Speculative Boston

A speculative fiction reading series for the Boston area. (tweets by @rosencrantz, mostly)

[Speculative Boston @SpecBoston]

We may not have an event coming up soon, but are we going to boost virtual events? Heck yes! Let us know if you see one we should know about!

[GBH Forum Network @GBHForumNetwork]

🧟‍♂️ Need some spooky stories while you're hunkered down for a pandemic Halloween at home? Authors @thisjulieday, @HillaryMonahan, and @paulGtremblay read and discuss horror writing with @SpecBoston. ▶️ https://t.co/xgULvLUoZb

[GBH Forum Network @GBHForumNetwork]

Get in the Halloween spirit with a talk on horror. Three writers share passages from their work and talk about how to build fear. "If I can boiled down a horror story into there's a reveal of some terrible truth," said @paulGtremblay. @SpecBoston >> https://t.co/DiMDLhFqby

[Julian K. Jarboe @JulianKJarboe]

In celebration of "Everyone on The Moon is Essential Personnel" being listed one of PW's best books of 2020, I'm doing a giveaway! Up for grabs are 3 signed paperbacks *and* holographic stickers of the giant moon from the cover (please share this widely): https://t.co/KXzodRwosR

[Julian K. Jarboe @JulianKJarboe]

Well! @PublishersWkly has named "Everyone on the Moon is Essential Personnel" one of the best books of 2020... 😳 https://t.co/NJk9SKhwlX

[GBH Forum Network @GBHForumNetwork]

Halloween might be different this year due to the pandemic. But no matter what, you can still find a good ghost stories. Listen to writer @BrackenMacLeod read a short chilling piece.

Hear the full 👻 story @SpecBoston >> https://t.co/FYx3VAOle8

[GBH Forum Network @GBHForumNetwork]

Hear from three fantasy-genre writers on where they find inspiration for their work. Author @LyraSelene shared how King Louis XIII and the modes of decorum that used for control was mirrored in the fictitious court of her book 💫✨

Learn more @SpecBoston: https://t.co/KbtPtGGJkS

[GBH Forum Network @GBHForumNetwork]

"I'm dragon touched." Author @N_S_Dolkart reads from "A Breach in the Heavens." 📚 📖 Looking for a good fall read? Hear a few excerpts from this fantastic fiction panel @SpecBoston >> https://t.co/fOkaRCprAL

[GBH Forum Network @GBHForumNetwork]

Author @ninamaclaughlin writes a series on the Sky for the Paris Review. Check out her other work and hear about her writing process from a talk she gave in February with @SpecBoston >> https://t.co/aYapf8rTZd

[Mass Center for the Book @MassBook]

To demonstrate the power & importance of Black authors in the pub industry, please join us in buying any 2 books by Black writers through 6/20. Try this @MassBook title: Cadwell Turnbull’s debut novel THE LESSON @CadwellTurnbull #BlackoutBestsellerlist #blackpublishingpower

[CSECooney ducks in from time to time. @csecooney]

We are on @scalzi’s blog!!! IT IS ENOUGH TO MAKE ME PUT ON A RED SHIRT!!!

⁦@lunelyre⁩, ⁦@skylit1⁩, ⁦@mythicdelirium⁩, & I interview each other!

The Big Idea: C. S. E. Cooney, Jessica P. Wick, Amanda J. McGee, Mike Allen – Whatever https://t.co/JQsyIS8THv

[The Brown Bookshelf @brownbookshelf]

Please join us @kwamealexander and many more June 4 for a #KidlitCommunity Rally for Black Lives.

[Speculative Boston @SpecBoston]

Oh how we miss you all! At least we have @ForumNetwork recordings:

[GBH Forum Network @GBHForumNetwork]

Looking back to one of the last book talks we recorded in person before the pandemic. In February, writer Sonya Taaffe read from her book "Forget the Sleepless Shores." Hear more fantastical readings via @SpecBoston >> https://t.co/aYapf8rTZd

[Reddit Fantasy @Reddit_Fantasy]

The next week is the FINAL WEEK of the r/Fantasy Virtual Con! Thanks to everyone for participation, and see you at the last few panels and AMAs!

[Trident Booksellers & Cafe @TridentBooks]

Actually, an hour wasn't long enough. Have questions about Greek Myths? Want to know what our favorites are? Want to know what retellings to read? Comment here! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

[Literary Boston @literary_boston]

The @bostonbookfest has announced a new writing project that seeks "to weave together a crowd-sourced portrait of how Boston-area residents are experiencing, responding to, and coming together in new ways during these challenging circumstances." More here: https://t.co/KplTjdJPVy

[Speculative Boston @SpecBoston]

🎉🌟 Coming in 2021, but for preorder now! 🎉🌟

[Isabel Yap (on hiatus) @visyap]

✨ My short story collection has cover art (by Filipino-American artist @alexasharpe_art) and a title (it did not end up as Good Girls Hot Monsters, whew)! It doesn’t come out til 2021 but you can preorder from @smallbeerpress...TODAY! ✨

https://t.co/PckWqJy73G

[Speculative Boston @SpecBoston]

We love books, but we also love movies (and local cinema)! Check out @BrattleTheatre's rad virtual programming, with @brohibited:

[Brattle Theatre @BrattleTheatre]

#VirtualBrattle
Women of Sci-Fi – Entry #3
BORN IN FLAMES
LIQUID SKY
Continuing our "Year of Science Fiction", we invited our friends at Strictly Brohibited to curate a series of films that have significant contributions from women. Learn more: https://t.co/2g8z6JcwTc

[Harvard Book Store @HarvardBooks]

Our @Bookshop_Org page has a new display! For those seeking extraterrestrial entertainments, who long for a short escape from this planet to the far reaches of outer space.

Browse sci-fi and popular science here: https://t.co/mmkkW4XdXv

[Trident Booksellers & Cafe @TridentBooks]

Want to make some big plans for Friday night? Join us at 5 on Instagram Live for our Literary Cocktail Hour! Our bookseller, Katherine, will be talking about the literary history of vampires!