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Taken Out of Context

Context always ends too soon. Three amazing days of panels, readings, special events, and networking — and suddenly it’s over for another year. Alas!

I’ve been attending since 2007, and in that time Context has become one of my favorite regional SF cons. It’s a small affair with big ambitions, and it always manages to attract some of the top names in the field (this year’sGoHs included Jonathan Maberry and Betsy Mitchell) as well as a healthy contingent of readers, fans, and aspiring writers.

I...

Taken Out of Context

Context always ends too soon. Three amazing days of panels, readings, special events, and networking — and suddenly it’s over for another year. Alas!

I’ve been attending since 2007, and in that time Context has become one of my favorite regional SF cons. It’s a small affair with big ambitions, and it always manages to attract some of the top names in the field (this year’sGoHs included Jonathan Maberry and Betsy Mitchell) as well as a healthy contingent of readers, fans, and aspiring writers.

I...

Werepigs, Beatniks, & Panels @ Context 27

The Context SF Convention in Worthington, Ohio, continues to impress me as one of the best regional cons in the country. With a strong writing track and lively panel discussions.

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Werepigs, Beatniks, & Panels @ Context 27

The Context SF Convention in Worthington, Ohio, continues to impress me as one of the best regional cons in the country. With a strong writing track and lively panel discussions.

I go whenever I can, and this weekend I’ll be on hand for a number of events.

First up will be the panel “What is an MFA and (Why) Do I Want One?” (Friday @ 7:00 pm). Here I’ll be joining Lucy Snyder and Tim Waggoner — fellow residency faculty from Seton Hill University’s MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction. It shou...

Spotlight on Storytellers @ Riley’s: Albert Wendland joins September lineup

Our roster of top storytellers for Storytelling Night @ Riley’s Pour House continues to grow with the addition of SF author Albert Wendland, who will be joining us on September 30 with a short-short tale titled”The Everything Box.”

Albert Wendland teaches literature at Seton Hill University and co-directs the MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction.Though he has published a book and several articles on science fiction,he has just released a novel,The Man Who Loved Alien Landscapes(Dog Star Book...

The Prousting of Samuelle CalderDay 7 of the Veins Blog Tour

I hope you grabbed your copy ofVeinswhile the e-book edition wason salefor $0.99atFE,Amazon,Barnes & Noble, andKobo. The sale has officially ended, but a check of the sites indicates that the discount is still listed at all but Kobo . . . so there’s still time (though I can’t say how much). If you want a copy, now’s the time.

Today, the Veins virtual tour concludes with another Proustian interview at the website of writerKristina Elyse Butke. This time Kristina interviews Samuelle Calder, who...