Spend much of the weekend in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania at the third installment of VoidCon. I had very little sense of what to expect going in, other than the involvement of some indie presses whose recent output has left me impressed. The idea of going to central PA (to my dad’s alma mater, even) for a couple of days didn’t sound like a bad idea at all.

To make a long story short, I had a blast. The metal/hardcore vibes were strong throughout, from the blistering sets from Athame and Treeknock that closed out the event to the onstage mention of His Hero Is Gone during one panel to the Reversal of Man and Combatwoundedveteran shirts seen on Saturday.

VoidCon 3: where the author of the most fucked-up book I've read in the last five years introduces me to the absolutely sublime snack known as Beaver Nuggets.

— Tobias Carroll (@tobiascarroll.bsky.social) 2025-10-11T20:10:26.533Z

Plus, I got to meet B.R. Yeager and Joe Koch, two writers whose work I’ve long admired. And I sold some books, which is always a plus as well. All of which is to say, I’m very much looking forward to the next installment.