Author Guest of Honor: Matthew Barron

Matthew Barron was raised by a dog in the cornfields of southern Indiana. His biological parents coaxed him back into the house with television and comic books. He still has a healthy distrust of humans, who are much scarier than anything in his stories. Matthew enjoys writing in different genres and mediums. Most of his stories fall under the speculative fiction umbrella (horror, science fiction, fantasy). Matthew’s diverse stories have appeared in several magazines and anthologies such as Generation X-ed, And the Dead  Shall Sleep No More, The Dread Machine, Ill-Considered Expeditions, and many more.  In addition to his prose books and short stories, he’s produced two of his plays—I’m Not Gay (2015) and Phantom of Fountain Square (2019)—and released three graphic novels—Temple of Secrets, The Brute: Chasing Shadows andHarmony Unbound. In 2020 he started the Jack Mahler paranormal mystery series with Waking Terror, and in 2024 he finally collected 30 years of short stories in Dissonant Dreams, which is still his personal favorite. In 2025, he collected the stories too risqué for Dissonant Dreams inCringetastic Content and in 2026 had his 2012 children’s book The Lonely Princess translated into Spanish and Chin. He is currently working on a modern-day pulp adventure set in Indianapolis.
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Music Guest of Honor: Mikey Mason

Mikey Mason’s profession is creating art and music with geeky themes, using his lifelong love for fantasy, science fiction, cats, and games to inspire his music and help him evolve as person and artist . His performances are sharpened by long years of experience as a stand-up comedian. He’s performed at theaters, bars, comedy clubs, casinos, colleges, festivals, and conventions across the US, hosted podcasts, exhibited at art shows, created a coloring book, and more, continually expanding his horizons as to what his next project will be. His book, Confessions of a Geek Bard, was released in June 2023 through Falstaff Books. His 18th album, The Passage, was released on October 3, 2025.
Learn more at MikeyMason.com

Trivia Guest of Honor: Lou Harry

Lou Harry. On any given Tuesday, Lou hosts Game Night Social at the Garage Food Hall in Indy. Every second and third Sunday, he leads Reel Fun Movie Trivia at Alamo Drafthouse Indianapolis. His more than 30 published books include The Biggest Trivia Book Ever: And That’s a Fact!, Creative Block, Kid Culture, and The High-Impact Infidelity Diet: a novel (optioned by Warner Bros.). He has written for more than 50 publications including The Sondheim Review and TheatreWeek and his produced plays include Going Solo or Another Song That Isn’t About Danny Koppel (SiteLines Indy), Rita From Across the Street (American Lives Theatre), Midwestern Hemisphere (Heartland Actors Repertory Theatre), We Are Still Tornadoes (Butler University Theatre and Tree Fort Productions) and the long-running hit Going…Going…Gone: The Live Auction Comedy (Indy Fringe, etc.). For ten years, he performed professionally as a stand-up comic in clubs primarily in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and has parlayed that experience into speaking appearances, workshop teaching, and event hosting.
Find him at louharry.com