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Vendors & Exhibitors Update: Oct. 31

The list of vendors and exhibitors for the Steampunk Empire Symposium’s is beginning to fill up. Over the course of the next month we shall be announcing our confirmed merchants from whom you can buy pretty things and our exhibitors who will will amaze you with their displays.

Today we are proud to introduce these three . . .

For the literary ladies and gentlemen, the Rosswyvern Press will have some delightful reads with which to tempt you, such as Geoffrey Mandragora’s The Thunderbolt Affair.

From many different time periods, the White Pavilion will find the right outfit for you.

And to feed your sweet tooth, War Pony Candy Forge will have many tempting treats.

Apparition Abolishers join the Symposium!

Whom Shall One Telegraph? The Apparition Abolishers!

They were a fabulous hit at the inaugural Steampunk Empire Symposium and we are thrilled to announce that they will be returning to Cincinnati in 2013 to provide mirth, mayhem, and protection from the paranormal.

A group of steampunk costumers, artists, prop-makers, and performers based in Nashville, TN. They won Dragon*Con’s 2009 Masquerade Best Overall Costume award during their inaugural year. Their artistic endeavors include unique costumes, a web comic and various oddities and contraptions. Dr. Torque’s Traveling Exposition of Curious Contraptions and Fantastical Oddities launched at Geek Media Expo in late 2010. This traveling Exposition features the alluring and quizzical romp of Clocktease Burlesque founded by our talented resident burlesque dancer Bettie B. Cupp.

2013 Guest Author: John White

We are pleased to announce John White as one of our a guest authors for the 2013 Symposium.
John White has worked as a courtroom artist, served with the United States Air Force, lived in three countries, climbed to the top of Mt. Vesuvius, was privileged to be the Art Director for the Honor Flight Northwest Ohio. John turned his hand to the world of Steampunk in 2010 with The Airship Neverland Trilogy.
His first Book Tales of the Airship Neverland: a steampunk fairy tale was released in 2012,and was nominated for the 2012 Steamcon IV Airship Award in the written category. The second book in the series Captain Hook and The Pirates of Mars is slated for a May 2013 release.