EerieCon
EerieCon was a non-profit, fan-run science-fiction, fantasy, and horror convention which was held every year until 2016 in Niagara Falls, New York. Guests have included Kevin J. Anderson, Octavia Butler, and Harry Turtledove. While the website is still live, the convention did not occur in 2017 and has no information about future plans. The most recent EerieCon (18) took place from September 30 to October 2, 2016. Programming. Activities at EerieCon typically include panels by the Guests of Honor, a dealers room, masquerade, poetry round robin, gaming room, con suite, people and thing auction, reading room , autographs, and art show. The convention also includes a video room with a special "anime feature" presentation on Sunday showing popular anime shows of the past year. The convention's most notable event is the "What Line's Mine" panel where a number of guests listen to quotes and try to determine if they, or a different guest, wrote that line. Another recently popular event is Friday Night Karaoke. History. The convention started out at the Fallside Resort, in Niagara Falls, New York. Eeriecon 2 and 3 were hosted at Days Inn Riverview. Due to some difficulties the convention had  to move one last time, settling into the Days Inn at the Falls starting with at Eeriecon 4 in 2002. In 2013, Eeriecon 15 changed locations to the Holiday Inn Grand Island on Grand Island, New York. The Holiday Inn on Grand Island changed its name and is now known as Byblos Niagara. Chapbook. Fourteen EerieCon chapbooks have been published to date. Each one has a variety of authors, some authors being published in more than one of the chapbooks. #3 is out of print.