Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:34:48 -0400 (EDT) To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> Subject: [WSFA] Fwd: Rapid-Fire Science Fiction Reading at Mayorga Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net> From: "Nancy Jane Moore" <nancyjane at earthlink.net> Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 9:35 AM I'm reading with 15 other people next Monday night (June 19) from 7 -9 PM at Mayorga in Silver Spring as a fundraiser for the Speculative Literature Foundation (http://www.speculativeliterature.org/) and Strange Horizons online magazine (http://strangehorizons.com/). This is a rapid-fire reading -- we'll each be reading for about 3 minutes each. Since this is a fundraiser, we're asking people to donate $5 to $15 (depending on what you can afford). And since Mayorga has been kind enough to let us have the space for free, we're encouraging folks to buy food and drink there. (Mayorga has an interesting bar as well as excellent coffee drinks and food.) It should be an entertaining program -- I've listed the other readers at the bottom of this email, along with their bios. Some of them will be familiar to some of you. Mayorga is at 8040 Georgia Ave, just north of East-West Highway and a few blocks from the Silver Spring Metro. Please don't feel any obligation based on friendship to either come or explain why you can't. I am notifying you because I think you might enjoy this event and because I think you might be willing to contribute to nonprofits that promote science fiction writing and writers. But as Miss Manners says, fundraisers are not social events and you are not obligated by etiquette rules when you receive invitations to them. Please also pass this information on to anyone you think might be interested. Here are the other readers and some information about them: Anne Sheldon Anne Sheldon, children's librarian at D.C. Public Library and poet-in-the-schools, working through the Maryland State Arts Council, also teaches storytelling at the University of Maryland. Her poetry has appeared in such journals as Weird Tales, Antietam Review, Poet Lore, Talebones, and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. Her third book of verse, The Adventures of the Faithful Counselor (a long narrative poem set in ancient Iraq), came out last year from Aqueduct Press. Nan Fry Nan Fry is the author of Relearning the Dark, a book of poetry. Her poems have appeared on posters in the transit systems of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland, and Fort Collins, Colorado, as part of the Poetry Society of America's Poetry in Motion Program; in numerous journals such as Plainsong, Poet Lore, and Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet; and in anthologies such as The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 16 and The Faery Reel, just out in paperback from Viking. Benjamin Rosenbaum "Benjamin Rosenbaum's Biographical Notes to 'A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes' by Benjamin Rosenbaum" (All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories) was nominated for the 2005 Best Novelette Hugo Award. Benjamin has published stories in Asimov's, Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Year's Best Science Fiction 17, and other publications. R R Angell R R Angell was born under a full moon - a telling detail. His work has appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, The Baltimore Review, the anthology "Sex & Chocolate," and linked from www.rrangell.com. Craig Laurance Gidney Craig Laurance Gidney is a graduate of Clarion West, class of 1996. His fiction has been published in many different venues, both print and online. A full list may be found here: http://ethereal-lad.livejournal.com/profile. Rob Gates Rob Gates is a writer, reviewer, editor and organizer. His work has appeared in Strange Horizons, the Lambda Book Report, 1000 Delights, and more. He runs the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards recognizing outstanding speculative fiction works with significant positive GLBT content. Rosemary Claire Smith Rosemary Claire Smith's latest stories to see print were "Mom and the Ankylosaur" in Fantastic Stories, "Birch Glow" in Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and "The Fifth Sun," which was the lead story in the anthology, The Age of Reason. "The Fifth Sun" draws upon her background in MesoAmerican archaeology. She attended the Clarion East Writers' workshop. She currently works as an attorney in Washington, D.C. and is working on a novel. Tom Doyle Tom Doyle writes in a spooky turret. His stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Futurismic, Aeon, Ideomancer, and Fictitious Force. Currently, he's working on his first novel. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/tmdoyle2 David Williams Dave Williams has story concept and co-writer credits for Relic Entertainment's PC game Homeworld, which won best story award from Eurogamer magazine and was named one of the top 10 games of the year by PC Gamer magazine. Stephanie Dray Stephanie Dray is a Clarion graduate and writer of fantasy, alternative history, and political commentary. She founded and manages FiranMUX, a game of interactive storytelling. Set in an original fantasy world of her creation, it has grown to be one of the largest, most popular, and longest running text-based games on the Internet. Stephanie is also an editor for Ideomancer, an online magazine of speculative fiction. http://www.stephaniedray.com Jamie Gaughran-Perez Jamie Gaughran-Perez lives in Baltimore and works in DC. He's also lived in Michigan, Virginia, and Massachusetts. Last year was the first time since 1999 that he filed taxes in only one state. These days he runs Rock Heals, a little online weekly mag with all sorts of stuff, and publishes little and littler books. His work has been in various small magazines, but many of them are since gone. Jon Lee Jon Lee is a writer and performer living in Washington, DC. He has been trying on different lives for the last few years. Some of the more memorable include: Activist, playwright, Peace Corps Volunteer, federal employee and improviser. Jon teaches and plays with Washington Improv Theater, contributes to Rock Heals and writes a daily blog at starttouching.blogspot.com. Mary Anne Mohanraj Mary Anne Mohanraj is the author of _Bodies in Motion_, a collection of linked Sri Lankan-American immigrant stories, editor of _Aqua Erotica_, and author of _A Taste of Serendib_, a Sri Lankan cookbook (among others). She co-founded _Strange Horizons_ in 2000, and served as editor-in-chief for two years. Mohanraj is the recent recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Prose, and serves as the executive director of the Speculative Literature Foundation (www.speclit.org). She lives in Chicago and teaches in the MFA Program at Roosevelt University. Also reading are Jennifer Brinn and Constance Warner, but I don't have bios for them, alas. Hope to see some of you there. Nancy -- Nancy Jane Moore home.earthlink.net/~nancyjane Now available: "Dusty Wings" in Polyphony 5 and "Hallowe'en Party" in Future Washington; Changeling from www.aqueductpress.com