Atlanta, GA, Friday, May 8 Marriott Marquis –
Sarnath Room 1:00-2:00pm. Horror/Sci-fi writer Jeff Carroll will be on a panel
at The World Horror Convention. The
panel will be moderator by author Balogun Ojetade. The other panelists include
writers Gerald Coleman, Crystal Connor, Craig Laurance Gidney, John Edward
Lawson.
The title of the panel is Different
Visions: African American Spec-Lit from Afrofuturism to Beloved. Some of the most exciting spec-lit today is
coming from multicultural viewpoints, including dynamic works by
African-American / Black authors. Anyone following the latest debates in SF/F/H
knows that diversity also has become a controversial topic. This panel will
explore horror and spec-lit in general as envisioned through the lens of the
Black experience from enslavement to the Civil Rights Movement to the murders
of Black people throughout America at the hands of law-enforcement.
The World Horror Convention is an
annual gathering of professionals in the horror industry; publishers, authors,
artists, musicians, filmmakers, dealers and, of course, horror fans. WHC serves
as both an industry insider’s networking event and a chance for fans of the
genre to get together, meet some of the creative talents in the field, and
generally spend a weekend celebrating All Things Scary.
In the late
1980’s, a growing number of horror professionals and fans who attended the
World Fantasy Convention (at that time one of the only conventions for horror
fans) felt that they needed a convention of their own. Founded by Beth Gwinn (who
had the idea), Joann Parsons and Maurine Dorris, the first World Horror
Convention was held in Nashville, Tennessee in 1991.
There has
been a World Horror Convention every year since, in cities all over the United
States as well as Canada and the UK. Guests of Honor have included virtually
every living legend in the horror field in literature, movies, television, art
and more.
The World
Horror Convention is presided over year-to-year by the World Horror Society, an
unincorporated literary society made up of professionals in the horror field
and past convention chairs. The first WHS Board consisted of, Beth Gwinn, Jo
Fletcher, Charles L. Grant, Steven Jones, Ginger Buchanan, Stanley Wiater,
Joanne Parson & Maurine Dorris. For
more information visit them at www.worldhorrorconvention.com
Jeff Carroll
is a writer and a filmmaker. He is
pioneering what he calls Hip Hop horror, Sci/fi and fantasy. His stories always
have lots of action and a social edge.
He has written and produced 2 films, Holla If I Kill You and Gold Digger
Killer which won BEST Picture at the International Hip Hop film festival. He
has published 3 books the novelization to Gold Digger Killer, Thug angel
Rebirth of a Gargoyle and It Happened on Negro Mountain. His short stories have appeared in both The
Black Science Fiction Society’s anthology and their magazine. He writes out of
South Florida where he lives with his wife and youngest son. Please connect with him on Facebook,
Instagram, Twitter and his blog http://hhcnf.blogspot.com/
http://www.amazon.com/Happened-Negro-Mountain-Jeff-Carroll-ebook/dp/B00LWXBDRI
