On Wednesday, May 11, REBECCA MARJESDATTER and ANNA WALTZ read from their works.

Rebecca Marjesdatter is a poet and an a writer of fantasy and nonfiction. She is a member of
the poetry performance group Lady Poetesses from Hell. In 2000, she won the Short Form
Rhysling Award for speculative poetry. She also served as poetry editor for Tales of the
Unanticipated for many years. She is a human resident of the House of Seven Cats.

Anna Waltz was a script writer for Sony Online Entertainment and wrote for the popular
game EverQuest. She writes primarily science fiction and a little fantasy. She also dabbles in
comics and served as an animation artist for the online cartoon Iammatthhewian. Her
favorite authors include Heinlein, Clarke, and Lovecraft. Most folks ’round here know her as
the author of “Swedish Lutheran Vampires of Brainerd.” She lives in South Minnesota in the
House of Seven 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.