WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 1995 March 2-5, 1995 at Atlanta's Sheraton Colony Square (update 2/1/95) Guests of Honor: ************************* ************************* *** ALAN M. CLARK *** *** ALICE COOPER *** *** JOHN FARRIS *** *** NEIL GAIMAN *** *** R.L. STINE *** ************************* ************************* A WORLD HORROR CONVENTION IN ATLANTA We are proud to announce that the 1995 World Horror Convention will take place March 2-5, 1995 at the Sheraton Colony Square Hotel (host hotel of the 1992 Nebula Awards Weekend) in Atlanta, Georgia. The Sheraton Colony Square Hotel is located at: Peachtree and 14th Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30361. The Sheraton Colony Square features over 460 spacious guest rooms and 34 distinctively styled standard and deluxe suites. Special discount room rates are $92 per night for single and double, $102 triple and quad. One bedroom standard suites are $225 per night; deluxe double-wide suites are $425 per night. Children who may be attending will not be charged for their hotel stay, regardless of age, provided they share the same room as their parents. Call 1-800-422-7895 or (404) 892-6000 (in Georgia) to make your reservations now! Be sure to specify the 1995 World Horror Convention to receive your special discounted rates. All rooms must be reserved by February 10, 1995 to guarantee your special rates. Attached to the Colony Square Hotel is the Colony Square Mall, with 28 retail merchants including an American Express Travel Office, U.S. Post Office, Trust Company Bank, and eight different restaurants and bars. In addition to the Mall, the Colony Square Hotel is within two blocks walking distance of The High Museum of Art, The Atlanta Symphony, The Atlanta Ballet, The 14th Street Playhouse, Atlanta Center of Puppetry Arts, Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Piedmont Park, The Goethe Institute and the Dorothy Fuqua Conservatory. DISCOUNT TRAVEL Our official travel agency is World Travel Advisors; they can guarantee you the lowest rates in getting to Atlanta. Call World Travel Advisors at 1-800-545-3210 and ask for the 1995 World Horror Convention Travel Coordinator. Colony Square is easily accessible from Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport via taxicab (approximately $22), Atlanta Airport Shuttle Service (currently $14 for a round trip), or the MARTA Rapid Rail System (currently $1.25). If riding MARTA, exit at the Arts Center station to Lombardy Way, walk one block left to Peachtree Street, then one block right to 14th Street. WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 1995 MEMBERSHIP As is required by World Horror Convention administration, the convention is limited to 1,000 Attending members. Advance Attending Memberships are $75 and must be received by February 27, 1995, payable in US dollars. At-the-door memberships will be $100. Membership for children, age 16 and younger are $25. Supporting Memberships are $25, which entitles you to all convention publications and the right to vote for the Grand Master Awards. Supporting memberships may be converted to Attending memberships (even at-the-door) with an additional payment of $50.00, provided Attending memberships are still available. We will allow the transfer of Attending memberships if the following conditions are met. First, we must have a signed letter from the current member making this request. Second, the letter must contain the name and address of the person to whom the transfer is being made. Memberships are not refundable. WORLD HORROR CONVENTION MEMBERS (as of 1/27/95) Tamara J. Abbott-Swain Margo Knight Benjamin Adams Steven Knight Robert Alverson Gregory Kopko Steve Antczak Edward E. Kramer James Argendeli Mike Krause Peggy Arias Staley Krause Kevin Arias-Watkins Catherine B. Krusberg Michael A. Arnzen Armin Kubrak Barry Bard William Aksel Kuehl Clive Barker Michaelene LaFlamme David G. Barnett Zanny Leach Lisa Bates Elaine Lee Carlos Batts Lisa Lepovetsky Jill Bauman T. F. Leszczyc Don Bertch Lorrie Beaver Levesque Eileen Bertch Richard L. Levesque Kirk Bierbauer Rick Lieder David Bischoff Lubov Robert W. Blume Brian Lumley Brandy Bolgeo Ricia Mainhardt Lisa Jean Bothell Toby Mamis Gary A. Braunbeck Joe Maraglino Leslie Braunbeck David D. Marlatt Poppy Z. Brite Anya Martin Sean Brodrick William C. Martin Daniel Broening Elizabeth Massie Barbara Ann Brooks John A. Mattera Darrell Brown Elizabeth May Lori Dyann Buchanan Jerry L. May Bill Bulman Dallas Mayr Susan L. Burgard Bucky McDade Crispin Burnham Sandy McDade Richard Lee Byers Patrick McGarrigle P. D. Cacek Barrett R. McGivney Mark Cantrell Jeff McKibben Joe Casey Lana McVey Paul Cashman Charles Meo Jennifer M. Caudle Melissa Meo Floyd Chappell Cynthia L. Merritt Robyn Chappell Stephen C. Merritt Sherry Charlton Mona Meyer David Cheng Ken Meyer, Jr. Maryanne Chewning Ann Miller Joe Christ Keith Minnion Alan M. Clark Catherine Mintz Melody Kees Clark Michael Mize Michael Cole Elizabeth E. Monteleone Jeff Coleman Thomas F. Monteleone Nancy A. Collins Bonnie A. Moore Alice Cooper James A. Moore Dona Corben Julie Morrison Richard Corben Ann Myers David J. Corwell Kevin A. Myers Sophia E. Corwell Luisa Nadalini Matthew Costello Yvonne Navarro Deidra Cox Gregory Nicoll F. Brett Cox Adam Niswander Sheldon Cox Randy Norris Barry H. Crawford Philip Nutman Justin Crawford Norman M. Oesch Ellen Datlow Lance Oszko Davi Dee Beverly Parker Ron Dee Rembert Parker Alexa deMonterice Lisa Passero Robert Devereaux John Pelan Mike Dillson Peggy M. Perkerson Tanya Doherty Kenneth J. Peterson Tom Doherty Susan Phillips Wanda Dooley Pamela C. Pia Juliette Dudnelly Susan P. Pierce Guest of J. Dudnelly Steven James Potter Dawn Dunn Michelle Prahler Scott Edelman Priscilla S. Prophet Chris Logan Edwards Michael Putnam Mark L. Edwards Janis M. Radziun Wayne A. Edwards Stephen Mark Rainey Bob Eggleton William Greene Raley Darryl Elliott Vyle Raven-Greyv Harlan Ellison Pete Rawlik Susan Ellison Doug Roemer John Ezell Charlotte Rosenberger John Farris Douglas Ross Mary Anne Farris Gordon R. Ross P.J. Farris Joel Ross Christa Faust Susan Rush Barbara J. Ferrenz Shane Russell Otto Filip Elsa Rutherford Larry Foshee Shawn Ryan Charles Fox Jasmine J. Sailing Randy Fox Wayne Allen Sallee Stephanie Z. Fox Kimberly M. Sangster Peter Francis Paddy Satzer Karen G. French Julius Schwartz Esther M. Friesner Nanci Schwartz William D. Gagliani Darrell Schweitzer Neil Gaiman Julia Morgan Scott Nelda Galarneau Jeff Scroggins Peter Galarneau, Jr. Lee E. Seymour W. Paul Ganley Kevin Shadle Craig Shaw Gardner Kevin Shaw Janice M. Garr Bill Sheehan Cindie Geddes Kim Shropshire Robert Gleason Marge Ballif Simon James Goad John Mason Skipp Jean Goddin Henry Allen Smith Christopher Golden J. Nelson Smith Connie Golden Jeff Smith Ken Gonser Dale Snodgrass Guest of Ken Gonser Rose Solar Danny Gonzalez S.P. Somtow Jack Gonzalez Mike Speedling Jean Gonzalez Alice Spivey Kevin Gossage Ken Spivey Mr. Loren Gould Derek Spraker Charles L. Grant Brinke Stevens Mary E. Gray Bill Stine Terry D. Gray Cody Stine Lois Gresh Jane Stine William C. Gulick Matt Stine David M. Gullbert Megan Stine Paula Guron R.L. Stine Louie Gutierrez Jeff Strand Beth Gwinn Thomas M.K. Stratman Richard Monk Habjan Brad Strickland Lauren Hacker Rosanne Stutts Wes Harris Stanislaus Tal Bill Harrison Miranda Tarrow Lew Hartman Karen E. Taylor Suzy K. Hartzell Marilyn Teague Tracy Harvey Robert Teague Rob Hatch Autumn Thomas Rick Hautala Richard Thomas Steve Haynie Jeff Thompson, M.A. Pat Henry Roger Tibbits Sherry Henry Bill Trojan Douglas Hewitt Serena Valtri Tim Hewitt Edo van Belkom Tamara Hilliker Roberta van Belkom Frank Hilliker, Jr. Jeff VanderMeer Connie Hirsch Donald B. Vandersluis Christine B. Hoard Barb Vanorsdale James Hollaman Donald Vaughan Grady C. Holt Nanette Vaughan Melissa Holt Sharon Vaughan Helen H. Homan Graham Watkins Alexandra Honigsberg Lawrence Watt-Evans David M. Honigsberg Wendy Webb John A. Hudson Jo Webber Audrea Huff Doreen Webbert Phronsie L. Humphrey Jim Webbert Alan Huskey Robert Weinberg Lisa Huskey Phyllis White Brad Hutchings Lori Whitworth Don Hutchison Mark Whitworth Forrest Jackson Stewart Wieck Karel James-Bouse Dee Willis Tina L. Jens Marshall Willis Alex S. Johnson Mike M. Willmoth Gary Jonas F. Paul Wilson Nancy Jones Douglas E. Winter Diane M. Keating-Sciacca Lynne G. Winter Erin Kelly Ken Wisman Ann Kennedy Mark O. Worrell Caitlin R. Kiernan Guest of Mark O. Worrell Melissa Kilgore Scott F. Wyatt Nancy Kilpatrick Mark V. Ziesing Samuel E. King Donald H. Kinney Regina Kirby PROGRAMMING Programming is the traditional heart of the World Horror Convention. There will be panels and discussions related to literature, arts, motion pictures, television, music, crossover genres such as comics and gaming, and much more! Many members have already submitted ideas or volunteered to appear on panels. We have a fair amount of meeting space, so we can accommodate most special requests. WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 1995 PRELIMINARY PROGRAM (revised February 1, 1995) THURSDAY * 4:00 PM Somber Notes: Horror and Classical Music. Ardmore Room. * 5:30 PM The Best Rejection Letters I've Ever Gotten. Ardmore Room. * 7:00 PM Opening Ceremonies. Grand Ballroom North. * 8:30 PM Center for Puppetry Arts performance featuring intrepretive works by Neil Gaiman. Georgia Room. * 10:00 PM Our Favorite Vampires: Things We Love From Fiction and Film. Georgia Room. Ice Cream Social. Convention Suite (Toulouse Lounge). Midnight White Wolf Presents Readings from Dark Destiny. Georgia Room. FRIDAY * 10:00 AM The Creative Process Live: An Interactive Approach to Story Development. Grand Ballroom North. A Tribute to Peter Cushing. Georgia Room. * 11:30 AM Horror Special FX: The Mastery of Bill "Splat" Johnson. Grand Ballroom North. Selling Your Soul: A Guide to Self-Promotion. Georgia Room. Horror Poetry Panel. Brookwood Room. * 1:00 PM What About the Golem? The use of non-traditional and non-Western archetypes in horror fiction. Grand Ballroom North. Twisting the Boundaries: Is the Best Horror Being Written in Suspense and Crime Fiction? Georgia Room. * 2:30 PM Artist Guest of Honor Interview: Alan M. Clark (Jill Bauman, Interviewer). Grand Ballroom North. * 4:00 PM Guest of Honor Interview: John Farris (Robert Gleason, Interviewer). Grand Ballroom North. Flannery O'Connor's Mutant Stepchildren: Southern Gothic Horror. Georgia Room. Alan M. Clark Autographing. Dealer's Room (Grand Ballroom South). * 5:30 PM A Funny Thing Happened to Me On the Way to the Graveyard: Humor and Horror. Grand Ballroom North. Reading: Harlan Ellison. Georgia Room. Dead Beat Poets' Society Coffee House. Convention Suite (Toulouse Lounge). John Farris Autographing. Dealer's Room (Grand Ballroom South). * 7:00 PM Horror On-Line: What's New on Genie, AOL, Internet, and More. Ardmore Room. * 8:30 PM Mass Autograph Signing and Reception (hosted by White Wolf). Grand Ballroom North. * 11:00 PM Horror and Country Music. Georgia Room. * Midnight Live Music by Trio Nocturna (followed by a DJ dance 'till dawn). Grand Ballroom North. Reading: Poppy Z. Brite. Brookwood Room. SATURDAY * 10:00 AM Such Stuff As Screams Are Made Of: Robert Bloch Remembered. Grand Ballroom North. Meet White Wolf Publishing. Georgia Room. Dexter's Funny World: Not Your Average Artist's Slide resentation by Alan M. Clark. Ardmore Room. * 11:00 AM Everything You Wanted to Know About HWA But Were Afraid to Ask. Ardmore Room. * 11:30 AM State of the Undead Nation: A Forum on the Market Today (writers, editors, agents, booksellers). Grand Ballroom North. So Who was the Good Guy? Georgia Room. Reading: Brian Lumley. Brookwood Room. * Noon HWA Writers' Workshop. Ardmore Room. * 1:00 PM Guest of Honor Presentation: R.L. Stine. Grand Ballroom North. Millennium: The Making of an Anthology. Georgia Room. Reading: Thomas F. Monteleone. Brookwood Room. * 2:30 PM The Horrors of Hollywood: Screenplays and Re-writes. Grand Ballroom North. Horror in Alternative Media: CD-Roms and Beyond. Georgia Room. Alan M. Clark: The Pain Doctors of Suture-Self General. Ardmore Room. R.L. Stine Autographing. Dealer's Room (Grand Ballroom South). * 4:00 PM Guest of Honor Interviews: Alice Cooper and Neil Gaiman. Grand Ballroom North. Millennium reading. Brookwood Room. * 5:30 PM Horror Quiz Show (Hosted by Douglas Winter & Craig Gardner). Grand Ballroom North. Vampires: Draining the Vein or Refilling the Blood Bank? Georgia Room. Dead Beat Poets' Society Coffee House. Convention Suite (Toulouse Lounge). Alice Cooper and Neil Gaiman Autographing. Dealer's Room (Grand Ballroom South). * 7:00 PM HWA Charity Auction. Georgia Room. Artists' Reception. Art Show (Habersham Room). * 8:30 PM The Atlanta Radio Theatre Live Presention of Cronos Beach. Grand Ballroom North. John Mason Skipp: Music Presentation and Reading. Ardmore Room. * 10:00 PM WHC '95 Awards Ceremony: The International Horror Critics' Guild Awards, Deathrealm Awards, and Grandmaster Award. Grand Ballroom North. * Midnight Live Music by ODK (followed by a DJ dance 'till dawn). Grand Ballroom North. Unnameable Press Reads from Once Upon A Midnight. Georgia Room. After Hours Interview. Brookwood Room. SUNDAY * 10:30 AM HWA Business Meeting. Grand Ballroom North. * 11:00 AM Art Show Auction. Georgia Room. Clive Barker Autographing. Dealer's Room (Grand Ballroom South). * Noon Psychotronic Sleaze, Italian Cannibals, and Killers in Black: Eurotrash Horror and Why We Love It. Grand Ballroom North. * 1:30 PM Horror in the High School: Teaching Horror and Why Teens Love Splat-movies, Stephen King, V.C. Andrews, and R.L. Stine. Grand Ballroom North. Finding My Religion: Transcendence in Horror. Georgia Room. Radio & Audio Horror. Brookwood Room. * 3:00 PM Closing Ceremonies. Grand Ballroom North. Note: Individual autograph sessions will take place for one hour in the Dealer's Room (Grand Ballroom South) following each panel presentation, workshop, or reading. A wake will be scheduled for Karl Edward Wagner on either Friday or Saturday, so keep a bottle and a toast ready. Plus, running from noon on Thursday to the convention's close on Sunday, the 24-hour video program featuring the finest in rare Peter Cushing movies, Robert Bloch anthologies, Amicus anthologies, Cantonese chunk-blowers, Eurotrash sleaze, and classic B-movies, including the premiere of independent filmmaker Joe Christ's most recent short and S.P. Somtow's Ill Met by Moonlight. GRAND MASTER AWARDS Each World Horror Convention shall present a Grand Master award which shall be voted on by the paid members of the upcoming World Horror Convention. Each member may nominate only one person for the award. The individual with the most votes will be the Grand Master. A Grand Master is a person who has had a significant influence on your interest in and appreciation of Horror literature and art. The person must be alive and can only win this award once. Previous winners were Robert Bloch, Stephen King, Richard Matheson and Anne Rice; thus, they are ineligible from any further Grand Master Awards. ART SHOW AND PRINT SHOP The Art Show and Print Shop areas encompass a total of over 3,000 sq. ft. of convention space. The ceilings are 11' in height with exceptionally good lighting. There will be approximately 125 4' x 4' panels available for hanging 2-D art with additional tables for 3-D art. No mail-in artwork will be accepted. A Print Shop will also be available to those artists participating in the Art Show. Our Art Show Director is Roseanne Stutts. The 1995 World Horror Convention Art Show is juried; all interested artists must submit a minimum of 3 slides (or other representative samples) of their work. If you have already displayed at a previous WHC, you need not re-submit samples. However, since jurying will be done as submissions are received, artists are encouraged to send their samples as early as possible. Due to limited space, panels and tables are reserved on a "first come," based on receipt of Art Show fees and Memberships. For rules and additional info, write to Roseanne at 2322 Creekview Drive, Martinez, Georgia 30907. Include a long (#10) SASE and please specify WHC '95; be sure to also include a SASE with jury submissions. 4' x 4' pegboard panels are $35; each additional panel is $20 (limit 3 total). 30" x 6' tables for three-dimensional work are $35; each additional table is $20 (limit 2 total). A 5% commission is taken for Art Show sales to offset credit card expenses; a 20% commission is taken for Print Shop sales (no hanging fee is charged for the Print Shop). Checks are made payable to the 1995 World Horror Convention. DEALER'S ROOM Our Dealer's Room will feature approximately 65 six-foot tables of the best and foremost horror and dark fantasy merchandise. Load-in will be available both Wednesday evening and Thursday morning. Dealer tables are available at $100 each, and must be reserved with at least one 1995 World Horror Convention Membership. Our Dealer's Room Director is Pat Henry. Checks are made payable to the 1995 World Horror Convention. HOSPITALITY SUITE / PUBLISHER PARTIES The 1995 World Horror Convention Hospitality Suite will open on Thursday, March 2nd at 10:00 am. It is located in the Toulouse Lounge, a spacious open air room with seating for 100 on Colony Square's Plaza Level, overlooking the hotel lobby. Publishers may host parties in the Sheraton Colony Square's 34 distinctively styled standard and deluxe suites, or host the World Horror Convention's own Hospitality Suite on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday evenings (contact Ed Kramer for information on Hospitality Suite sponsorship). The Sheraton Colony Square also features the Crowne Room, a 4,000 sq. ft. reception hall on encompassing the hotel's top floor, available for publisher parties. The Crowne Room will seat over 200 and looks out over the Atlanta skyline. Please contact Ed Kramer should you wish to reserve this room. ALL-NIGHT CONCERTS AND DANCES Our all-night dances begin Thursday, Friday, and Saturday evenings at the strike of midnight in our Grand Ballroom and continue until 6 am, so you vampires can boogie until the sun comes up! *** Trio Nocturna *** This Atlanta Gothic trio features harpist Thomas Dodd and vocalist Jennifer Hartshorn. Their set ranges from Mary Poppins lullabies to Enya and Kate Bush, with The Sex Pistols, Nick Cave, and John Cale thrown in for good measure. Beyond their interesting covers, Trio Nocturna makes a point to stretch the boundaries of the songs they play. Trio Nocturna will preform at Midnight on Friday evening, followed by a Gothic Dance till 'dawn. *** ODK *** The Order of the Dying Knights was formed not necessarily as a religion, but merely as a competition of chivalry judged by the Head Knight. As the Order grew in popularity, it took shape into the organization whose ideas have influenced all those around it. In keeping with those traditions, ODK was formed. This Atlanta Gothic rock foursome featuring Joe Sikes, Joseph McCannon, Regan Keepet and Will Wise will preform at Midnight on Saturday evening, followed by a Gothic Dance till 'dawn. HANDICAP ACCESS Marilyn and Robert Teague will coordinate Access for the World Horror Convention in 1995. You'll get fast registration at the Access booth for you and your family or friends; buttons, for you and one helper, that let you use Access when you want to, without separating you from your friend or family; first-in-room-entry to help you .avoid that run-down feeling; and other devices (such as inside information on the Convention's facilities) designed to make Word Horror accessible to you. Please let us know if you will be bringing a Companion Animal so that we can inform a local veterinarian. For more info, please contact: Marilyn and Robert Teague, 3926 Wolcott Circle, Atlanta, GA 30340. Phone: (404) 938-7143. ADVERTISING The Convention Program Book will feature a full-color wrap around cover by Alan M. Clark, and contain articles about our Guests of Honor, short stories, art, diagrams of the hotel, publishers' and dealers' ads, and other interesting information we'd like you to know. There will be a separate pocket program for scheduled events. Program Book ad rates are $300 for a full page (7.5" x 10"), $175 for a half page (7.5" x 5") and $100 for a quarter page (3.5" x 5"). Inside front and back covers are available for $150 additional. Dimensions include borders. All copy must be camera ready and include payment with the ad. Half-tones should be produced using an 85 to 150 line screen. Inquire for full color and spot color ads. The ad deadline for the Program book is February 10, 1995. REGISTRATION HAND-OUTS: Books, magazines, pins, buttons, calendars, and other interesting items will be included with each registration packet. Publishers may send any of the above for inclusion to: Ed Kramer, World Horror Convention, 449 Pleasant Hill Road, Suite 311, Lilburn, GA 30247. This office is open Monday - Friday from 8:30 am to 5:00 pm and can receive all types of packages and/or freight. Packages and/or freight scheduled to arrive after February 24th, 1995, may be shipped directly to the World Horror Convention c/o Sheraton Colony Square, 188 14th Street NE, Atlanta, GA 30361. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For additional information about attending the 1995 World Horror Convention, please write to Ed Kramer, WHC '95, P.O. Box 148, Clarkston, GA 30021-0148 or call (404) 925-0115 (voice) / (404) 925-2813 (fax). You can also leave a message for Ed on GEnie at ED.KRAMER, AOL at Ed Kramer, or Internet at ed.kramer@lightspeed.com. 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