VCON 13
Dates: May 24th-26th, 1985
Venue: Gage Residence, UBC
Guest of Honour: Robert Bloch
Toastmaster: Michael Walsh
Artist Guest of Honour: Sharree Sledge
Fan Guest of Honour: John Berry
VCON 13 marked the return of the theme convention to Vancouver. Inspired by the "unlucky" number (no, the con did not lose money!) organisers worked around a horror theme. Mason Harris appeared in costume as the con's "Ghost of honour," H.P. Lovecraft. There were also theme panels on horror games, dark fantasy, and horror storytelling, as well as an introduction to the Call of Cthulhu game and a reading of works by Edgar Allen Poe. Other events included dirigible races, a "helmet bash" by the SCA, turkey readings, and panels on bug-eyed monsters, advice for starving artists, "Drugs in SF as a Social Control Mechanism," religion in SF, and the "horror" of sequels.
| Attending: | 567 |
| Expenses: | $10,658.40 |
| Income: | $15,581.22 |
| Balance: | $4,922.82 |
Chair: Donna McMahon
Treasury: Ed & Norma Beauregard
Registration: Steve Forty & Tom Waddell
Art Show: Doug Girling, Dave Quackenbush & Gordon Duane
Dealers: John Ray
Security & Operations: Gordon Miller & Spencer Macdonell
Programming: Donna McMahon
Technical: Al Betz
Hospitality: Evelyn Beheshti & Debbie Ferguson
Video: Grandee Englehart
Fan Room: Fran Skene
Publicity: Terry Lavender
Gaming/SCA: William Lowe
Bacchanal: Beth Finkbiner, YaLeah
Dance: Dave Wilson
Dr Who/Dark Shadows: Josette Kernaghan
Trivia Quiz: Stuart Cooper
Writer's Workshop: Eileen Kernaghan
Publications & Program Book: Donna McMahon
Guest Liaisons: Mikki Vernetti & Thom Wescott
Elron Awards Presentation: Michael Walsh
Image credits: VCON 13 Program Book cover by Sharree Sledge. Robert Bloch photo provided by R. Graeme Cameron.
Robert Bloch