Conventions

Last weekend my wife and I attended an Ohio science fiction/fantasy/horror convention called Context 20. Unlike so many conventions that I’ve heard about, this one is devoted to the literature side of the genre, and only marginally concerned with the movies and television series.

Now, let me state at the onset that Context 20 was a wonderful convention, run by people who have a deep passion for genre literature and have been doing this for years. These people pulled off a great convention; an achievement made even more impressive when I found out about all the trials, the sicknesses, and even the passing of a revered member that beset them.

The word catastrophe in the subtitle doesn’t refer to the convention itself but to the myriad of mistakes and blunders I made. I want to talk about what I did wrong, maybe poke fun at myself and start a conversation on what I could have done right.