Participants

Carol Angel
Carol Angel is a long-time Denver fan and a varied and intermittent artist and crafter. She runs Creation Station for Dana Cain Events, helping people create magic wands, dragon tails, fuzzy spiders, cat toys and the like at the Unicorn Festival, CatFest, and other events.

Ari
Hello, my name is Ari! I am a lazy artist, a role-player, a Sims player, and a coffee addict. I love ghost stories and spooky things. I quite like very cute things, as well. One of my friends describes me as Disney goes to the cemetery.

Hawkings Austin
Hawk’s current supervillain title is “Director of Radiation Effects.” In his quest to take over the world, Hawk has landed a series of jobs with NASA, DoD, and Missile Defense. Currently, he’s testing spacecraft for the rigors of the natural (and unnatural) environments that only he can conquer. The recent loss of his sidekick, Vlad (to a paying job) has been painful, but he’s managed to work through the loss to conquer large swaths of Colorado. Hawk has a number of professional publications in engineering, science, history, and fantasy. He has been performing as a Mad Scientist for many years and is very close, at this point, to taking over (or destroying) the Earth. He can be found blogging on Urban-Fantasy.com, Madsci.us, and tweeting as @Sablehawk. He loves to speak at Science Fiction Conventions, such as Dragon Con, and will be happy – over a beer – to talk about any of these things for hours. Hawk currently lives in Denver CO and is enjoying the heck out of spoiling his wife and current baby girl with all of his ill-gotten gains.
Www.sablehawk.com

John Barnes
John Barnes has done many things for a living, nearly all of them legal, some of them pretty well. He has published 33 books of fiction(2 self, rest trad), 54 articles in the Oxford Encyclopedia of Theatre and Performance (mostly history and practice of stagecraft), and a few hundred articles and paid blogs mostly about tech stuff. For the first time in a long time he is working on a new novel, DORYPHOROS, with intention of completing it some day. Currently his day job is at a tax resolution company. It’s not as exciting and romantic as it sounds.

Aaron Bazil
Aaron comes to publishing from decades of experience within the music, film and photography industries. He’s excited to work on the Film/ TV side of publishing because he loves books as much as he loves movies. And he’s excited to the bring to the agency his experience in commercial film spanning from Hollywood, Chicago, and now Denver.
https://www.megibowliteraryagency.com/

Rose Beetem
Rose Beetem is the last fan standing who has attended all 56 MileHiCons. A founding member of the Denver Area Science Fiction Association (DASFA) and a generalist fan with an addiction to con organizing, she’s been on the MHC con com most years since she was 16 and still also chairs the tiny 100% participatory Karval Kon. She enjoys urban fantasy, most of the Star Wars and MCU canon, and thinks Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks and The Orville are all good Treks. A semi-universal auntie, Rose is sort-of retired and still passionate about curries and tai chi.

Lou J Berger
Lou J Berger lives in Denver, Colorado with his high-school crush, three kids, a new and different rescued Sheltie dog and another brilliant rescue mutt with a nefarious agenda. A member of SFWA, he has been published in Clarkesworld, Galaxy’s Edge magazine, and a host of anthologies. He is STILL working on his first novel. His author website is www.LouJBerger.com. Follow him on the following social media platforms: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/loujberger.bsky.social Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorLouJBerger/
www.LouJBerger.com

David Boop
David Boop is an author, editor, screenwriter and award-winning essayist. His novels include She Murdered Me with Science (sci-fi/noir), The Drowned Horse Chronicle Vol 1 (weird western), and Rippers: The Soul Changers (dark fantasy RPG tie-in). David edited the bestselling weird western anthology trilogy beginning with Straight Outta Tombstone, and recently released the first in a series of space western anthologies. In short fiction, he’s worked with characters such as Predator, The Green Hornet, Kolchak, the Black Bat, and Veronica Mars. He’s authored or co-authored several Lovecraftian stories in recent years. Find out more at Davidboop.com, Facebook.com/dboop.updates, Twitter @david_boop, or www.longshot-productions.net.
www.longshot-productions.net

Catie Bowden
No bio

Jonathan Brazee
Jonathan is a retired Marine infantry colonel and now a fulltime hybrid writer of mostly military science fiction. He’s a USA Today bestseller, a two-time Nebula Award finalist, and a two-time Dragon Award finalist. He is now the Nebula Award Commissioner, which means he is in charge of running the Nebula Awards! He has over 80 novels and another 30 shorter works published. He currently lives in the Springs with his wife Kiwi and twin five year olds, Danika Dawn and Darika Marie. When he’s not writing, he’s in the gym, cooking, chasing eclipses, working in the yard, traveling, going to cons, and taking his daughters fishing.
jonathanbrazee.com

Rob Chansky
Rob Chansky is the author of Hundred Ghost Soup. He lives in Colorado Springs and works as a software programmer for the Space Force.

Peri Charlifu
This is written by the artist David Martin for me, Peri Charlifu. “Peri Charlifu is a master potter and extremely talented craftsman and artist. Years ago, I was a member of a family of potters who owned Marshall Pottery, a seventy-year old business distributing their products worldwide. I’ve seen the accumulated skills of potters who have perfected their craft over forty years or more, and in Peri, I recognized the same level of mastery and more. Peri knows his market. I’ve been a contributing artist at SF conventions for over forty years, and I recognize someone who not only knows what fantasy fans like, but is able to tailor to the craft show market as well.  My personal favorite is his work based upon the writings of H. P. Lovecraft.  I’ve purchased over thirty pieces for my home and always look to see if he’s done something new along these lines. Peri routinely shows more than a hundred pieces at SF conventions. It’s easy to see that not only is he talented, but is also fast and reliable. I’ve seen art show demonstrations in which Peri has constructed huge and beautiful creations in less than an hour. To me, there is no better mark of professionalism than an artist who can create something in front of a room full of spectators. “
aegeangoods.com

Craig W. Chrissinger
Craig W. Chrissinger is writing one piece a year for Locus Magazine, working some advance film screenings, and heading up in-person Bubonicons. Nothing is the same as before the modern-day plague, but we muddle through (and, yes, we had Covid October 2023). Craig has been in fandom since 1976, and was Fan Guest at ArmadilloCon 40. He lives in Albuquerque with the fabulous Jessica and two young cats named Gizmo and Kaylee. He works at a used bookstore, reads books, magazines and comics, and watches TV and movies. He would like to write more and really de-clutter the house.
www.bubonicon.com

Jessica Coyle
Jessica Coyle is the Instructional Coordinator at Coronado Historic Site, part of the NM Historic Sites system. When she is not laughing at the ridiculous antics of gambol quail, she creates public programming for all ages. In her free time, she hangs out with her boyfriend Craig, cats Gizmo and Kaylee, and helps organize Bubonicon, Albuquerque’s longest running SFF convention.

Marie DesJardin
Marie DesJardin writes science fiction, fantasy, and alternative history, ranging from short stories to novels and screenplays. Credits include Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Compelling Science Fiction, and Flash Fiction Online. She was a Story Quest award winner and a finalist in the 2017 AnLab Readers’ Choice Awards. Favorite things include fostering traumatized cats and world travel. Marie lives in Denver, Colorado, where she enjoys swimming, biking, and hiking when the mountains are not on fire. She’s now Xitter-free so please see facebook.com/marie.desjardin/ or amazon.com/author/mariedesjardin

F. P. Dorchak
F. P. Dorchak has a B.S. in physics/astronomy and is retired from 37 years as an Air Force officer and a contractor, where he’d worked in missile warning, satellite operations and support, and technical writing. Frank’s been writing since he was six. He has five Indie novels and one short story collection that won a 2017 Best Books Award. His first novel in 10 years is A Philosophy of Stars. He’s also been learning the classical violin since 2020. Frank can occasionally be reached in séances and at www.fpdorchak.com, but don’t believe everything he tells you.
fpdorchak.com

Betsy Dornbusch
Betsy Dornbusch writes epic fantasy, and has dabbled in science fiction, thrillers, and erotica. Her short fiction has appeared in over twenty magazines and anthologies, and she’s the author of three novellas. Her first fantasy novel came out in 2012 and her latest trilogy, Books of the Seven Eyes, wrapped up with Enemy in 2017. The Silver Scar, a standalone future fantasy novel, was called “a spellbinding saga” by Publisher’s Weekly. She likes writing, reading, snowboarding, punk rock, and the Denver Broncos. Betsy and her family split their time between Boulder and Grand Lake, Colorado.
betsydornbusch.cocm

Tycho Dwelis
I’m Tycho (I also use the pen name Cassidy), and I love storytelling! I’m incredibly passionate about writing, art, and anything that allows me to create my own worlds. My goal is to write dreamy fiction for all ages that is unique, inspiring, and imaginative. I like to write about themes that include coming of age, magic, identity, relationships, and changing the world. My books are intended for readers ages eight to one hundred and eight, and are meant to connect the world of the fantastical to everyday life. I currently live in Colorado and have my MA in Publishing.
https://www.tychodorian.com/

Glen Engel-Cox
Glen Engel-Cox is the author of DARWIN’S DAUGHTER as well as short stories in Nature, LatineLit, SFS Stories, and Triangulation. In addition, for over 40 years, Glen has been writing about his reading, creating one of the first book review sites on the Internet. The first 30-odd years of this were collected in a massive 500-page oversized volume called FIRST IMPRESSIONS; he’s now working on a new volume of both reviews and off-the-cuff essays called SECOND THOUGHTS. Finally, the free tier on patreon.com/gengelcox is a daily newsletter about events in Literature like author’s birthdays and notable book publications.
patreon.com/gengelcox

Jill Engel-Cox
Dr. Jill Engel-Cox is a clean energy engineer and environmental scientist. Her first job was climbing smokestacks in Los Angeles, followed by leadership roles at national energy research laboratories. She has led international planning for renewable energy and energy integration in Asia, North America, and the Middle East. She currently teaches industrial processes and environmental communications courses at Johns Hopkins University and global energy courses for University of Colorado Denver. While not a fiction writer, she has written dozens of scientific papers, has been a long-time reader of science fiction, and enjoys discussing science and fiction with her writer friends.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillengelcox/

J.T. Evans
J.T. Evans writes fantasy and urban fantasy novels. He’ll dabble with sci-fi and horror in short form as well. He is the former president of the Colorado Springs Fiction Writers Group and Pikes Peak Writers. When not writing, he secures computers at the Day Job, and plays way too many tabletop games. Despite having his right arm amputated and reattached after a nasty car crash, he types faster than the average bear. He is the author of the Modern Mythology and Flashing Blades series and is hastily working on more right now.
https://jtevans.net/

Arlen Feldman
As well as writing fiction, Arlen Feldman is a software engineer, entrepreneur, maker, and computer book author—useful if that shelf is just a little too high. He has sold a couple of dozen short stories and has been bothering publishing people about a novel or two. He also co-chairs COSine.

Danyda Feldman
Arlen’s long suffering sister, and daughter of the Dance-Dance revolution.

John Fiala
John has been into games, fantasy, science fiction from a young age. He has not grown up yet.

Kyra Fontaine
I am just a person, looking at a computer screen. Hoping to create something that does not suck!

Tim Fotinos
Tim is a part time quizmaster, gamemaster, has tended bar, been a bookseller, written stories, drawn maps, painted, sold photos, and wandered around Colorado and New Mexico since retiring to his home state of Colorado from the USAF in 1994. In the Air Force he finished up in a fantastic job, working to build Titan IV rockets. He graduated from CU Boulder with a gentlemen’s “Oh my, just barely” degree in Aerospace engineering. Tim lives in Colorado Springs with his husband Bryan and their cat, Della Street.

Erika Frensley
Technical writer for pay for many, many moons, and an SF/F fan for much longer.

Richard Friesen
Richard Friesen is a master storyteller whose works include an epic fantasy series, the Dreaming King Saga where the one who has the prophetic dream is king. His Wetware Wizards fight an AI world takeover. And a humorous superhero, Narcolepsy, whose power is falling asleep and taking you into his dreams with him. Another fantasy has a young sorcerer opposing a thousand-year-old oppressive king. There’s a space opera series, The Clark Family Legend about two star-pilots who change human space with daring and brains. Come join the adventure!
https://richardfriesen.net

Adam Gaffen
Adam Gaffen is a dynamic and award-winning science fiction author, best known for his Cassidy Chronicles series, which takes readers on thrilling, near-future adventures. His work, often described as hopepunk, blends rich character development with intricate world-building, offering a unique vision of the future that embraces inclusivity and optimism. Gaffen’s writing features strong LGBTQ+ themes, and he draws inspiration from authors like Heinlein and Douglas Adams. Residing in Colorado, Gaffen is a guest speaker at prominent conventions and has earned multiple indie publishing awards, making him a rising star in modern science fiction.
https://29f8b439f1.authorwebsites.bookbub.com/

David Gibbons
David Gibbons is a life long science fiction fan and reader of science fiction. Being COVID retired, David has been spending a lot time clubbing. Postcard club, stamp club and toy train club. Life is good!

H.Y. Gregor
H.Y. Gregor is the author of epic fantasy novel Stonewhisper, the urban fantasy Vechnoye Saga, from the Milesian Accords universe, and a growing list of short fiction in SFF and related genres. She spends as much free time as possible weaving fantasy tales and battling plot gremlins. You can find more info on her eclectic publications and upcoming urban fantasy and space opera projects at hygregor.com.
hygregor.com

Jim Gunderson
Louise and Jim Gunderson have been working on Artificial Intelligence and robotics for decades. With PhDs in Systems Engineering and Computer Science, the Drs. Gunderson have an ideal perspective on the technology and the impacts of the AI revolution. Their first foray into AI was an early 1990s program to play the game of Go, which was ranked in the top 6 in North America for several years—which might be surprising since neither of them play Go. Their current focus is on representing meaning in a machine such that it can be effectively used by a cybernetic brain. They are the authors of dozens of technical papers and the book “Robots, Reasoning, and Reification,” (used to torture graduate students) and have done international presentations on topics ranging from the social effects of AI to a TEDx presentation on consciousness and robotics. Holders of multiple patents, their focus has always been on applications of the theories they develop—“What good is a robotic brain, if it can’t do something useful?”

Louise Gunderson
Louise and Jim Gunderson have been working on Artificial Intelligence and robotics for decades. With PhDs in Systems Engineering and Computer Science, the Drs. Gunderson have an ideal perspective on the technology and the impacts of the AI revolution. Their first foray into AI was an early 1990s program to play the game of Go, which was ranked in the top 6 in North America for several years—which might be surprising since neither of them play Go. Their current focus is on representing meaning in a machine such that it can be effectively used by a cybernetic brain. They are the authors of dozens of technical papers and the book “Robots, Reasoning, and Reification,” (used to torture graduate students) and have done international presentations on topics ranging from the social effects of AI to a TEDx presentation on consciousness and robotics. Holders of multiple patents, their focus has always been on applications of the theories they develop—“What good is a robotic brain, if it can’t do something useful?”

guthron
Brian Guthrie is an independent author of science fiction, fantasy, and more. His first novel, Rise, won the Inkshares Nerdist Contest and was a 2017 Dragon Award nominee for Best Sci-Fi Novel. Brian is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in History. He is married to Michelle Guthrie, is the father of a child who defies gender roles, and has a menagerie of pets. Brian lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
https:\\www.guthron.com

Ian Haramaki
Ian Haramaki is a trans artist and author of fiction based out of Fort Collins. He has been selling his art at fan conventions across the country for over a decade, and has had an explosive start to his author career. The new intersection of all-ages dinosaur art and very adult LGBT+ romance has been amusing, to say the least.
https://cometkins.com

M.S. Harris
Markus Harris is a writer, editor, and historical warfare consultant for fellow authors whose C.V. includes multimedia, independent film production as screenwriter, fight arranger, special make-up effects designer, and stunt-action director and performer. Just for fun he occasionally dons armor as a professional theatrical jouster, performing for over three decades at tiltyards and arenas throughout the country.
fleshinarmor.com

Mike Haspil
Michael F. Haspil is an internationally published science fiction and fantasy author. His novel from TOR, “Graveyard Shift” was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. His Warhammer 40,000 stories “Amor Fati” and “To the Last” are currently available from Games Workshop’s Black Library and he wrote the lore, scenarios, and flavor text for the Season VIII Battlepass of World of Tanks. Other short stories have made anthology appearances including “Gunfight On Europa Station” and “No Game For Knights” from Baen. He also hosts the on-again/off-again “Quantum Froth Dispatches” podcast which examines storytelling through pop-culture classics.
www.michaelhaspil.com

Jim Henderson
Jim Henderson is a Colorado writer of fun, varied, and sound science fiction adventures. He is the author of the 10-book Mantis Saga, the story of the crew of the scout ship Mantis, as well as Viper: Boat-571, a military sci-fi adventure, and Inspector Giskard, a sci-fi mystery set in Colorado. Fun, adventure, aliens, space combat, robots, humor, intrigue, and excitement abound. Jim is a veteran, cybersecurity professional, and an aficionado of science fiction books, movies, TV, and games. When not working or mentally exploring the universe, he enjoys hiking, kayaking, gaming, and his 8 grandchildren.
https://mantissaga.space/

Howard V. Hendrix
Howard V. Hendrix’s writing has been appearing in print for over forty years. He is the author of six novels, three short story collections, and an sf poetry collection. He writes essays on a wide variety of topics, most often for Analog. He is author, editor, or co-editor on seven nonfiction books. He also taught at the college level for many years

Bill Hodgson
Began writing and illustrating in grade school. Has done art for games/CCG’s, book covers (lots of romance novels), posters (ballet, opera, ren faires, shows), advertising, etc., and shown at hundreds of s-f cons, ren faires, galleries, museums, air shows, airports, arts festivals, and group shows (including plein air, lately). He lives in Oklahoma & Texas with his wife, Sherrie, a veterinarian.
Www.wjhodgson.com

Thea Hutcheson
Lois Tilton of Locus called Thea Hutcheson’s work in Realms of Fantasy’s 100th issue “sensual, fertile, with seed quickening on every page. Well done…” Her work has appeared in places like Hot Blood XI, Fatal Attractions; The Best of Baen’s Universe; High Noon on Proxima B; and several of the critically acclaimed Fiction River anthologies. She lives in a house with four rescue cats, a goat herding dog, and an understanding housemate in an economically depressed, unscenic, nearly historic small city in Colorado. When she’s not writing, she serves as a factotum. Find more of her work at www.theahutcheson.com
www.theahutcheson.com

Lena M. Johnson
Lena M. Johnson is a science fiction author from Colorado who is obsessed with dinosaurs and cats. She has been published in various anthologies where she writes about badass women in futuristic worlds. Follow her for news of her upcoming novel, cat pictures, and terrible puns.
lenamjohnson.com

Stace Johnson
Stace Johnson is a writer, musician, and IT professional from Colorado. He has published more than 120 short pieces of writing across non-fiction, fiction, and poetry spaces. His most recent publications are in the anthologies Animal Magica Volume 3, A Bit of Luck, Animal Magica Volume 2, Modern Magic, and DrabbleDark II. He can often be seen wearing his signature steampunk hat and performing geeky original parody songs at Colorado science fiction conventions. Stace is a staff member for Superstars Writing Seminars and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in publishing from Western Colorado University.
https://linktr.ee/lytspeed

A.L. Kessler
Just use last years, please.
www.amylkessler.com

Kim Klimek
Dr. Kim Klimek was so fond of dragons and castles that she became a professor of medieval and women’s history, where she gets to regale students and strangers alike with stories of peoples from England to India, Africa to Peru. An academic writer (whose most recent published work was the undergraduate textbook Global Medieval Contexts), she also dabbles in SFF poetry and short fiction.

Sam Knight
Sam Knight is the owner/publisher of Knight Writing Press and author of six children’s books, five short story collections, four novels, and over 75 stories, including three co-authored with Kevin J. Anderson. Though he has written in many cool worlds, such as Planet of the Apes, Wayward Pines, and Jeff Sturgeon’s Last Cities of Earth, among his family and friends he will always be known for writing Chunky Monkey Pupu. To learn more, you can find him at samknight.com.
https://knightwritingpress.com/

Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of The Spare Man, Ghost Talkers, The Glamourist Histories series, and the Lady Astronaut Universe. She is part of the award-winning podcast Writing Excuses and a four-time Hugo Award winner. Her short fiction appears in Uncanny, Tor.com, and Asimov’s. Mary Robinette, a professional puppeteer, lives in Denver. Visit at maryrobinettekowal.com.
maryrobinettekowal.com

Dr. Rachael Kuintzle
Dr. Rachael Kuintzle is a science fiction writer, labor organizer, and Moth StorySLAM champion. She received her PhD in biochemistry & molecular biophysics from Caltech (‘23), where her research focused on the ‘cellular linguistics’ of Notch signaling—a molecular language involved in stem cell control and tissue regeneration. She founded Caltech’s creative writing club, TechLit, in 2017 and served as editor-in-chief and a contributing author of Caltech’s first fiction anthology, Inner Space and Outer Thoughts: Speculative Fiction From Caltech and JPL Authors.
https://www.rachaelkuintzle.com/

Shannon Lawrence
A fan of all things fantastical and frightening, Shannon Lawrence writes primarily horror and fantasy. Her short stories can be found in over sixty anthologies and magazines in addition to her collections. Her nonfiction title, The Business of Short Stories, and debut urban fantasy novel, Myth Stalker: Wendigo Nights, are available now. You can also find her as a co-host of the podcast Mysteries, Monsters, & Mayhem. When she’s not writing, she’s hiking through the wilds of Colorado and photographing her magnificent surroundings, where, coincidentally, there’s always a place to hide a body or birth a monster. www.thewarriormuse.com.
www.thewarriormuse.com

Ajax Lickiss
Ajax Lickiss is someone with their fingers in just about every pie like writing, various different types of artistry, cosplay and cosplay making, and much more. They are here because of their love of local cons and helping them get done along with the obvious fun of it.

Helen Masvikeni
Helen Masvikeni – Literary Agent – Megibowliteraryagency.com – Helen’s unique background brings an interesting and fresh perspective to the publishing world. She has an extensive background in the arts having been an internationally-performing musician and photographer as well as having worked in video, theater and film. Before COVID, she worked in marketing both in the non-profit sector and for the Denver Center for Performing Arts. Originally from Harare, Zimbabwe and now residing in Colorado, Helen is passionate about storytelling and artistic expression. As a literary agent, she is focused on combining her own experience as an artist with the business side of publishing to support authors from creation through publication and beyond.
megibowliteraryagency.com

Wil McCarthy
Aerospace engineer/startup founder Wil McCarthy, formerly of WIRED and the SyFy channel, has won the Prometheus award once and the AnLab award twice. He’s been nominated for the Nebula, Locus, Seiun, Sturgeon and Philip K. Dick awards, and Discover Magazine rated his world of “P2/Sorrow” one of the 10 best fictional planets of all time. He has appeared in Analog and Asimov’s, and his bestselling novels include New York Times Notable BLOOM, Amazon.com “Best of Y2K” THE COLLAPSIUM, and most recently, BEGGAR’S SKY (In the RICH MAN’S SKY series). He has also written for TV and video games, and published copious nonfiction. McCarthy holds 31 issued U.S. patents.
wilmccarthy.com

Megan McQuown
I’m a long time reader, Star Wars fanatic who loves teaching and playing French horn.

Sara Megibow
Sara Megibow (she/her) is the President and Senior Literary Agent at Megibow Literary Agency out of Broomfield, CO. She has worked in publishing since 2006 and represents New York Times bestselling authors including Rebecca Roanhorse, Margaret Rogerson, Roni Loren, Jaleigh Johnson and Jason M. Hough. Sara specializes in launching debut authors and working on long-term career development and profit strategy with them. She is a graduate of Northwestern University with degrees in Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and American History. Always LGBTQIA+ Friendly!
https://www.megibowliteraryagency.com

Matthew Mishalak
Matthew Michalak is, among other things, a former director of DASFA, a tea drinker, a gourmet, a book collector., and a notorious dandy. He is also an increasingly prolific Wikipedian, focusing on entries dealing with plants.

Christopher Miskimon
Christopher Miskimon is a retired US Army officer with service in field artillery and space operations. Before receiving a commission, he was an enlisted infantryman and is also a retired police officer. So, lots of ‘action person’ jobs. Chris is a freelance writer covering military history, current military affairs and near-term military technology and conflict. He has over 225 print and online articles and book reviews published, along with five published and 2 upcoming special edition bookazines.

Lee Moody
Lee Moody has been stumping people with trivia at conventions for years now, usually in cahoots with husband and fellow trivia aficionado Peri Charlifu. Come try your luck Friday at 8 pm!

Robert Moore
With over 50 years of programming in my career, I’ve taken on over 68 different projects including Coca Cola’s Freestyle Beverage Machine, NASA’s Astrobotic and Moog/Artemis III missions, and everything in between! I’m fascinated by Time Travel and have been an avid SyFi readers since I was in diapers! Go SpaceX !

Barbara Nickless
Barbara Nickless is the Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of two award-winning crime series. Her first series has been optioned for television. She is a member the Mystery Writers of America, the FBI Citizens Academy Alumni Association, and the Association of Former Intelligence Officers. Barbara lives in Colorado where she loves to hike, cave, snowshoe, and drink single malt Scotch. Her most recent research travel involved taking cover from rocket fire and being grilled at military checkpoints. Her latest novel—The Drowning Game—is a spy thriller. It drops January 1, 2025.
http://www.barbaranickless.com

Charles Orndorff
The two of us have lived in Colorado Springs our entire lives. We have been making costumes and props for over 20 years. We have learned many different skills over time and are very glad to share our knowledge. We have a wide range of skills including sewing, fabrication, 3d design, and much more. We were instructors at the Pikes Peak library district where we taught resin casting, silicon molding, and foam construction. Our current side hustle we create and sell custom products like T-shirts, photo products, laser engraved items, and various other keepsakes.
4acustomkeepsake.com

Tauni Orndorff
The two of us have lived in Colorado Springs our entire lives. We have been making costumes and props for over 20 years. We have learned many different skills over time and are very glad to share our knowledge. We have a wide range of skills including sewing, fabrication, 3d design, and much more. We were instructors at the Pikes Peak library district where we taught resin casting, silicon molding, and foam construction. Our current side hustle we create and sell custom products like T-shirts, photo products, laser engraved items, and various other keepsakes.
4acustomkeepsake.com

Robin D. Owens
Multi-Award Winning novelist Robin D. Owens writes: futuristic/fantasy stories with telepathic animal companions; Western paranormal ghost books; a series featuring average American women summoned to an alternate dimension to fight hideous evil; and a few paranormal/fae books set in Denver. She moved from a traditionally published author to indy and has attended Mile Hi Con for mumbledy-mumble years (decades).

Laurey (L.F.) Patten
L.F. (Laurey) Patten often characterizes her multitude of interests as “A.D.D of the right brain.” Degreed in history and anthropology, her checkered career has included work as an archaeologist on medieval/castle sites in England, tour guide at the Smithsonian, history teacher, herbalist, actress, singer, and pottery/jewelry instructor. (She also plays spoons and sings at Irish music sessions!) She has been writing/editing books, articles and short stories for the past 45 years. Her current novel, the heroic fantasy The Talent Sinistral, launched at World Fantasy Con in 2014, was written in loving tribute to fellow right-brainers everywhere.
www.dathana.com

Qwordy
Stephanie Gillis is the author of the Humane Society for Creatures & Cryptids, The Ashport Archives, and several short stories. She’s the youtuber known as Qwordy making content about books, writing, and hosting livestreams twice a week to help others get their productivity on and goals completed. She’s the founder of HRCYED (The Hardest Reading Challenge You’ll Ever Do) and Co-Founder of Createathon and Consumathon, two month-long challenges in all things creative!
https://ko-fi.com/stephaniegillis

Dr, Rob S. Rice
Rob S. Rice has long had a fascination with the histories of war, technology, and the sea. He has delivered papers before the APA, lectured at Annapolis and has taught subjects from Mythology to Roman History. Before all THAT, he won the 1st Del Rey ‘Writers of Tomorrow’ contest in 1983, the bug bit hard and early, and has never quite let him go. Dr. Rice is a published poet, also a street actor and historical consultant for the Colorado Renaissance Festival in Larkspur. His works of Historical Fantasy are available from the Esterhazy Press, visit his website at http://www.robricebooks.com
http://www.robricebooks.com/

Vennessa Robertson
Vennessa Robertson is an author and ex-educator and is active in the writing and historic reenactment communities. When she is not writing or homeschooling she is managing the family’s ever-growing large and small animal sanctuary ranch. She is the author of the Victorian Paranormal Arcane Adventuress series and the StarHawks futuristic military scifi series.

Christopher M. Salas
Born and raised in Pueblo, CO., Christopher M. Salas developed a penchant for science fiction and the paranormal from his grandmother and uncle. As a child spending time with his grandmother, Juanita included watching Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, and Buck Rogers. His uncle Augustine would tell tales at the dinner table, recounting scenes from movies he had watched, such as Dawn of the Dead or The Exorcist. Currently residing in Colorado Springs, CO., Christopher dabbles in various genres of fiction–Science Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Westerns, and Steampunk. While working on various literary works, Christopher also is a freelance comic book scriptwriter.
https://christophermsalas.me/

Peter Sartucci
Peter Sartucci lives with his wife and two special-needs children in metro Denver, where he works by day as a real estate appraiser and by evening scribbles stories. He was born in 1955 and is a genuine creaking antique. He has a five-book epic fantasy series with a sixth book due out in 2025, and a three-book apocalyptic science fiction series. He is working on a fantasy/horror story about a 250-yea-old vampiress who feeds on life-force, not blood, that he hopes to also publish in 2025.

Ronnie Seagren
Ronnie Seagren is active in the Northern Colorado Writers’ Workshop. Her novel, Seventh Daughter, is available from Wolfsinger Press and she is working on the sequel. When she isn’t writing, Ronnie is out photographing flowers and leading moonrise hikes at Roxborough State Park. She is expecting her first great-grandchild in February!

“Shady” David Shadoin
David “Shady” Shadoin is a trouble-making, corn-fed Nebraska boy the United States Air Force managed to turn into a somewhat decent pilot of whirly birds. An avid reader from a young age, he has always found inspiration listening to rock music while reading Fantasy and Sci Fi novels, and drinking single malt scotch. This love of written adventure set up Shady to moonlight as a new author trying to find a good outlet for creative ideas that start with nothing more than a misplaced pop culture reference and some DnD dungeons.
www.davidshadoin.com

S.L. Stacy
S.L. Stacy is an indie author of romantic fantasy and science fiction. Her most recent novel, Alien Gothic, is a YA sci-fi murder mystery (with some romance, too). She resides in Colorado with her family.
slstacy.com

Mark Stallings
Mark Stallings is an Internationally published and Amazon Best Selling author living in Colorado Springs, Colorado since the early 80’s. He is a publisher of the Eldros Legacy, speaks at International conferences on technology topics, is a writer of Wuxia, Fantasy, and Military Sci Fi. Mark is a competitive shooter, avid martial artist, drinker of craft beer, and motorcycle enthusiast. He continues to sling the ink with further stories in the Silver Coin Saga, The Eldros Legacy, and the 4Horsemen Universes.
https://markstallings.com

John E. Stith
John E. Stith is the author of ten novels, including REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS, a Nebula Award nominee, and MANHATTAN TRANSFER, in development for TV. Several of his works with Ace Books and Tor Books have been bought by the Science Fiction Book Club, optioned for film, and translated into numerous languages. His TINY TIME MACHINE: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY was just published by Amazing Stories, and DISAVOWED, a new SF novel, is due in December.
www.neverend.com

Chuck Stout
Chuck’s lifelong passion for aviation and space exploration started with building models and reading science fiction. Those, plus interests in astronomy and other sciences, provided a foundation for several satisfying careers. He has helped to design and build satellites, worked as an engineer in machine shops and labs, designed and built scores of museum exhibits, and helped write and edit award-winning books and online pilot-training materials. He recently celebrated 52 years as an active pilot, and just retired as Curator of the Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum. (And he still builds models and reads science fiction.)

Cheryl Sundseth
Cheryl Sundseth has been a science fiction fan for longer than is polite to report. She has been envolved with the MileHiCon staff for several decades and has been a Denver Area Science Fiction Association member for much of that time. Over the years, she and Bruce Miller have run art shows for MileHiCon, Origins, and WorldCon in locations from Pennsylvania to California. In addition, she is a docent at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and an avid collector of Lego, stuffed animals, and hugs.

Lauren C. Teffeau
Lauren C. Teffeau is a speculative fiction writer based in New Mexico. Her novel Implanted (Angry Robot) was shortlisted for the 2019 Compton Crook award for best first SF/F/H novel and named a definitive work of climate fiction by Grist. Her novella, the environmental fantasy A Hunger with No Name, came out this past fall from the University of Tampa Press. She’s had over twenty short stories published in speculative fiction magazines and anthologies including the Sunday Morning Transport, DreamForge Magazine, and the Bram Stoker Award-nominated Chromophobia: A Strangehouse Anthology by Women in Horror. To learn more, please visit: http://www.laurencteffeau.com
http://www.laurencteffeau.com

Trapper
Author of Camden’s Follies, cat parent, caregiver and ttrpg player, galactic hitchhiker and layabout
https://x.com/JNathanialC56

Steve Wahl
I’m a reader. It is my life, it seems. I have 14 floor-to-ceiling bookcases groaning with books and 2,218 titles on my kindle. I like science fiction. I found it when I was a semi-lost junior high schooler and it changed my life. I worked as computer programmer of systems software for 43 years and retired two years ago. I took 5 years of metalsmithing and jewelry design night school and now I fiddle with that and read and garden and cook, mostly. I’ve been a Con goer for 48 years and have met many giants in these fields. I collect information and my varied interests are many.

Beverly Warner
Beverly Warner (she/her) is a Colorado-based writer, costumer, and organizer with a deep love for all things fantasy and sci-fi. Drawing inspiration from art, folklore, literature, film, and pop culture, Beverly combines her costuming background and love of the fantastic and magical to create intricate, whimsical artwork, stories, and experiences. Crafting welcoming community spaces, whether for writers’ meetups or convention masquerades, is always a priority. When not creating, Beverly spends time with her husband, 4th grader, and retired racing greyhound, Diego.
https://beverlysomething.com/

Benjamin M. Weilert
Benjamin M. Weilert is an award-winning multi-genre writer from Colorado who writes whatever stories pop into his head. He is on a mission to write something in every single genre…eventually. He currently lives in Colorado Springs with his supporting wife and children. You can find him online on social media as “BMW the Author.”
https://author.benjamin-m-weilert.com/

Robert Williscroft
Dr. Robert G. Williscroft is a retired submarine officer, deep-sea & saturation diver, scientist, author, and lifelong adventurer. He spent 22 months underwater, a year in the equatorial Pacific, 3 years in the Arctic ice pack, and a year at the Geographic South Pole. He holds degrees in Marine Physics and Meteorology and a doctorate for developing a system to protect SCUBA divers in contaminated water. He is a prolific author of non-fiction, submarine technothrillers, and hard science fiction. He lives in Centennial, Colorado, with his wife and her two cats.
https://RobertWilliscroft.com

Anna Woof
Anna Wood is an artist, costumer and chronic declutterer. And clutterer. And declutterer. She is also really good at demolition.

X. Ho Yen
X. Ho Yen writes realism-based sci fi because you’ll never meet a less magic-minded person, and he’s in his own autistic world anyway. An aerospace engineer and lifetime space nerd, he thinks on scales of time and space ranging from the quantum to the cosmological. As an autistic, Multiracial CPTSD survivor and child of immigrants, he’s a feminist and has the widest definition of personhood, and a strong personal emphasis on human nature. His fiction is irreverent, inclusive, hopepunk sci fi, and he’s happy to leave science fantasy and standard tropes to those better equipped for it.
XHoYenAuthor.com