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LegendHaven is the online fiction con where you become part of the story!

LegendHaven is the only fiction convention where readers and fans don’t just watch: you role-play characters in live story readings, shape novels alongside 20+ faith-inspired fiction authors, and find the creative community you didn’t know existed. Two days, all online (no travel, no awkward networking)!
Brought to you from LegendFiction. Sign up for the free main stage now:
Sat, May 2-3, 2026

Why LegendHaven?

Something has gone badly wrong. Right now, too many stories are sick and rotten. They challenge us to rebel against reality, groom our imaginations with ugliness, and smirk at any ideas of goodness. It's hurting us and our loved ones in real time. We say no more. Our faith inspires us to build worlds without end. Stories have the power to heal, and bring generations hope and bravery and fun. That's why every storyteller, reader, and fan at LegendHaven wants to build a better world. We want a million new stories filled with meaning, morals, myth, and magic.
We've been served slop long enough. Now we build a haven worth fighting for.
Founded by a young dad who wants a better future for his girl.
Join us. We're building a haven for legends like you.
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Chat live with authors on our Youtube Live Stage
Tune in with your questions and ideas as authors join the LegendHaven livestream, talk about the most interesting worlds, and share their latest novels.
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Role play in live story readings with authors!
Drop into live role-play readings of epic novels, with the authors and each other!
Volunteer to take some of the voices in the story and bring it to life, live.
First come, first served! Afterward, chat with the story room about what you loved most, and how to find out what comes next.
Exclusive
Ever wanted to create a fictional world people will love?
Readers and fans: bring your coolest ideas for heroes, villains, creatures, kingdoms, and wild adventures.
Help inspire future novels for our LegendFiction storytellers!
RSVP early to role-play your voice in these exclusive story readalouds
The Sign of the Visioneer
Dominic de Souza reads his story "The Sign of the Visioneer," a thriller fantasy mystery in an epic, magical world. Get the story .
9:30am ET, Sunday
5 Roles Available
Thrill Runners
Dominic reads his story "Mission: The Line" from the 'ThrillRunners' collection. A fast-paced, near-future, secret-agent story. Get the story
3pm ET, Sunday
3 Roles Available
Warlock Tactical Academy
Dominic de Souza reads his story "Warlock Tactical Academy," a fast-paced fantasy thriller, as if Hogwarts was a police academy. Get the story
5pm ET, Sunday
7 Roles Available
Exclusive
Your opinions needed!!
During the weekend, we drop 8 exclusive questions just for con attendees. It's like a live workshop about what you think!
Example: What movies, books, and stories did you loved (or loathe) from the last 6 months?
Afterward, we take all your comments and ideas, study everything, and publish a LegendHaven Story Guide for every reader everywhere, and include your name!
You can shape what comes next. đŸ˜²
Example questions we'll ask for the LegendHaven Story Guide:
Meaning
What is a story you saw in the past 6 months that you loved, and why?
Morality
What kind of courage or sacrifice grabs you every time?
Myth
What are recent stories that you wish more people knew about?
Magic
What kind of themes do you miss most in stories right now?
exclusive screening
Merlin's Isle: The Tale this Land Still Keeps
Thanks to The Rabbit Room, members of LegendHaven can watch this stunning, 30-minute screening early! Poet Malcolm Guite and illustrator Stephen Crotts journey across Britain as they explore the themes and traditions that have given rise to Guite's epic poetic retelling of the tales of King Arthur and his knights.
Learn more @ Merlins Isle.com
Featured Authors
featured Author
The Green Blade
The epic world of Avalon is under threat, and only the Green Blades can heal it.
Mary Rose Kreger
YA Fantasy Author
legendfiction member
featured Author
Son of Osivirius
Avatar and The Hunger Games meet in a smart, action-packed science fantasy novella.
Cathryn deVries
Multi-award-winning author
legendfiction member
original masterclasses
Finding the Courage to Publish your Book & Share Your Stories!
Mary Rose Kreger
YA Fantasy Author
The Secret Character Ingredient: How to Forge a Story You Can't Put Down
Cathryn deVries
Multi-award-winning author
More Epic Worlds Coming to LegendHaven
Dr Rachel Fulton Brown
Mary Rose Kreger
Thomas Salerno
SL Linton
Cathryn deVries
Sarah Crickard
Sr Allison Gliot
Dominic de Souza
Gabriella Batel
Dr Rachel Fulton Brown
Mary Rose Kreger
Thomas Salerno
SL Linton
Cathryn deVries
Sarah Crickard
Sr Allison Gliot
Dominic de Souza
Gabriella Batel
John races against time to rescue an artifact, when things go wrong, and get worse fast.
Dominic de Souza
LegendFiction Founder, Author
legendfiction member
The Curse He Chose
Vampires, urban fantasy, and the Christian drama of sin, grace, and redemption.
Sr. Allison Regina Gliot
Author of the In Aeternum YA trilogy
The dark night of the soul and Christian lessons we can glean from the caped crusader.
Thomas Salerno
Author
legendfiction member
ENDING There will be Death to pay...
Gabi Batel
YA Author
legendfiction member
The epic 6-part series begins with a ragged prospector & becomes an unbelievable epic.
Trae McMaken
Author of the Dwarves of IceCloak Series
LAUNCH: Fear of the Sky: A man races to rescue his daughter, and falls prey to a god who delights in suffering....
Kris Ackoury
Debut Author
legendfiction member
The Riddle of the Tongue Stones
A scientist and Catholic bishop discovers the hidden history of the earth beneath our feet.
Thomas Salerno
Author, WordonFire Votive
legendfiction member
Misshelved Magic
A magic-less librarian finds a misshelved spellbook, and it's refusing to return to its shelf...
Sarah Crickard
Author
Zombies, helicopter explosions, romance, and adventure... a fast paced ride with deep questions!
Jacqueline Lucca
Author
Draco Alchemicus
Seven lords and ladies arrive in a twilit garden filled with great statues of mythical monsters...
Dr. Rachel Fulton Brown
Founder, Dragon Common Room
A world of monsters, sacrifices. heroism, and horror, inspired by real life deployments.
Chris DiNote
Author, Raconteur Press
A crazed sasquatch. A burial mound with deep secrets. It gets worse...
Leo Vaughn
Writer of Cryptid Thrillers
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Hear epic stories
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Make epic friends
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Find Your Fellowship in 48 Hours!
Most faith-inspired fiction fans spend years feeling like the only person who cares about stories with real meaning. LegendHaven puts you in a room with tons of them in one weekend — speed meetings, live story creation, and the kind of friendships that last past the closing session.
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Help us grow our mission to heal authors, impact culture, and inspire creators to discover their vocation as storytellers!
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Faith-inspired
We're Catholics & Christian nerds who love pop culture. We want honest, epic stories because our faith builds worlds without end.
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The 'Saints & Sagas' Short Story Contest
Hey Authors: enter to win & get published! Deadline: Trinity Sunday, May 31, 2026
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Areas of the Convention
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YouTube Livestream
Jump into our public, YouTube livestream to meet storytellers live, ask questions, and chat live with other viewers!
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Expo
Explore the calendar of live sessions with storytellers reading aloud from their novels. RSVP and ask questions ahead of time.
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Book Fair
Browse the hottest books from our storytellers and members, grab them at discounts, or enter to win special editions!
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Weekend Pass
Marketplace
Discover tools, resources, and services from storytellers, brands, and professionals, all to help you on your indie fiction author journey!
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Legendary Convention Partners & Hosts
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Chronicles of Val Vatar
The author, Victor DiGiovanni, created the epic trailer for this LegendHaven 5 convention!
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Audio Epic
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Making Every Class Catholic
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10AM - 11:15AM
Saturday Morning: Monsters & Magic
Join the livestream and bring your questions!
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10:00AM - keynote
The Vocation of the Storyteller
A rousing call to action for authors with Dominic de Souza, LegendHaven founder. Find out why the world needs every author, and why storytelling is more than a fun hobby. It could be the reason you're here.
Dominic de Souza LegendFiction Founder, Author
10:15 AM
BOOK LAUNCH: Fear of the Sky
Debut novel comes out June 9!
Kris Ackoury
Author of Dragons, Battles, and the Depths of Souls
10:30 AM
Your Local Cryptid Speaks: Weird Stuff & Serialized Fiction
SL Linton Speculative Fiction Writer
10:45 AM
How to Write an Incredible Book When Your Life's a Hot Mess
I wrote and published two highly-rated fantasy novels while my life was a veritable dumpster fire! If I can do this, you can do it, too!

Mary Rose Kreger YA Fantasy Author & Legend Fiction Mentor
11:00 AM
Forgotten Saints & Hidden History: Why I Write Narrative Nonfiction for Kids & Teens

Thomas Salerno Author of The Riddle of the Tongue-Stones from Word on Fire Votive
11:15 AM
Sasquatch, Nephilim, and Cryptids?? 'The Grassman Terror'

Leo Vaughn Writer of Cryptid Thrillers
11:30 AM
The Nun Who Writes Vampire Books…Among Other Things
Sr. Allison Regina Gliot Author of the In Aeternum YA trilogy
11:45 AM
Virtue as Magic
Sarah Crickard
Author of Misshelved Magic, member of the Catholic Writer's Guild and Chrism Press
Saturday Expo Sessions
RSVP to these events inside LegendFiction, where the convention happens!
9:30 AM
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Speed Meetings
Hosted by Dominic de Souza, Founder, Author

Join a group where everyone gets randomly assigned into pods of 2 or 3 members. Get 5 minutes to say hi, ask a couple of questions, and then get meet a new friend!
fan favorite!
12:00 PM
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Feral Tropes - What They Are and How to Wrangle Them
Caroline Furlong, Author

Everyone needs tropes when they are marketing their books, if they do not need them to write in the first place. But what happens when those tropes inevitably go feral? How will a writer know if he has a feral trope on his hands? Join Caroline Furlong to discuss feral tropes so you can learn to spot them!
12:00 PM
Three fantasy books on display: "Avalon Lost," a dark blue book with a rose, and "The Green Blade."
'Secrets of Avalon' Story Readaloud
Mary Rose Kreger, YA Fantasy Author

Mary will share a few intriguing tidbits about her first fantasy novel, AVALON LOST, and then read an excerpt from her latest book, THE GREEN BLADE.

If you like stories with sword fights, magic portals, star-crossed lovers, snarky dragons, and evil curses, then this is the session for you!
3:00 PM
Book cover "Fear of the Sky?" by Kristopher Ackoury, with a large question mark on a dark background.
Fear of the Sky! + Story Readaloud
Kristopher Ackoury | Fear of the Sky releases June 9! Come get a first look at the book's cover and hear a read-aloud from the story Author
3:30 PM
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Folklore and Literary Roots of Western Fantasy A Discussion
A discussion of folkloric and literary roots of western fantasy, hosted by author and folklorist A. Trae McMaken.

Discuss folklore archetypes, ancient and medieval fantasy literature, folktale trope classifications, and more.
3:30 PM
"The Bitter-Sweet Dark" book cover with a hanging, dark, egg-shaped object in a net. Gabriella Batel, A Short Story.
The Bittersweet Dark Readaloud - with YOU!
Join Gabriella Batel in a readaloud of a humorous short story set in the world of of my upcoming fantasy thriller, "Ending".
4:00 PM
Three fantasy book covers for "The Light Series," with "Champions of Light" centered.
Champions of Light Read Aloud and Q&A
Champions of Light is the beginning of my debut trilogy and introduces you to my fantasy world of Karnum, where the characters must overcome what the world expects of them to become who the Light meant them to be.

Hosted by Althea Damgaard
4:30 PM
AMA: Space Westerns with Rick Cutler
Colt is a former soldier on the frontier world of Fenris — a terraformed planet where forty-year winters give way to savage springs, where ranchers ride six-legged yimas across golden plains, and where the scars of a brutal independence war haven’t finished healing.
workshop
5:00 PM
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Readers & Fans: Build a Fantasy Novel Live!
Hosted by Dominic de Souza, Founder, Author
A special event where you brainstorm and vote on an epic fantasy novel idea! Imagine characters, realms, events, and exciting adventures.
workshop
6:00 PM
Vanish into the Night with S.L. Linton Reading and Ask Me Anything
S.L. Linton will read an excerpt from her short story "Vanish into the Night," a weird little Southern Gothic tale about family, life choices, and Waffle House. Plus author AMA!
1:30 PM - 3PM
Saturday Afternoon: Dragons & Jedi
Join the livestream and bring your questions!
1:30 pM
Launch: The Withered King
Fairy Tales are not Fantasy. They Use Magic in Different Ways!
G.M. Baker Author
1:45 PM
Writing Fiction is Both Fun and Therapeutic!
Althea Damgaard Authorpreneur and Coach of Epic Adventures of Overcoming by Faith
2:00 PM
Revelation of the Dragon
The Dragon Common Room has just published Act II: The Court of our seven-part epic "Draco Alchemicus."
Dr. Rachel Fulton Brown Founder of the Dragon Common Room
2:15 PM
Fantasy, Folklore, & Fantasy Authors
Trae McMaken Author of the Dwarves of Ice-Cloak, the Wellspring World, and more
2:30 PM
Wyrd Warfare: Military Deployments, Sacrifice, Heroism, Horror... It all Just Gets Weirder!
Chris DiNote Author, Raconteur Press
2:45 PM
ENDING: The New Fantasy Thriller
Writing Nature as a Bunch of Murderous Teenagers?
Gabriella Batel Prize-winning author and editor of fiction with Teeth
3:00 PM
LIVE Star Wars Cosplay with the 501st and Rebel Legion
Emily Strand Author, Scholar, Musician, Podcaster
3:15 PM
Jedi Knights, Mystic Saints & the Spiritual Journey that Creates Heroes
Eric Clayton Author, My Life with the Jedi: The Spirituality of Star Wars
3:30 PM
Why Storytelling Is Essential To Our Spiritual Lives
Eric Clayton Author, Ignatian Storyteller, Jesuit Media Lab
3:45 PM
Accidental Author: How a spur of the moment decision turned into a fantasy trilogy

Cathryn deVries Multi-award-winning author of Son of Osivirius
Sunday Expo Sessions
RSVP to these events inside the LegendHaven convention!
9:30 AM
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Bannermark Cast Read
Hosted by Dominic de Souza, Author Join a session where Dominic reads his story "The Sign of the Visioneer." Read the story ~5 audience members will take the voices, and bring this epic mystery/fantasy story to life for the first time ever!
10:30 AM
"What's Your Dream Story Idea?" in a metallic frame against a starry night sky with a planet and futuristic city.
Readers & Fans: Build a SciFi Epic Novel Live!
Hosted by Dominic de Souza, Author
A special event where you brainstorm and vote on an epic science fiction novel idea! Imagine characters, planets, events, and exciting adventures in galaxies far far away... and more!
workshop
11:00 AM
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Ending Teaser Readaloud - with YOU!
Hosted by Gabriella Batel

Join me in a readaloud of select snippets of my upcoming fantasy thriller, 'Ending'
1:00 PM
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Speed Meetings
Hosted by Dominic de Souza, Founder, Author

Join a group where everyone gets randomly assigned into pods of 2 or 3 members. Get 5 minutes to say hi, ask a couple of questions, and then get meet a new friend!
fan favorite!
3:00 PM
The Dark Knight and the Soul: "Batman & Faith" read-aloud/Q&A
Hosted by Thomas Salerno

In this live book-launch event, author Thomas Salerno will read a chapter from the new book Batman & Faith and answer your questions!
3:00 PM
'Thrill Runners' Cast Read
Hosted by Dominic de Souza, Author
Join a session where Dominic reads his story "Mission: The Line" from the 'ThrillRunners' story collection. Read the story

3 audience members will take the voices, and bring this fast-paced, secret-agent story to life for the first time ever!
3:00 PM
Lumena Rose presents The Stolen Heir
Join Lumena Rose for an exclusive live reading from her upcoming fantasy novel, The Stolen Heir. Plus… one attendee will receive a signed copy!
4:00 PM
What's Your Story, Stranger - Lessons for Writing a Better RPG Character
Writer, Editor, and RPG Content Creator Joel Balkovec leads a crash course in how to tell a better story for your tabletop RPG character.
4:30 PM
Science fiction book cover "Son of Osivirius" by Cathryn DeVries, with three figures overlooking a futuristic city.
Son of Osivirius Read Aloud + Ask Me Anything
Cathryn deVries | Multi-award-winning author of Son of Osivirius
If you like stories with action, betrayal, enemies-to-lovers, worlds like Pandora, and love the idea of fighting corporate greed on the back of a giant flying cat, then this is the session for you!
5:00 PM
'Warlock Tactical Academy' Cast Read
Hosted by Dominic de Souza, Author
Join a session where Dominic reads his story "Warlock Tactical Academy," a fast-paced fantasy thriller that reimagines Hogwarts as a police academy. Read the story

7 audience members will take the voices and bring this story to life for the first time ever!
6:00 PM
Marvel Heroes - What Does It Mean to be a Superhero?
Hosted by Caroline Furlong
AVENGERS, ASSEMBLE! But what does it mean to be an Avenger? What made Marvel Comics, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and all the universes in between so interesting?
6:00 PM
Merlin's Isle: The Tale this Land Still Keeps
An exclusive private screening
Thanks to The Rabbit Room, members of LegendHaven can watch this stunning, 30-minute screening early! Poet Malcolm Guite and illustrator Stephen Crotts journey across Britain as they explore the themes and traditions that have given rise to Guite's epic poetic retelling of the tales of King Arthur and his knights.
11:30 AM - 12PM
Sunday: Morning Livestream
Join the livestream and bring your questions!
11:30 AM
Finding Faith in the Everyday
A celebration of BustedHalo's 25 Anniversary, and why we need fun, faith, and fandoms!

Fr Evan Cummings, CSP Gamer, Busted Halo Associate Director
Busted Halo
11:45 AM
Batman & Faith: Essays on the Dark Knight and the Soul
From Voyage Comics, a deep dive into one of the most popular comic book characters of all time and examines a variety of Christian lessons we can glean.
Thomas Salerno Author
1:30 PM - 3PM
Sunday Afternoon: Fantasy & Fellowship
Join the livestream and bring your questions!
1:30 PM
The Artistic Vocation: Storytelling Through 2D Animation
Watch award-winning film Elephant Tracks on YouTube, Rain Check in production! The Heartbeat of the Sea" is on festival run, and should be available to view in 2027!
Joshua Martin and Kateri Esposito 2D animators, creators
1:45 PM
"What's Your Story, Stranger?" – Quick Lessons for Writing a Better RPG Character
Joel Balkovec Fantasy Author & Professional Content Creator
2:00 PM
Do we even know the difference between Teen and Adult Fantasy Anymore?
Anjanette Barr Literary Agent with Dunham Literary, Inc.
2:15 PM
Conquering author sprawl
Why authors need to spend less time building websites and more time talking to readers
Gabriel Nardi Founder of Quilltips
2:30 PM
Find your fellowship: why every writer needs a crew
Jacqueline Lucca Zombie Novelist on the Quest for the True, Good, and Beautiful
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