October 3-5, 2025
Crowne Plaza Suites: MSP / MOA
Join us for a weekend of LGBTQ+ focused sci-fi, fantasy, and horror with professional guests, program panels, gaming, and more.
Guests of Honor
Nghi Vo is the author of the novels Siren Queen and The Chosen and the Beautiful, as well as the acclaimed novellas of the Singing Hills Cycle, which began with The Empress of Salt and Fortune. The series entries have been finalists for the Locus Award and the Lambda Literary Award, and have won the Crawford Award, the Ignyte Award, and the Hugo Award. Born in Illinois, she now lives on the shores of Lake Michigan. She believes in the ritual of lipstick, the power of stories, and the right to change your mind.
Jim Johnson is the project manager and line editor for the Star Trek Adventures and Captain’s Log roleplaying games from Modiphius Entertainment. He also writes Star Trek fiction, the Potomac Shadows urban fantasy series, and the Pistols & Pyramids weird westerns. He lives with his family in historic Alexandria, VA, and spends his free time building with LEGO bricks, reading voraciously, and making a mean bowl of popcorn.
KD Edwards is the author of The Tarot Sequence, an urban fantasy series that blends myth, magic, and adventure into a contemporary reimagining of the Tarot legend. His work is known for its character-driven storytelling, LGBTQ+ representation, and rich world-building. Originally from the East Coast, KD now lives in North Carolina, where he works in Higher Ed by day while dreaming about a full-time retirement into writing. His novels, including The Last Sun, The Hanged Man, and The Hourglass Throne, have been praised for their humor, heart, and cinematic flair. He is hard at work on the second trilogy of the series, starting with Book 4’s The Misfit Caravan.
Emma Törzs is a writer, teacher, and occasional translator based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her fiction has been honored with an NEA fellowship in prose, a World Fantasy Award for Short Fiction, and an O. Henry Prize. Her debut novel, Ink Blood Sister Scribe, was an instant bestseller, a one of the New York Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2023, and acclaimed by reviewers ranging from NPR to Locus Magazine. She received her MFA from the University of Montana, Missoula, and is an enthusiastic member of the Clarion West class of 2017. She teaches currently at Macalester College.
Greg Ketter started selling books well over 50 years ago, and opened his first bookstore on April 1, 1977. It was a small, fairly standard store specializing in Science Fiction and Comic Books. As the years went by his tastes broadened and he began adding other types of books—and bookstores—pulps, “Beat” writers, as well as more “adult” fare and what would now be considered LGBTQ works, but the term hadn’t been popularized yet. Soon, Greg began editing and publishing a number of books, including collecting Tim Barela’s Leonard & Larry. Now, after 48 years, DreamHaven Books is still around, proudly presenting good books to good people. Greg has supported the SF & LGBTQ+ communities in countless ways. And he tells so many stories about the writers and people from along the way.
Hotel
Did you know you can book a room at our convention hotel at a special convention rate? Not only does booking a room at our convention hotel ensure you won’t miss a second of the fun, but it also helps out the convention. Our 2025 room block is now OPEN. Rates are $129 per night (2 Queens) – $159 per night (1 King).
VENDORS
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