Fantasticon 2022

I morgen går turen til København. (jeg håber, jeg når toget denne gang)

Jeg har længe vidst, at jeg skulle af sted, og glædet mig. Fantasticon, here I come!

Sidste år kiggede jeg forbi konventionen om lørdagen uden nogen anelse om, hvad jeg havde gang i. Jeg ville bare over og hilse på nogle mennesker, som jeg vidste ville være der. I regret nothing!

Jeg kom i snak med folk jeg har udnyttet, og som har udnyttet mig siden. Det man kalder netværk!

Jeg har aldrig set mig selv som en udadvendt person, men når jeg er sammen med andre kreative mennesker, kan jeg pludselig ikke holde min kæft og føler mig sikker på, at jeg har noget at tilføje til alle samtaler. Det er ikke sikkert jeg faktisk har, men så må folk bede mig holde mund. Måske er folk bare for venlige? I det jeg stille mig selv dette spørgsmål, bliver jeg overbevist om, at det ikke er tilfældet. Folk er venlige, men det er ikke af medlidenhed. En dejlig følelse af selvværd er ved at finde plads i mig! Tak til alle omkring mig for at hjælpe med at udrydde imposter syndrome.

For at vende tilbage til emnet… Jeg skal være moderator ved et panel om Body horror fra et medicinsk perspektiv. Det er et super emne, og jeg håber jeg kan balancere den faglige snak og give publikum en god oplevelse. Det bliver min første gang som moderator, men jeg håber ikke, det bliver sidste. Som sagt kan jeg lide at snakke med folk, som har noget spændende at sige, så hvis det går godt, vil jeg klart fortsætte med den slags opgaver. Jeg håber bare ikke, min nervøsitet forhindrer mig i at tale engelsk på et ordentligt niveau. Det vil tiden vise.

Panelet er beskrevet her:

BODY HORROR FROM A MEDICAL PERSPECTIVE Body horror is a fundamental part of the horror genre. We all have a body, we all can relate. But except for the obviously fascinating idea of mutilation and disease, what does it have to offer? We will explore the medical side of body horror and draw from the experience of the panelists. What if body horror can’t be seen with the naked eye? Maybe body horror can be sophisticated in a way we haven’t seen yet?

Sign up for Fantasticon here: https://fantasticon.dk/sign-up/ If you are under 26 years, your ticket is free!

Lauren Beukes is is a former feature journalist and now the international best-selling and award-winning author of "The Shining Girls”, adapted for an AppleTV+ show starring Elisabeth Moss, “Zoo City”, “Broken Monsters” and “Afterland” among other books. She writes across genres, including horror, science fiction, crime, fantasy and realism.

Priya Sharma is a British family doctor who writes fantasy and horror. Her fiction has appeared in venues such as Interzone and Tor.com and has won British Fantasy Awards and Shirley Jackson Awards. She is a Locus and Grand Prix de l’Imaginaire finalist. Her collection “All the Fabulous Beasts” explores identity and family through the lens of monstrous transformations. Photo: Mark Greenwood.

Penny Jones knew she was a writer when she started to talk about herself in the third person. Both her debut collection “Suffer Little Children” and her short story “Dendrochronology” was shortlisted for the 2020 British Fantasy Award, for Best Newcomer and Best Short Story. As well as a writer Penny is also a registered mental health nurse, and her professional experiences are often thematic in her writings.

Mariane Mide has written a number of short stories for Danish Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction magazines over the last couple of years, and this autumn her debut novel "Novice" will come out from the publisher Krabat. Her passion is writing horror. It allows her to push the bounderies of others and question their morals through violence and morbid ideas.