Cleveland ConCoction 2025 welcomes AJ Matthews, Barbara Doran, and Becca Lynn Mathis!!!

​Born and raised in Texas, Becca Lynn Mathis has been writing stories and daydreaming about other worlds since she was a little girl reading books in the branches of the tree in her front yard. As she grew, so did her love of stories, so much so that she often got in trouble at school for writing them, even if her other work was already done.

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Cleveland ConCoction 2025 is thrilled to announce this years Musical Guest: 2d6!

2d6 is the fusion of two gigantic nerds that learned to rap by finding magical 6-sided dice.

They're a couple of nerds, who were once a couple of animals, who found a pair of six sided-dice after running away from a lab--listen, the backstory's a lot to take in; suffice it to say: 2d6 likes to rap about geeky pop culture. Anime, video games, comic books, roleplaying, 2d6 covers it all! And not only do they do it, they do it with more energy, verve, and panache than any other band you've ever seen.

Welcome to Cleveland ConCoction 2d6!!!!

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Cleveland ConCoction 2025 is excited to announce this years Author Guest of Honor: Marie Vibbert!!!!

Hugo and Nebula nominated author Marie Vibbert’s short fiction has appeared over 90 times in top magazines like Nature, Analog, and Clarkesworld, and been translated into Czech, Chinese and Vietnamese.

Her debut novel, Galactic Hellcats, was long listed by the British Science Fiction Award and her work has been called “everything science fiction should be” by the Oxford Culture Review. She also writes poetry, comics, and computer games. By day she is a computer programmer in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Do you have an amazing idea for a Panel at Cleveland ConCoction 2025??? We want you you host it!!!!  From SciFi to Anime - if you have the passion, someone else does as well, so share your geekiness together by hosting a panel!!!!

How do you host a panel???? Simply fill out this form and submit it, then someone from our programming department will be in touch with you!!!!


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Cleveland ConCoction is excited to announce a returning cosplay guest and judge: Knightmage!

A 24-year Deputy Sheriff for the Mahoning County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio, Michael “Knightmage” Wilson has been cosplaying since 2012. Having created over 350 costumes, Michael is an award winning cosplayer with many of his creations being praised and displayed on numerous platforms in print and online. Michael is noted as one of the most influential and diverse male cosplayers in the world. Along with judging cosplay contests Michael often hosts cosplay panels and workshops at conventions showcasing the creative, positive, inspiring and supportive side of cosplay.

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Cleveland ConCoction is excited to announce a returning cosplay guest and judge: Big Girl Little World!

Big Girl Little World debuted in 2016 and since has won several awards: Best of Animation ( 2017 PopCon Indy) , Best Hero (2017 Wizard World Cleveland), Best in Show (2018 Cleveland Concoction), and Best Villain (2020 Wizard World Cleveland).

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Cleveland ConCoction is excited to announce cosplay guest and judge: Rose Royce!

Rose Royce has been a dedicated and passionate body-positive cosplayer and hobby model since 2014.

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Cleveland ConCoction is excited to announce a returning cosplay guest and contest emcee: Mogchelle!

Mogchelle started in cosplay by just being an average geek attending an anime convention in 1999. Her love for the artwork in anime, video games, and comic books made her want to bring the 2D images from the pages and screen to real life. She’s also been featured in several national and international magazines, and several online entertainment news sources for her costuming, and has done work for The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

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Cleveland ConCoction is excited to announce that Melissa Scott will be joining us as our Author Guest of Honor for this years 2024 Convention!!  

Melissa Scott has published more than thirty original novels and a handful of short stories, most with queer themes and characters, as well as authorized tie-in work for Star Trek: DS9, Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, Star Wars Rebels, and the first season of Rooster Teeth’s anime series gen:LOCK. She won the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 1986, and won Lambda Literary Awards for Trouble and Her Friends, Shadow Man, Point of Dreams, (with long-time partner and collaborator, the late Lisa A. Barnett), and Death By Silver, written with Amy Griswold. She has also been shortlisted for the Otherwise (Tiptree) Award. She won Spectrum Awards for Death By Silver, Fairs’ Point, Shadow Man and for the short story “The Rocky Side of the Sky.”

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Attention costumers!

Don't forget to sign up for the cosplay contest and snag your pre-judging time Saturday before 3PM at the Cosplay HQ table by the fan tables.

No need to be in costume for signs-ups!

Barbara Doran is a New Pulp writer of SF and Fantasy with Airship 27. Barbara came by her love of reading early. Reading inevitably led to writing; beginning with fanfiction, she soon graduated to original works, some of which can still be found online if searched for by a dedicated investigator.

Her works include the GOLDEN DRAGON series, WU DANG: FIST OF THE WANDERER, and several short stories.



A long time ago, in a galaxy not so far away, Dan R. Arman decided he wanted to tell stories. Stories about other worlds populated by interesting characters, because he thought these people and worlds would help him reflect on the world he was living in, its beauty, horrors and absurdity. For several years, Arman worked as a newspaper reporter, an editor and now teaches literature and writing at an online high school. He holds a master’s degree in English literature and rhetoric from Kent State University.

Arman is the author of the NIGHT MAIDEN series, RIDING A BLACK HORSE, and BIFROST, among others.


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Both Doran and Arman will be at the Cleveland ConCoction 2023 Authors Alley!

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2023 Authors |  Dan R. Arman  |  Barbara Doran  ​

When she’s not rescuing orphan kittens or doing voice acting for villainous purple mermaids, Cassandra Morgan can be found creating worlds of magic, suspense and friendship. A lover of doughnuts and a self-proclaimed Coffee Connoisseur, Cassandra hails from a family of writers, authors and journalists. 

Cassandra is the author of the YA Fantasy series THE KINGDOMS OF CHARTILE and THE SILVER FOX MYSTERIES.
 


David F. Balog was born, raised, and still lives in the Greater Cleveland area with his wife and cat. Ever inquisitive, he dove deeply into science, paranormal studies, mathematics, and mythology at an early age, and never let go of the idea that they were all tightly connected. 

Balog’s current series is YA dark high fantasy, the first of which is titled NECROMANCER'S LAMENT.


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​Morgan and Balog will both be attended and presenting content at Cleveland ConCoction 2023!