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Friday, July 22, 7:30pm – Science Fiction Philadelphia Fantastic Presents Michael Swanwick Michael Swanwick has received the Hugo, Nebula, Theodore Sturgeon, and World Fantasy Awards for his work. Stations of the Tide was honored with the Nebula Award and was also nominated for the Hugo and Arthur C. Clarke Awards. “The Edge of the World,”…

Friday, June 24, 7:30pm Philadelphia Fantastic Presents Barbara Ashford & Benjamin Tate Barbara Ashford’s epic trilogy Trickster’s Game (written as Barbara Campbell) was nominated for the Mythopoeic Society’s fantasy award for adult literature. Before turning to fiction, she was an actress and librettist/lyricist for musical theatre and returns to her theatre roots for Spellcast. Look…

Friday, May 27, 7:30 – Fiction Philadelphia Fantastic Presents CANCELLED

Friday, April 22, 7:30 – Sci Fi Philadelphia Fantastic Presents Lawrence M. Schoen Though born in Chicago, Lawrence M. Schoen grew up in the endless sunshine of southern California. From age five until his eighteenth birthday, he worked every weekend with his father at various swap meets, selling everything from black Santa Claus dolls to…

Friday, January 28, 7:30pm – Erotica/Fantasy Philadelphia Fantastic Presents Victoria Jannsen author of The Duke & the Pirate Queen “Aboard her privateering ship, The Seaflower, Captain Imena Leung is the law. Ashore she answers only to her liege, Duke Maxime. They are a powerful couple, with an intense attraction neither can disguise nor deny. As…

Friday, October 22, 7:30pm – Science Fiction / Fantasy Philadelphia Fantastic Presents Steve Alten author of Grim Reaper: End of Days ($25.95 Variance Publishing) Revelations to the Mayan Calendar’s 2012 prophecy, all major religions warn of a darkness to come, a supernatural event that will be the modern-day equivalent of Noah’s Flood. In the 13th…

Friday, September 24, 7:30pm – Science Fiction Philadelphia Fantastic Presents L.A. Banks author of the Crimson Moon Series L.A. Banks’ bestselling Crimson Moon series continues, and this time the otherworldly threat is dangerously personal… Secret government operative Sasha Trudeau earned a long vacation with her lover and fellow Shadow Wolf, Hunter, after the brutal wolf-like…

Friday August 27, 7:30 – Sci Fi Philadelphia Fantastic Presents Camille Bacon-Smith author of A Legacy of Daemons ($7.99 Daw) Evan Davis and his partners, Brad and Lily, attract the jobs no other detective can handle-cases with a dangerous, otherworldly slant. But no one is better equipped for this because Lily and Brad are powerful…

Friday, July 23, 7:30pm – Science Fiction Philadelphia Fantastic Presents GARDNER DOZOIS Author of THE YEAR’S BEST SF: 27th ANNUAL COLLECTION The Philadelphia Fantastic Authors and Editors Series invite you to join us and meet the editor of THE YEAR’S BEST SF: 27th ANNUAL COLLECTION , Gardner Dozois.  Signing of the work will immediately follow…

FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 7:30pm – Science FictionPhiladelphia Fantastic presentsLAWRENCE SCHOEN Dr. Lawrence M. Schoen is an American author, publisher, psychologist, and expert in the Klingon language. In 2007 he was a nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. He lives in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania and serves as the director of research…