WORLD HORROR CONVENTION 2010 ANNOUNCES SECOND ARTIST GUEST OF HONOUR

World Horror Convention 2010 is delighted to announce that our second Artist Guest of Honour is world-renowned Lovecraftian illustrator DAVE CARSON.

After coming across H.P. Lovecraft's story 'The Lurking Fear' in a 1960s magazine, Dave was hooked for life and has gone on to become one of the genre's most acclaimed and respected illustrators of the author's work. He developed his distinctive pen and ink stipple technique during the late 1970s and '80s in such magazines as FANTASY TALES, WHISPERS, WEIRDBOOK, NYCTALOPS, KADATH, FANTASY BOOK, GHOSTS AND SCHOLARS, DARK HORIZONS, FEAR, SKELETON CREW, INTERZONE, DAGON and other periodicals, along with specialist posters and portfolios featuring his art. Those writers who have championed his work include Brian Lumley, Karl Edward Wagner and Ramsey Campbell.

Among the many books that Dave Carson's artwork has appeared in are Brian Lumley's GHOUL WARNING, MAD MOON OF DREAMS and THE CLOCK OF DREAMS, SHADOWS OVER INNSMOUTH (with Jim Pitts and Martin McKenna), TALES OUT OF INNSMOUTH: NEW STORIES OF THE CHILDREN OF DAGON, THE BEST HORROR FROM FANTASY TALES, the DARK VOICES: THE PAN BOOKS OF HORROR series, the "Fighting Fantasy" role-playing book BENEATH NIGHTMARE CASTLE, READER'S GUIDE TO THE CTHULHU MYTHOS and ARTISTS INSPIRED BY H.P. LOVECRAFT.

Dave has also co-edited and illustrated the anthology H.P. LOVECRAFT'S BOOK OF HORROR, and his award-winning artwork was featured in the documentary film THE ELDRITCH INFLUENCE: THE LIFE, VISION AND PHENOMENA OF H.P. LOVECRAFT.

For more information about DAVE CARSON, who joins Author Guests of Honour TANITH LEE and DAVID CASE, along with fellow Artist Guest of Honour LES EDWARDS, as part of our exciting line-up of Guests of Honour, please go to the convention website.

Other writers, artists, agents, editors and publishers already registered as attending World Horror Convention 2010 include: Edward W. Bryant Jr., Pat Cadigan, Ramsey Campbell, CENTIPEDE PRESS (USA), Peter Crowther, Ellen Datlow, Christopher Fowler, Gary Fry, Simon R. Green, John Jarrold, JEMMA PRESS (Greece), Stephen Jones, Allen Koszowski, Tim Lebbon, Brian Lumley, Dorothy Lumley, L.H. Maynard & M.P.N. Sims, Gary McMahon, Farah Mendlesohn, MORTBURY PRESS (UK), Mark Morris, Lisa Morton, Yvonne Navarro, NEWCON PRESS (UK), Kim Newman, Reggie Oliver, Weston Ochse, OXY PUBLISHING (Greece), Sarah Pinborough, David Pirie, John L. Probert, PS PUBLISHING (UK), Tony Richards, David A. Riley, SCREAMING DREAMS (UK), Robert Shearman, Michael Marshall Smith, SNOWBOOKS (UK), Alexandra Sokoloff, TARTARUS PRESS (UK), TELOS PUBLISHING (UK), Lisa Tuttle, Stephen Volk, Conrad Williams, and F. Paul Wilson, amongst many others.

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Celebrating its 20th Anniversary, The World Horror Convention will be held over March 25-28, 2010, in the historic Regency seaside city of Brighton, on the picturesque south coast of England. This is the first time that the event will have been held off the North American continent.

The theme is "Brighton Shock!—A Celebration of the European Horror Tradition from Victorian Times to the Present Day", and the convention will host numerous panels, talks, presentations, readings, workshops and displays devoted to horror, macabre, mystery and thriller fiction and art in all its varied and fearsome forms.

The venue will be the historic Royal Albion Hotel, which dates back more than 180 years and stands directly opposite Brighton's iconic Palace Pier and a stone's throw from the beach. There are plenty of alternative hotels and Bed & Breakfasts in the immediate surroundings, catering for all budgets, and Brighton is filled with restaurants, wine bars and clubs. Antiquarian shopping precinct The Lanes, the Sea Life Centre and the world-famous Royal Pavilion are also within easy walking distance.

Brighton has direct transport links from Gatwick International Airport and the centre of London, and is easily accessible for overseas visitors, especially those from mainland Europe. And if you want to extend your stay, then Britain's annual National Science Fiction Convention, Odyssey 2010, is being organised near to Heathrow airport the following weekend. Come for World Horror and stay for Eastercon!

The World Horror Convention's prestigious Grand Master Award will also be presented at a sit-down Banquet during the weekend. Past recipients have included Stephen King, Dean R. Koontz, Anne Rice, Ray Bradbury, Clive Barker, Peter Straub, Brian Lumley and Ramsey Campbell.

All information about the convention, hotel and location is available on our website www.whc2010.org, including an easy to use PayPal Registration Form (which will automatically convert your payment at the current exchange rate). Or you can print off the form and send it with a cheque (sterling only) to: World Horror Convention, PO Box 64317, London NW6 9LL, England.

With numerous writers, artists, editors, publishers and booksellers expected to attend from all over the world, this is the one event that the dedicated horror fan, professional, collector or dealer cannot afford to miss!

Wish you were here? . . . Well, now you can be.

WORLD HORROR CONVENTION.
MARCH 25-28, 2010.
BRIGHTON, ENGLAND.
www.whc2010.org

(20 March 2009)