Readings take place over the course of three days and are offered in two different meetings. Please make sure you are joining the correct meeting room.
Readings will feature one or two authors reading a selected work, will be followed by a short Q&A session. Some readings may or may not offer break out rooms to continue Q&A and additional discussion with an individual author.
If you do not plan on listening to the next reader, please exit the room to make space for other attendees.
All times are EST. Friday begins at 11 AM EST; Saturday and Sunday at 10 AM EST.
11 am
READING: DL GARDNER
DL will read from Cassandra’s Castle, a time travel historical fantasy novel, book 5 of the Ian’s Realm Saga
Gernsback Room
1 pm
READING: RON MILLER & ALLEN STEELE
Ron will read The Camera Obscura, a story set in a near-post-apocalyptic world.
Allen will read from The Guns of Pluto, the latest release in his Captain Future series.
Gernsback Room
2 pm
READING: MARIE BILODEAU & JULIE CZERNEDA
Julie will read from MIRAGE, Book Two of the Web Shifter’s Library, out August 11, 2020 from DAW Books. The adventure continues in the life of a certain charming blue blob and her Human friend. Chimeras have come to the All Species’ Library of Linguistics and Culture, desperate to escape persecution. Meanwhile, something’s hiding in the hills. And then there’s the greenhouse.
A reading session with two authors, followed by Q&A
Marie will read from Hell Born, a humourous adventure fantasy
Gernsback Room
3 pm
READING: JAMES CAMBIAS & JACK CLEMONS
James will read from The Godel Operation, a hard SF adventure set in the distant future of the Solar System: The tyranny of the sorcerers must end! One man takes on an ancient conspiracy of wizards in The Initiate
Jack will read an excerpt from the time travel short story Intruder, published in Amazing Stories Magazine Vol 77, Issue 1, Fall 2019
Gernsback Room
READING: G. SCOTT HUGGINS
Scott will read from A Concern Of Trolls, an excerpt from the novel ALL THINGS HUGE AND HIDEOUS. A story about a veterinarian who is forced to treat a horrible noblewoman’s pet basilisk, and how he gets rid of her as a client.
Harris Room
4 pm
READING: JACK MCDEVITT & KIMBERLY UNGER
Jack will read Searching for Oz, an alternate history tale exploring what happens if SETI had, during its early years, picked up radio transmissions from the stars
Kimberly will read from Nucleation. Operating a finely-tuned machine across a billion years of space takes a delicate touch and nerves of steel.
Gernsback Room
READING: WENDY NIKEL & MICHAEL KURLAND
Wendy will read from Stone and Starlight, a flash fiction piece about a ranger at Arches National Park who must contend with a new piece of technology in the tourism industry.
Harris Room
5 pm
READING: NOAH CHINN & STEVE FAHNESTALK
Noah will read The Gutenberg Treaty. The proprietor of a humble bookstore finds himself facing a war within his inventory. (from an upcoming issue of Amazing Stories)
Steve will read from Gifted Fingers, published in Compostela; a sympathetic horror story
Gernsback Room
6 pm
READING: SALLY MCBRIDE & J.M. FREY
Sally will read The Emperor of the Half Garden, in which an alien entity takes root in a suburban garden and starts transforming the neighborhood.
J.M. will read from The Skylark’s Sacrifice, book two of the Skylark’s Saga duology. Ace pilot Arian Robinhod has been shot down behind enemy lines. She’s captured by her arch nemesis, and he agrees to help her escape on one condition; she takes him with her. YA Action-Adventure Steampunk.
Gernsback Room
SATURDAY
10 am
READING: DAVE CREEK & CHIP HOUSER
Dave will read Shadow Walkers. Roger Inoue and his twin brother Perry share a telepathic link that doesn’t diminish with distance. But one day Roger can only “watch” in horror as Perry’s life is in danger on a distant planet.
Chip will read Meat for Skritches. A young man makes sure his cat is all set for the apocalypse.
Gernsback Room
READING: MARY SOON LEE
Mary will read excerpts from The Sign of the Dragon and other works, poetry from science haiku to epic fantasy.
Harris Room
11 am
READING: JF GARRARD
JF will read Designing Fate, a story about the consequences of genetically modifying children, first published in Ricepaper Magazine issue 19.3.
Gernsback Room
READING: ELIZABETH HIRST
Elizabeth will read It’s All In the Sauce. A heartbroken vegetarian finds an unlikely solution to their problems during an after-hours encounter at Ribfest.
Harris Room
12 pm
READING: DAVE RITTER & DAN RITTER
A reading from The Earliest Bradbury, a forthcoming book from First Fandom Experience, featuring articles and stories drawn from fanzines from 1937-1941
Gernsback Room
READING: MJ MOORES
MJ will read from Shadow Phoenix Vol 1, Episode 1 ~ Answering the Call, a grimdark fantasy, space opera, humorous horror featuring a YA Victorian Vigilante Superhero
Harris Room
1 pm
READING: SP SOMTOW
A reading session with an author, followed by Q&A
Gernsback Room
READING: KATHY KITTS
Kathy will be reading Cricket Songs, a first contact short story
Harris Room
2 pm
READING: DANIEL M. KIMMEL
Daniel will read There’s No Time Like Home, a spinoff from his novel , Time on My Hands.
Gernsback Room
READING: PAULA JOHANSON
Paula will read Small Rain, the title story of her collection being released in June by Doublejoy Books. It’s a quiet story set in a near future uncomfortably like our own,
Harris Room
3 pm
READING: ADAM-TROY CASTRO & BRAD PRESLAR
Adam-Troy will read Eros Pratfalled, or Adrift in the Cosmos with Lasagna and Mary Steenburgen, a Castro story with maybe a nod to Ellison
Brad reads The Demon in Y’alls Basement, a humorous fantasy demonstrating that as it turns out, clicking on a pop-up ad can actually summon a demon.
Gernsback Room
READING: FRANK WU
Frank will read In the Absence of Instructions to the Contrary, an Anlab Award-winning tale of a deepsea submersible in love. With octopuses!
Harris Room
4 PM
READING: DAVID GERROLD
A reading session with an author, followed by Q&A
Gernsback Room
READING: JULIE NOVAKOVA
Julie will read from Becoming, an excerpt from a story in a soon-to-be-released collection, THE SHIP WHISPERER.
Harris Room
5 pm
READING: VERONICA SCOTT
Veronica reads from AYDARR: A Badari Warriors SciFi Romance Novel
The first book in the award winning series about genetically engineered soldiers of the far future…
Gernsback Room
READING: ADAM GAFFEN
Adam will read from The Cassidy Chronicles. Meet Aiyana and Kendra, Cass and Ken to their friends, a genius physicist and a retired movie star with a mysterious past. They live quietly, get along with their neighbors, don’t have problems at work. So why did they run for their lives from their wedding?
Harris Room
6 pm
READING: AMBER ROYER
Amber will read The Maltese Squidlon a comic space opera: When Brill’s ship needs to be repaired, Bo kills time in the VR area of a spaceport, where she finds a bag containing a priceless statue stolen from the Xydar Royal Museum.
Gernsback Room
READING: DARRELL SCHWEITZER
Darrell will read Hanged Man and Ghost, a story best described as a collaboration between H.P. Lovecraft and Zenna Henderson.
Harris Room
SUNDAY
10 am
READING: JENNIFER CROW & SEAN GRIGSBY
Jennifer will read When We Sent Our Poems into Space. A selection of poems from Rhysling- and Elgin-nominated writer and Amazing Stories assistant editor Jennifer Crow
Sean will read A Swift Drop; Two Bits – a robot detective noir short story.
Gernsback Room
11 am
READING: ALEX SHVARTSMAN & ROSEMARY CLAIRE SMITH
Alex will read from ERIDANI’S CROWN, a political epic fantasy novel.
Rosemary will read Dinomancer. What could possibly go wrong when hiring a cut-rate tour guide to go see Cretaceous dinosaurs?
Gernsback Room
READING: IRA NAYMAN
Ira will read from Welcome to the Multiverse (Sorry for the Inconvenience), the first book in the Transdimensional Authority/Multiverse series and from Good Intentions, the sixth book in the Transdimensional Authority/Multiverse series; the first book in the Multiverse Refugees Trilogy.
Harris Room
12 pm
READING: PAUL LEVINSON & BUD SPARHAWK
Paul will be reading the Robinson Calculator. The Calculators have been living off the radar for centuries — why are they now burying their dead in plain view?
Bud will read Astronomical Distance, Geological Time, which appeared in ANALOG March 2011 and in my collection NON-PARALLEL UNIVERSES, Fantastic Books 2017
Gernsback Room
1 pm
READING: JEN FRANKEL
Jen will read from Zombies & Blood & Magic, the author’s urban fantasy series and the vegan zombie romantic horror (Zom Rom Com) Undead Redhead.
Gernsback Room
2 pm
READING: HUGH SPENCER
Hugh will read Five Stories About Alan from DANDELIONS OF MARS. Edited by Jean Goldstrom, with Associate Editor Ahmed A. Khan
Gernsback Room
