Become Pirates in the skies in this original RPG adventure! Games Master – Matt McMillin This role playing game will take adventurers into the sky in a new world created by Matthew McMillin. Come and play as pirates raiding the sky lanes of the Sphere, a...
Presented by Diana Pho (aka Ay-leen the Peacemaker) A discussion panel where panel participants discuss their thoughts about finding aesthetic inspiration in a historical era rife with sexism, racism and classist thinking. Can the steampunk subculture come to terms...
Presented by Leanna Renee Hieber Why are we so drawn to telling ghost stories? Leanna Renee Hieber, Gothic novelist, actress and NYC Ghost Tour Guide leads a lively discussion about the spirit world’s thrall, including a brief history of the Spiritualist movement in...
Presented by Diana Pho (aka Ay-leen the Peacemaker) Beyond Victoriana, what steampunk possibilities exist? Come join us as we take you on a trip around the world to see how steampunk manifests in the minds of those who don’t think within an Eurocentric context,...
Presented by Leanna Renee Hieber Come on, you know you want to run away from the haunted house, in the rain, in your nightgown. Let’s talk about it. Since 1764, the Gothic Novel has been a genre critics love to hate, despite its consistent popularity through the...
Presented by Diana Pho (aka Ay-leen the Peacemaker) So you think you’ve written The Great Steampunk Novel (or you know you want to). With steampunk taking off in the publishing industry, where can you start? Editor Diana M. Pho (aka Ay-leen the Peacemaker) has several...
