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At Worldcon!
Aug 25, 2026

I’m excited and honored to be on panels at LAcon V, the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, in Anaheim CA.

On Saturday 8/29 I’ll be participating in two panels:

9AM-10AM “Purple vs. Windowpane Prose: Navigating Between Two Extremes,” 252AB Anaheim Conference Center North.

3PM-4PM “Writing Series vs. Standalones,” Manhattan room, Hilton Anaheim.

And on Sunday 8/30 I’ll be on one more:

4:30PM-5PM “Point of View, What’s the Point?” 255 Anaheim Conference Center North.

Please say hello if you would like to! Thank you to the Southern California Institute for Fan Interests (SCIFI) Inc., and the California Anime Foundation for organizing and sponsoring the convention!

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The Chart of Tomorrows

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Gaunt and Bone find themselves at the heart of a vast struggle — and their own son is emerging from that conflict as a force of evil. To save him and everything they know, they turn to a dangerous magical book, The Chart of Tomorrows, that reveals pathways through time.

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When a magical fog starts turning ordinary people into murderous mobs along the border, it’s up to Gideon Gull and a crew of daring performers to solve the mystery before both nations fall to madness and slaughter.

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The Silk Map

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