Apr 4, 2008 - Barry Malzberg Cancellation - We regret to announce that Barry Malzberg will not be appearing at I-CON 27.

Apr 4, 2008 - Jon Rosenberg and Steven Cloud will not be appearing - Due to circumstances beyond our control, Mr. Rosenberg and Mr. Cloud are unable to appear at I-CON 27.

Mar 28, 2008 - Conrad Brooks Cancellation - Due to circumstances beyond our control, Conrad "The Gielgud of Bad Movies" Brooks will not be appearing at I-CON.

Mar 27, 2008 - Rocky Horror Picture Show! - It's a contest! You can be a mad scientist, biker zombie, or suburban housewife losing her inhibitions. Win fabulous prizes!

Mar 18, 2008 - RepRap Demo Cancelled - We regret to announce that RepRap.org's Zach Smith will be unable to attend I-CON. The RepRap demonstration has been canceled.

Mar 16, 2008 - BattleStar Galactica Season Premiere! - Come see the season premiere of the hit series on a big screen, with 700 of your closest friends. Win BSG DVD sets!

Mar 9, 2008 - GM Signup - Interested in running an RPG? Sign up to be a GM.

Mar 9, 2008 - Awards Banquet - Tickets are now available online for the Awards Banquet. This event is held each year honoring guests for outstanding achievements in their field or genre. This year, the Awards Banquet will be held at the Holiday Inn Ronkonkoma on Saturday April 5, 2008 starting at 5:30pm. For more information or to purchase tickets please visit the Awards Banquet page

Mar 9, 2008 - Cosplay Competition - This I-CON 27 Cosplay Competition is now open to all types of cosplay, not just anime! Registration closes March 28, so hurry over to the Anime page to register online!

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Website: http://paulgenesse.com

A toy castle is probably what sent Paul Genesse over the edge. It may have been what led him to declare at the ripe age of four that he was going to be a writer. Castles and dragons burned in his brain until junior high when he began writing D&D adventures and dungeon mastering them for his friends.

Over twenty years later his love for fantasy has grown even stronger. Now he writes fantasy novels and epic D&D campaigns. His basement has become an art gallery featuring the 75+ fantasy art prints that he’s collected over the years.

Paul’s college days at Northern Arizona University is where it all started to come together. He loved his English classes, but pursued his other passion by earning a bachelor’s degree in nursing science in 1996. He is a registered nurse on a cardiac unit in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he works the night shift keeping the forces of darkness away from his patients.

Paul lives with his incredibly supportive wife Tammy and their collection of frogs. He spends endless hours in his basement D&D room writing fantasy novels, short stories, crafting maps of fantastical realms, and occasionally copy editing manuscripts for a small press publisher. His first published work is a short story called "The Mob". It’s your basic meerkat mafia story. . . The Mob appears in an anthology by DAW Books called Furry Fantastic.

The second short story that Paul had accepted for publication is called "Almost Brothers", and is the lead story in the Fellowship Fantastic anthology from DAW Books. His third short story, "The Pirate Witch", is featured in The Pirates of the Blue Kingdoms (May of 2007) from Popcorn Press. The follow up to "The Pirate Witch" is "The Queen’s Ransom", published in Blue Kingdoms: Shades and Specters (October 2007, Walkabout Publishing). Paul also has short stories coming out in The Dimension Next Door (DAW 2008), Blue Kingdoms: Buxom Buccaneers (Walkabout Publishing 2008), Catopolis (DAW 2009), Imaginary Friends (DAW 2009), and Terribly Twisted Tales (DAW 2009).

The first novel Paul wrote, a fantasy novel for young adults and adults titled The Golden Cord, the opening book of his Iron Dragon series, will be published in hardcover by Five Star Books in April of 2008 and features a cover by the amazing artist Ciruelo Cabral. The other four books in the series have already been written. Check out maps and learn secrets of the world of Ae’leron on his website.

Paul’s current project is Medusa’s Daughter, a fantasy set in ancient Greece. Please visit him online and read samples of his work at www.paulgenesse.com.