Author: Jan@HSFCon

HSFCon edition 3: On to Maastricht!

The third edition of HSFCon will be held on Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 November 2025 in the ever-bustling Maastricht. We found the beautiful Hotel De l’Empereur as a good place for a weekend full of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

After two editions in the hospitable north of the country, it is now the turn of the south. Nice and central in the BeNeLux!

During HSFCon you will follow lectures, workshops and panels for and by the fans and the writers and ‘makers’ in our genre. You will have ample opportunity to meet new people and reconnect with old acquaintances. There will be a cozy SF/F/H market with a varied offer.

And: did we already mention that there is a swimming pool?!

Ticket sales are already open!

Would you like to help with the organization, make suggestions for the program or distribute flyers? Send an email to info@hsfcon.nl and we will contact you. See you at HSFCon3!

Guest of honor: Marieke Frankema

Like a spider in a web, Marieke weaves all aspects of her life together: singing, acting, voice-acting, she does it all. But writing is the most powerful thread in her web. Story lines shoot out like silvery threads, curling and twisting through the web of her life. The books, musicals, novellas and short stories she’s written can no longer be counted on the fingers of two hands and the toes of two feet, and the next books are on the way. One thing is sure: they will have a little glimmer of magic in them, because Marieke loves to grab the tiny moments of magic in everyday life and make them shine in her stories.

Photo: Anne-Claire Philippo

Photos HSFCon 2023

The photos taken at HSFCon 2023 by Hans van Kampen can be found here.

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Omrop Fryslân

Omrop Fryslân has put the second HSFCon in the spotlight. HSFCon 2023 was heard on the radio, seen on TV and readable on their website.



https://www.omropfryslan.nl/fy/nijs/1200521/science-fiction-fantasy-en-horrorfans-nei-snits-foar-twadde-hsfcon (Frisian)

https://www.omropfryslan.nl/nl/nieuws/1200522/science-fiction-fantasy-en-horrorfans-naar-sneek-voor-hsfcon (Dutch)

#HSFCon2023 #WeLoveItLiterally

HSFCon 2023: Feedback

The second HSFCon is barely over and we would love to receive feedback from you, while everything is still fresh in our minds.

What do you expect from the next HSFCon? What can be done differently? What else? Which guests of honor and guests would you like to see (again)? Do you have suggestions for panels, lectures or workshops? Do you want to help / participate in the next HSFCon? Of course constructive criticism is also more than welcome.

We look forward to receiving your e-mail, via info@hsfcon.nl.

Team HSFCon
HSFCon2023 #WeLoveItLiterally

Thanks, thanks, thanks!

Our thanks go to everyone who contributed in any form or degree to the second HSFCon.

Thanks to all visitors. Thanks to the guests of honor. Thanks to the guests. Thanks to the volunteers. Thanks to the traders. Thanks to all participants. Thanks to the staff of Van der Valk Hotel Sneek. Thanks to everyone who contributed in any form or degree to HSFCon 2023.

We look forward to seeing you at the next HSFCon!

Team HSFCon
#HSFCon2023 #WeLoveItLiterally