melindalafevers. Gallery and Studios in Denver’s Rhino wordpress.com Arts District. He teaches classes www.amazon.com/Melinda-LaFevers/e/ and workshops as well as panels, B012CK7T4U%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_ demonstrations, and instruction at scns_share conventions across the United States. www.facebook.com/LaFeversArts Facebook and Instagram: @mikeyzart KYROS COSPLAY An award-winning cosplayer, Kyros got into the hobby in 2017 after moving to Oklahoma from Alaska. She has hosted panels and judged cosplay contests at events across Oklahoma. Fond of prop-making, Kyros uses 3D-printed props that she prints and paints herself. When she’s not working on cosplay, she can be found glued to her computer

100 PRESTON LARSON, PH.D. Surrealism, Science fiction, fantasy, and realism in many media. Angela publishes Preston Larson obtained his with several game companies, book undergraduate degree in engineering companies and enjoys the local Oddities physics in 1997, his masters degree in and Art events as well as conventions. engineering physics in 2000, and his She does illustration, murals, sculture Ph.D. in physics in 2005, all at the and other fine art. Art is available at University of Oklahoma (OU). For eBay seller jrforehand, galleries to enjoy the last 13 years, he has worked as a at Angel Arts Studio on Facebook and research scientist at the Samuel Roberts Instagram. Yes I am a bit eclectic and Noble Microscopy Laboratory at OU, love to work with collaboration and specializing in the area of electron collect odd things. microscopy. There he interacts with other researchers across campus and Instagram: @AngelArtsStudio assists them with their scanning and www.facebook.com/AngelArtsStudio transmission electron-microscopy MAGICIAN MICHAEL research. CORLEY WILLIAM LEAF Michael Corley is a master magician William Leaf retired from the US and storyteller who has made a career Army after 24 years of active and of entertaining children for over twenty reserve service. During that time he years. After graduating from the was the Oklahoma National Guard’s University of Texas, Michael moved to resident expert on the Soviet Union and Oklahoma where he worked in radio Warsaw Pact military. His last unit, the broadcast for seven years. Besides magic, 2nd Simulation Exercise Group, used he acts and does voice-overs for television computer simulations to train large units. and radio. He writes on children’s He is currently teaching at a charter entertainment for My Kids Adventures. high school in Ft. Worth, TX. He and Since 2010 he’s been the host and Jackie were married at the last original dungeon-master of the Chafing Armor SoonerCon, in 1997. He has been an sf podcast. Michael lives in Norman with fan since he discovered Robert Heinlein his wife, Jennifer and daughter, Isabel. in the library, and remembers watching www.michaelcorley.com the original broadcasts of Star Trek. JULIA S. MANDALA A member of TRMN, David Weber has referred to Bill as “Shipbuilder Julia S. Mandala (www.juliasmandala. Extraordinaire.” Bill has designed and com) holds a BA in history from Kansas printed many 3D warships from the State University and a JD in law from Honorverse for charity auctions and Tulane University. In addition to being chapter tables. editor of the Fantasy Writers Asylum, www.facebook.com/Lone-Star- an imprint of Yard Dog Press, she is a Shipyards-385982375193662 scuba diver and belly dancer. She lives in Plano, TX with her husband Larry ANGELA LOWRY and two very demanding, but adorable Angela Lowry is an Oklahoma-based cats. She co-authors the Four Redheads artist, the owner of Angel Arts Studio. of the Apocalypse series (with Linda L. Angela creates 2D and 3D work based on Donahue, Rhonda Eudaly, and Dusty

101 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) Rainbolt), and the Corimar series, along CALEB MASTERS with Villains in Training (with Linda Caleb Masters is a podcast producer, L. Donahue). Solo books include Blood writer and film critic with a lifelong Songs, House of Doors and Dracula’s love of pop culture. Masters currently Lawyer and Other Stories, and many serves as the editor-in-chief of The short stories. Cinematropolis, a film-essay website www.facebook.com/julia.k.mandala dedicated to thoughtful conversations MICHAEL R. MARTIN and analysis of cinema. He hosts a monthly podcast, The Cinematic A native Oklahoman, Michael now Schematic, where he reviews movies, calls Arizona home. He’s the co-creator interviews filmmakers, and discusses and writer of Blood and Dust, Volume 1: noteworthy soundtracks. He is also an The Life & Undeath of Judd Glenny and active member of the Oklahoma Film volume 2, Glenny Family Values. He also Critics Circle. has the story “The Eyes of Yba’Sokug” Masters also hosted a weekly Game of in the new anthology Cthulhu Is Hard to Thrones podcast, The Cast Beyond the Spell by Wannabe Press, illustrated by Wall. His work has also been published Jonathan Howard. During the day Mike on GoodTrash Media, We Got This manages a Virtual Reality development Covered, the Oklahoma Gazette, team. He relaxes with his wife Jeanne, Renegade Cinema, and Screen Rant. and dogs Max and Sadie Mae, sometimes camping and mentoring through New www.thecinematropolis.com Pathways for Youth. Twitter and Instagram: CMastersTalk nightshadecomics.com RACHAEL MAYO bloodanddustcomic.com Rachael Mayo is a fantasy and sf artist www.facebook.com/bloodanddustcomic/ from Kansas City, MO. She earned a @bloodanddust bachelor’s degree in illustration from A. LEE MARTINEZ University of Central Missouri in 1999. She is a systems administrator A. Lee Martinez is a fantasy/science- who enjoys tormenting unsuspecting fiction novelist with 10 standalone mainframes, but Rachael spends her free novels. His latest book is Constance Verity hours producing art. Saves the World, second of the Constance Rachael specializes in combination Verity trilogy. In his spare time he plays techniques that include watercolor, tabletop games, computer games, video colored pencil, paint pens, ink, acrylic, games . . . well, a lot of games. His and shiny objects. She likes to create favorite fictional character is Tars Tarkas. creatures with eye-searingly bright His favorite superhero is the Thing. He color schemes. Rachael produces private likes to think of himself as the bad boy in commissions and personal projects, but the boy band of the literary world, and no occasionally creates book covers and one has had the heart to correct him yet. interior illustrations, primarily with www.aleemartinez.com small press publishers. www.facebook.com/ rachaelm5.deviantart.com aleemartinezactionforce [email protected] Twitter: @aleemartinez

102 DR. LAURA-ISOBEL a dystopian story set in a China- MCCALL dominated future, was a New York Dr. Laura-Isobel McCall is a faculty Times Noteworthy Book and won the member in the Chemistry and James Tiptree Award. Her short-story Biochemistry department at the collection After The Apocalypse, was one University of Oklahoma. She holds of Publishers Weekly’s Ten Best Books of Bachelor of Science and Doctor 2011. She currently lives in Los Angles of Philosophy (Microbiology and where she writes interactive narratives Immunology) degrees from McGill and teaches Interactive Storytelling at University, and pursued postdoctoral the University of Southern California. training at the University of California DENISE MCKAY San Francisco and the University of Denise McKay is going on three years California San Diego. Her research as the Alo’rad of the Ge’tal Vheh, the focuses on parasitism and human- Oklahoma chapter of the Mandalorian microbe communication, with the goal Mercs Costuming Club. While running of finding new ways to treat neglected the MMCC she has also been a part of diseases. In her teaching and public the 501st Oklahoma Garrison and Rebel lectures, she explores the real-life Legion Kessel Base as Juno Eclipse. She parasites that inspired many famous sci-fi joined the costuming groups when she creatures. moved to Oklahoma from California. mccall-lab.oucreate.com Denise used the MMCC, 501st, and DENNIS MCDONALD Rebel Legion as a way to make the move across country easier. Little did she Dennis McDonald is the product of a know that the Star Wars costume groups ‘60s childhood diet of late-night monster would provide her with lifelong friends movies, science-fiction novels, comic and family. When not participating books, and Creepy magazine. He is in Star Wars events she can be found driven to produce books, games, and reading comics, collecting action figures, crafted items for tabletop gaming. His playing video games, working on aerialist past achievements include designing a training, and spending time with her role-playing game system, plus scripting, family. directing, and performing for a local horror TV show. He is the author of RYAN MCKINLEY four books: 13 Nightmares, Ebon Moon, Ryan is an Oklahoma author, artist, Undead Flesh, and Oathbearer. Visit his and costumer. After being a costume- YouTube channel, The Dragon’s Den. contest judge for the past four years at www.dennismcdonaldauthor.com SoonerCon, he is now the Costume www.facebook.com/dennis.mcdonald.9421 Committee Chair. You can learn more www.facebook.com/adventuremaximum about his creations at McKinley Design Studio on FB. Better yet; plan a day at www.facebook.com/denniscraft007 the studio—come work on your own MAUREEN MCHUGH costume or curiosity. Maureen McHugh has lived in New York City, Austin, TX, the People’s Republic of China, and Los Angeles. Her first novel, China Mountain Zhang,

103 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) CATHERINE COOKE MOORE HIGH SCHOOL MONTROSE ROBOTICS TEAM Catherine Cooke, author of the Mask of Coached by Jessica Weaver and Mike the Wizard and The Winged Assassin Weaver, the Moore High School fantasy trilogies, is also Catherine Robotics Team gives students a Montrose, the author of dark fantasy The background in the STEAM subjects: Wendigo Border. She lives in Washington Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, State with two grown sons, an engineer and Mathematics. The team encourages husband, and two standard poodles. She students to develop the skills necessary is currently working on an epic medieval for engineering related careers including fantasy, The Gentlefolk War, and a young design process, programming, robot adult series, The Wayfinders. building, troubleshooting, the use of site.catmontrose.com/index.html Computer Aided Design programs and time management. To succeed, students RICHARD MORGAN develop the following traits and achieve Richard Morgan once worked on the the following tasks: Learning to work Hubble Space Telescope, the Space well in a team and on their own to Shuttle, and the Monkey Upchucker. He achieve a given task, developing skills sometimes gets paid to build military that are vital for STEM related careers, simulators, trucks, tanks, planes, and completing a series of projects and choppers, and subs. He spends his spare attend competitions. In addition to time 3D printing, CNC routing, laser robotics competitions (both physical engraving, and being a dog parent. and online), the team hosts workshops TIM MORGAN allowing students to work on skills necessary for the engineering fields, Tim Morgan is an award-winning along with doing fundraising and other professional futurist with the North community service. Texas Foresight Institute, and a member All students who are enrolled in Moore of the Association of Professional High School are welcome to apply to join Futurists. He has consulted for clients the team. The team is open to students such as Kimberly Clark, NASA Langley, in grades 9 – 12 and students do not and the Ontario Institute of Cancer need to have experience in robotics to Research. Tim’s work has been published join the team, though it is recommended in MISC Magazine, and he is currently that students who have participated in publishing a futures essay series as part the Moore High School engineering of the APF Emerging Fellows program program join the team. for 2019. Tim received his master’s www.mooreschools.com/Page/45787 degree from the University of Houston, where he still coordinates their Strategic MRS. FAE Foresight Certificate Seminar program. Mrs. Fae has been doing costuming and www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-n-morgan performance work for over 18 years, Twitter: @TimothyNMorgan including anime and sci-fi cosplay, Renaissance, medieval, fantasy faeries and mermaids, historical, and pin-up, to name a few. She is a cosmetologist by trade and a seamstress and model by avocation.

104 MICHELLE MUENZLER bypasses, toecapitations, and other miscellaneous trauma he has persevered Known at local science-fiction and in his unique fannish life. Outside of fantasy conventions as “The Cookie the world of words on paper (and other Lady,” Michelle writes fiction both substances), Murray is known for his dark and strange to counterbalance the impeccable fashion sense, which has sweetness of her baking. Her short fiction garnered nicknames such as Dr. Paisley, and poetry can be read in numerous Obi-Wan Chernobyl, and “Oh God, My science-fiction and fantasy magazines, Eyes!” He has also auctioneered at cons and she takes immense joy in crinkling throughout the region. Murray resides in words like little foil puppets. Check out Kansas City with his spice, Paula Helm michellemuenzler.com for more of her Murray and Margene Bahm. He and work. If you are feeling especially brave, Paula have been married for 40 years as pick up her squidgy weird novella, The of August, and the three of them have Hills of Meat, the Forest of Bone, over on been together as a family for over 25 Amazon. She promises it won’t bite ... years. They also share the house with much. the obligatory congeries of annoying yet www.michellemuenzler.com loveable fur burglars. www.facebook.com/michelle.muenzler Twitter: @drpaisley ROBERT MULLENS ETHAN NAHTÉ Robert’s earliest sci-fi memories include Ethan Nahté is an author, journalist, peeking around the corner at night to screenwriter, photographer, and watch that, “too adult for children” musician. He has several years of Star Trek. Later came authors like experience working in TV/Film/ Michael Moorcock, Isaac Asimov, Fred Radio. He has over 30 published Saberhagen, classic tales of King Arthur stories and poems spanning speculative and the Knights of the Round Table, fiction, historical fiction, comedy, and comic books. The adult Robert pulp, and young adult. He has two became an event coordinator, forming story collections, Of Monsters & FoxMoon Productions, to assist and Madmen and The Undead Ate My perform at Medieval and Renaissance Head, plus the novellas The Savage fairs throughout Oklahoma, Texas and Caged and Wings of Mercury. Kansas, as well as Sci-Fi and anime www.NahteWords.com conventions in Oklahoma and Texas. Costuming allows Robert to revisit facebook.com/EthanNahteCreative Darth Vader, Qui-Gon Jinn, Count TRAVIS NANCE Dooku, Lucius Malfoy, and everyone’s favorite, The Joker! You probably remember Travis Nance from that thing that one time. He’s www.foxmoonproductions.com been a burlesque & event MC, founder JAMES MURRAY of the OKC Beard Club, a competitive Magic: The Gathering player & collector, In the spring of 1976, Murray showed and winner of a number of eccentric up to an organizational meeting for awards & competitions. He can provide an sf club at the University of Kansas, too much information on subjects and no one’s been able to get rid of him ranging from classic cars and ladder since. Through appendectomies, triple

105 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) safety to wine and whether something Hiro Doggie: Space Corgi, about a furry is a sandwich. Find him on most social friend adventuring through space. He media as @beardedskeptic. is selling comics, t-shirts, art prints HAROLD NEAL and commissions. He specializes in portraits, figure drawing, pinup girls, Arizona born and Oklahoma raised, and sequential art. Check out www. Harold Neal enjoys wowing the world enigmamachinecomic.com for products, with his macabre sense of humor through art gallery, and contact info. original paintings, sculptures, prints, www.Jeocreations.com pendants, and more! CARY OSBORNE www.facebook.com/theartofharold Instagram: @haroldnealpaintings Cary Osborne is an author in several genres, including science fiction, fantasy, KATHLEEN M. O’BRIEN horror, and mystery. She has received Kathleen began sewing at age four, awards from Writers of the Future and learning traditional techniques from her from Oklahoma Writers Federation, Inc. mother and grandmother. She collects Among her current projects are the third and studies vintage clothing to decipher Sydney St. John mystery, Wildfires, to mysteries of drape and fit found in be released later this year. Book two of previous eras. Her costumes include the quest fantasy, When God Was Stolen both original designs and reproductions, is also due this year. Since retiring as an utilizing many historical techniques. She archivist at New Mexico State University, enjoys sharing both these skills and her she has also published stories in several collection with others and has published anthologies and zines, including Pick her first e-book, Victorian Smoking Caps. Your Poison, Hydrophobia (proceeds www.vintagefashionexplained.com going to Hurricane Harvey victims in Houston), The Martian Anthology, and OKC R2-D2 Astounding Outpost (zombie ezine). She Oklahoma City’s R2-D2 is a full-scale posts on Facebook as Cary Osborne. replica of the astromech droid from Come visit. the Star Wars universe. Constructed TED PENNELLA of aluminum and steel, fully remote- controlled with authentic lights and Ted is an Oklahoma City-based sounds, Artoo is ready to save the day architect, writer, gamer, and pithy and help raise money for charities. observer of the human condition. His architect’s eye for layout, design, ERIC OSBORN and spatial relations also benefits him John Eric Osborn loves sci-fi, action, and as a storyteller. With short stories beautiful women. The Oklahoma-based published in various anthologies, freelance artist/designer has artwork Ted fills his copious free time filled in comic shops, schools, newspapers, with woodworking, friends, family, and stores throughout the country. and endeavoring to create the perfect He is the creator of the sci-fi graphic cheesecake. novel Enigma Machine, the story of an minotaursmusings.wordpress.com ex-soldier and a robotic little girl who becomes a lethal killing machine. 2019 also sees the release of his all-ages book

106 JOSEPH PETTIT computer that connects customers with the library’s digital and print Joseph works for the Pioneer Library resources, STEAM kits, and an onboard System (PLS) making awesome things circulating collection of “maker” books. happen! PLS serves the Oklahoma state This state-of-the-art mobile technology communities of Blanchard, McCloud, center is complete with broadband Moore, Newcastle, Noble, Norman, internet access, connecting to the Purcell, Shawnee, south OKC, and internet from virtually any location. Tecumseh. For more information about volunteer opportunities, community The vehicle generates its own power, events, classes, and services, visit so all the onboard technologies and pioneerlibrarysystem.org or check out the equipment operate in even the most PLS table in Artists Alley. remote locations. A drop-down stage with stairs and a wheelchair lift offer PINKCHERRY COSPLAY access to the equipment housed inside as Hey everyone I’m PinkCherry Cosplay! well as enabling transport of equipment I’m just your small town everyday to inside locations. A fully-automated cosplayer from Fayetteville, AR who’s retractable awning provides shade during been playing dress-up for over 10 years, the day and a complete tripod lighting during my freshman year of high school, system provides illumination when the and I’ve been going ever since! I’m sun goes down. The PLS Maker Mobile currently the leader of a Sailor Moon is ready for action, day or night. cosplay group out of Arkansas called Come check out the Maker Mobile and “Galaxy Guardians AR,” and I’m also create your own laser cut acrylic LED currently the editor-in-chief for an up SoonerCon Badge! and coming Cosplay magazine, called www.pioneerlibrarysystem.org Cosplay Art & Photography. Some of my cosplays include Todoroki Shouto from PETER PIXIE My Hero Academia, Maki Nishikino Former SoonerCon Master of from Love Live!, and Keith from Voltron. Ceremonies Peter Pixie has been seen www.facebook.com/pinkcherrycosplay from coast to coast and nationwide over www.instagram.com/pinkcherrycosplay the last two decades. He’s excited to be PIONEER LIBRARY SYSTEM back here in the Midwest where it all MAKER MOBILE started! www.facebook.com/thepeterpixie The Maker Mobile brings STEAM- ANDREA POST focused programming (science, technology, engineering, arts, and Andrea works for the Pioneer Library mathematics) into our communities System (PLS) making awesome things through cooperation with schools, happen! PLS serves the Oklahoma state programs in PLS libraries and communities of Blanchard, McCloud, information stations, participation Moore, Newcastle, Noble, Norman, in community events, and scheduled Purcell, Shawnee, south OKC, and appointments with special audiences and Tecumseh. For more information about individuals. This amazing workshop on volunteer opportunities, community wheels features two 3D printers, a digital events, classes, and services, visit scanner, CNC Mill, two laser cutters, pioneerlibrarysystem.org or check out the laptop lab, informational touchscreen PLS table in Artists Alley.

107 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) TRAKENA PREVOST PRINCE BLACKHEART Trakena Prevost was born and raised Prince Blackheart has been into Lolita/ in the great state of Texas, where Ouji/Aristocrat fashion for the last four everything IS bigger and the people years. Once a powerful, naïve royal, are super-friendly. She writes down the Prince Blackheart fell from glory when fantastic stories rumbling around in her his wicked cousin usurped his throne. head—to quiet the voices. When not He mourned his misfortune, but with reading and writing, Trakena spends heartbreak comes wisdom. His visage her time working in HR, hanging with reflects his name —dark and brooding, her family and friends, and desperately but with a kind soul beneath. Now trying to force her love of reading on Blackheart travels the land searching for her little one. She writes paranormal his one true love as he strives to regain stories with multicultural characters, his title and restore his kingdom. where race is not the main conflict. This www.instagram.com/prince.blackheart arose from being a young teen in love with paranormal fiction, unable to find JEFF PROVINE any stories she liked with characters that Jeff loves a spooky story and a good looked like her. She hopes to change that comic book. He leads ghost tours at the reality for all kids of color! University of Oklahoma, Norman, and www.trakenaprevost.com downtown Oklahoma City. His stories Twitter: @trakenaprevost of Oklahoma ghosts are collected in Haunted Guthrie, Haunted Norman, Facebook : @TrakenaPrevostAuthor Campus Ghosts of Norman, and Haunted MATTHEW PRICE Oklahoma City. Jeff serves as the editor Matthew L. Price is a journalist, for Okie Comics Magazine, a quarterly filmmaker, and comic-shop owner from anthology of comics by Oklahomans Norman, OK. He and his wife, Annette, about Oklahoma. Jeff’s science fiction celebrated 20 years of their store, and fantasy has been published in Speeding Bullet Comics, in 2018. Matt numerous anthologies and in long is the co-writer and producer of the indie form with his YA Dawn on the Infinity, superhero feature film The Posthuman Steampunk Celestial Voyages, and Project and the writer-producer of the alternate-history horror Hellfire. Jeff lives film The Grave. Matt also co-wrote the in Norman with his wife Courtney and short filmsParadox, Heroes of the Realm, their houseful of zany animals. Overdue, Semi-Social, and The Bulleteers. www.jeffprovine.com Comic books written by Matt include www.facebook.com/AuthorJeffProvine The Grave, Team: Awesome!, and Agent Twitter: @jeffprovine Blue. Matt has written about comics, film, and geek culture as a journalist for more than two decades. www.matthewLprice.com www.speedingbulletcomics.com Twitter: @nerdage and @speedingbullet www.facebook.com/speedingbullet Instagram: @mprice1999 and @speedingbulletcomics 108 RAIVA RAVENS THREE I started cosplay about 2 years ago out of Straight outta OKC, Ravens Three is a desire to expand my personal friends an acoustic trio that performs a wide and family and also put my crafting variety of traditional and nontraditional knowledge to use. What I discovered Celtic and folk music. Two of the current was a fun, constructive environment Ravens, Audra Blankenship-Pierce and my passion has become interactions and Shawna Kennedy, helped to form with children and doing their events. the band in early 2013. They welcomed One costume has grown to become over guitarist-vocalist Russell Pierce in 2017 10 in just two years, with even more in to form the current high-energy, table- the works. My Darth Raiva and Harley pounding drive that is “Okie Folkin’” Quinn in the gold dress are my two Ravens Three. The Ravens continue to most known costumes. I also have a meet wonderful people on their musical connective-tissue disease, and have dealt journey and appreciate their friends more with obstacles from that and helped than they could possibly express. They others as well. look forward to an CAW-some future! www.facebook.com/darthraiva ravensthree.net SHAYLA RAQUEL www.facebook.com/RavensThree www.instagram.com/ravensthree An expert editor, seasoned writer, and author-centric marketer, Shayla Raquel store.cdbaby.com/cd/ravensthree2 works one-on-one with authors and MARGUERITE REED business-owners every day. She has Born and raised in Kansas, Marguerite edited over 300 books and has launched spent the majority of her childhood with several Amazon bestsellers for her her nose in a book or exploring the great clients. Her award-winning blog teaches outdoors. Somewhere among the ponds, new and established authors how to pony pastures, and middle school, she write, publish, and market their books. decided she would be a writer. After She is the author of the Pre-Publishing years trying to wrap her head around Checklist, “The Rotting” (in Shivers in the craft, she sold her first short story, the Night), and The Suicide Tree. In her “Bearing Witness,” to Strange Horizons. not-so-free time, she acts as organizer for In 2015 her first novel Archangel was the Yukon Writers’ Society, volunteers at published by Arche Press, a division of the Oklahoma County Jail, and obsesses Resurrection House. She is a passionate over squirrels. She lives in Oklahoma advocate of science and science fiction, with her dogs Chanel, Wednesday, and and lives just a little east of the 100th Baker. meridian with her husband and shaylaraquel.com daughters. www.facebook.com/shaylaraquel DAVID “OAK” RICE twitter.com/shaylaleeraquel Oak (David Rice), only recipient of the www.instagram.com/shaylaleeraquel “DM of the Year” award, is a writer, www.goodreads.com/ShaylaRaquel storyteller, and advocate. Oak is the owner of @OakstaffGames, a company aimed at improving the accessibility of role-playing games to a broader audience.

109 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) His advocacy work includes the deaf, Moore, Newcastle, Noble, Norman, blind, deaf-blind, LGBTQIA+, autism, Purcell, Shawnee, south OKC, and and native communities. He is a proud Tecumseh. For more information about Hufflepuff, loves to travel with the volunteer opportunities, community Doctor, and has a blue lightsaber. He is events, classes, and services, visit a Ranger who has lived in and explored pioneerlibrarysystem.org or check out the the Ozark Mountains, and lives with PLS table in Artists Alley. his husband in Tucson, exploring the ANN SHELBY Santa Catalina and Rincon Mountains of Southern Arizona. Oak is also fluent in Ann is an artist. She loves making American Sign Language. costumes and going on stage. She made www.oakstaffgames.com four issues of a Doctor Who fanzine in the 80s while an assistant editor for Twitter: @OakstaffGames a publishing company. Then she went ROOK RILEY back to college for a degree in biological Rook Riley was once a military linguist, science. Over the past 47 years she’s lived burlesque-show bouncer, Krav Maga with 21 cats, 2 horses, 2 pet rats, and instructor and Department of Defense 28 dogs, although not all at the same contractor. Current job titles are: Army time. And she managed to keep the vet, middle-school history teacher, same husband somehow—maybe he was parent, and short-story author. TL;DR: just too lazy to find someone else. Like Combat vet, writer, game enthusiast, and most science fiction/fantasy fans she is linguistic badass. eccentric. But she loves to donate her time and money to her favorite dog and rookriley.wordpress.com cat charities, and the Community Food JOEY “OKIE SPACE Bank of Eastern Oklahoma. She loves QUEEN” RODMAN to talk costuming, so go find her if you Joey Rodman is a writer and science share that hobby. communicator. She s been featured ADRIAN SIMMONS on Okie Geek Podcast; been a visiting Adrian Simmons is a Norman, OK-based educator at Tradeshare/RefuseOKC reader, writer, and editor. His essays, Summer Camp; led writing workshops reviews, and interviews have appeared in for the Metropolitan Library System; Black Gate Magazine, Internet Review and is the municipal liaison for National of Science Fiction, and Strange Horizons. Novel Writing Month for the greater His short fiction has been inJames Oklahoma City area. She leads a citizen Gunn’s Ad Astra magazine, Pseudopod, science project tracking light pollution in Lackington’s, and GigaNotoSaurus. An Oklahoma, and always needs more help avid backpacker, he has hiked over 1,000 counting stars. miles. He is famous on the internet (in www.facebook.com/OkieSpaceQueen a good way), and still waiting to live in Twitter: @OkieSpaceQueen a center-left nation. He is one-third the BEN SEE editorial team of heroicfantasyquarterly. com. Ben works for the Pioneer Library www.heroicfantasyquarterly.com System (PLS) making awesome things happen! PLS serves the Oklahoma state www.facebook.com/hfq.ezine communities of Blanchard, McCloud, www.facebook.com/adrian.simmons.94

110 WM. MARK SIMMONS Cardinal in the 1632 universe. The sequel is in progress. They live in Tulsa as the Wm. (William) Mark Simmons is the caretakers of two large economy-size author of eight fantasy and science-fiction Masters of the Universe (cats). novels, the first of which was a finalist for the Compton Crook Award and made www.facebook.com/sue.sinor the LOCUS “Best” List in 1991. Baen Instagram: @sinorsue Books has just released A Witch in Time, SIR WILLIAM ROTHMEYER fifth in the Half/Life series. He was the Interfilk Guest musician at FilKONtario Sir William enjoys working on fundraisers 20 in 2010. He has served as Toastmaster for local charities such as Colorado at OKon XV, Conestoga 2, and (twice) at Leather Fest, Denver Boys of Leather, ConQuest 28 and 39. He recently retired and Leather Colorado Foundation. His from an award-winning 40-year career favorite thing any given night is shining a in broadcasting & journalism, and is pair of boots while laughing and playing currently working on his next novel. with the local leather crowd. He enjoys wmmsimmons.com sharing his knowledge of bootblacking with anybody with a desire to learn. He www.facebook.com/wm.mark.simmons is a firm believer in “follow your heart, www.amazon.com/ trust your sole.” The 2017 Colorado Wm.-Mark-Simmons/e/ Bootblack and second runner-up for 2018 B000APT5OW%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_ International MR. Bootblack, he is your rwt_scns_share Bootblack Knight. BRADLEY H. SINOR Instagram and Twitter: @BootblackKnight Bradley H. Sinor has published many SISSY SPACE short stories in anthologies, and three Sissy Space received her bachelor’s short-story collections. His Holmesian in forensic science with minors in collection The Game’s Afoot: A Sherlock chemistry, biology, and criminal Holmes Miscellany, is available on justice from the University of Central Amazon. He also has a new joint Oklahoma, as well as a master’s in collection with his wife, Sue Sinor, Of anthropology at Wichita State University. Two Minds, published by Yard Dog Her study in anthropology included Press. Last year their collaborative novel biological— identification and analysis of in the 1632 universe, The Hunt for the Red skeletal remains, and cultural—including Cardinal, was published, also available ritual analysis and visual documentation on Amazon. He lives in Tulsa, OK. with of peoples and cultures. She has a strong Sue and two giant economy-size cats. background in both qualitative and www.facebook.com/bradley.sinor.18 quantitative methodology. She now SUE SINOR uses these talents to pursue a career in documentary filmmaking to make Sue began writing after being influenced science more accessible, to help others by her husband, writer Bradley H. Sinor. understand people and cultures around She has published several short stories the world. In her personal life, Sissy with Yard Dog Press, as well as other Space is an avid cosplayer and nerd. She anthologies. Together, she and Brad have cosplays for a variety of organizations several short stories, one joint short- including Forever After Parties. She story collection and The Hunt for the Red

111 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) recently assisted Dynamite Conventions TOMMY B. SMITH as the Science Lead for CrashLanded. In Tommy B. Smith is a writer of dark 2018, with New World Comics, she was fiction, author ofThe Mourner’s Cradle, awarded for most costume appearances in Poisonous, and the short-story collection a single year and going above and beyond Pieces of Chaos. His work has appeared in charity events. in numerous magazines and anthologies www.sissyspacecosplay.com throughout the years. His presence Instagram and Facebook: @sissyspace643 currently infests Fort Smith, AR, where REBECCA SPENCE he resides with his wife and cats. www.tommybsmith.com Rebecca works for the Pioneer Library www.facebook.com/authortommybsmith System (PLS) making awesome things happen! PLS serves the Oklahoma state www.twitter.com/penofchaos communities of Blanchard, McCloud, www.goodreads.com/tommybsmith Moore, Newcastle, Noble, Norman, TERRY SOUTHARD Purcell, Shawnee, south OKC, and Tecumseh. For more information about Terry Southard is an active artist in volunteer opportunities, community both painting and sculpture who lives events, classes, and services, visit in Maysville, OK. Terry has over 33 pioneerlibrarysystem.org or check out the years of experience teaching art in the PLS table in Artists Alley. public-school system of Oklahoma, and as a school counselor and alternative- SETH SKORKOWSKY education director. His first SoonerCon Raised in the swamps and pine forests of was in 1992 and he soon began selling in East Texas, Seth Skorkowsky gravitated the Art Show. He won the viewer-choice to the darker sides of fantasy, preferring award at the Halloween art show of the horror and pulp heroes over knights Pauls Valley Arts Counsel. Terry keeps in shining armor. His debut novel, his art fresh by studying at the Norman Dämoren, was published in 2014. He has Firehouse Arts Center in Norman, OK. released four Urban Fantasy novels in his www.facebook.com/southardcreations Valducan series. Seth has also written www.facebook.com/terryspaceout two sword-and-sorcery rogue collections with his Tales of the Black Raven series. When not writing, Seth enjoys cheesy movies, tabletop role-playing games, making YouTube videos, and traveling the world with his wife. www.skorkowsky.com www.youtube.com/c/ SethSkorkowskyAuthor Twitter: @SSkorkowsky

112 CAROLINE SPECTOR ALLISON STEIN Caroline Spector has published and Allison Stein is an artist, author, TV edited numerous game modules, written addict, geek princess, and cat servant— three computer-game hint books, not necessarily in that order. Look for her and published three novels in the watercolors and mixed-media originals Shadowrun/Earthdawn universe. Her in the Art Show and her award-winning work has appeared in a half-dozen Wild short fiction with Yard Dog Press and Cards books, and the to-be-released NobleFusion Press. Allison is a member Joker Moon and Three Kings. Her short of SFWA, a co-founder of NobleFusion story “The Flight of Morpho Girl,” writers’ collective (established in 1994), co-authored with Bradley Denton, and a long-time member of Kansas appeared on tor.com. Her novella “Lies City Science Fiction & Fantasy Society My Mother Told Me” was published and the ConQuesT concomm, and in the World Fantasy Award-winning serves as webmaster and social media anthology Dangerous Women. She was an manager for ConQuesTKC.org. By day Associate Editor at Amazing magazine she writes software documentation that while the Earth was still cooling. She even technophobes can understand. lives in Austin, TX with her husband, Allison hoards art supplies and practices noted game designer Warren Spector. Advanced Google-Fu. www.carolinespector.com www.allisonstein.com Twitter: @clspector Twitter: @allisonstein www.facebook.com/clspector STEVO THE GUTTER NERD Instagram: carolinespector Based in Fort Worth, TX, Stevo has SQUIRRELLY JEDI been podcasting since 2011. He’s PHOTOGRAPHY written webcomics, self-published a Jeremiah Edwards is 3rd Dan in Tae graphic novel, and even sung in a ska Kwon Do, and has been children’s band. Seriously. He currently hosts, instructor at the Chang Hong School of edits, and directs the Gutter Nerds Tae Kwon Do. After earning his brown podcast, which focuses on videogame belt, he became an Assistant Instructor. topics. He also runs the corresponding He is an instructor at all levels of Gutter Nerds Twitch channel, which students from White to Black Belts, and airs a variety of gaming shows including obtained 3rd Degree Black belt in 2018. online multiplayer, couch co-op, and retro streams. When he’s not streaming, MARTHA STEELE Stevo provides closed captions for the Martha Steele has been a radio hearing- impaired to TV channels across broadcaster since 1984, and currently the country. works 10AM-3PM weekdays on 98.9 twitch.tv/gutternerds KISS-FM in Oklahoma City. She is twitter.com/gutternerds the co-founder and host of the podcast instagram.com/gutternerds 3 Book Girls. Most importantly she is facebook.com/gutternerds a lifelong fan and reader of sci-fi and fantasy. 3bookgirls.com Facebook: Martha Steele Instagram: mthasteele Twitter: @realthasteele 113 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) CHRISTINA STILES conventions nationwide, with a loyal fan base as enthusiastic and quirky as the Christina Stiles is a tabletop RPG members of Take One themselves. publisher and freelancer from South Carolina. She writes some fiction, too. THE DREAM She teaches courses about games at The Dream can take many forms and can Winthrop University. be expressed by many people. The Dream www.facebook.com/christina.stiles1 can be a musician or a pro wrestler. The SUMMER RAIN COSPLAY Dream can be a great cause, or a cause for greatness. In this particular instance, Summer Rain is a cosplayer of 7 years the Dream represents an individual that from Chicago and OKC. While Summer pursues reason and clarity in a world of loves crafting and the art of costuming, madness and confusion. their real passion is in theatrical presence and bringing characters to life, and THEY ACT HUMAN mostly specializing in fandoms of “They Act Human” is an Art Sunday gaming and anime. Summer is one half project based on horror and sci-fi movies, of the duo KiraKira Brigade, Oklahoma’s 80s video game music, sad robot stories, premiere independent Japanese-inspired and sometimes math metal. Built by idol group, and when they’re not on hand, note by note ... from Oklahoma but stage performing, can be found hosting now living in Atlanta. They Act Human fandom and Japanese-culture events in has made music for movie soundtracks the OKC metro area like maid cafes and audio books. All songs written and and cosplay gatherings. A fanfiction performed by Art Sunday. Spotify link: author for 15 years, Summer also writes open.spotify.com/ in popular fandoms like Pokémon, Fire rtist/5ZKCSmv0hNNK01PFlDclh6?si=- Emblem, and Sailor Moon, participating AvxNUQCT9euoRFUuFyS_g in NaNoWriMo every year from the fanfiction perspective. www.facebook.com/theyacthuman www.facebook.com/summerraincosplay www.instagram.com/theyacthuman www.instagram.com/summerraincosplay TEX THOMPSON TAKE ONE IMPROV Arianne “Tex” Thompson was once described as “an explosion of 52 Take One was created in 2007 enthusiastic kittens latching onto when Cory J. Philips refused to stop everything at once.” In addition to improvising just because school was writing the Children of the Drought epic ending. Since then, Cory has created fantasy Western series, Tex is the founder a community of collaborators eager and chief instigator for WORD: Writers to work on one another’s projects Organizations ‘Round Dallas. When instead of focusing solely on individual she’s not leading the charge in Dallas, accomplishments. Tex brings her particular brand of ‘red- Take One is an improv troupe, focusing penthusiasm’ to conferences, conventions, on a new and dynamic short-form show and workshops all over the country, featuring unique and energetic games an egregiously enthusiastic, endlessly that seek to find the funny in fandom. energetic one-woman stampede. Take One Improv has grown from www.thetexfiles.com free local shows to packing rooms at Twitter: @tex_maam www.facebook.com/texianne 114 B.J. THROWER Series, starring alongside geek-culture veterans Robert Picardo and Amber B. J. Thrower’s short story “The Twilight Benson. Recently she has been involved People” was published in The Blood Tomes in multiple productions at Funimation, (online and on Kindle). She’s published giving voices to characters such as fiction in markets such as Asimov’s; Takashi in Hinamatsuri, Edstrom Aboriginal Science Fiction; Bending the in Overlord, Shannon in The Ancient Landscape: Fantasy; and many others. Magus’ Bride, and the Young Goblin She’s a SFWA member, and was on the Slayer in Goblin Slayer. Her obsessions 1999 Nebula Short Fiction Jury. She’s include anything and everything purple, the 2019 Vice-President of OSFW everything food-related, and pranking. (Oklahoma Science Fiction Writers) She moonlights as a flight attendant for and served as President in 2015 and Endeavor Air. 2017. She resides in the Tulsa area with her husband Randy. Currently working www.facebook.com/haileightodd.official on an epic fantasy series, The Cliff BRIAN TRENT and Crossroad Saga, she’s attending SoonerCon 28 with her writing heir, Brian Trent’s speculative fiction has Karen Thrower. appeared in Analog, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic www.facebook.com/profile. Medicine Show, The Year’s Best Military php?id=100011209577070 and Adventure SF, Terraform, Daily KAREN THROWER Science Fiction, Apex (winning the 2013 Story of the Year Reader’s Poll), Karen Thrower lives in Tulsa with and many more. The author ofTen her husband and their rambunctious Thousand Thunders and the Rahotep five-year old. She graduated from Saga, he is also a 2015 Baen Fantasy The University of Tulsa. She is also a Adventure Award finalist and Writers member of Oklahoma Science Fiction of the Future winner. Trent lives in New Writers and serves as its President and England, where he works as a novelist, Facebook “Wizard,” which she suspects screenwriter, and poet. has something to do with her young age. Her story ‘The Lost Ones’ appears in www.briantrent.com the bestselling Secret Stairs: A Tribute to LAURA J. UNDERWOOD Urban Legend. You can find the rest of her works on her Amazon Author page. Laura J. Underwood keeps writing stuff, and people keep buying it, so she must be www.amazon.com/Karen-Thrower/e/ doing something right. She is the author B07B3XXBGX of the Anwyn Baldomyre stories and the twitter.com/Maisery9rower Ard Taebh stories, and has coauthored a HAILEIGH TODD set of mystery novels with Selina Rosen. Most of her books are available through Haileigh Todd is an actress, voice Yard Dog Press. She is working to get a actress, writer, director and musician few more books, including the third Ard- from Dallas, TX. She participated in Magister story, Shadow of the Faolan, and eighteen shows in high school, directing a modern fantasy titled Angels of Mercy two. She earned a nomination for a Teen into print. When not writing, she works Choice Award for her role as Eve Rosser as a librarian, plays harp, sews, and in Rachel Caine’s Morganville: The photographs and makes tiny props for her

115 GUEST BIOS (CONTINUED) vast collection of ball-jointed dolls. Buy STEVEN E. WEDEL her books from Yard Dog Press at www. Steven E. Wedel began craving literary yarddogpress.com. fame and fortune in high school. Since MELANIE UNRUH then he’s had careers as a machinist, journalist, corporate writer, public- Melanie is a Denver-area artist and relations specialist, and now high-school maker, specializing in decorative and English teacher. He keeps writing, functional pottery, and fantasy and despite the lack of wealth and notoriety. historical sartorial arts. She’s a life- Wedel has published over 20 books, long fan of science fiction and fantasy mostly in the adult horror genre, but literature, and the concept of alternate he’s also written for the young adult, worlds influences the styles and themes children, Western, and thriller markets, of her art. Melanie currently focuses on and has dabbled in other genres using Steampunk themes, and is an instigator pseudonyms. His non-fiction writing for the Denver Victorian & Steampunk includes how-to articles, literary Society. criticism, and hundreds of articles for www.facebook.com/handwerks.arts print newspapers and online sites. KIM VENTRELLA Wedel earned a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma and holds Kim Ventrella is the author of the a bachelor’s degree from the University middle-grade novels Skeleton Tree (2017) of Central Oklahoma. He is a lifelong and Bone Hollow (2019, Scholastic Oklahoman living in Midwest City with Press), and she is a contributor to the his dogs Bubba and Bear. He’d still upcoming New Scary Stories to Tell in the take the fame and fortune if it comes Dark anthology (2020, HarperCollins). his way... Her works explore difficult topics with big doses of humor, whimsy, and hope. www.stevenewedel.com Kim has held a variety of interesting www.facebook.com/steve.wedel jobs— children’s librarian, actor, Peace Twitter: @stevewedel Corps volunteer, French instructor, and MEL. WHITE overnight staff at a women’s shelter, but her favorite job title is author. Known to her kids as “Indiana Mom,” kimventrella.com Dr. Mel. is a scientist, writer, artist, comic-book creator, poet, storyteller, twitter.com/kimventrella filker, and World of Warcraft player (not www.instagram.com/kimventrella necessarily in that order.) She makes use www.facebook.com/kimventrella of her degree in Egyptology as an adjunct E.T. WARDWELL professor at Richland College, teaching fun ed courses to senior citizens. She Evan has been a avid fan of science is currently continuing the Duncan & fiction, fantasy, action-adventure, and Mallory series (originally done with comics since he was a kid. He also Robert Asprin) with her new coauthor, knows too much trivia, and is a big John DeLaughter. With DeLaughter, soundtrack fan. He lives alone alone with she’s co-written and illustrated several his pom Obi-Wan. Still feeling creative, projects with John DeLaughter, somof he hopes to find time to write “that” book which can be found on Amazon and that is in his head. He also has more Smashwords. costumes than time to wear them all. www.facebook.com/melwhite99 www.facebook.com/evan.wardwell 116 ADAM J. WHITLATCH horror novel, Trespass. He is the co- editor of War on Christmas, due this fall Adam J. Whitlatch is the author of the from ChiZine Publications. His newest novels The Weller, War of the Worlds: novel is Queen of All the Nightbirds, from Goliath, Birthright, and Vengeance for ChiZine Publications. He is a graduate My Valentine, as well as dozens of short of the Red Earth MFA and fictioneers in stories and poems spanning science Oklahoma City. It is untrue that he can fiction, fantasy, and horror. lift Mjolnir. Oh, is it ever untrue. His interest in science fiction was first www.craigwolfwriter.com sparked at the age of ten when his father www.facebook.com/craig.wolf.92 played the infamous 1938 Orson Welles War of the Worlds radio broadcast for him SCOTT ZRUBEK on Halloween. It’s a tradition Adam Scott is an artist, one-time editor, and carries on to this day. long-time convention-runner. As an From 2012 to 2015, Adam worked as artist he works in: wood, chainmail, an associate editor for Minnesota-based stained glass, and fabric (his nom de small press publisher KHP Publishers, plume is the Mad Moravian). He edited managing their science fiction imprint, Manna from Heaven, a collection of Retro Rocket Press. Adam resides in Roger Zelazny’s short stories (one of southeast Iowa with his wife and sons. his websites is roger-zelazny.com). www.adamjwhitlatch.com He has helped run WorldCon, World www.facebook.com/ Fantasy Convention, and ArmadilloCon. AuthorAdamJWhitlatch Amazingly, he makes little money at any twitter.com/AdamJWhitlatch of those. In the real world, he develops www.patreon.com/adamjwhitlatch software. He’s currently working for a www.twitch.tv/the_last_guyver firm that specializes in Enterprise Legal Management. He also teaches aikido, a CRAIG WOLF Japanese martial art. Craig Wolf’s fiction has appeared in www.madmoravian.com Transversions, Triangulation: Dark www.itmm.com Glass, Cinema Spec, and Book of Shadows, www.roger-zelazny.com among others. He has a collection of odd www.clearcreekaikido.com fiction, Pressure Points, and the short

117 FINAL SALUTE Each year we honor notable writers, artists, actors, and others who have passed away since the previous SoonerCon. Through their influence they have joined the pop culture pantheon.

Oklahoman, Kiowa tribe member, and Dove, Blue Beetle, and the Question. writer Russell Bates died April 9, 2018. His solo creation, the masked avenger Bates began to write after meeting Star Mr. A, was a personification of Ditko’s Trek’s Gene Coon in the late 1960s. strong sense of personal responsibility His co-written ST:TAS episode, “How and moral absolutism. Ditko’s influence Sharper than a Serpent’s Tooth,” won on later comics creators and pop culture Trek’s first Emmy. Bates also acted in is, as Mr. A might say, SELF-EVIDENT! a few minor film roles. The Anadarko SoonerCon friend and well-wisher Gayle native was Guest of Honor at STAR O’Daniel passed away August 8, 2018. OKC’s BabelCon 1 in 1980. Norman’s She worked on SoonerCon 2 in 1986 and Russell Bates Park is named in his honor. was the mom of SoonerCon Founding One of American writer Harlan Ellison’s Chair Mike Hodge. In the normal world many distinctions was his coining of she worked for years as a neonatal nurse, the term “speculative fiction.” His years and in younger years enjoyed being a in the trenches of early TV provided made-up, costumed clown. Warm heart, authority to his scathing, on-target media helpful hands, eye-squinting smile, that’s criticism—as intentionally disturbing as our Gayle. his fiction. Amongst his TV creations are Past member of STAR OKC Marc “The City on the Edge of Forever” for Smith passed away on August 14, 2018. , as well as scripts for , Star Trek Route 66 He helped with PsurrealCon in the , , The Outer Limits The Flying Nun The 1990s. He was Chair of SoonerCon 9 in , and many more. Man from U.N.C.L.E. 1993, and worked on Programming for Some of his thousands of published SoonerCon 12 in 1996. fiction titles are “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream,” “ ‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Aretha Franklin started singing in Said the Ticktock Man,” and A Boy and the church her father pastored in His Dog. He was a creative consultant for Detroit. Over her singing career she the 1980s Twilight Zone and for Babylon had 17 top-ten Billboard singles and 5. Ellison’s cantankerous, self-righteous, almost a hundred more single releases incisive, and angry voice was finally that charted. She won 18 Grammys, stilled June 28, 2018. including the first “Best Female R&B Vocal Performance” in 1968. She was the The American philosopher, comic-book first female performer inducted into the writer, and artist Steve Ditko died on Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in 1987. June 29, 2018. Working at Charlton, The Queen of Soul ascended to a higher he co-created Captain Atom in 1960. throne on August 16, 2018. Among his work for Marvel was his design and art for Spider-Man and American playwright and author Neil his creation of Doctor Strange. Ditko Simon died August 26, 2018. He wrote moved to DC, where he established such scripts for radio and TV comedies before characters as the Creeper, Hawk and

118 writing successful plays such as Barefoot in 1939. When he died on November in the Park, The Goodbye Girl, and Sweet 12, 2018, he was the publisher of its Charity. Doubtless, his greatest influence successor, Marvel Comics. In between on pop culture was his 1965 play The Lee—with Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, and Odd Couple. It became a successful film others—co-created many foundational in 1968, and a 1970-1975 ABC-TV comics characters, such as the Hulk, series, and was remade or reformatted the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Black several times for TV. Besides many Panther, Iron Man, and many more. Emmy and Oscar nominations, Simon Beginning in the 1960s, he made Marvel won a Golden Globe and several Writers the hipper alternative to the stodgy DC Guild Awards. by using pseudo-teen slang, handing out “no-prizes,” and addressing readers After two serious knee injuries in his directly in captions. Towards the end first years of football at Florida State of his years, fans enjoyed watching for University, Burt Reynolds surrendered a Stan Lee cameo in Marvel universe athletic dreams and tried showbiz. movies. Excelsior! After several years onstage (including Broadway), he accepted $150 to jump The owner of south OKC’s fabled through a glass window on live TV – Winchester Drive-In, Larry Shanbour, and fame eventually followed, on TV died November 14, 2018. After serving shows like Perry Mason, Gunsmoke, and in WWII he entered the real-estate game Dan August. He proved his solidity in and eventually the theatre business. films likeDeliverance and 100 Rifles. His passing came after celebrating the th He turned down the lead in M*A*S*H Winchester’s 50 anniversary. The iconic and refused an offer to take over the neon cowboy still rides the range on S. role of James Bond. Reynolds caused a Western Ave., waving to all passers-by. scandal as a nude centerfold for Cosmo Roy Clark was a many-talented and spoofed the notoriety a few years instrumentalist, and hosted the country later in Mel Brooks’s . Silent Movie version of , , from The multitalented actor, producer, and Laugh-In Hee-Haw 1969 to 1997. His biggest hit was director passed away on September 6, “Yesterday, When I Was Young,” which 2018. achieved #19 in the pop Top 40 in OKC broadcaster and disabilities 1969. Clark was the first headliner to advocate Pam Henry died on September establish his own “theatre” in Branson, 25, 2018. She worked for WKY and MO. In 2009, Clark was inducted into KOCO television news, and was the Country Music Hall of Fame. The inducted into the Oklahoma Journalism musical master died November 15, 2018. Hall of Fame in 2004. She was the last “When I was your age, television poster child for the March of Dimes. was called books.” “Nobody knows Henry also served on the OKC Mayor’s anything.” These and other words of Committee on Disability Concerns and weary wisdom came from William on the MAPS 3 Committee, always Goldman, who passed on November 16, working for broad accessibility for all. 2018. The American screenwriter and American pop-culture titan Stan Lee novelist was responsible for such works as began his employment at Timely Comics The Princess Bride and Marathon Man.

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He won Oscars for his screenplays for All died on December 17, 2018. and the President’s Men Butch Cassidy You couldn’t get more enthusiastic . Live forever in and the Sundance Kid than Carol Channing. She brought her pop culture? “As you wish ...” trademark gravelly voice and starry eyes English director Nicolas Roeg died to dozens of stage (Hello, Dolly) and film November 23, 2018. His most resonant projects (Thoroughly Modern Millie). genre works are the 1973 thriller Don’t Her final dramatic role was Fanny, in Look Now, 1990’s The Witches, and the the 1998 animated filmThe Brave Little profound and disturbing The Man Who Toaster Goes to Mars. She died January Fell to Earth. The latter starred David 15, 2019. Bowie in pitch-perfect casting as an alien Fans of Roger Corman films (at least 20) whose resolve and personality decay lost an old friend on January 30, 2019, upon his long tenure on Terra. when actor Dick Miller made his final Marine Biology teacher, native bow. The character actor played a wise Oklahoman, and sometime cartoonist guy with a soft center in Twilight Zone: Stephen Hillenburg died on November The Movie, Gremlins, and Explorers, 26, 2018. He left teaching for animation, along with similar types on TV’s The working on Rocko’s Modern Life before Flash (1990), DS9, and TNG. coming up with a little property that saw Actress Julie Adams had roles on TV life in 1999 as . Spongebob Squarepants on and Hillenburg won Emmys and other Andy Griffith Perry Mason among others, but genre fans will most awards. Considering his background, the remember her as Kay Lawrence, she of ex-teacher may have been most gratified the white one-piece swimsuit whose when in 2011 a new species of mushroom swim sequence brought out the man in was named spongiforma squarepantsii. The Creature from the Black Lagoon. American television writer, producer, Adams died February 3, 2019. and director John D.F. Black’s influence Actor Jan Michael Vincent appeared in on pop culture was broad. He created dozens of TV and film roles. His biggest the phrase “Space ... the final frontier” splash was as Stringfellow Hawke, the for and wrote the screenplay Star Trek lead in the CBS-network three seasons of for the 1972 film . Black started in Shaft , 1984-1986. He struggled with 1957 on and his last credit Airwolf Mr. Novak addiction issues and had several auto was script consultant for Star Trek crashes. Vincent died February 10, 2019. Continues. He wrote “The Naked Time” for TOS and two episodes of TNG, as Peter Tork was recommended for The well as about forty other shows. Black Monkees by fellow musician Stephen passed on November 29, 2018. Stills. he was a multi-instrumentalist already. After the 1966-1968 show After gaining fame on Laverne & ended, Tork continued his musical from 1976-1983, Penny Marshall Shirley writing and performing career, with over became a director and producer. She won a half-dozen albums solo and in groups. several awards for acting and directing. He participated in several Monkees Some of her most notable films are A reunions over the years. Tork passed (1992); 1990’s League of Their Own away February 21, 2019. Awakenings; and 1998’s Big. Marshall

120 Stanley Donen, who died February 21, Riverdale. He also fought vampires as 2019, is most famous for choreographing Pike in the original Buffy the Vampire and co-directing (with Gene Kelly) On Slayer. and . Other the Town Singin’ in the Rain Dick Dale, the King of the Surf Guitar, standouts include and Funny Face Seven died on March 16, 2019. His use of . He was Brides for Seven Brothers reverb and Middle Eastern music awarded an honorary Academy Award scales founded the genre. Among his in 1998. distinctions was playing a normal guitar Beverley Owen’s first TV roles were on as a southpaw: Instead of restringing, soaps like As the World Turns, Another he played the instrument basically World, and The Doctors. Her biggest upside-down. His 1961 single “Let’s Go claim to pop-culture fame was her Trippin’” is considered the first surf-rock 13-episode stint as the original Marilyn hit. Dale’s most widely known recording Munster. The actress passed away on is “Misirlou,” first released in 1962. The February 21, 2019. instrumental gained a new lease on life after its use in 1994’s . American actress Katherine Helmond Pulp Fiction died February 23, 2019. Among her Larry Cohen was an American most notable roles were in the soap-opera screenwriter, producer, and director. parody Soap (1977-1981) and Who’s the Among his most memorable credits are Boss? (1984-1992). More recently she The Stuff (1985), It’s Alive (1974), and had a recurring role on Everybody Loves the classic dragon-in-New-York-City flick Raymond. Her biggest genre influences Q (1982). Cohen passed on March 23, were as Lizzie in the Cars franchise, in 2019. in 1981, and as the mother Time Bandits American actress Georgia Engel’s breathy of Jonathan Pryce, the face-stretched Ida voice destined her for roles as a meek Lowry, in the 1985 . Brazil sidekick or as an innocent. She appeared German composer-performer André on Broadway and other stage venues, Previn died on February 28, 2019. As a including a year in Hello, Dolly! She’s jazz pianist he accompanied Doris Day, best known for her 1972-1977 run as Ella Fitzgerald, and others. One of his Georgette Baxter on The Mary Tyler four Oscars was for arranging Gershwin’s Moore Show, but she guested on many music for the 1959 Porgy and Bess. His shows and had recurring roles on Coach, ten Grammys were for soundtracks, Everybody Loves Raymond, and Hot classical, and jazz. in Cleveland. She made appearances in more than a dozen films. You may Luke Perry, who passed March 4, 2019 remember as Love-a-Lot Bear in the 1985 wasn’t just a teen idol from Beverly Hills, Care Bears Movie. Engel died April 12, 90210. He voiced animation (Biker 2019. Mice from Mars, The Incredible Hulk, Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm), Sci-fi master Gene Wolfe, author of appeared in HBO’s Oz, and the ABC the Book of the New Sun series, Free drama Body of Proof. His most recent Live Free, and many other novels and role was Fred Andrews, Archie’s dad, in story collections, died April 14, 2019. He won several Nebulas and World Fantasy Awards, and had eight Hugo

121 FINAL SALUTE (CONTINUED) nominations. His life and works are the subject of ten or more biographies and studies. Wolfe was also our first Guest of Honor in 1986 in OKC, at SoonerCon 1. American filmmaker John Singleton passed away April 29, 2019. His 1991 filmBoyz in the Hood earned him an Academy Award nomination, the youngest director ever nominated. Other films include2 Fast 2 Furious, Rosewood, and Shaft (2000). He co- created the TV series Snowfall. English actor Peter Mayhew won his first acting job, as a minotaur in 1976’s Art by Gloria Wardwell Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, due to having big feet. He achieved immortality as Chewbacca in Star Wars after the first actor offered the role, David Prowse, elected to play Darth Vader instead. Mayhew embodied our favorite Wookiee in six films and various shorts and promos, as well as an episode of Glee and the Star Wars Holiday Special. The smiling, bespectacled giant passed away on April 30, 2019.

Miranda is the daughter of the sorcerer Prospero in Shakespeare’s The Tempest. When some mariners are shipwrecked on their barren island, she begs her father to save them. She eventually marries one of the refugees, the prince of Naples. In the play’s final scene, she addresses the crowd who is celebrating the nuptials: O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in’t.

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