Panelists, Makers & Performers

The Vermont Steampunk Expo will be joined a number of panelists including a series on poisonous plants called "The Druid's Deadly Darlings," by Madame Datura, aka Renée Fleury. Find your toes tapping and hands clappin' with O'hAnleigh's Irish folk music that rocks! Find fantastical home goods based on traditional folklore, magic and fantasy; unique jewelry, décor and art for curious humans​; and affordable time-themed artisan jewelry. Plus so much more!
Renée Fleury aka Madame Datura
Author & Horticulturist
Renee Fleury is an author and horticulturist. With a passion for poisonous plants and their mystical properties, she draws on her deep knowledge of folklore to weave enchanting narratives that transport her readers to a time when science and magic intertwined. Known for her engaging talks, Renee delights audiences with tales of the past, exploring the historical uses of plants and their witchy connections. Indeed, it is a world where botany meets the arcane. Her unique blend of 19th-century history and botanical wisdom offers profound insights, making her a beloved figure in both the steampunk and horticultural circles.
Adventure Awaits!
Mixed Goods
Adventure Awaits! designs and produces a line of fantastical home goods based on traditional folklore, magic and fantasy.

Adventure Awaits! is the creative production of intermedia artist Jess LeClair. Jess's work has always been centered around a love of books and stories, specifically myths, folklore, fantasy and fairytales. Add to that a strong pagan bent and a love of Victorian aesthetics and WHAM, you’ve got a recipe for magic.
Lady M's Shoppe
Bags & Accessories
Lade M makes practical accessories with a mindful purpose. Everything is handmade in Vermont. ​
Magpie Rampant
Unique Jewelry, Décor & Art for Curious Humans​
Unique, ever-changing works of art, resin jewelry, steampunk home décor, and all things shiny. Boston-based!
Secondhand Productions
Affordable Time-Themed Artisan Jewelry
Jewelry made from old pocket watches and wristwatches, recycling and upcycling.
O'hAnleigh
Musicians
Vermont musicians sharing their love for Irish music. 
O'hAnleigh is folk with roots that rock! Ancestral roots and diverse musical talent blend to create lively and haunting rhythms of Irish-American culture that keep O'hAnleigh audiences' toes tapping and hands clappin'!
Leanna Renee Hieber
Steampunk Subgenres: Gaslamp Fantasy, Dieselpunk and more!
Actress, playwright, ghost tour guide and award-winning, bestselling author of Gothic, Gaslamp Fantasy novels for adults and teens for publishers like Tor and Kensington Books, Leanna Renee Hieber offers an entertaining, first-hand guide to the many different subgenres found under Steampunk's generous parasol! 
Thom Truelove
Artist
Thom A. Truelove has had a wide-ranging career in music, art, design, production and science, with particular passion and expertise in 18th century history and Masonry. A DJ, musical consultant, graphic artist and illustrator, he has worked with House of Diggs Productions focusing on diverse film and television projects, is a co-founder of Psychic Wing R & D production company, and a co-author with award-winning, bestselling author Leanna Renee Hieber on upcoming Historical Fantasy novels. He is the Art Director for Hieber’s Sci-Fi/Space Opera series, the Dark Nest Chronicles and a skilled cover artist for hire. A frequent presenter and panelist at Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Steampunk and Comic cons across the country, his short fiction has appeared in anthologies such as the Lovecraftian collection The Book of Starry Wisdom and he writes regularly for Criminal Element.
Tea Dueling
​Tea Dueling is back! The intensity is high and the competition is fierce. Are you in!?! Sign up at the expo. We are holding Tea Duels twice a day both days of the Vermont Steampunk Expo with 10 patrons per event.
Never heard of Tea Dueling? The rules are relatively simple. The duel is a contest of wills between two competitors.
  1. Each competitor is provided a cup of tea and their choice of a Pepperidge Farm Chessmen cookie.
  2. The competitors must hold the cookie in a two-fingered hold. Any two fingers may be used.
  3. When instructed to dunk, the competitors must submerge at least 75% of the cookie in the tea for a count of five and then pull the cookie out of the drink. This is where the duel begins!
  4. The Winner is the last person to cleanly eat the entire cookie without it breaking or falling apart. One elbow is allowed on the table as a steadying mechanism, but competitors may not use gravity to achieve their goal.
May the best dunker win!

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