The Slab Signing Table

Stephen Graham Jones

Stephen Graham Jones is the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of nearly thirty novels and collections, and there’s some novellas and comic books in there as well. Stephen’s been an NEA recipient, has won the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Fiction, the LA Times Ray Bradbury Prize, the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award, the Independent Publishers Award for Multicultural Fiction, WLA’s Distinguished Achievement Award, ALA’s RUSA Award and Alex Award, the 2023 American Indian Festival of Words Writers Award, five Bram Stoker Awards®, two Shirley Jackson Awards, five This is Horror Awards, two Locus Awards, and he’s been a finalist for the World Fantasy Award and the British Fantasy Award. He’s also made Bloody Disgusting’s Top Ten Horror Novels, and is the guy who wrote MONGRELS, THE ONLY GOOD INDIANS, MY HEART IS A CHAINSAW, I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER, THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER, and the upcoming OFF THE RESERVATION. Stephen’s comic books include IDW’s EARTHDIVERS and Bit Bot Media’s TRUE BELIEVERS which feature the cosplay slasher Killr™ creating havoc at the Colorado Festival of Horror convention! Stephen lives and teaches in Boulder, Colorado.

Jon Bassoff

Jon Bassoff is the author of ten novels, including THE MEMORY WARD. His mountain gothic novel, CORROSION, has been translated in French and German and was nominated for the Grand Prix de Litterature Policiere, France’s biggest crime fiction award. Several of his novels have been adapted for the big screen and are all burning in development hell. For his day job, Bassoff teaches high school English where he is known by students and faculty alike as the deranged writer guy. He is a connoisseur of tequila, hot sauces, psychobilly music, and flea-bag motels.

Mario Acevedo

Mario Acevedo is the author of THE NYMPHOS OF ROCKY FLATS, the first in his nationally bestselling Felix Gomez detective-vampire series. He also penned the YA sci-fi humor thriller, UNIVERSITY OF DOOM and co-authored the Western novel, LUTHER, WYOMING. His work has won an International Latino Book Award, a Colorado Book Award, and has appeared in numerous anthologies to include DENVER NOIR, EL PORVENIR, jYA!, and SHADOW ATLAS. Mario taught in the Mile-High MFA program at Regis University and at Lighthouse Writers Workshops. He also served as editor of RAMAS Y RAICES: THE BEST OF CALMA, an anthology from the Colorado Alliance of Latino Mentors and Authors.

Christina Bergling

Drawn to the monstrous and macabre, Christina Bergling has been weaving nightmares since childhood. Her horror tales slither from post-apocalyptic terrors (SAVAGES, SCREECHERS) and monster mayhem (RED WALLS) to psychological dread (THE WANING), horror-comedy (THE REST WILL COME), and chilling mysteries (FOLLOWERS), her twisted tales span the entire spectrum of fear. You’ll also find her dark imagination in anthologies and zines like THE HORROR COLLECTION series, 96th OF OCTOBER, GRAVEYARD GIRLS, and DEMONIC WILDLIFE. Christina is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Denver Horror Collective, and Midnight Monster Club and a dedicated voice in the horror genre. She has been featured on panels at Colorado Festival of Horror. She devours horror in all its forms—movies, books, festivals, conventions, stores, and haunted attractions. By day, she navigates the shadows of the IT world. By night, she turns trauma into art. When she’s not writing, she hikes rugged Colorado trails, dances wildly, and sucks out all the marrow of life with her family.

Matt Strollo

Born and raised in Northeast Philadelphia, Matt Strollo graduated from Drexel University’s School of Screenwriting and Playwriting. He was working for the Philadelphia School District when he began exploring his creative interests writing his own songs and playing drums and guitar in local bands. In 2015, Matt picked up an additional interest in fitness. He trained and coached for NBC’s American Ninja Warrior and was a national finalist on the television show. He has since continued his career at the Philadelphia School District as a certified high school English as a Second Language teacher. Matt has been greatly influenced by a number of fantasy and horror authors including J.R.R. TOLKIEN, GEORGE R.R. MARTIN, PATRICK ROTHFUSS, WILLIAM PETER BLATTY, and STEPHEN KING. Matt lives in the suburbs of Philly with his wife.

Sam Knight

As well as having worked for at least three publishing companies, Sam Knight started his own publishing company, Knight Writing Press. He has edited numerous short stories, novels, and anthologies, and is the author of six children’s books, five short story collections, four novels, and over 80 stories, including three co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson. Though he has written in many cool worlds, such as Jack L. Chalker’s Well World, Planet of the Apes, Wayward Pines, and Jeff Sturgeon’s Last Cities of Earth, among his family, Sam will probably always be known for Chunky Monkey Pupu. Once upon a time, Sam was known to quote books the way some people quote movies, but now he claims having a family has made him forgetful—as a survival adaptation. He can be found at SamKnight.com and contacted at sam@samknight.com.

Additional Author Times

See below for additonal authors who will be at the slab signing table throughout the weekend.

Dean Gates