MarsCon 2025 Dealers, Artists, and Authors

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The Dealers’ Room is located in Salons A, B, and C of the hotel.

Atlantis Games & Comics – Atlantis is your one stop shop for all your tabletop gaming needs. We sell all the latest and greatest board games, tabletop role playing games, trading card games, and gaming accessories. We also have a variety of novelty and collectible items. (Dealers Room Booths TBD)

BrittanyDinosaur – A collection of handmade nerdy items, mostly of the D&D related variety. Perfect for gifts, home decor and more! (Dealers Room Booth TBD)

Chris Kennedy Publishing – Welcome to Chris Kennedy Publishing, where the focus is on fun, message-free science fiction and fantasy! (Dealers Room Booths TBD)

Creative Dabblers – Has a variety of handmade resin items, such as dragon notebooks and clocks. Also offering unique metal D&D dice sets, stickers, and more!

Crochet Critters by Witchkin – Crochet creations, custom or classic, from Grogu to Cthulhu to Unicorns and Fairies. Made by hand and easy to customize on the spot with wings, horns, and tails premade and ready to go!

DreamPunk Press – a small author collective based in Norfolk, VA. We publish an array of speculative fiction and LGBTQIA+ titles from mostly local authors. (Dealers Room Booth TBD)

Horror Drive-In – Sells affordable books and movies for the discerning collector. (Dealers Room Booth TBD)

In Touch Bodywork Hampton Roads – Providing on site massage and tools to help you relax! Sign up sheets will be posted on Friday. (located near the lobby)

J.E. Pittman – An author who dabbles in many speculative worlds. He blurs the borders between genre and crafts salient lies to tell a measure of truth. His work has been described as: capriciously chimeric, dreamlike, and a vivid enigma with indelible images stamped on your brain. He independently publishes his darkly cozy urban fantasy series: Felix Chance and his sci-fi action series Pandora Squad*** in addition to several web serials and anthologies. More at www.halfacrepond.com. (Dealers Room Booth TBD)

Kilted Jeweler – A delightful collection of custom-made chainmail jewelry and accessories. Because your jewelry should express who you are! http://www.kiltedjeweler.com & facebook.com/KiltedJeweler (Dealers Room Booth TBD).

Magical Mysteries – Silk Fairy Hair Sparkles – Fairy Hair-Silk Sparkle Strands are delicate strands of sparkling Thai Silk which are hand-tied to individual hairs. Strands are applied to hair that is 4 inches or longer. Once strands are applied to hair, you can brush, wash, style, curl, flat iron (up to 350° F), and even dye your hair. As a special service, we also embellish wigs. Also find us at Facebook.com/magicalmysteriesboutique. (Dealers Room Booth TBD)

Mystik Waboose – We have something for everyone! Come see our fun shirts, bags & plush! Find them on Facebook at Mystik Waboose Clothier. (Dealers Room Booths TBD).

Oakley’s Gently Used Books – For more than 20 years we were a bricks and mortar store in downtown Charlottesville, VA with a specialty in sci fi/ fantasy and bring interesting books on history, science, mythology and more. Reader’s copies and collectables including rare and signed books are included in our carefully selected collection. Chris has been a professional bookseller for almost 30 years and enjoys providing information and recommendations to our customers. Please let us help you find your next great read. (Dealers Room Booths TBD).

Off Hand Gallery – a non-brick and mortar business owned and run by the Wickham family of Norfolk, VA who primarily produce wood crafts, fine art prints, notecards and bookmarks. Facebook/offhandgallery, instagram@offhandgallery757 (Dealers Room Booths TBD)

Retro Daddio – Brings all the geeky goodness! Fudge, tea, cool socks, purses, magnets, and more. Retrodaddio.square.site; facebook.com/retrodaddio (Dealers Room Booths TBD)

Sinister at Arms Cosplay & Props – A local vendor for Cosplay props and Armor in the Hampton Roads Area. I have been 3d printing various Bust and Armors for 4 years. (Dealers Room Booths TBD).

The Stitch Dimension – Brings a geeky flair to your accessories with pop culture fabrics and high quality handmade goods! From book covers to USB cord keepers, let your fandom fly! (Dealers Room Booth TBD)

Throwback Games – Specializes in retro video games, accessories, and character-themed Tumblers and earrings. Our passionate team offers a unique and nostalgic shopping experience, contributing to the vibrant gaming community at conventions. (Dealers Room Booths TBD)

Below are the Artist-Author Alley Vendors for Mars Con 2025:

These vendors are located in either Exhibit Hall I (located outside of the main stage, coded as AA1) or Exhibit Hall II (located outside of the Dealers Room, coded as AA2)

Artificer’s Archive – Jama Watts is an award-winning artist / jewelry designer living in Hampton, Virginia, who creates one of a kind bead embroidered wearable art creations, as well as jewelry made from resin, 3D prints, laser cut items, ethically sourced bones, wire wrapping, crochet, and even shrinkable plastic. Jama’s collections include jewelry steeped in gaming, steampunk, literature, and Pride. You can find Jama online at www.artificersarchive.com. (AA Booth TBD)

Jane Buehler (author) – Writes cozy fantasy romances where everyday people (and fairies) have adventures and fall in love. They are lighthearted stories with action and adventure, love and magic, where protagonists learn to believe in and accept themselves. And yes, they are kissing books! They are the beach reads that Éowyn packs when she goes on vacation—a fun escape that contributes a quieter point of view. I also copyedit chemistry papers and teach classes on the science of bread-making along with selling my first book, Bread Science. I’m happy to talk about getting loaves to rise or maintaining a sourdough starter. I live in North Carolina with a dastardly cat named Coco. (AA Booth TBD)

Cannon Publishing – A premier publisher of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Military Thrillers, with over thirty titles out on Amazon. With more than dozen authors, we deliver excellent fiction on Kindle, paperback and Audible. (AA Booth TBD)

 James Crawford (author) – A novelist, amateur astronomer, and US Navy veteran, combines a love of stargazing, naval history, and space travel technology to bring you stories of futuristic adventure with the accurate feel of military life in a setting as vivid and exotic as the universe itself. His fascination for the idea of the colonization of Mars led him to write “Mariner Valley,” the fast paced and Western themed portrait of future settlements on the Red Planet. The desire to recreate a sailor’s life in a warship among the stars drove the creation of “Seed of Aldebaran,” where the discovery of a killer virus pushes a fearful crew to mutiny. Join him for exotic adventures on remote alien worlds where wonder and danger go hand in hand and individual courage determines triumph or victory. (AA Booth TBD)

Critical Hit Creations – Specializes in making handmade resin dice and other fun treasures for your table-top gaming needs! (AA Booth TBD)

Dennis Myers / Automated Empire (author) – Born and raised in central Minnesota, Dennis M. Myers developed a serious reading habit early in life due to the influence of his grandmother. In late high school he read one particularly “awful” book and, with all that teenage hubris, decided that he could do better.
After spending a decade in the United States Navy, aboard submarines and teaching younger sailors, he settled in Virginia. The story ideas he had been saving were eventually compiled into a timeline spanning thousands of years. When the opportunity came to write full time for a few months, he jumped at it with the full support of his wonderful wife, May. He hasn’t stopped writing since. His most recent work, Rise of the Automated Empire, is available now. (AA Booth TBD)

Duchess of Sparkle – Handcrafted jeweled jewelry, potions and collectibles all with a touch of whimsy just perfect for the queen of the Fae. (AA Booth TBD)

Hensley Station (author) – David Hensley is an East Coast Hepaw born and raised in southwest Colorado. The town of Dolores, to be specific. He’s been a lot of places and done a lot of things since then, including cowboying in the Utah desert and twenty years as an aviation structural mechanic for the United States Navy. No matter where he’s been or what he was doing, David has been obsessed with storytelling. His lifelong pursuit of a well-told tale delivered him to Three Ravens Publishing’s door. You can find him at davidwhensley.com. (AA Booth TBD)

Reiyelli Beads – Nerdy beaded art! (AA Booth TBD)

Wayland Smith (author) – A pan-authorial, publishing in just about every genre, and offers a variety of different stories for readers who enjoy sci fi, fantasy, thrillers, and a few other things. (AA Booth TBD)

Up and Out Illustration – Based in Chesapeake, VA, Sierra Upton has a passion for eyepopping graphics, oil painting, and mixed media illustration where her surrealistic art style can shine. She is heavily influenced by Art Nouveau artists such as Gustav Klimt and 20th century illustrators such as J.C. Leyendecker and Norman Rockwell. Her current passion is combining her unique painting and drawing style with portraits of pop culture icons such as One Piece and Star Wars. (AA Booth TBD)

Whimsy and Wonder Publishing – H. J. Harding is the author of the “Moonlit Memories” series and the “Hyde Chronicles”. She lives between Chaos and Confusion with occasional stopovers in Virginia. Sometimes she even updates her website at hjharding.com.

Tobias Youngblood (author) – A local speculative fiction author influenced by the likes of Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, Robert Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, and J.R.R. Tolkien. He’s neck deep in the Projectionists series, his urban fantasy trilogy. He’s also dipped his toes in his Nightmare series of short horror fiction with co-author Oliver Shade. Several sci-fi projects are in the pipeline as well. (AA Booth TBD)

 

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