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(Featured image: Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences authors meet up in 2016 in Oamaru, New Zealand.) Steampunk Cons Are Not Dead In the last month, the Steampunk fandom has experienced a major shake-up in the northeastern convention market in the U.S. As most readers here already know, Steampunk World’s Fair imploded among many accusations. Its future is murky at best, and details surrounding the con are changing almost hourly. They are not the first convention to close up shop, for whatever reasons. Owning and operating conventions is hard work in any event or genre. Having participated in all aspects of various cons, as an attendee, a vendor, an entertainer, a volunteer, and an organizer, I can tell you that things go wrong […]
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