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.
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 sign announcing our appearance at the Shops at the Marlborough Barn. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors Stacey Longo and Catherine Grant. Photo by Jason Harris.
The NEHW table at the Marlborough, Connecticut event. Photo by Jason Harris.
The other part of the NEHW table at today’s event. Photo by Jason Harris.
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.
Authors Kristi Petersen Schoonover, T.J. May, and Trisha Wooldridge at Vive Bene. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Kelli Jones and Matt Bechtel. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Sarah Gomes, K. Allen Wood, and L.L. Soares. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors K. Allen Wood, L.L. Soares, and Mike Arruda. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors K. Allen Wood, L.L. Soares, Mike Arruda, and Tracy Carbone. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Deb Eskie. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW Director of Events Scott Goudsward. Photo by Jason Harris.
The woman on the left is a friend of author Chris Denmead (middle) who is talking to author Scott Goudsward (right). Photo by Jason Harris.
Don’t Ask. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Trisha Wooldridge taking a trip back in time. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author T.J. May. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Trisha Wooldridge and Kristi Petersen Schoonover. Photo by Jason Harris.
Ryan Convery, director of Mourning Wood. Photo by Jason Harris.
Actor Sid Haig with NEHW member Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW member Sarah Gomes. Photo by Jason Harris.
From left to right: NEHW members Chris Irvin, David Price, and Scott Goudsward. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Trisha Wooldridge and Kelli Jones. Photo by Jason Harris.
A birdeating spider being sold at Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
Snakes being sold at Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
A Rock and Shock attendee at the NEHW booth. Photo by Jason Harris.
Actor Eric Roberts talks with a fan. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Chris Irvin and David Price. Photo by Jason Harris.
A horror fan visiting the NEHW booth at Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
Josh Letourneau, of Ridgefield, New Hampshire, and Jason Campbell, of South Florida, were at the convention with Fright Kingdom. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors Trisha Wooldridge and Kristi Petersen Schoonover at the back of the NEHW booth. Photo by Jason Harris.
Tina Blamire, of Lynn, MA. in the Predator costume with Meg and her daughter, Fiona, both of Bradford, MA. They were with the vendor, Fiona’s Fright Shoppe. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW members Trisha Wooldridge and Kelli Jones at Viva Bene in Worcester. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Tracy Carbone with actor Anthony Michael Hall. Photo by Stacey Longo.
NEHW members Tracy Carbone, Deb Eskie, and David Price. Photo by Jason Harris.
NEHW member Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Trisha Wooldridge talking with author Jack Ketchum. Photo by Jason Harris.
From left to right: NEHW Co-chair Tracy Carbone, actor Sean Whalen, and NEHW Co-chair Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
Actor Sean Whalen and NEHW Director of Publicity Jason Harris. Photo by Stacey Longo.
The Women of Horror panel: (from left to right) actress Heather Langenkamp, author Tracy Carbone, author Stacey Longo, author Trisha Wooldridge, and actress Lisa Marie. Photo by Jason Harris.
The Women of Horror after the panel. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Kristi Petersen Schoonover helps fellow author Trisha Wooldridge with her corset for Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Bracken MacLeod is so excited to be at Rock and Shock; his left hand can’t stop moving. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Jack Haringa. Photo by Jason Harris.
From left to right: NEHW members Stacey Longo, K. Allen Wood, and Sarah Gomes. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors Adam Cesare (holding a box of books) and Scott Goudsward. Photo by Jason Harris.
Authors Rob Watts and Kristi Petersen Schoonover talking at Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
Candyman actor Tony Todd. Photo by Jason Harris.
Brian Anderson, of Waltham, MA., as zombie stormtrooper and Ghostbuster Travis Smith, of Providence, RI. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Rob Watts talking with author Stacey Longo in the NEHW booth at Rock and Shock. Photo by Jason Harris.
The other table in the NEHW booth. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Kristi Petersen Schoonover talks to Dr. Chris. Photo by Jason Harris.
Author Stacey Longo. Photo by Jason Harris.
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