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Month: June 2023

Surrounding a cropped view of the ConQuesT 54 masthead, are smaller thumbnails of the other six images used in this post: samplers of artwork by Elizabeth Leggett, Sara Felix, and Rachael Mayo, plus photos of the author on three different Saturday panels. All panelists gave permission to be photographed. The artwork is © by the identified artists.
The Good Parts Version of ConQuesT 54

The Good Parts Version of ConQuesT 54

By Jan S. Gephardt In my last post I painted a rather dreary picture of ConQuesT 54 – but the challenges aren’t the whole story. Far from it. So in this post I’ll borrow a phrase from William Goldman, and label today’s account as the “Good Parts Version” of ConQuesT 54. What was One “Good Part”? The Art Show! One essential element of the ConQuesT 54 Good Parts Version is the Art Show! The amazing Mikah McCullough and his Dream…

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The lights were on and the doors were open, but as these three photos and inset details from others show, the shoppers had lots of elbow room.
ConQuesT 54 Challenges

ConQuesT 54 Challenges

By Jan S. Gephardt My ConQuesT 54 challenges provided yet another rough sf con experience. I love ConQuesT. It’s my “home con,” and I’ll go to every one I can. But ConQuesT 54 was kinda hard to love in several ways, and for several reasons. Post-Pandemic, and somewhat like DemiCon, it’s a smaller convention struggling against some bad breaks. Don’t get me wrong: there were a lot of bright spots, from my perspective. I reconnected with old friends, met some…

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