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MystiCon 2020

Event Date: February 28 - March 1, 2020

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12:00am EST

Reading Room Room 533R.S. Belcher Late Night Mad Libs Vista RoomJessika Sadell • Alexandra Christian • Wendy S Delmater • James Nettles • M. Jason Turner • Bryan Hancock Welcome to the PILLOW FIGHT CLUB!! Dogwood 1 & 2Jaysen Buterin • Sean Heare ROOM BLOCKED Dogwood 1 ROOM RESET Ballrooms CDE

12:30am EST

Reading Room Room 533

1:00am EST

ROOM RESET Dogwood 1 & 2

7:30am EST

Mature Dunk Boardroom 2/Indie Film

8:00am EST

ROOM SETUP Ballroom EKinnfolk

9:00am EST

ROOM BLOCKED Ballroom DGary Yohe Reading Room Room 533 Disney Villains Muahahaha!!!!!! Vista RoomAlex Matsuo • Lilith • Wednesday Mourning • Jennifer Whitten • Margaret Alice • Samuel Lahar Kinnfolk Ballroom EKinnfolk Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table B Dear Author: Don’t Do That Dogwood 1Tally Johnson • SH Roddey • Heather Elizabeth King • Melissa McArthur • James Fadeley • Andrew Hiller New Senses Ballroom CGrig Larson • Tera Fulbright • S.C. Houff • Darin Kennedy • Liz Long • Fraser Sherman The Writer's Workshop with Allen Wold Dogwood 2Allen L. Wold • R.S. Belcher

9:30am EST

Reading Room Room 533Valerie Nieman Roanoke Robotics Workshop & Demonstration Ballroom DGary Yohe • Steven F. LeBrun • Darrell Little

10:00am EST

Reading Room Room 533Darin Kennedy Q & A with Zack ward Vista RoomMark MacDicken • Zack Ward Tales of Known Brunch: Meet & Greet with Larry Niven Con Suite - Room 535Larry Niven Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table ALiz Long Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table B Myth & Fiction Ballroom CMike Allen • SH Roddey • Alexandra Christian • Tally Johnson • Dennis M. Myers • Valerie Nieman Self Publishing: You’re Doing it Right! Dogwood 1Robert W. Ross • Wendy S Delmater • J.A. Sutherland • Alex Matsuo • Heather Elizabeth King BTRC Play Test Gaming Annex Table 2Greg Porter Marvel Munchkin Gaming Annex Table 3Matthew Correll #1-08 Revolution on the Riverside [Tier 1-4] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 2Joshua Morrison #10-22 Passing the Torch, Part 1: Who Wears the Mask [Tier 12-18] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 1Matthew Corwin #2-09 Bluerise Breakout [Tier 1-4] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 4Adam Swinder #4-02 In Wrath’s Shadow [Tier 3-7] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 3Cohen Babcock Into The Martian Outback Gaming Parlor Room 3 Table 3Robert Ward Love Knows No Bounds Gaming Parlor Room 3 Table 1Corey Grant My Little Pony Gaming Rm 440 Table 2Reagan Grant Parisian Scramble Gaming Parlor Room 3 Table 2John Watts Pathfinder for Kids Gaming Rm 440 Table 1Mikayla Fillpot Art Show and Sale Board Room 1/Art ShowWendy Shelor LARP Room 501 SHLARP Room 527

10:15am EST

Mysticon IFF Female Film Maker Spotlights... Jennifer Tarrazi-Scully Boardroom 2/Indie Film

10:30am EST

Reading Room Room 533Grig Larson

11:00am EST

Q & A with Blade Gaming Vista RoomDon Haymaker • Josh Swartz - Blade Gaming What NOT to do in Indie film making Boardroom 2/Indie FilmDave Harlequin Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table AValerie Nieman Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table BPamela K. Kinney Change My Mind!: DC is better than Marvel Ballroom EJohn Walker • Wayland Smith • Tiny • Kaleab Kurtz • Lee Horton • Matt Burchfield ROOM BLOCKED Ballroom DGary Yohe Paper Bag Puppet Workshop Dogwood 2Mark MacDicken Age of the E-Book Dogwood 1William Lawhorn • John G. Hartness • SH Roddey • J.A. Sutherland • Melissa McArthur • James Fadeley How much Science is there in Sci-Fi? Ballroom CJames Beall • Doc Coleman • Wendy S Delmater • S.C. Houff • Larry Niven • Dennis M. Myers • Robert W. Ross Reading Room - Making Videos & Streaming Games Room 533Gerry The Belly of Evil Gaming Annex Table 1Jim Evans

12:00pm EST

Photo Op with Zack Ward Photo Ops RoomZack Ward Reliving History Boardroom 2/Indie Film The 501st Garrison Tyrannus Life Ballroom C501st Garrison Tyrannus The Roast of Bill Mulligan Vista RoomTom Gore • Bill Mulligan Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table APatrick Dugan Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table BGrig Larson STEM - Part II: Optics and Psychology Demos Ballroom DDaniel Wallace LGBTQ+ in Fiction Ballroom EAbigail Cordes • J.A. Sutherland • Liz Long • Ginger Snaps • Trent Welstead • Kim Good Monsters are People Too! Dogwood 1Darin Kennedy • Heather Elizabeth King • Pamela K. Kinney • Sean Higgins • Melissa McArthur • Samuel Lahar Plotting Workshop Dogwood 2Allen L. Wold

12:30pm EST

Filking with Tim Griffin Room 533Tim Griffin Autograph Signing with Zack Ward Vendor RoomZack Ward Reading Room Room 533

12:45pm EST

LGBTQA Films Boardroom 2/Indie Film

1:00pm EST

Reading Room Room 533 Art in Science Ballroom DJames Beall • Wendy S Delmater • Maya Preisler • Angela Giddings • Abigail Cordes • Mark Davis Indy Pinup Cover Art: Jenn dePaola Author Guest of Honor Vista RoomJenn DePaola PODCAST: Geek Radio Daily Ballroom EBilly Flynn • Rich • Flynnstress • Carol Cowles Drum Circle for Kids Pool Deck Outside Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table AJ.A. Sutherland Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table BAmanda J. McGee Worldcon Talk Dogwood 1William Lawhorn Super Weird Heroes Ballroom CBill Mulligan • Quincy J. Allen • John Walker • Ginger Snaps • Kim Good • Lee Horton BTRC Play Test Gaming Annex Table 2Greg Porter Marvel Munchkin Gaming Annex Table 3Matthew Correll

1:30pm EST

Reading Room Room 533Doc Coleman

2:00pm EST

Reading Room Room 533Stuart Jaffe Q & A with Larry Niven Vista RoomMike Pederson • Larry Niven Paths of Glory: Crafting Your Success in Film Boardroom 2/Indie FilmTrent Welstead • Dave Harlequin • Angela Giddings • Tom Gore • Margaret Alice • Michael Ray Williams Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table ADoc Coleman Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table BHeather Elizabeth King ROOM SETUP Dogwood 1 & 2 Godzilla, Kaiju Eiga & the Amazing Toho Studios Ballroom DBill Mulligan • Edward McKeown • Jason Gilbert • Grig Larson • Gary Yohe Five Words Stories Ballroom EMel Todd • Wayland Smith • James Nettles • Kaleab Kurtz • A.L. Sirois The Match Game Ballroom CRich • Wednesday Mourning • Syrinx • Sammie Cassell • John Watts • Jay Prater • Jett Dixon Tiny Dungeon Gaming Rm 440 Table 2Matt Hernandez ROOM BLOCKED Dogwood 1 ROOM BLOCKED Dogwood 2

2:30pm EST

Reading Room Room 533John Walker

3:00pm EST

Reading Room Room 533James Fadeley Masquerade Pre-judging (Youth ages 0-18 & Groups) Dogwood 1 & 2Wickedly Stitched Cosplay by Kate • Mark MacDicken • Sarah Oliver Fun with Farkus: Meet & Greet with Zack Ward Con Suite - Room 535Zack Ward Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table AMaya Preisler Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table BWendy S Delmater Grandin Theatre Film Lab: Young Filmmakers Showcase Boardroom 2/Indie Film Big Lick Conspiracy Vista RoomBig Lick Conspiracy • M. Jason Turner • Bryan Hancock

3:30pm EST

Reading Room Room 533Robert W. Ross ROOM SETUP Ballrooms CDE ROOM BLOCKED Ballroom C ROOM BLOCKED Ballroom E ROOM BLOCKED Ballroom D

4:00pm EST

Reading Room Room 533Jason Gilbert Masquerade Pre-judging (Ages 19 and Up) Dogwood 1 & 2Wickedly Stitched Cosplay by Kate • Mark MacDicken • Sarah Oliver Autograph Signing with Zack Ward Vendor RoomZack Ward Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table AJames Fadeley Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table B The Belly of Evil Gaming Annex Table 1Jim Evans #1-04 Bandits of Immenwood [Tier 1-4] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 3Joshua Morrison #1-08 Revolution on the Riverside [Tier 1-4] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 1Gwen Leach #10-14 Debt to the Quah [Tier 3-7] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 4Steve Sutton #10-18 The Daughter’s Due [Tier 5-9] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 2Jeff Merola Caravan to Steeltown (GURPS After-the-End Post-Apocalyptic Mystery/Adventure) Gaming Parlor Room 3 Table 1Daniel Thomas On the Road to the Hollow Gaming Parlor Room 3 Table 2Sarah Greiner Space Scenarios Gaming Annex Table 3Vanguard Ace Pilot • Matt Anderson Space Scenarios Gaming Annex Table 2Vanguard Ace Pilot • Matt Anderson The Siege of Zed Arcos Gaming Parlor Room 3 Table 3Samuel Lahar

4:30pm EST

Autograph Signing with Larry Niven Vendor RoomLarry Niven Reading Room Room 533Wendy S Delmater Contemporary Fantasy: Setting the Fantastic in the Everyday World Vista RoomMike Allen • R.S. Belcher • Stuart Jaffe • Fraser Sherman • John Walker • Patrick Dugan • Robert W. Ross Mysticon IFF Fan Favorite of Yesteryear: Blood of the Mummy!!! Boardroom 2/Indie Film

5:00pm EST

Reading Room Room 533Edward McKeown Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table AAlexandra Christian Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table B GREEN ROOM FOR MASQUERADE (ALL AGES) Dogwood 1 & 2Wickedly Stitched Cosplay by Kate Masquerade & Entertainment Ballrooms CDERich • Mark MacDicken • Billy Flynn • Tony Lechmanski • Sarah Oliver • Wickedly Stitched Cosplay by Kate

5:30pm EST

Reading Room Room 533

6:00pm EST

Reading Room Room 533John G. Hartness Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table AGrig Larson Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table BSean Heare Let Them Eat Cake Con Suite - Room 535 Race & Speculative Fiction Vista RoomBryan Hancock • Daniel Wallace • Doc Coleman • S.C. Houff • Day Al-Mohamed • Heather Elizabeth King

6:30pm EST

Local Comedy - The Devil's Lettuce II Boardroom 2/Indie Film ROOM RESET Dogwood 1 & 2 Reading Room Room 533

7:00pm EST

Reading Room Room 533 A TikTok #meetup Dogwood 1Syrinx • Kim Good • Gerry • Darkstone Entertainment • Cassandra Sadell Kill Giggles - 1st look w/ Q & A panel Boardroom 2/Indie FilmJaysen Buterin Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table AJohn Walker Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table BKaleab Kurtz Rainbow Connections: Jim Henson's Impact on Entertainment, the World and Us Vista RoomM. Jason Turner • Mike Pederson • Alex Matsuo • Angela Giddings • Myron Smith • Andrew Hiller Make Your Own Buttons Dogwood 2 Scholarship Auction Ballrooms CDE MTG Commander Gaming Annex Table 4Josh Swartz - Blade Gaming

7:30pm EST

Reading Room Room 533Day Al-Mohamed

8:00pm EST

ROOM SETUP (CLEAR STAGE) Vista Room Reading Room Room 533 Tell Us All About It, Bill!!! Boardroom 2/Indie FilmJaysen Buterin • Bill Mulligan • Tom Gore Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table AAndrew Hiller Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table BRobert W. Ross Writing Up Close and Personal Dogwood 1Fraser Sherman • Darin Kennedy • Alexandra Christian • Stuart Jaffe • Patrick Dugan • Valerie Nieman The Chimera Project Gaming Rm 440 Table 2Rob Canaday Chop Shop Redirect Gaming Rm 440 Table 1Dustin Smith

8:30pm EST

ROOM RESET Dogwood 2 Reading Room Room 533 Cross Fandom Choreography Vista RoomMariah Johnson • Margaret Alice

9:00pm EST

Reading Room Room 533 Nightmares in RPGs (and how to handle them) Dogwood 1John Watts • Drew Meyer • Don Haymaker • Jefferson Rose Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table A Author Signing Table B Author Signing Table BRichard C. White Leatherworking 101 Dogwood 2Matthew Penick ROOM SETUP Ballrooms CDESyrinx Saturday Night Scaries Presents... Local Horror/Horror Comedy Boardroom 2/Indie FilmDave Harlequin • Sammie Cassell • Trent Welstead • Matt Burchfield Check Out for Scholarship Auction Glass Office #10-17 On Sevenfingers’ Sails [Tier 7-11] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 1Jeff Merola #2-03 The Withering World [Tier 1-4] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 2Adam Swinder #4-03 Golemworks Incident [Tier 5-9] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 4Cohen Babcock #6-01 Trial By Machine [Tier 1-5] Gaming Parlor Room 4 Table 3Steve Sutton Carnival of the Damned Gaming Parlor Room 3 Table 2Paul Morgan Escape from the Beasts Gaming Annex Table 2Jennifer Whitten Taking the Capital Gaming Parlor Room 3 Table 3Samuel Lahar The Belly of Evil Gaming Annex Table 1Jim Evans Zephyra - The City in the Sky Gaming Parlor Room 3 Table 1David McFarlin

9:30pm EST

Reading Room Room 533Angela Giddings ROOM SETUP FOR CAH Vista Room

10:00pm EST

ROOM RESET Dogwood 2 Reading Room Room 533 Into the Mul-Diverse Dogwood 1Bryan Hancock • Quincy J. Allen • James Nettles • Ginger Snaps • Kim Good • Kaleab Kurtz

10:30pm EST

Reading Room Room 533R.S. Belcher Getting the Steampunk out of London Dogwood 2Richard C. White • Tally Johnson • Jett Dixon • Doc Coleman • Tiny • Patrick Dugan MystiCon Musical Extravaganza (Type Trauma, Ships in the Night & DJ Drae) Ballrooms CDEShips in the Night • Syrinx • DJ Drae

11:00pm EST

Reading Room Room 533 Horror & Sex Dogwood 1Sammie Cassell • Dave Harlequin • R.S. Belcher • Tom Gore • Marshall Stephens • Matt Burchfield Saturday Night Scaries Presents... American Horror Boardroom 2/Indie Film Cards Against Humanity Vista Room

11:30pm EST

Reading Room Room 533