Welcome to OryCon 39’s online schedule! The program schedule is a labor of love and a work in progress. Please expect updates, changes, and unexpected delights with little warning!
The science and the supernatural have been at home with western fiction since the first dime novels back in the 1800s. The genre of "weird western" has evolved to include some of our favorite TV shows (The Wild, Wild West,) movies (Cowboys Vs Aliens,) novels (Territory,) comics (Jonah Hex,) and games (Deadlands.) Join writer/editor David Boop as he discusses the origins of weird westerns, their rollercoaster popularity and how to cross any genre with a western.