Missoula's Science Fiction & Fantasy Convention

Hunter Kay Wallace

MisCon 40 Attending Professional

Hunter Kay Wallace (also online as Hunter Cowles Wallace) is the author of The Migratory Farmers fantasy series. As an artist, she runs a literature-inspired adult coloring blog, sculpts gem trees, and burns dinner (sometimes creatively). As a ’farmer,’ she’s a plant killer and a chicken mom.

Find Hunter Kay at the Hamilton, Montana farmers market and at hunterkaywallace.com

She is always looking for beta readers, ARC readers, and artistic collaborators (and only bites if you steal her snacks).

Scheduled Panels and Games:

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(Tentative)

• Fri 10:00 - 10:50 AM, Create Book Covers Using Canva, Dungeon
  Moderator: Hunter Kay Wallace; Panelists: Hunter Kay Wallace

  People throw around, "Just make your own book cover," but that's daunting! Whether you need to create a finished product or inspiration you can send your cover artist, join in this demo and learn how it's done. Let's make cover mock ups!

• Break Fri 10:50 - Fri 1:00
• Fri 1:00 - 1:50 PM, Informal Author Meet & Greet: Speedfriending Edition, Dragon Pavilion
  Moderator: Justin Barba; Panelists: Justin Barba, Jessica Brawner, C E Chester, Stoney Compton, Katie Cross, Laramie Dean, Jayel Draco, Manny Frishberg, James Glass, Lynsey Griswold (Lynsey G), Rhiannon Held, GS Jennsen, Esther Jones, Frog Jones, Sanan Kolva, Tess Langston, Todd Lockwood, Joseph Malik, Tod McCoy, Danith McPherson, Theresa Miller, Gwendolyn Nix, AM Scott, Steven L Sears, D.L. Solum, Jeff Sturgeon, Patrick Swenson: Fairwood Press, Hunter Kay Wallace, Dean Wells, Danica Winters, Jim Wright (Stonekettle), Matthew Yetter

  If you want to get to know some of MisCon 40's writers/editors, this is the place for you! It's like speed dating, but without the romance. We'll provide lists of question prompts to help break the ice (though you can ask whatever you want), split everyone into pairs, and run quick 3 to 5-minute rounds before rotating to a new conversation partner. Come swap stories, talk art, movies, anime, pop culture, and make a new connection.

• Break Fri 1:50 - Sat 4:00
• Sat 4:00 - 4:50 PM, Climate as Character, Great Hall 3
  Panelists: Stoney Compton, Manny Frishberg, D.L. Solum, Hunter Kay Wallace

  Is your setting working as hard as your characters? A world’s climate and ecology can do far more than establish a mood—it can be a major antagonist or an ally. Let's explore how extreme environments, local flora, and fauna shape stories, create conflict, and breathe life into speculative fiction.

• Break Sat 4:50 - Sun Noon
• Sun Noon - 12:50 PM, Romantasy, Great Hall 1
  Moderator: Danica Winters; Panelists: Esther Jones, Hunter Kay Wallace, Dean Wells, Danica Winters

  What exactly is “romantasy” and why is it different than simply having romance in a story? Our panelists will explore definitions and differences, why romantasy has found resonance with readers, and where to get started with your own.

• Break Sun 12:50 - Sun 3:00
• Sun 3:00 - 3:50 PM, An Inch or a Mile: Short vs Long Form Storytelling, Monster Tent
  Panelists: Esther Jones, Tod McCoy, Hunter Kay Wallace, Dean Wells

  What's the difference in structuring short stories, novellas, novels, and sprawling series? Which form does your story idea lend itself to? How can you adapt a short story into a novel or vice versa?