Author and NEHW member Don Franklin (on the right) with Kristina Gehring, his marketing manager, next to him at his table.
Author Rob Watts
Director Ryan Convery
Authors Stacey Longo and Kristi Petersen Schoonover with the Addams family.
Comicbook writer Craig Marier
Actress Lee Meriwether
Actor Dirk Benedict signing his book.
Hacksaw Jim Duggan signing his book
Author and artist Jason Robert LeClair.
NEHW member Rick Silva at his Dandelion Studios table at Rhode Island Comic Con.
Author Stacey Longo behind the NEHW table, which had a different set-up on Sunday.
Author Rob Watts with Psylocke.
Actors Felix Silla and Gil Gerard at the Buck Rogers panel.
Gil Gerard
The New England Horror Writers participated in the first ever Rhode Island Comic Con, which from the crowds that were there this past weekend it will not be a one-hit wonder.
I heard from a lot of people that were happy that Rhode Island now has a comic con to go to. This weekend these convention attendees received an excellent convention with celebrities from movies, television, paranormal investigators, and even wrestling stars.
This convention had more people on Saturday then Rock and Shock had its entire weekend a couple weeks ago. There were two reasons for this. The first reason its the first ever Rhode Island Comic Con and the second reason is the celebrities they had. They had John De Lancie, who played Q on three different Star Trek series, Robert Picardo, who played the Doctor on Star Trek:Voyager and in Star Trek: First Contact, Nicholas Brendon, who was Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and lately was the boyfriend of Penelope Garcia in Criminal Minds, Gil Gerard, who played Buck Rogers in Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and Dirk Benedict, who played Faceman on the television series The A-Team. There were plenty of other stars too. It was just too many to name, but you can always click here to see the other guests.
The crowds were like the ocean; never-ending and unrelenting. There were so many people I decided to just take pictures and not get names so a lot of the pictures won’t have captions. It was hard enough taking pictures with the crowds let alone trying to get names.
The NEHW table at Rhode Island Comic Con.
Actor Dirk Benedict signing his book, Confessions of a Kamikaze Cowboy: A True Story of Discovery, Acting, Health, Illness, Recovery, and Life for me.
Author Stacey Longo and wrestler Hacksaw Jim Duggen.
Author Rob Watts standing behind the NEHW table.
Raymond Ramos as Blade.
There will be another post of pictures from Rhode Island Comic Con, maybe even two.
The Rhode Island Comic Con happens this weekend in Providence at the Convention Center and members of the New England Horror Writers will be there.
Author Don Franklin, who has his own table at the convention, will have his first novel, Reaper’s Walk: Hellstone, on hand and will be autographing copies.
The other NEHW members, who will be at Comic Con, are Stacey Longo (Epitaphs, Pookie and the Lost and Found Friend) Rob Watts (Huldufolk), Kristi Petersen Schoonover (Skeletons in the Swimmin’ Hole, Bad Apple) and Scott Goudsward (Epitaphs, Call of Lovecraft).
Check out the convention’s website here and see what celebrites are going to be signing during the weekend. After getting celebrity autographs, don’t forget to come on by and say hello to all the NEHW members at the convention.
The convention center is located at 1 Sabin Street in Providence, Rhode Island.
The New England Horror Writers wants to wish everyone a Happy Halloween. Hopefully, everyone is doing fine after Hurricane Sandy and can enjoy this great holiday.
Alan Kessler, the host of the NEHW event. Photo by Jason Harris.
The Podium for reading. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Rob Watts reading his Kindle story, “Carman.” Photo by Jason Harris.
Robert T. Smales talking with Tracy Carbone and Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
The NEHW table. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Stacey Longo reading from her children’s book, Pookie and the Lost and Found Friend. Photo by Jason Harris.
Journalist and author Louis J. Salome talking about his book, Violence, Veils and Bloodlines. Photo by Jason Harris.
The NEHW table being swamped by readers. Photo by Stacey Longo.
Author Tracy Carbone reading from her new novel, Restitution. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Robert. T. Smales reading his story, “Photo Finish,” in the anthology The Ghost is the Machine. Photo by Jason Harris.
Rachael, an audience member, tells a scary ghost story. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Rob Watts talking with reporter Angie Orenstein. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members talking. Photo by Jason Harris.
Another shot of the NEHW table. Photo by Jason Harris.
The New England Horror Writers are proud to announce that Cort Kern, of Illinois, and Rob Smales, of Massachusetts, have each won a Silent Hill: Revelation 3D poster signed by the two stars Adelaide Clemens (X-men Origins: Wolverine) and Kit Harington (television series Game of Thrones), director and writer Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane), and producer Samuel Hadida (True Romance).
The movie opens in theaters today. Check out the movies’ Facebook page by clicking here.
This Saturday, authors Stacey Longo and Catherine Grant will be appearing at The Shops at the Marlborough Barn in Marlborough, which is located in Marlborough, Connecticut. They will be reading and signing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Longo will read from her story, “Private Beach,” which is in Epitaphs, the first anthology created by the NEHW. This collection will be on sale at the event. Longo is the Co-chair of the NEHW, a former columnist for the Block Island Times and the co-owner of Books and Boos, a bookstore.
Grant will read from her story, “Three Fat Guy Soap.” Along with being a NEHW member and writing fiction, she also runs a writing critique group, Central Connecticut Writers Group.
The Shops at the Marlborough Barn is located at 45 North Main Street in Marlborough.
The New England Horror Writers are having their first giveaway. Starting at Monday at midnight and ending Thursday at midnight, the NEHW will be giving away two signed posters from the new movie Silent Hill: Revelation 3D, which opens in theaters Friday. The posters are signed by the two stars Adelaide Clemens (X-men Origins: Wolverine) and Kit Harington (television series Game of Thrones), director and writer Michael J. Bassett (Solomon Kane), and producer Samuel Hadida (True Romance).
To win a copy of the poster (shown above), email your name and address to nehwevents@gmail.com. Two names will be chosen at random.
Check out the movies’ Facebook page by clicking here.
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