Final Stop: July 18th, at Greedy Reads in Baltimore, Maryland, to chat with the cozy author and Star Trek specialist Jo Miles (@jomiles.bsky.social)! Baltimore was the first city I ever loved. It’s going to be so good to come back.

Congratulations to CCS alumna A.C. Wise!! She won a Stoker award last night (actually splitting the win with Nathan Ballingrud) for her story "Wolf Moon, Antler Moon"!

Today's the day we crown this year's Nebula Award winners! EVERYONE is welcome to join us for the Nebula Awards Ceremony this evening at 8 p.m. CT. SFWA Members and virtual attendees, join us in the SFWA EVENTS THEATER or Flight Crew Watch Party. We look forward to seeing you out! #61stNebulas #SFF

If you see this, post your bird art.

A couple bits and bobs, now that I’ve escaped the Terrible Cold… I’m teaching a 3 hr class this Sunday June 7 - AND there’s still space bc I was too gronky to promote it. Use code LastMinuteSharpening for a 20% discount! www.eventbrite.com/e/sharpening... (thx @rachelgutin.bsky.social 4 the nudge)

Issue 8 is live! magazine.trollbreath.com

We're big fans of this guy's work!

Posting this again after we (finally) caught a misspelling in an author's name—our fault not theirs, obviously. Please come out and join us if you can!

Just wanted to say we're grateful to every author who gives, in their author bio, some sense of where they're located, because it clues us in as to who we can reasonably ask to read at a CCS event. It saves us both some time (but HEY! If you live far but might be passing through, hit us up!)

Just wanted to say we're grateful to every author who gives, in their author bio, some sense of where they're located, because it clues us in as to who we can reasonably ask to read at a CCS event. It saves us both some time (but HEY! If you live far but might be passing through, hit us up!)

This story punches W-A-A-A-Y above its word count! It's eally worth your time—

Looking forward to this!! If you're at Balticon, please stop by!

Just to alert everyone, the address in the graphic is incorrect. The Ivy Bookshop is at 5928 Falls Road in Baltimore. Regardless, hope to see you there!

Oh hey! I’m teaching an online pop-up class again! Sharpening Your Words: Sunday, June 7 from 1pm - 4pm eastern. We’ll work on making your words work harder & more precisely, using a series of generative practices. Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sharpening...

For the BW/DR 1976 Issue, I wrote about an unfairly maligned favorite - the remake of King Kong. Insanely good suit acting, dizzyingly beautiful young stars, a goofy sense of humor - and a bleak ending that could only belong to a movie made in 1976 - what’s not to love?

Congratulations Mahaila!! 🐞

Being part of the fiction jury for the Pulitzer Prize means you read A LOT of books. Inevitably, there’s more excellent work than you can count. Since the prize has been announced, I’m recommending five other books that I read and loved during the process. Read ‘em all!

It was a real treat to have Mahaila Smith read at the most recent Charm City Spec! Thanks for coming out!

CCS alumni M.M. Olivas—

Congratulations to CCS alumni Jo Miles! Come hear her read at the July 11th Charm City Spec! 📖

Congratulations to Aysha (a CCS alumni!) and everyone involved with this book!

Perhaps the greatest post-reading treat ever, courtesy of Aina Hunter

Great crowd and great readers at @charmcityspec.bsky.social tonight.

Tonight's the night! Come out and hear a full-to-bursting program of captivating authors as they read their truths, at Charm City Spec! 6pm at the Bird in Hand Cafe, 11 E. 33rd Street in Baltimore. We want to se YOU there!

Aina Hunter reads to a hungry crowd at the next Charm City Spec, this Saturday night at the Bird in Hand! Don't miss this unique CCS event! #baltimoreevents #baltimorelit

Scott is always a good time, and we're thrilled to have him read for us again! Don't miss this!

Thanks, @duotrope.com ✨

Come out this Saturday evening as Trae Hawkins takes the stage at Charm City Spec! He'll be promoting ECO24: The Year's Best Speculative Ecofiction, in which his work appears. Signs and Wonders! You really won't want to miss this!

If you've never heard @fondalee.bsky.social speak she is a marvel.

TT Madden makes a second appearance at this Saturday's Charm City Spec, this Saturday along with a bevy of talented authors! Come and join us!

Author copies babiiieeeee!!!!!! @speculationpub.bsky.social

Crypto — NO! Cryptids — Yessssss...

Come out for the April Charm City Spec! We have a great lineup of authors—it's going to be an adventurous night of readings, with author Q&A, refreshments, door prizes, and surprises! Free for all, and everyone is welcome!

Hey is that Charm City Spec alumni David Simmons, appearing in PROFANE SORCERY volume 3? Go David go!

Congratulations to Charm City Spec alumni J.R. Dawson! We surely can believe they're on this list!!

Congratulations to recent Charm City Spec alumni Somto Izehue and all the authors of works nominated for this year's Nebulas! What a great year we've had for new works!

Our celebration doesn't stop here! *Only* through Tuesday, you can order the paperback of Hornytown Chutzpah (Oy vey! Not that type of horny! ... Maybe.) and receive a free Spotify code for the delightful, joyful brother-sister read audiobook. Show some love to indie fiction tonight? 💖

One down (A phenomenal success. Thanks @charmcityspec.bsky.social) and so much more to go. Join me. Invite me!

Had a blast up in Baltimore at #AWP representing the University of Maryland’s MFA in Creative Writing program and running into @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, @clarkesworldmagazine.com, @michaeljdeluca.bsky.social and so many wonderful people!!!!✨

Come see Baltimore from a new vantage, as you listen to up-and-coming authors reading fresh new work! At the Top of the World Observatory, World Trade Center Baltimore. 5pm today!

Andrew Hiller reads from his mischievous Jewish fantasy noir, at the Top of the World Observatory (and with a surprise special guest!) Come join us for the highest—measured by altitude—AWP offsite in Baltimore, as we host a Charm City Spec in the sky! #AWP #AWP2026 #awpoffsites

Please use the elevators when you come to hear Elwin Cotman read from the 27th floor observatory! Don't miss this one of a kind event! (Free to all. Just say "Charm City" at the door to gain entry after hours.)

Don't miss red-hot writer Chris Campbell when he reads his truths from the highest building in the Inner Harbor. This will be a Charm City Spec like no other. The program is STACKED with talent! Come out and join us!

Gina Tron lights up the top of the World Trade Center Baltimore, when she reads from her as-yet unpublished novel, as part of Charm City Spec! Live readings, free for all 5-7pm this Wednesday! Don't miss this one-of-a-kind event! #WhiskeyTit #AWP2026 #AWPoffsite

Don't miss the loftiest literary event ever held in Baltimore, and killer views of the city at sunset! 5-7pm on Wednesday March 4th. Free to all, and everyone is welcome! #AWP2026 #AWPoffsite2026 #AWPoffsite #CharmCitySpec

The Tit's @ginatron.bsky.social will be there, with some of our besties. Please go! Take photos!

Lanternfish Press authors Andrew Katz and James Slater Simmons III read as part of Charm City Spec's AWP festivities! From the Top of the World Observatory — don't miss it! #AWP2026 #AWoffsite2026 #CharmCitySpec #AWPBaltimore

This is going to be so much fun! If you're attending #AWP in #Baltimore check it out!

Next year: AWP but we just do the offsites for three solid nights and skip the rest. That's the idea. Now buy the books so we can make it happen.

I'll be a part of this reading a week from today on 3/4. If you're in the Baltimore area, it would be lovely to see you there! What a cool location for a reading!