Kenny Emmanuel immerses readers in original science-fiction and fantasy characters and settings, via short stories, novels, and video games. His vision of futuristic, post-apocalyptic, and medieval worlds is grounded in reality using his computer engineering career background.
When he's not creating, Kenny spends his time supporting various local and remote communities. He's a member of the North Alabama Science-Fiction and Cake Appreciation Society (NASFCAS) in Huntsville, AL, an eclectic group of writers who share and critique each other's excerpts. He's engaged in various video and board game developer projects, test-playing and providing guidance on balance, theme, and accessibility after owning more than three hundred board games and sharing casual playthroughs of those games on his group's YouTube channel.
Meet Michelle Iannantuono, the face behind Octopunk Media, and the 2023-2024 Indie Grants selection by the South Carolina Film Commission to produce LAZZO, a science-fiction romantic comedy about a transgender teen dedicated to acquiring a new arm for his disabled android girlfriend. During the Film Track’s “Working with Unreal Engine: A Demo and Discussion” panel on Saturday 830PM in Hyatt… Read more →
Board game designers Mike “Kodak” Hanft and David Sherrer spent an hour with moderator Brian Schoner on the Table Top Gaming’s “Quick & Easy Board Games” panel on Friday 2:30PM, Augusta (Westin). The trio organized a list of published board games containing easy rules for newcomers and gameplay depth for veterans. Each slide in the presentation included the game’s primary… Read more →
Chevron six, locked! Chevron seven, locked! Wormhole established! The SG-1 one team didn’t walk through a Stargate, but they walked across the Westin Peachtree Ballroom stage on Friday 4PM. Each member of the show received resounding applause from the audience, who filed into the room until it was at capacity. The moderator called out each cast member and the character… Read more →
At the Hyatt Embassy, in the depths of the International Tower on a Thursday night, the dreams of male authors writing female characters were upended by Rachel Rener, David Trotter, Katie Cross, Megan O’Russell, and Candy Atkins. All panelists hilariously contributed to the Fantasy Literature Track’s “Men Writing Women: Humorously Exploring Rounded and Flat Women Characters” panel at 11:30PM. Moderator… Read more →
R.J. Atkinson and Marc Leary joined Milton Davis and Hiroshi Kanatani for the Digital Media Track’s “The Fun in Fantasy and Sci-Fi–Write Your Own Manga” workshop on Friday at 10AM in the Hilton Galleria. Atkinson led the panel as the author of manga series The Seventh Kingdom: Fukushuu no Oukoku. Leary is a content creator known for Blerdography—a digital media… Read more →
