MICHAEL MERRIAM reads Wednesday, July 17 from 6:30-7:45 p.m.  Michael Merriam is the award-winning author of the Weird West and Steampunk series Sixguns & Sorcery. His latest novella in the series is Terror at Tierra de Cobre, published by Queen of Swords Press. Michael’s work has appeared with Carina Press, Queen of Swords Press, and Uncanny Magazine, among others. He has published fourteen books and over 100 pieces of short fiction and poetry and his scripts have been produced for stage and 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 Minneapolis, MN, with his wife, housemate, a quiet dog, and a chonky cat.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven books and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural speculative fiction organization that also sponsors a midsummer SF convention, DIVERSICON. On August 2-5, 2024, Diversicon 31 and MYTHCON 53 are co-hosting a conference, “Fantasy in the Middle Lands,” with Guests of Honor ELEANOR ARNASON and BRIAN ATEBERY.

Add the 4th annual South Minneapolis Comic Book Crawl to your calendar! It should be a good day for deals (our sales TBD). For more information, check out the website.

On Wednesday, August 28 from 6:30-7:45 p.m., S.N. ARLY reads from her work.

S.N. Arly writes adult and young adult fantasy and dark fiction from her basement in St. Paul, MN. After selling several short stories in the traditional publishing model, she tried the indie path in 2014, which resulted in two published short story collections. Her indie-produced young adult series A Familiar Story debuted in spring 2019, with the sequel appearing in print just as the 2020 pandemic was getting rolling.
You can find her online at https://s-n-arly.com/

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven Books and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural speculative fiction organization that also runs a midsummer SF convention, DIVERSICON.

It’s almost September. School is about to start up again. And pretty soon, it will be that time.

Time to clean out the garage for winter.

Well, DreamHaven has the same to-do list as everyone else, and we need to clean out the garage. So that means it’s time for a…

BAG SALE!

If you’re not at the fair on August 31st, come to DreamHaven and help us clean out the garage!  Buy a bag and fill it up! Stock up on reading for the winter, fill up your neighborhood’s Little Free Libraries, or insulate your attic – we don’t care what you do with it, we just need it gone!  Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mysteries, Thrillers, Sports, Romances, Auto Repair…whatever we have that we don’t want to sell in the store, it will be out there. Bring your family, your friends, your neighbors, your Little League Team…spread the word!

And just in case it winds up raining on August 31st, we have a rain date of September 7th.

Sidewalk not-sale of lots of FREE BOOKS!  Bring your bags, we still have books that need to go away!

On Wednesday, September 18th from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., C.M. Alongi reads from her work.

C.M. Alongi is the author of Citadel and the Blackwing novella series. She also has The Witch Who Trades With Death coming out in Spring 2025.  When not writing, you might find her online handing out coffee and curses as the creator of the popular “CaFae Latte” series on TikTok and YouTube.

Her website is https://www.cmalongi.com/

BIG COMICS SALE!

This Saturday, November 2nd, we will be having a comics clear-out sale.  Regular back issues (in the boxes) are all 50% off. Comics displayed on the wall or behind the counter are 25% off. There will be many deeply discounted graphic novels and collections.

Isn’t this the perfect time to pick up those X-men issues you’ve been thinking about?

On Saturday, November 2nd, author Bryan Clark will be in the store for a reading. Clark is an author and film journalist from northern Iowa. He has three books out, Putting the Ground to Sleep and Other Weird Tales and the novelizations of the films The Killer Shrews and The Beast From Haunted Cave. His writing can also be found in various anthologies, as well as the UK-based horror film publication Scream Magazine. A lifelong fan of all things weird, he lives with his family under constant threat of being buried in an avalanche of horror paperbacks and kaiju toys.