World Horror Convention 2010: Retrospective

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"Please express my appreciation to everyone who worked on the con: it was the best convention I've ever been to, and I fully expect it's the best I'll ever attend, unless you all decide to run another UK con—which I hope you do someday. And for what it's worth, my hotel room was fine, even charming—I had a lovely view of the sea and the Pier and found the tortuous route to my room (last one on the second floor!) very funny."
—LYNDA E. RUCKER

"Thanks so much for all your efforts at WHC. It was a tremendous event."
—MARK SAMUELS

HWA Special Guest Dennis Etchison and Randy Broecker

"Just wanted to thank you for putting on such an amazing convention. I have never attended one with anything close to the atmosphere and it was a truly wonderful few days. I can't begin to tell you how much it meant to me that you invited me to participate on the two panels."
—STEVE SAVILE

"Went to the Brighton World Horror Convention and had the time of my life. Spent almost £600 on books and loved every minute."
—ANDREW SCOTT

"Fantastic WHC. Best ever. Thanks and great congratulations to 'the crew' for the wonderful organisation. Very slick. Hotel had a certain charm and the location was second to none. Met loads of people, old friends and new, and did some business as well. So what more could you ask?"
—M.P.N. SIMS & L.H. MAYNARD

Guy N. Smith

"World Horror Convention 2010 was a superb event and I thoroughly enjoyed it."
—GUY N. SMITH

"Great Convention guys. I had a great time even I'm not a great aficionado of the horror genre, the planning was superb and there was something for us dark fantasy types as well. Well done to you all pats on the back all around."
—BILLY STIRLING

"Just a quick message to thank you for your hospitality over the WHC weekend, and for organisational excellence—you must be a zen master or something as you looked completely unfazed at all times (whereas I would (i) run off to a quiet room to scream very loudly or (ii) check out the wine cellar). Anyway, good on ya and thanks for making my time at WHC pretty special!"
—DAVID A. SUTTON

"Thanks again for a wonderful time at the Convention—met some brilliant people and made some lasting friendships."
—CHRIS TAYLOR

"Congrats Amanda, Steve and Mike for hosting such a great gathering. One to remember for all the right reasons."
—SIMON TAYLOR
Editorial Director, Transworld Publishers

"Great convention."
—LISA TUTTLE

"Just a quick note to say thanks for all the work you did, WHC was simply a blast! Also, the convention at which I launched my first collection, so it'll always be important to me in that sense as well. Best convention I've been to!"
—SIMON KURT UNSWORTH

"Just a very quick note to congratulate you on World Horror 2010 being such a great convention!

Mike Wathen and Dave Carson

I really enjoyed the event from start to finish and thought it had a great atmosphere. So just wanted to say a big thank you for all your hard work with organising the convention. Now put your feet up and rest for a while, if you can. You deserve it!"
—STEVE UPHAM

"Just a quick thank you for organising a splendid convention. Everything that was supposed to happen happened, and happened on time! As an ex-committee member on these things (various FantasyCons and1988 World Fantasy) I can't tell you how impressive that is. Thanks again."
—MIKE WATHEN

World Horror Convention Grand Master (2005)
F. Paul Wilson

"Just wanted to say again to you how much Georg and I enjoyed the convention. I also thought that the Pitch Black event was brilliant."
—BARBIE WILDE

"Just a quick note to say what a superb job you three did. I'm trying to think how it could have been better and can't come up with anything. Good company, good times. As a bonus, one of the Brit regulars from my website won the Les Edwards painting and is using it as his avatar on the forum. How cool is that?"
—F. PAUL WILSON

"Please accept my personal thanks for a wonderful convention, one of the best I have ever attended."
—ROCKY WOOD

"I wanted to congratulate you and your team on a fantastic convention—moments and memories that I will take with me forever."
—RIO YOUERS

Basil Copper, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Horror Convention

Brian Lumley, recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Horror Writers Association

"Latest Gnomes" cartoon from Brighton magazine

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