New Orleans, Louisiana
![The Chicago contingent at the Bram Stoker Awards afterparty: Sam Weller, Brian Pinkerton, Mort Castle, John Everson, Chad Savage.](https://brianpinkerton.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/09/WH13-2-Chicago-gang-scaled/2326688837.jpg)
The Chicago contingent at the Bram Stoker Awards afterparty: Sam Weller, Brian Pinkerton, Mort Castle, John Everson, Chad Savage.
![New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry harassed by an unidentified freak at the costume party. (Although the t-shirt gives him away.)](https://brianpinkerton.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/09/WH13-5-Jonathan-Mayberry-scaled/627763345.jpg)
New York Times best-selling author Jonathan Maberry harassed by an unidentified freak at the costume party. (Although the t-shirt gives him away.)
![The Lena Prima band perform in the lounge at the Hotel Monteleone, home of the 2013 World Horror Convention and Bram Stoker Award weekend.](https://brianpinkerton.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/09/WH13-6-Lena-Prima-scaled/876309780.jpg)
The Lena Prima band perform in the lounge at the Hotel Monteleone, home of the 2013 World Horror Convention and Bram Stoker Award weekend.
![An enthusiastic author panel: Scott A. Johnson, Brian Pinkerton, Tim Waggoner, Lincoln Crisler, John F.D. Taff.](https://brianpinkerton.com/wp-content/uploads/cache/2023/09/WH13-9-Panel/353277942.jpg)
An enthusiastic author panel: Scott A. Johnson, Brian Pinkerton, Tim Waggoner, Lincoln Crisler, John F.D. Taff.