Guests

Adam Murphy is the award-winning creator of the hit comics series CorpseTalk. 

Adam Murphy website

Andy Eadie has been training martial-arts since childhood and a professional stunt performer for over a decade. He first travelled to Thailand to take part in the Bangkok action cinema scene of the late 2000s which directly followed the success of Tony Jaa’s Tom-Yum-Goong. On return to the UK he began working towards the stringent entry requirements for the British Stunt Register. Since gaining admission to the BSR he has performed high falls, stair falls, fight scenes, character parts and vehicle work on productions such as Game of Thrones (world record fire burn), Dungeons & Dragons (doubling Hugh Grant), A Thousand Blows (1v1 with Stephen Graham) House of the Dragon, Starwars, Aquaman, Batman, Lucky Man, Killing Eve, Avengers and many more. 

'S ann à Eilean Leòdhais a tha Caitriana NicNeacail. Bidh i a' sgrìobhadh ficsean tuairmeasach ann an Gàidhlig agus ann am Beurla, a' fighe a-steach na tha i air ionnsachadh ag obair ann am particle physics, teagasg na Beurla, diadhachd, agus eachdraidh ionadail, agus anns na còrr is deich bliadhna a bha i ag obair ann an Sìona mus do thill i don eilean ann an 2024. Tha i an-dràsda ag obair air nobhail ghoirid ann an Gàidhlig. Tha sgrìobhadh Chaitriana air nochdadh ann an Shoreline of Infinity agus Best of British Science Fiction 2025, agus gheibhear cuid den sgrìobhadh Beurla aice, a' gabhail a-steach sci-fi, fantasachd agus eile, aig https://coraclevoyager.substack.com. Tha an sgeulachd ghoirid sci-fi Gàidhlig aice Agus Buailidh Iad An Claidheamhan Gu Coltairean gu bhith air fhoillseachadh le Sol Stories ann an Future Britains, cruinneachadh de sgeulachdan sci-fi à feadh Bhreatainn, san Dàmhair 2026. Faodar òrdachadh ro-làimh aig https://solstories.co.uk -- cumaibh sùil a-mach airson còd lasachaidh sònraichte do luchd-tadhail OH!CON!

Caitriana NicNeacail is a speculative fiction writer from the Isle of Lewis. She writes in Gaelic as well as in English, and her fiction is informed by time spent in the varied fields of particle physics, English teaching, theology, and local history, as well as by over a decade living in China before returning to the island in 2024. She is currently working on a Gaelic sci-fi novella. Caitriana’s work has appeared in Shoreline of Infinity and Best of British Science Fiction 2025, and you can find more of her original English-language sci-fi, fantasy and other speculative fiction stories at https://coraclevoyager.substack.com. Her Gaelic sci-fi short story Agus Buailidh Iad An Claidheamhan Gu Coltairean (And They Shall Beat Their Swords Into Ploughshares) is due to be published (with translation) by Sol Stories in Future Britains, an anthology of sci-fi and dystopian short stories from around the UK, in October 2026. It is now available for pre-order at https://solstories.co.uk -- keep an eye out for a special discount code for OH!CON attendees!

Calum MacIntosh is a software developer and founder of Siar Interactive, an independent game studio based on the island of North Uist. Drawing on his background in computing and digital creativity, and his roots as a native islander, he creates immersive games steeped in Gaelic language, Hebridean atmosphere, and the folklore of the region. It's part of a wider mission to bring the myths, mysteries, and unique character of the Outer Hebrides into the world of digital interactive storytelling.

Siar Interactive website

Chris Baldie is a full-time writer, illustrator, and designer living in Perth, Scotland. His work ranges in style and subject matter from Parisian cat burglars to kids playing Dungeons and Dragons. “Space Captain: Captain of Space,” his long-form series, was recently translated and published in France under the title “Traque Dans L’espace!”.

Chris Baldie website

Dave Cook is a multi-award winning author of comic and video game history
books from Edinburgh. He’s best known for his ongoing cyberpunk series
Killtopia, which is currently published by Titan Comics. He’s also a repeat
contributor to the Boom! Studios horror anthology, Hello Darkness, and has
written two gaming history books for Bitmap Books.

Dave Cook Comics website

Des O'Gorman is an actor, comedian and full-time nerd. He trained at Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh and since then has appeared in "Too Long The Heart", "Globophobia" and various characters for the murder mystery "Can You Catch The Killer" (Dir. Kenny Boyle).

He has also written and performed one-man shows based on his two passions -  Ghostbusters and being a nerd. “Still Ready To Believe you: Celebrating 30+ years of Ghostbusters” and “The Nerd, The Whole Nerd and Nothing but the Nerd”, have both been performed at conventions and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Des O'Gorman website

Eira Richards is a comics and manga artist, illustrator, and artist educator.
Eira’s work draws inspiration from Celtic folklore and mythology, as well as
history and poetry. Since 2009, Eira has been a member of Sweatdrop Studios,
the UK’s first original manga publisher.

To date, Eira’s published titles include The Witch-Hare (2022) and Creating
Manga Characters (2012). Eira’s most recent manga-style graphic novel,
Between Storms, is a speculative history/ historical fantasy with a Hebridean
setting. The Gaelic version of the book, titled Eadar Dhà Shian, was published
in May 2026, thanks to grants from the Gaelic Books Council and Catherine
McCaig’s Trust, as well as support from An Taigh Cèilidh, Stornoway’s
community centre and “Gaelic cafe”.

Eira is also an experienced artist educator, and has taught at schools, libraries,
festivals and events. She enjoys introducing new audiences to manga drawing,
and encourages participants to weave their personal stories into the history
and heritage of their communities.

Eira Richards website 
Instagram @eirarichardsart

Dr. Emily McEwan is a publisher, author, blogger, and former academic with a Ph.D. in linguistic anthropology. She is the founder and owner of Bradan Press in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada's only Gaelic publishing company, which has published picture books, children's novels, poetry, nonfiction, and graphic novels in Gaelic, English, French, and Irish. She has edited, lettered, and published six graphic novels by two different authors in three different languages. Dr. McEwan has been involved in Gaelic language and culture for over 35 years as a Gaelic learner, academic, nonprofit volunteer, workshop teacher, and more. She has also been a Whovian for 45 years! Her first experience with publishing was editing and producing four Blake's 7 zines in the late 1980s.

Bradan Press website

Based on the Isle of Lewis, GR Jordan is a prolific author of over 90 novels and several innovative gamebooks. Known for his cinematic style and immersive worlds, Gary writes across genres, from his successful Highlands and Islands Detective crime series to boundary-pushing interactive fiction. His gamebooks range from WWII espionage (Darkness on a Foreign Shore) and dynamic murder mysteries (Framed) to open-world pirate adventures and Scottish supernatural lore.

When he isn’t writing, Gary is a keen gamer with a love for Lovecraftian themes. He also enjoys archery, scenic walks, and relaxing with a latte at his local coffee house.

GR Jordan website

Graeme Macpherson has been interested in TRPGs since finding a pile of Fighting Fantasy books at a church fete in the late 80s. A nurse with a special interest in neurodivergence by day, but a nerd all the time, Graeme is a committee member for Game Therapy UK Scotland, has been playing D&D with the same group for the last 7 years, and is a co-host on OH!CAST.

Hereward Proops is a psychotherapist, writer, lecturer, forever-DM, and full-time nerd.

An advocate for social play, he's currently meant to be writing his PhD thesis on the development of relationships in TRPG groups. He's also the winner of the 2025 OH!con quiz and won't let anyone forget it.

Katie Cunningham is a Scottish writer of horror comics and prose. Her graphic novels Rotten Under the Snow and Space Banshee Exorcist are available now from Time Bomb Comics, her upcoming miniseries, Helen Deserves This is coming from Blue Fox in Autumn, and her debut prose novel, Something to Live For, will be published in December 2026. As well as this she has contributed to anthologies such as the Eisner-nominated Sensory, Beyond, Brawler, and Quantum. Katie lives in Glasgow, and spends her free time jumping in the coldest water she can find.

Marcus has been involved in TV and film extra work for the last 16 years. Working on films such as Mary Queen of Scots, The Outlaw King, Tornado and many YV series including Outlander and The Island.

Sue lives on Lewis and has has worked in everything from animal welfare to welding. In the late 90s, after completing a degree in film, she hoped to work on the new Star Trek movie but ended up working in the Creature Effects department for George Lucas's much anticipated Star Wars prequel, The Phantom Menace.

’S ann à Seattle a tha Tim Armstrong o thùs, ach tha e air a bhith a’ fuireach anns an Eilean Sgitheanach còrr is fichead bliadhna a-nis. Thòisich e ag ionnsachadh na Gàidhlig am measg nam puncairean ann an Dùn Èideann, agus bha e na bhall dhen chòmhlan punc, Mill a h-Uile Rud. Tha e a-nis na òraidiche agus rannsaiche aig Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, agus tha e air foillseachadh ann an Gàidhlig agus Beurla air cuspairean bho mhion-bhith-eòlas gu ceòl, teòiridh shòisealta agus ath-bheothachadh cànain. Ann an 2013, choisinn an nobhail fhicsean-saidheans aige, Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach, Ciad Leabhar Albannach na Bliadhna aig
Duaisean Chomann Crann na h-Alba, agus ann an 2025, choisinn an ath nobhail anns an t-sreath, An Luingeas Dorcha air Fàire, Làmh-sgrìobhainn Neo-Fhoillsichte as Fheàrr do dh’Inbhich anns na Duaisean Litreachais Gàidhlig.

Tim Armstrong is originally from Seattle, but he has been living in Skye for more than two decades. He first started learning Scottish Gaelic in the punk scene in Edinburgh, and he was a founding member of the Scottish-Gaelic punk band, Mill a h-Uile Rud.  He is now a lecturer and researcher at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, and he has published work in both Scottish Gaelic and English on subjects ranging from microbiology, to music, social theory and language revival. In 2013, his science-fiction novel, Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach, was a winner of the Saltire Society's Scottish First Book of the Year prize, and in 2025, his sequel to that novel, An Luingeas Dorcha air Fàire, won the Gaelic Literary Awards’ Best Unpublished Manuscript of the Year for Adults.