ConCarolinas 2024: Full Schedule

9:00am EDT

Pondering the Orb Podcast

Moderators

Jay Requard

Author & YouTuber, Lookfar

An award-winning Epic Fantasy and Sword & Sorcery author in New York, Jay Requard wandered from the hills of North Carolina and never stopped marching. The winner of the 2016 Write Well for Mask of the Kravyads and the Manly Wade-Wellman for the novella WAR PIGS, he is also one of... Read More →

Speakers

Berta Platas

Stuart Jaffe

Stuart Jaffe is the madman behind the Nathan K thrillers, The Max Porter Paranormal Mysteries, the Parallel Society novels, The Ridnight Mysteries, The Malja Chronicles, The Bluesman, Founders, Real Magic, and much more. He trained in martial arts for over a decade until a knee injury... Read More →

J. Matthew Saunders

Author

J. Matthew Saunders is the author of the Daughters of Shadow and Blood trilogy inspired by the Brides of Dracula, the Dreadful Penny occult detective series, and numerous fantasy and horror short stories. He is a member of HWA. A native of Greenville, South Carolina, Matthew is an... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Keynes

Writing

9:00am EDT

Classic Battletech | (Table 17)

All weekend long! New player friendly!

BattleTech is game set in the 3025 to 3145. In this time frame giant robots called Battlemechs they have become kings of the battlefield. Piloted by person called a MechWarrior.

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Game Masters

Allan Whittingham III

Game Master

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Miniatures

9:00am EDT

Magic: The Gathering - Commander | (Tables 13-16)

Play Magic: The Gathering all weekend long!
Play casually or play for prizes!

Anytime 4 players want to play for packs, we'll award 5 packs per pod. $5 entry fee.

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Card game

9:00am EDT

Conquest Of Nerath | (Table 12)

Compete as one of 4 factions to gain control of the world of Nerath. This game can also be played as the forces of Good vs Evil. Control your foot soldiers, wizards, heroes, ships, and mighty dragons as you seek to become the ruler of the world of Nerath. There are dungeons to explore that might yield the magical resource needed to make you invincible as you direct your minions over land, sea, and air. Experience the savage joy of victory as you route your foes! Can be played as a short, medium, or full conquest game. Your hordes are trained and ready. They only await your command to be unleashed on an unsuspecting world!

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Game Masters

Keith Burkhead

Game Master

Happy to chat with anyone about anything. I have the normal geek interests-games, genre movies and books. I'm looking forward to sharing Conquest of Nerath with you. A good description is "fantasy Axis and Allies". Play one of 4 factions attempting to gain control of the... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Board game

9:00am EDT

Dungeons & Dragons 5e | (Table 1)

Grammy's Country Apple Pie When the ancient wizard Tyndareus develops a craving for a special treat from his childhood, he will stop at nothing to get his hands on the best apple pie in the whole world. He hires a group of adventurers to seek out the bakery that once produced the wonderful dessert – unfortunately for them, the bakery has long since been overrun by goblins. But all is not as it seems at Grammy’s Bakery, and Tyndareus isn’t the only one who’d do anything for those pies. Players will be level 3.

Bring your own 3rd level character or play a pre-generated character.

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Game Masters

Cassandra Phoenix

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Role-playing game

9:00am EDT

Pasión de las Pasiones RPG | (Table 5)

In Pasión de las Pasiones you play the popular tropes of a Spanish Telenovela. In this episode of Desamor - The Heiress to the wealthy Montes family is getting married and as the family rushes to prepare, drama ensues.

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Game Masters

Jimillia Wilson

Game Master

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Role-playing game

9:00am EDT

Shadowrun Missions: Seventh Son | (Table 3)

Event number: CMP2081-16

The water may be clean but our docks sure ain't. There's a boat full of bad and its here to wash our streets in scarlet. The Stars are asking for one last service, zanmi.

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Game Masters

Mac McFarland

Game Master

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Role-playing game

9:00am EDT

Swashbucklers Of The 7 Skies RPG | (Table 6)

Game System: Swashbucklers of the 7 Skies
Title: Curse of the Sundered Tower

Summary: Archaeologists, soldiers, and diplomats converge to explore a ruined fortress deep in the Windfall Desert. But after they return to the city with their artifacts and treasures, strange and frightening things began to happen. Did they bring back a curse along with the treasure?

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Game Masters

Lizz Schulz

Game Master

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:00am - 1:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Role-playing game

9:30am EDT

Nerd Morning with CCTV

Wake up with CCTV as we talk with random guests, attendees and vendors!

Speakers

Buttercup

Trivia Host, CCTV

Weird Mom's build Character! It's me, I'm that Mom!

Brawner

Host/creator, CCTV

Hey y’all, I’m the Host, content creator and show runner for ConCarolinas TV for 3 seasons and counting. Love all things nerdy and cohosting with my beautiful wife and great friends. I have been with ConCarolinas for several years and have been an avid Con goer for over 40 ye... Read More →

Raye

CCTV Host, Con Carolinas

I have been coming to ConCarolina for several years now and am a host for ConCarolinasTV. We will be bringing you fun content and exciting things all weekend long!

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Welwyn

CCTV

9:30am EDT

The Basic Equipment

What do you really need in order to podcast? Including things like picking your platform and how to start a podcast without breaking the bank.

Speakers

Gary Mitchel

Online Media Guest, RevolutionSF

Gary Mitchel is a writer, reviewer, geek blogger, voice actor, gamer, sf/fantasy fan, comics reader, podcaster and International Man of Mystery (who's too dangerous for the entire country of Canada) currently living near Atlanta.Gary is the Co-Director, with Joe Crowe, of the Am... Read More →

Roger of The Halfling and the Spaceman podcast

James Nettles

Literary Guest

James Nettles (jamespnettles.com) has an over 30 year career consulting in various technologies, is an author, writing science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, horror, and contemporary fiction and nonfiction on business, technology, privacy, security, and entrepreneurism. He is t... Read More →

Lee "PirateMonkie" Roberts

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Olmstead

STEAM

9:30am EDT

Self-pub v. Small Press v. Big Press - Truths and Trends

A group of panelists from very different publishing journeys discuss their challenges and experiences.

Moderators

Gail Z. Martin

Literary Guest

Gail Z. Martin is the author of Scourge: A Darkhurst Novel, from Solaris Books. Gail is also the author of Vendetta: A Deadly Curiosities Novel and Trifles and Folly 1: A Deadly Curiosities Collection, the latest in her urban fantasy series set in Charleston, SC; Shadow and Flame is the fourth... Read More →

Speakers

Rebecca Moesta

Author/Publisher, WordFire Press

Rebecca Moesta (pronounced MESS-tuh) is a freelance editor, co-publisher at WordFire Press, and bestselling author. She writes SF/F and nonfiction books for writers, both solo and with her husband, Kevin J. Anderson. Her work includes novels in Star Wars, Star Trek, and Buffy the... Read More →

Bishop O'Connell

Bishop O'Connell is the author of the American Faerie Tale series, a consultant, writer, blogger, and lover of kilts and beer, as well as a member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America. Born in Naples Italy while his father was stationed in Sardinia, Bishop grew up in... Read More →

Anthony Francis

By day, Anthony Francis creates intelligent machines and emotional robots; by night, he writes science fiction and draws comic books. Anthony is co-editor of the forthcoming anthology THE NEURODIVERSIVERSE: ALIEN ENCOUNTERS, a hopeful, empowering collection of stories, poems and art... Read More →

Chris A. Jackson

Literary Guest, Writing

Professional sailor, SFF fan, career biologist, gamer, and author, Chris has a diverse bibliography ofscience thrillers, nautical fantasy, epic fantasy, science fiction, horror, post-apocalyptic fantasy, and RPGtie-in stories. His game tie-in work includes Pathfinder, Iron Kingdoms... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 9:30am - 10:30am EDT
Walden

Writing

10:00am EDT

Audiobooks - Production, Narration, Marketing, and Awesomeness

Moderators

Vikki Perry

Vikki Perry has sung with someone who was nominated for a Grammy, hula hooped with fire, and driven a tractor. She doesn’t have any tattoos or odd piercings, but that is only because she’s scared of needles. She’s served as the National Novel Writing Month municipal liaison... Read More →

Speakers

Kevin J. Anderson

Author/Publisher, WordFire Press

Kevin J. Anderson has published over 180 books, indie & trad: Star Wars & Dune novels, his Dan Shamble series and a trilogy with Neil Peart. He is publisher of WordFire Press & director of the grad program in Publishing at Western Colorado University

Jeff Hays

Cyn

Stuart Jaffe

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:00am - 11:00am EDT
Lakeshore

Writing

10:00am EDT

Dungeons & Dragons 5e | (Table 8)

The Last Offering - A misfit group of thieves find themselves in the biggest heist of their careers. Thrown together at a moment's notice, they must learn to work together quickly in order to survive their quest and hopefully get away unscathed.

Bring your own 5th level character or play a pre-generated character.

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Game Masters

Emily Kelly

Game Master

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:00am - 2:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Role-playing game

10:00am EDT

Robinson Crusoe: Adventures On A Cursed Island | (Table 10)

Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island takes the players to a deserted island, where they'll play the parts of shipwreck survivors confronted by an extraordinary adventure. They'll be faced with the challenges of building a shelter, finding food, fighting wild beasts, and protecting themselves from weather changes. Building walls around their homes, animal domestication, constructing weapons and tools from what they find, and much more await them on the island. The players decide in which direction the game will unfold and – after several in-game weeks of hard work – how their settlement will look. Will they manage to discover the secret of the island in the meantime? Will they find a pirate treasure, or an abandoned village? Will they discover an underground city or a cursed temple at the bottom of a volcano? Answers to these questions lie in hundreds of event cards and hundreds of object and structure cards that can be used during the game.

How to play: Click Here

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Game Masters

James Anderson

Game Master

Hobby boardgamer with a relatively broad range of interests, been living in Charlotte for ~9. Also into woodworking & 3D-printing :)

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:00am - 2:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Board game

10:00am EDT

Dealer Room Open

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:00am - 3:00pm EDT
University Ballroom

10:30am EDT

From 7 of 9 to Q

Join us in our celebration of the great things about Star Trek as we discuss our favorite characters and moments across the franchise.

Moderators

Carol Cowles

Speakers

Edward McKeown

Chief editor, Writing

I write what I like to read: adventures under far stars. What’s most important to me is the relationships between the characters. Why would you travel to unknown places with people you don’t care about? My characters are flawed, fighting over their weight against a hostile... Read More →

Sherman Burris

That Guy, Geek Life

I am a life-long fan of Science,fictional and non-fiction,and a few other popular genre properties.I have co-hosted a Trivia Night for Charlotte Geeks, we lost that venue, but if things work out rightit'll be re-starting soon at Mugs near Selwyn in South Charlotte.As I often tell... Read More →

Jenna Hamrick

Geek Life

Jenna Hamrick combines a love of fandom with a background in mental health. She is an ambitious cosplayer, a Deadpool fanatic, and a proud Hufflepuff. Not one to choose sides, her fandoms include Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Star Trek, and pretty much everything in between. She is... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Harris

Geek Life

10:30am EDT

Nerd Food: healthy eating for snack goblins and trash pandas:

Geeks may not have the best eating habits. How can we make our daily lives a little healthier. Get meal prep ideas, snack attacks.

Moderators

Landon Crispens

Landon Crispens is a writer, content creator, oenophile, and passionate about everything Japanese. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Landon’s writing journey began with blogging about his focal hobby, the Magic: The Gathering trading card game. Through the success of his blogging... Read More →

Speakers

Theresa Glover

Fan Guest

Theresa Glover is the author of the Caitlin Kelley Monster Hunter series from Falstaff Books and spends her days writing, editing and plumbing the dark depths of the human psyche in search of character inspirations from the relative comfort of her home in North Carolina. When not... Read More →

EM Kaplan

Author

EM Kaplan (or Emily) writes the Josie Tucker mystery series as well as several other nascent series, including the forthcoming Virtual Vigilante mysteries from Falstaff Books. You can find her on the Calamity Janes podcast or at www.JustTheEmWords.com... Read More →

Dance Harden

Geek Life

Dance Harden is a 3rd generation SFF fan and real life bard. On their website, The Black Collar Bugle, they run a monthly creative challenge called Puzzle Prompts. They also write SFF for fun and future publication.Dance enjoyed studying psychology, history, religion, and media studies... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Lakeview

Geek Life

10:30am EDT

Read the ***** Manual!: What is the Latest Ghost-Tech and Does it Actually Work?

Does paraormal equipment actually detect ghosts? How is all of this tech supposed to work. Our paranormal guests show off their equipment and how they use it to communicate with the other side and validate the existence of ghosts (or not). If you're going to use technology to try to capture evidence of the paranormal, be sure you're using it correctly. Read the manuals, understand what these tools do and what they were originally designed to do. Don't just "monkey see monkey do" along with your favorite paranormal TV show... they might not be using them correctly, either.

Moderators

Brad Bradley

Research Director, Center for Paranormal Research and Investigation

Brad is a former industrial chemist, Six Sigma Green Belt and laboratory information technology site expert. He was also trained in audio/video and distance learning technologies, achieving his Certified Video Conferencing Engineer certificate. Since joining CPRI, he has leveraged... Read More →

Speakers

Chris Carothers

President &.Co-founder, PatapscoParanormalInvestigations&amp;Research

Elizabeth "Tantlian" Lord

Elizabeth walked into a science meeting at the Rhine Research Center in Durham seven years ago and her life hasn’t been the same since. By day, she is a moderately mannered clinical laboratory technician, but her nights are spent studying the poorly understood abilities of the mind... Read More →

Dr. Jack Trammell

Dr. Kenny Newsome

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Burnham

Paranormal

10:30am EDT

Monsters in League

Sometimes strange beings band together to destroy the world and other times they team up to fight crime. What makes creatures compatible for combat?

Moderators

James Palmer

Writer, Mechanoid Press

James is an award-nominated writer of science fiction and pulp adventure. He is the author of the space opera novels Star Swarm and Ix Incursion, as well as four novellas in the Shadow Council archives series for Falstaff Books. James is the co-creator and editor of the shared world... Read More →

Speakers

Jason Gilbert

Literary Guest

Jason Gilbert is an author and film critic best known for his action-packed and often irreverent Coldstone Case Files series and his dark Urban Fantasy/Alternate History Clockworks of War series.Jason streams on Twitch as Failflix with OhHaiMark and TheGreyCat on Terrible Movies... Read More →

Larry N. Martin

Literary Guest

Larry N. Martin writes and co-authors science fiction, steampunk, and urban fantasy for Solaris Books, Falstaff Books and SOL Publishing. His newest book is The Splintered Crown, a portal gaming fantasy. He also is the author of Salvage Rat, the first in a new space opera series.Together... Read More →

Richard Fierce

Dragonfire Press

Richard Fierce is an award-winning fantasy author of over 30 books, which have sold over 200,000 copies globally. He lives in northwest Georgia and has 3 daughters, 3 grandkids, 4 dogs (huskies!), and two ferrets. Basically, he has a zoo.

MK Gibson

MK Gibson (Gibby to his friends) is a husband, father, retired USAF MSgt, amateur digital artist, and a lifetime geek. After seeing the animated Rankin-Bass “The Hobbit” movie as a child, all he ever wanted to do was create and tell fantastical stories. MK Gibson lives in Mt... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 10:30am - 11:30am EDT
Keynes

Writing

11:00am EDT

Roll to Seduce

Deliver your best geeky/nerdy pickup lines. Extra points for style.

Speakers

Tainted Jay

team_aoa

Gamer, zombie apocalypse survivor, professional fabri-cobbler.

Shawn Ewing

Stream producer/streamer, Team AoA

I'm a live stream producer and streamer for Team AoA. Currently, I'm playing PlateUp and Fallout 76. Come find me on Twitch.

Sunday June 2, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Welwyn

CCTV

11:00am EDT

The Importance of Characters' Backstory

Characters all have to come from somewhere, and our panelists will talk about how to develop a well-rounded character backstory to avoid plot holes, understand the character's personality, and give logic to their actions and behaviors.

Moderators

J. Yamil

TTRPG Writer

Meet J. Yamil, a writer and TTRPG designer based in Durham, North Carolina. He lives with his partner and their trio of feline companions. J.Yamil has been honing his craft and building a diverse portfolio of work. He has worked with Peak City Publishing and Newsarama, where he has... Read More →

Speakers

Kevin A. Davis

Kevin A Davis is a contemporary fantasy author with three published series including the Khimmer Chronicles, the AngelSong series, and the paranormal procedural DRC Files, where the adept Kristen is quick to use her magic and wits. Residing in north Florida, he attends conventions... Read More →

Alexander G.R. Gideon

Author

Alexander Gideon's writing style can best be described by the phrase "and many people died". He's a multi-genre author of Historical Fantasy, Dark Fantasy, Sci-fi, and Horror. As an optician, he's also more than happy to put you in the perfect glasses to read his work! Learn more... Read More →

Alexandra Christian

Literary Guest, Writing

Alexandra Christian is an author of mostly romance with a speculative slant. Her love of Stephen King and sweet tea has flavored her fiction with a Southern Gothic sensibility that reeks of Spanish moss and deep-fried eccentricity. Her guiding principle as a romance novelist has always... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
Walden

Writing

11:30am EDT

Dune through the years - 40+ years of flowing spice

Frank Herbert's Dune has proven itself to be one of the most influential and lasting pieces of science fiction in history, spawning books and movies for decades. 2024 marks the 40th anniversary of David Lynch's movie masterpiece, and we now have new life in the series after the first two films in the series have become massive hits. Come see Kevin J. Anderson lead a lively discussion of the books, the films, and all the other adaptations as we keep the spice flowing all over ConCarolinas!

Moderators

R.E. Carr

Guest Speaker, Writing

R. E. Carr is the Kindle Scout Winning author of urban fantasy and science fiction novels. Her Rules Undying Series is an award-winning Amazon bestseller, and she is now writing in the Tome of Bill Universe with her new series, False Icons. You might even find her producing something... Read More →

Speakers

Jim Craig

Kevin J. Anderson

Author/Publisher, WordFire Press

Bob McGough

Writer, designer, podcaster, Tales by Bob

In short: author, podcaster, and indie rpg game designer!In long: Born and raised in South Alabama, Bob is an Eagle Scout who picks up hitchhikers with reckless abandon and once skinny-dipped at a wedding. To go along with his two useless college degrees he has roadied for a band... Read More →

Jay Requard

Author & YouTuber, Lookfar

James Nettles

Literary Guest

Sunday June 2, 2024 11:30am - 12:30pm EDT
Lakeshore

Main Programming

12:00pm EDT

The struggles and tribulations of identifying as female in fandom

Between mansplaining and harassment, it's not always easy identifying as a female in the geek world. Our panelists discusses their experiences and how they deal with certain uncomfortable situations.

Moderators

Nancy Northcott

Science and Tech/Geek Life

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Nancy Northcott became a lawyer. This turned out not to be her dream career, so she eventually mothballed her license and sought a new path as a novelist. Along the way, she taught for several years in the American Studies program at UNC... Read More →

Speakers

Jess Adams @thatmodernmombie

Karen Franks

ConChair, Head Ringmaster, ConCarolinas

Karen Franks is a multi-level geeky nerd. Her interests include neuromusicology (ask her what that means and you’ll be treated to a long discussion on the benefits of music education on brain structure and function), music education and performance, science fiction and science fact... Read More →

Alledria Hurt

Author - Self-Published

Alledria Hurt is an African-American hybrid author of multiple genres of speculative fiction such as Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Horror. While she publishes independently, she has also been published by small press publishers such as Falstaff Books and Mocha Memoirs Press. She is... Read More →

Janet Carden of The Halfling and The Spaceman

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Harris

Geek Life

12:00pm EDT

True Crime of the Carolinas

Just because we talk slow and will invite people over for dinner with Grandma doesn’t mean there aren’t naughty thin gs going on in the South. Our panelists will discuss some of the most famous (and infamous) crimes that happened in the Carolinas, solved and unsolved.

Moderators

Jessica Reid

Geek Life Track Director & ConCom Secretary, ConCarolinas

Socially awkward librarian and geek, who loves all things that glitter.

Speakers

Matt Dinniman

Author

Matt Dinniman is the bestselling author of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Please don’t send him feet pictures. He’s literally begging you.

Milton J. Davis

Author, MVmedia, LLC

Milton Davis is an award winning Black Speculative fiction author and owner of MVmedia, LLC, a publishing company specializing in Science Fiction and Fantasy based on African/African Diaspora history, culture, and traditions. Milton is the author of twenty-six novels and short story... Read More →

Violette L. Meier

Writer/Publisher, Viori Publishing LLC

Violette Meier is a happily married mother, writer, folk artist, poet, and native of Atlanta, Georgia, who earned her B.A. in English at Clark Atlanta University and a MDiv at the Interdenominational Theological Center. She is also a certified herbalist, a life coach, and an educator... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Lakeview

Geek Life

12:00pm EDT

Cryptids of the Carolinas

How many times has Bigfoot been sighted in North Carolina? Is there really a monster in Lake Norman? Our panelists discuss cryptids in North and South Carolina.

Moderators

Sammie Cassell

Film Guest

Sammie is a NC/VA based award winning filmmaker, actor, comedian and all around busy guy. His film/tv credits include Halloween Kills, Righteous Gemstones, Kill Giggles and the upcoming Mother Couch. He also performs improv comedy with the Everlasting Improv-ers and sketch comedy... Read More →

Speakers

Tally Johnson

folklorist, storyteller,.& author, Paranormal

Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Spartanburg Methodist College and Wofford College with degrees in history. He is the author of Ghosts of the South Carolina Upcountry, Ghosts of the South Carolina Midlands, Ghosts of the Pee Dee (all for The History Press) and he also has a story in An... Read More →

Alex Matsuo

Paranormal Guest, The Spooky Stuff

Alex Matsuo is a paranormal researcher, social media influencer, and author. She is the founder of the Association of Paranormal Study and runs “The Spooky Stuff.” If it’s weird, spooky, unusual, scary, macabre, or haunted, she wants to write and talk about it! Alex is known... Read More →

Cheralyn Lambeth

Cheralyn Lambeth is a professional costume, prop, and puppet builder whose work includes feature films (The Muppet Christmas Carol, The Patriot, Leatherheads, Evan Almighty, The Hunger Games), television shows (Dinosaurs! Homeland, Outcast), and live/interactive properties (Avenue... Read More →

Jason Tapp

All things Spooky in Charlotte NC! Jason runs an Instagram account and website that collects stories of Charlotte’s Haunted History, and show cases spooky subculture in town. He also cohosts “The Old North State Podcast” a North Carolina History and Folk Lore podcast.

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Burnham

Paranormal

12:00pm EDT

Crossing Genres in 2024

how to handle writing in multiple genres for the beginning and intermediate author.

Moderators

Gail Z. Martin

Literary Guest

Speakers

Ben Meeks

Ben grew up in Dahlonega, the biggest small town in the North Georgia mountains. He spent his childhood appreciating nature and as he grew older was able to have a wide variety of unusual and exciting experiences. Ben was able to travel internationally, including Europe and India... Read More →

Lucy Blue

Horror and romance author Lucy Blue is currently a writer and senior editor for Falstaff Books. Prior to signing with Falstaff, she published novels with Berkley Books (part of the Penguin Group), Pocket Books (part of Simon & Schuster), Purple Sword Publications, and her own micro-press... Read More →

Jason Roach

Jason Roach has always had an interest in the paranormal since having personal experiences as a teenager. Today he is a core member of The Association of Paranormal Study where he assists with the tech side of investigations. He is currently in the process of working on a paranormal... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT
Keynes

Writing

12:00pm EDT

Author Signing

Speakers

Anthony Francis

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Lakeshore (Dealer Room)

12:00pm EDT

Dungeons & Dragons 5e: The Race | (Table 7)

You are in a race to get the prize and escape the dungeon. You can make and break alliances but there can only be one winner. Characters will be handed out at the beginning of the game at random. If you need dice, they will be provided. Just bring your drink, your adventuring spirit, and enjoy a good game of mayhem and laughter.

Side note: GM can be bribed.

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Game Masters

James D. Howard

Game Master

Been playing roleplaying games for over 30 yrs, have been thru every version of D&D ( Chainmaile to version #5) been running games for about 7 years now.

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Role-playing game

12:00pm EDT

Magic: The Gathering - Commander | (Tables 13-16)

Play Magic: The Gathering all weekend long!
Play casually or play for prizes!

Anytime 4 players want to play for packs, we'll award 5 packs per pod. $5 entry fee.

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:00pm - 3:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Card game

12:00pm EDT

Call Of Cthulhu RPG | (Table 9)

Servants Of The Lake involves investigators looking into a series of missing persons at a motel.

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Game Masters

Matthew Lancaster

Founder, Turns And Conditions

Matthew "Trap" Lancaster is a husband, father, and Game Master from Atlanta, GA, who has been focusing on bringing more BIPOC players and GM's together to share their voices. In 2022, he founded a group called Turns And Conditions for that very reason. Now volunteering and running... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Role-playing game

12:30pm EDT

Dressed to Thrill

For this panel we will be showcasing Sunday's best costume offerings! even though the costume contest is over Sunday has some amazing cosplays that we will sow off!

Speakers

Mistrix Dax

Lucid Illuminations LLC

Dax has been a cosplayer and larper for the past decade and wishes to share their craft with the world. They opened Lucid Illuminations LLC in 2018 with the hopes to teach cosplayers and larpers how to make props on a budget. Since then, they have traveled across the southeast to... Read More →

Blakk Viking

Brawner

Host/creator, CCTV

Raye

CCTV Host, Con Carolinas

I have been coming to ConCarolina for several years now and am a host for ConCarolinasTV. We will be bringing you fun content and exciting things all weekend long!

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Welwyn

CCTV

12:30pm EDT

Cosplay mashups:

Learn how to blend two of your favorite characters to create the ultimate new character.

Moderators

Daphne Reeder

Speakers

Fredrick Corry

Fredrick Corry finds Nothing is impossible, Just Improbable; at least that's what MacGyver has taught him. Father a woodworker, metalworker, electrician and his mother a seamstress he has acquired unique set of skills.

Jamal Purvis

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Olmstead

STEAM

12:30pm EDT

Write a Series or Connected Standalones?

Should you write one book or twenty? What considerations go into crafting a series and what is different when you're writing a standalone?

Moderators

Stuart Jaffe

Speakers

Richard Fierce

Dragonfire Press

Nancy Knight

Nancy Knight is the author of fifteen novels, six adult plays, more than twenty children’s plays, many short stories, and two produced screen plays. Her movie, Evil Little Things, is currently in distribution and is available from Amazon Prime. She has edited several fiction anthologies... Read More →

Berta Platas

Sunday June 2, 2024 12:30pm - 1:30pm EDT
Walden

Writing

1:00pm EDT

Puppet Workshop

Moderators

Cheralyn Lambeth

Sunday June 2, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Fountainview

STEAM

1:00pm EDT

Romantasy

Romance Writing for Speculative Fiction Authors - Ready to write your first romance? Come find out what that means in 2024 and get pro tips on how to make your book make readers fall in love.

Moderators

Sara Bond

An unapologetic extrovert, science fiction and fantasy author Sara T. Bond is the author of the space opera GRAVITY'S HEIR, and SUMMER’S BLOOD and WINTER’S STING, the first two books in the Iron and Earth urban fantasy series from Falstaff books. She has lived many lives, dabbling... Read More →

Speakers

Alexandra Christian

Literary Guest, Writing

EM Kaplan

Author

Vikki Perry

Paige L. Christie

Author, Writer

Paige L. Christie is best known for the Legacies of Arnan epic fantasy series, and her work can be found in several collections, including Galactic Stew, Witches Warriors & Wise Women, and several More Tales of Valdemar anthologies. paigelchristie.net

Sunday June 2, 2024 1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Lakeshore

Writing

1:00pm EDT

Dragonbane RPG: Tower Of Signs | (Table 3)

Out of the cold mists of the Haunted Marshes rises the ruins of a mighty tower, built at the time of the Dragon Empire as an outpost against the wilderness. After the fall of the empire, the tower served as a meeting place for warring orc clans, until a terrible massacre made them abandon the site. Now the tower is haunted by the sighing and wailing
spirits of slain orcs. No one in their right mind ever goes there – not until word of a great treasure spreads through the Misty Vale. The treasure, however, is not what it is rumored to be.

Sign up to play at the convention. Sched is not used to reserve a seat at the table.

Game Masters

Peter Palmer

Game Master

Shadowrun, Cyberpunk Red, Dragonbane

Sunday June 2, 2024 1:00pm - 5:00pm EDT
Glenwaters

Gaming, Role-playing game

1:30pm EDT

Doctor Who?

Let's celebrate the many faces of the Doctor. Come judge panelists as they share who their favorite companions are and what they hope the future of Doctor Who will entail.

Moderators

April Baker

Speakers

Wayland Smith

Author

WAYLAND SMITH is the pen name for a native Texan who has lived in Massachusetts, New York, Washington DC, and presently makes his home in Virginia. His rather unlikely list of jobs includes private investigator, comic book shop owner, ring crew for a circus (then he ran away from... Read More →

Dance Harden

Geek Life

Canapooh.cos

Sue Phillips

Sunday June 2, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Harris

Geek Life

1:30pm EDT

Weird History

Let's talk about the history that we never learned in school. The extreme, the unexpected, and the weird parts of our history.

Moderators

Nancy Northcott

Science and Tech/Geek Life

Speakers

Sarah Joy Adams

Editor, Falstaff Books

Fantasy author and freelance editor. Known to collect swords and strange etymologies. Author of Steel Mill Vikings, finalist for the Manly Wade Wellman Award. On TikTok as @changeling_writer.

J. Yamil

TTRPG Writer

Jeanne Adams

Jeanne Adams writes award-winning romantic suspense, fantasy/paranormal, Urban Fantasy and space adventure that’s been compared to Jack McDevitt and Robert Heinlein. She also knows all about getting rid of the bodies. Both traditionally and indie published, Jeanne has been featured... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Lakeview

Geek Life

1:30pm EDT

The Ethics of Divination

Doing readings for others can be satisfying, but can also present challenges. What do yo udo when negative events show up in your reading? How do you present that information to your client? Or should you not give bad news at all? Panelists will discuss situations and possible courses of action.

Moderators

Dustin Crowley

Dustin Crowley is the founder and president of Great State Paranormal, based in North Wilkesboro, NC. Great State Paranormal is recognized as one of the top paranormal organizations in North Carolina and regularly hosts Ghost Hunt events, private residence investigations, workshops... Read More →

Speakers

Alledria Hurt

Author - Self-Published

Wanda Harward

Wanda Harward is a member of The Charlotte Geeks, assisting Joey Starnes and Carol Cowles (aka The Merry Mayhem https://charlottegeeks.com/merry-mayhem/ )with Geek Gala, The Geekery Market, and other shenanigans as required. Her geeky interests include anime, filk music, renaissance... Read More →

Carmen Loup

Karen Carothers

Paranormal Investigator

Karen Carothers is a life-long paranormal enthusiast, cutting her teeth on "In Search Of" with Leonard Nemoy and the Time Life "Mysteries of the Unknown" books as a child before diving into witchcraft in her teens and ghost hunting in her 20s. She's worked with five Maryland-area... Read More →

Sunday June 2, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Burnham

Paranormal

1:30pm EDT

Southern Fried Literature

From beer-swilling monster hunters to strip club succubi, what gives science fiction, fantasy, and horror that unique southern flavor?

Moderators

Nicole Givens Kurtz

Speculative pulp author, Nicole Givens Kurtz, writes science fiction, fantasy, and horror. Her most popular work, futuristic pulp series, Cybil Lewis blends whodunit mysteries within futuristic, post-apocalyptic world-building. Her novels have been named as finalists in the Fresh... Read More →

Speakers

MK Gibson

Edward McKeown

Chief editor, Writing

Jason Gilbert

Literary Guest

J. Matthew Saunders

Author

Sunday June 2, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm EDT
Keynes

Writing

2:00pm EDT

Until Next Year!

The gang says goodbye and offers up a sneak peak at the next season of CCTV. We also ask the audience what they would like to see more of, and what we can improve on.

Speakers

2:30pm EDT

Closing Ceremonies

Moderators

Karen Franks

ConChair, Head Ringmaster, ConCarolinas

Sunday June 2, 2024 2:30pm - 3:30pm EDT
Lakeshore

Main Programming