Suzan Palumbo

Suzan Palumbo is a Trinidadian Canadian Speculative fiction writer whose short work has been nominated for the Nebula, Aurora and World Fantasy Award. She also cofounded the Ignyte Awards with L.D. Lewis. Her dark fantasy/horror collection, “Skin Thief: Stories” published by Neon Hemlock is out this fall. Her novella, “Countess” will be published by ECW in 2024. Her writing has appeared in: Lightspeed, Nightmare, The Dark, Pseudopod and other venues. When she isn’t writing she can be found listening to new wave, gardening, sketching or wandering her local misty forest.

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The Second Person and You

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May 22, 2022 10:30 am to 11:30 am

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The second person is often regarded as difficult, complex, or experimental. But it doesn’t need to be! Explore how your work could benefit from this technique with authors who have intentionally and successfully written from this perspective.

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Kansas City Local Time: June 6, 2025 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
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Urban Fantasy is the best genre ever! What are you even talking about? Space Opera forever! Pfft. You’re both wrong. Romance holds the largest share of the publishing market for a reason! Whatever. Epic Fantasy all the—STOP! We all have our personal preferences, both as readers and as writers. But what if instead of genre knockouts we explored genre mashups? This panel will explore the rich and vibrant spaces between genres and effective strategies for creating subgenre mashups that are greater than simply the sum of their parts.

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