Stage conversations
Fast-moving author conversations and panels built around horror, thrillers, craft, monsters, place, fear, and the genre’s sharp edges.
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FearLit
25 authors. 4 hours. Horror takes center stage.
When
Saturday, October 31
12–4 PM
12–4 PM
Where
Venice Island
Manayunk, Philadelphia
Manayunk, Philadelphia
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25.Authors and creators
4.Hours on Halloween
250.Seats at Venice Island
1.Ticket gets you into FearLit
Your ticket
One afternoon. No dead time.
Author signings
Meet the writers in the room, get books signed, and spend Halloween around the people making horror now.
Books + media
Books, film, physical media, and horror culture beyond the stage. Available Eventbrite add-ons can be purchased with your order.
Live programming
Performances and programming keep the afternoon moving. FearLit is built as a concentrated convention, not one long panel.
The lineup
The whole roster. 25 voices in horror.
25.
8 Bram Stoker Awards across the lineup, bestselling novelists, major-publisher debuts, queer horror, slashers, gothic fiction, romance, crime, film history, comics, live performance, and more.
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Adam Cesare
Slasher · YA Horror · Suspense
Clown in a Cornfield -
Alma Katsu
Historical Horror · Supernatural · Spy Thrillers
NYT bestseller -
C.S. Poe
Queer Mystery · Romance · Speculative
Lambda Literary finalist -
David Simmons
Surreal Horror · Crime · Body Horror
Fetty on the Switches -
Gregory Ashe
Queer Mystery · Crime · Romance
Hazard and Somerset -
Gwendolyn Kiste
Gothic · Literary · Body Horror
4× Bram Stoker winner -
Hailey Piper
Weird · Cosmic · Psychological Horror
Bram Stoker winner -
J.Q. Gagliastro
Queer Dystopia · Political Satire · Fantasy
The Diary of a Sugarbaby -
James Kaine
Slasher · Supernatural Horror
The Final Final Girl -
Jared Delaney
Novelizations · Theatre · Dark Comedy
Plan 9 From Outer Space -
Jason Rekulak
Supernatural Thriller · Suspense
Bestselling novelist -
Jennifer Herrera
Mystery · Suspense · Supernatural Fiction
The Hunter -
Jo Piazza
Crime · Thriller · Suspense
Bestselling novelist -
Keith Rosson
Horror · Crime · Supernatural Fiction
Fever House -
Kevin Redzinski
Horror Film · Elm Street · Film Memoir
I Was Freddy Too! -
M.A. Knight
Queer Horror Romance · Body Horror · Werewolves
Feverchain -
Mallory Cywinski
Horror Romance · Weird Girl Lit
Making Friends with Ghosts -
Marc L. Abbott
Supernatural · Urban Horror
HWA vice president -
Mary Berman
Literary Horror · Dark Humor · Family Horror
Until Death -
Mathilda Zeller
Indigenous Horror · Supernatural · Fantasy
It Looks Like You in the Dark -
Mauve Perle Tahat
Environmental Humanities · Carceral Studies
Spatial Residue -
Padraic Maroney
Horror Film History · Slashers
Escaping Death -
Philip Fracassi
Contemporary · Supernatural · Psychological Horror
Bram Stoker finalist -
Scott Cole
Horror · Bizarro · Weird Fiction
SuperGhost -
Taylor Grothe
Queer Horror · Dark Academia · Horror Romance
Hollow / Lethal Kiss
Plan Halloween
Show up. Horror is already there.
Halloween. Manayunk. 250 seats.
FearLit runs Saturday, October 31, 2026 from noon to 4 PM at Venice Island Performing Arts Center in Manayunk, Philadelphia. The venue is ADA accessible, with professional staging, lighting, and sound. The event is built around one concentrated afternoon of author conversations, signings, performances, books, film, and physical media.