On Wednesday March 8th at 6:30 pm, 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.

Martha Wells, author of the Raksura, Ile-Rien and the Murderbot Diaries series, is Guest of Honor at Minicon this year.  The day before the convention starts she will join us here at the store for a signing. Bring your own books or pick some up here – we are fully stocked on the Murderbot Diaries.

Come out and see Greg at the comic show! He’ll be bringing comics and books with him that haven’t yet been for sale in the store.

Admission $6.00, Kids 9 and under free

$1.00 off with a Non-perishable Food Shelf donation

More info at MNCBA.org

On Wednesday May 3rd, Lyda Morehouse will be in the store reading from her work.

it’s over twenty years since Lyda Morehouse first published the Shamus award-winning and Locus award nominated novel Archangel Protocol. She has since faded in and out of obscurity, remade herself as best-selling paranormal author Tate Hallway, and written over a million words of anime fanfic pseudonymously.  Her most recent novel Unjust Cause (a Tate Hallaway urban fantasy sequel to Precinct 13) was published by Wizard’s Tower Press in April of 2020. She has an upcoming short story in the Reinvented Detective anthology edited by Cat Rambo and Jennifer Brozek due out from Manor press in November of this year.  Lyda is currently working on a novel she’s jokingly calling “Lesbians in SPAAAAACE,” contracted by Wizard’s Tower Press, and due out whenever Lyda gets her act together and finishes the damn thing. Also, please keep an eye out for the upcoming 20th anniversary print reissues of Lyda’s original cyberpunk series. You can keep track of her at www.lydamorehouse.com and https://www.patreon.com/lydamorehouse

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural organization that also sponsors a midsummer speculative fiction convention, DIVERSICON, the 30th edition of which will occur July 14 -16, 2023 with Guests of Honor T. STEVEN BARNES and TANANARIVE DUE.

Come and see Greg at the 47th Northland Vintage Toy, Train, Advertising & Pop Culture Show out at the Fairgrounds!

Admission $7.00, children under 12 free.

From their advertising: “Action Figures, Star Wars, Cast Iron, Windup, and lots of Childhood Memories from Ancient to Modern Pop Culture. It’s the show to bring your friends to!”

Brian Farrey, local author and three-time Minnesota Book Award winner will be in the store on Saturday the 24th to speak and read from his work His most recent title, The Counterclockwise Heart, won the 2023 Minnesota Book Award for Middle Grade Literature.

You can find out more about him at his own website, or at the Minnesota Book Award site.

On Wednesday June 28th, Kathryn Sullivan will be in the store reading from her work.

Kathryn Sullivan writes young adult science fiction and fantasy, including the fantasy novel The Crystal Throne and short story collection  Agents, Adepts & Apprentices.  Her Doctor Who-related works include the essay, “The Fanzine Factor”, in the Hugo award-winning Chicks Dig Timelords and essays in Children of Time: Companions of Doctor Who and Outside In: 160 New Perspectives on 160 Doctor Who Stories by 160 Writers. She also has reviews in the Star Trek-related Outside In Boldly Goes and Outside In Makes it So and the X-Files-related Outside In Trusts No One. She is owned by a large cockatoo, who graciously allows her to write about other animals, as well as birdlike aliens. Kathryn lives in Winona, MN, where the river bluffs along the Mississippi River double as cliffs on alien planets or the deep mysterious forest.

Speculations is a co-production of DreamHaven and SF MINNESOTA, a multicultural organization that also sponsors a midsummer speculative fiction convention, DIVERSICON, the 30th edition of which will occur July 14 -16, 2023 with Guests of Honor T. STEVEN BARNES and TANANARIVE DUE.

Come meet Emma Törzs at DreamHaven on Wednesday July 5th! She is a World Fantasy Award winner and will be reading from and signing her new novel, Ink Blood Sister Scribe (see our review at http://dreamhavenbooks.com/ink-blood-sister-scribe-by-emma-torzs/) .