Acclaimed Lovecraft scholar S.T. Joshi will be at DreamHaven on Wednesday, October 20th from 6:30 – 8:00pm to promote his new book, The Recognition of H.P. Lovecraft.

S. T. Joshi is a leading authority on H. P. Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce, H. L. Mencken, and other writers, mostly in the realms of supernatural and fantasy fiction. He has edited corrected editions of the works of Lovecraft, several annotated editions of Bierce and Mencken, and has written such critical studies as The Weird Tale (1990) and The Modern Weird Tale (2001). His award-winning biography, H. P. Lovecraft: A Life (1996), has already become a collector’s item. An expanded and updated version, I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H. P. Lovecraft, was published in two volumes in 2010.

On Thursday, November 18, from 6:30-7:45 p.m.,  TERRY FAUST reads from his work. Terry Faust writes urban fantasy, mainstream young adult novels, and science fiction satire.  Recent work includes Bearer of the Pearls, a 2017 YA urban fantasy novel published by North Star Press, St.Cloud.  He also contributes to short story anthologies with stories such as: “The Secret of Erin Stewart” and “Unpleasantness at 20,000 Feet”. Terry has been an active assistant organizer of the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers Network since 2005.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural organization that also sponsors a midsummer speculative fiction convention, DIVERSICON, the 29th edition of which will occur July 23-25, 2202 with Guest of Honor T. AARON CISCO.

On Wednesday, December 8, Speculations presents its annual ROUND ROBIN READINGS at 6:30. Readers are encouraged to bring a five-minute piece and a ten-minute piece. We’ll call it quits at 7:45 or after everyone has had the chance to read, whichever comes first.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural organization that also sponsors a midsummer speculative fiction convention, DIVERSICON, the 29th edition of which will occur July 23-25, 2202 with Guest of Honor T. AARON CISCO.

On Thursday, January 20 PHILLIP ANDREW BENNETT LOW reads from his work at 6:30 p.m. phillip andrew bennett low is a Chinese-American playwright and poet, storyteller and mime, theatre critic and libertarian activist. His solo performances have won acclaim from Minneapolis to Atlanta, New York to LA – even as far as  Melbourne, Australia. He was the co-founder of the Rockstar Storytellers (a supergroup of bestselling Twin Cities spoken-word artists), founder and producer of the touring theatre troupe Maximum Verbosity, and founder and host of the country’s only recurring open-mic dedicated to speculative fiction, The Not-So-Silent Planet, and its associated podcast. He has published collections of political humor, comic fantasy, and horror.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural, multimedia organization that also sponsors DIVERSICON, a midsummer speculative fiction convention, the 29th edition of which will occur in July 2022 with Guest of Honor T. AARON CISCO and Special Guest SYBIL SMITH.

On Wednesday, February 23rd Rob Callahan will be reading from his work at 6:30 p.m.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural, multimedia organization that also sponsors DIVERSICON, a midsummer speculative fiction convention, the 29th edition of which will occur in July 2022 with Guest of Honor T. AARON CISCO and Special Guest SYBIL SMITH.

Wednesday, March 23 at 6:30, SCOTT LOHMAN gives a talk on “Science Fiction: More Than Rockets, Robots and Red Planets.”  Scott is a life long science fiction fan who has chaired Diversicon for over 10 years.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural, multimedia organization that also sponsors DIVERSICON, a midsummer speculative fiction convention, the 29th edition of which will occur in July 2022 with Guest of Honor T. AARON CISCO and Special Guest SYBIL SMITH.

No foolin’, April 1st is the 45th anniversary of DreamHaven Books and we’d love to have you join us to celebrate!

We will be having sales as well as beverages and snacks on Friday and Saturday.

Friday from 3-6 pm we will have 20% off on nearly* everything in the store.

*Greg decides. (I would figure that everything in the main part of the store is 20% off, with the exception of consignment comics. Anything behind the counter or in showcases it is up to Greg to make the call.)

On Wednesday, April 13, MICHAEL MERRIAM reads from his work. Michael Merriam is an author, performer, poet, and playwright with ten books and over 100 pieces of short fiction and poetry published. His stories and essays have appeared in magazines such as Uncanny Magazine, Cast of Wonders, and Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine. His scripts have been produced for stage and radio, and he has appeared in the Minnesota Fringe Festival, StoryFest Minnesota, and over the air on KFAI-FM and Minnesota Public Radio. Like most artists, he has worked a variety of odd jobs over the years, including short order cook, late night radio disc jockey, international freight specialist, and manager of a puppet troupe. He lives in Hopkins, MN with his wife and two exuberant cats.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural  speculative fiction organization that also sponsors DIVERSICON, a midsummer convention, the 29th edition of which will feature Guest of Honor T. AARON CISCO and Special Guest SYBIL SMITH, July 29-31, 2022.