CIL-Con

CIL-Con East Central Illinois best paranormal, horror, gaming, and anime convention. Providing a free, fun, family friendly event!

CIL-Con (formerly known as "Central IL Paracon") is an annual event held in Coles County Illinois. The event features paranormal, horror, anime, and gaming vendors and entertainment! To register or for more information visit www.cil-con.com

CIL-Con is excited to welcome Healers in a Handbasket!
08/30/2026

CIL-Con is excited to welcome Healers in a Handbasket!

CIL-Con is excited to welcome Occult Mental Health! We are Occult Mental Health. We are a mental health facility based...
08/29/2026

CIL-Con is excited to welcome Occult Mental Health!

We are Occult Mental Health. We are a mental health facility based out of Tremont, IL. We provide psychiatric and therapy services, TMS, SPRAVATO treatments, and Ketamine infusions. At our booths, we are happy to make appointments and sell our merch made by our LCSW therapist. Our merch includes shirts, stickers, prints, and bookmarks.

Check out this limited-edition incense pot created by Fire The Tiles Charlie Rainbow Wolf. We have 11 of these avail...
08/29/2026

Check out this limited-edition incense pot created by Fire The Tiles Charlie Rainbow Wolf. We have 11 of these available, first come first serve! They are $25! Each one is hand made with love and are all beautifully unique.

While at CIL-Con be sure to visit Charlie Rainbow Wolf's booth for limited-edition CIL-Con incense as well as CIL-Con fudge!

To claim yours comment below or email [email protected]

CIL-Con is honored to welcome back Amy Hale! Since childhood, best-selling and award-winning author Amy Hale has been ...
08/28/2026

CIL-Con is honored to welcome back Amy Hale! Since childhood, best-selling and award-winning author Amy Hale has been using the written word to inspire, encourage, and entertain. She loves creating characters and worlds from nothing but her imagination and a few glasses of wine. Her popular paranormal series The Shadows Trilogy has earned multiple awards, as have the Havenwood Falls books, of which she is a participating author.

For the last couple of decades, she’s also carried the titles of Laundry Goddess, Chef, Butt Wiper, Soother of Temper Tantrums, and in more recent years, Moderator of Sarcastic Eye-rolls and Sass. She resides in Illinois with her husband, and way too many animals.�In her spare time, she enjoys music, photography, watching Mystery Science Theater 3000 and horror movies with her family, and long rides on the back of her husband’s motorcycle.

Cil-con is excited to welcome back Bishop Kristina Rake! The Most Reverend Kristina Rake is the Archbishop of the Cath...
08/26/2026

Cil-con is excited to welcome back Bishop Kristina Rake! The Most Reverend Kristina Rake is the Archbishop of the Catholic Church in Exile—an
Inclusive Catholic jurisdiction within the world-wide Independent and Old Catholic Church
movement. The Catholic Church in Exile (as it is called) welcomes all people to every
sacrament, regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, or lifestyle.
She leads her clergy and laypeople on a volunteer basis. Her church’s ministries include an
orphanage and young mother’s ministry in Kenya, as well as an LGBTQIA advocacy group
based in Kenya, Africa, that helps the community in countries where homosexuality is
punishable by imprisonment and death.
Bishop Rake holds a Master of Theological Studies from Andover Newton at Yale Divinity, plus
an additional 18 graduate credits concentrated in Psychology and Theology.
Archbishop Rake is the author of hundreds of articles and standardized tests on topics as diverse
as writing, literature, embryology, physics, IQ intake, American History, and more. She is also
author of God and the Paranormal: Ghosts, Mediums, and the Afterlife in the Bible. She is
currently completing a follow-up volume about the intersection of science, belief, and spirituality
and a novel which combines science, demonology, and the occult. She is an award-winning
writer, an award-winning speaker and teacher, a member of Mensa, and a religious consultant for
movie studios such as MGM and Spooked TV. She has appeared in several documentaries as
herself—including A Thousand Words & The Attached on Amazon Prime, Tubi, and AppleTV—
and has cowritten entertainment projects which involved her areas of expertise of science,
theology, demonology, and fringe sciences.
Bishop Rake has been married for 26 years to her best friend, Mark, and has two human children
and 3 ferret babies.
Bishop Rake’s Church: www.catholicchurchinexile.com
Facebook:
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YouTube: Bishop Rake
Discord: https://discord.gg/z7tzcfYD

Soothe Your Soul Art was blessed growing up to have a Mom who was willing to buy all kinds of art kits and supplies for ...
08/25/2026

Soothe Your Soul Art was blessed growing up to have a Mom who was willing to buy all kinds of art kits and supplies for them, the only child of three who was remotely interested in such things. They have been painting, stitching, and taking photographs since they were a young child.
Today, they are an acrylic painter focused on mandala painting, and also beadwork and making jewelry.

Please help us welcome our next guest!! BIG PRED! We are so excited to have him as part of our cosplay team! Please chec...
08/24/2026

Please help us welcome our next guest!!
BIG PRED! We are so excited to have him as part of our cosplay team!

Please check out BIG PRED at
https://www.facebook.com/BIGPREDKING/

Lucky number raffle! Pick your own numbers! Only 1000 sold! $1 for one, $5 for 6 or $10 for 15!Hundreds of prizes being ...
08/22/2026

Lucky number raffle! Pick your own numbers! Only 1000 sold! $1 for one, $5 for 6 or $10 for 15!

Hundreds of prizes being given away!

Project 8302 is a veteran-owned dark art and gothic décor business created by artist and craftsman Matt Haton. I special...
08/20/2026

Project 8302 is a veteran-owned dark art and gothic décor business created by artist and craftsman Matt Haton. I specialize in handcrafted spirit boards, planchettes, engraved wood artwork, gothic home décor, paranormal pieces, and horror-inspired collectibles.
Every item is designed and created in-house, combining traditional woodworking and artistic craftsmanship with gothic, occult, historical, and supernatural influences. My goal is to create unique, high-quality pieces for collectors who appreciate the darker side of art and design.

Buttercups craft corner: specializing in a variety of blind date books (regular novels, adult, manga, kids, and bargain)...
08/18/2026

Buttercups craft corner: specializing in a variety of blind date books (regular novels, adult, manga, kids, and bargain) scrapbook sets, tote bags, along with bookmarks and build your own book date

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