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August 26, 2026

WorldCon Appearances

WorldCon: Your Schedule
The Rise and Fall of Fandoms: Thursday, August 27, 2026, 3:00 PM PDT; Virtual 2
What the Heck is 'Cozy Horror'?: Thursday, August 27, 2026, 4:30 PM PDT; 253A
Queerness in Comics: Representation vs. Metaphor, Friday, August 28, 2026, 12:00 PM PDT
Writing Through Censorship, Friday, August 28, 2026, 4:30 PM PDT,
The Internet of Horrors, Saturday, August 28, 2026, 10:30 PDT
Queerness in the Ruins: LGBTQ+ Identity in Dystopian Worlds (Virtual), Sunday, August 30, 2026, 12:00 PM PDT
Reading: Priya Show, Sunday, August 30, 2026, 4:30 PM PDT
Neurodivergence in Fantasy, August 31, 2026, 9:00 PM PDT

This is also on my Patreon: I'll be at WorldCon in Anaheim this weekend, with the panels enclosed in the screencaps. WorldCon is one of the biggest science fiction and fantasy conventions internationally, hosting the Hugo Awards for select media including books, films and video games. It's the last year that WorldCon will be in the United States for a while, and we have no idea when it will become safe enough to travel outside the country again.

My schedule is listed in the image. If you are in Anaheim, CA, do let me know. And if you're attending virtually, it will be great to see your thoughts or feedback.

Adventitious published my flash fiction, “How to Lose to Death” in August 2026. It came from the question of how many works of fiction show people playing with Death to win a soul. We never see someone throwing the match on purpose. But why would someone play to live or to die, especially if it’s not their own soul?

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