G-FEST XXXI Panels
Another pair of successful panels for G-FEST this year!
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Talks & Media
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Audio: Gods & Monsters 2026 - Pelts or Portals: Cryptid Identity in the 21st Century
In March of 2026 I was on a round-table panel titled "Pelts or Portals: Cryptid Identity in the 21st Century" at the second Gods & Monsters conference at Texas State University, hosted by religious studies scholars Joe Laycock and Natasha Mikles.
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Gods & Monsters 2 (March 26-28, 2026)
I'll be at Gods & Monsters 2 next year.
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G-FEST XXX Panels
Following the tremendous success of my "From Cryptids to Kaijū" panel at G-FEST XXIX, I returned in 2025 with a follow-up panel on Japanese ufology, as well as a second panel on Japanese cosmic horror inspired by my essay for the forthcoming book Eldritch Islands: Essays on the Cthulhu Mythos and Lovecraftian Horror in Japan (McFarland).
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Audio: Understand Japan’s Dandadan
My third appearance on MonsterTalk, to help Blake and Karen navigate the incredibly Fortean-dense anime series Dandadan.
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Audio: "From Cryptids to Kaijū" on MonsterTalk
Ahead of my appearance at G-FEST XXIX to discuss my new essay "From Cryptids to Kaijū" I return to MonsterTalk to discuss the same with Blake and Karen.
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G-FEST XXIX Panel: "From Cryptids to Kaijū"
My hit panel for G-FEST XXIX on the history of cryptozoology in Japan
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Video: In Search of the Unknown: The Cryptozoological Fiction of Robert W. Chambers
An online lecture for The Last Tuesday Society on a 1904 novel that imagined cryptozoology decades before the word existed.
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