THE OUTER DARK SYMPOSIUM ON THE GREATER WEIRD
Saturday March 25, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Atlanta, Georgia at Decatur CoWorks, 708 Church St., Decatur, GA 30030
GUESTS/PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS:
Mike Allen
Daniel Braum
Selena Chambers
Gerald L. Coleman
Milton Davis
Kristi DeMeester
John C. Foster
Craig Laurance Gidney
Orrin Grey
Edward Austin Hall
Valjeanne Jeffers
Nicole Givens Kurtz
Anya Martin
Scott Nicolay
Balogun Ojetade
Eric Schaller
Grafton Tanner
Damien Angelica Walters
Michael Wehunt
FOR MORE INFO: https://www.facebook.com/events/1101994836594036/
Welcome to The Outer Dark on This Is Horror. I’m your host Scott Nicolay bringing you news and interviews with the creative talents who operate far beyond the edge of the firelight. There Are Weird Things Out Here, My Friends…
When I conceived The Outer Dark podcast in 2015, I never expected it to take off like it has and to mean so much to listeners. As the tendrils of the Weird spread further into speculative and even mainstream fiction, film and TV, people keep asking me when we were going to do something more hands-on. Thus was born The Outer Dark Symposium on the Greater Weird.
A key goal is to keep the symposium affordable ($25) for readers and writers, with everyone attending all programming and sharing breakfast and lunch together. We also will be providing an opportunity to continue the conversation at an after-party in the evening. We’ve crunched every figure and cut corners as far as we possibly can, but to rent a great space for an entire day, fly in some out-of-town guests, provide food services, and print a collectible program chapbook still takes money. In other words, to accomplish ALL this at this crazy price point, we ask humbly for your help.
That’s why we created this Indiegogo campaign through which you can purchase:
- Supporting Membership ($20, includes program chapbook, limited to 100 copies & signed by all 17 program participants)
- Basic Attending Membership ($25 for day event including meals)
- Deluxe Membership ($50 for day event & evening party)
- VIP Membership ($100, includes exclusive brunch with author guests & more)
If you can’t make it but want to hear the programming on The Outer Dark, or if you’re attending and want to help a little extra, our authors and some generous sponsors have contributed some additional perks including:
- The Outer Dark podcast official T-shirt featuring our logo designed by “Nick the Hat” Gucker & inspired by the art of Lee Brown Coye (men’s sizes M, L, XL, 2XL, & 3XL).
- Books and chapbooks by our guests & other writers in the contemporary Weird. Many signed & personalized.
- Two memberships for the price of one to Monsterama, Atlanta’s only convention dedicated to classic monsters in art, film & print.
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Cthulhu Tiki Mug, finely crafted by Horror in Clay
- Poe-Pack featuring the Dreadful Ape Tiki Mug, inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue” & finely crafted by Horror in Clay, plus a signed & personalized copy of Wandering Spirits: Traveling Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by Poe expert & cocktail connoisseur Selena Chambers.
Finally, thank you to the following sponsors who have stepped up with cash or in-kind products and services to help make this one-of-a-kind event possible:
We still have sponsorship opportunities available, so if you’d rather support that way or want to give more generously than the campaign levels offered, please contact us at atlretro@gmail.com.
Whatever you can afford or even if you just share this campaign on social media, you have our deepest gratitude!
Weirdest regards,
Scott Nicolay, Executive Producer/Host
Anya Martin, Associate Producer/Symposium Chair
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