2026 Festival of Monsters: Public Events

Public events for the 2026 Festival of Monsters—held in Santa Cruz, California, on Oct, 14-18,2026—included a movie at The 418, an authors’ panel at the Museum of Art and History with Kiersten White and Clay McLeod Chapman, a signing at Atlantis Fantasyworld, and games at Game Santa Cruz. Photos taken by Farhana Basha.