New Orleans, Louisiana

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.)

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.