For Immediate Release June 12, 2006

Rapid-Fire Reading to Benefit Speculative Literature Foundation and Strange Horizons

Washington, DC — Sixteen Washington, D.C.-area science fiction and fantasy writers will read very short selections from their work in a Monday, June 19, 2006, rapid-fire reading to benefit the Speculative Literature Foundation and the online magazine Strange Horizons.

The event will be held from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. at Mayorga Coffee Factory at 8040 Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring, Maryland. A donation of $5 to $15 is suggested. Food and drink will be available for purchase.

SFWA members participating in the event include:

• Ben Rosenbaum, recent Hugo award nominee for "Benjamin Rosenbaum's Biographical Notes to 'A Discourse on the Nature of Causality, with Air-Planes' by Benjamin Rosenbaum";
• Nancy Jane Moore, whose novella "Changeling" is available from Aqueduct Press;
• Tom Doyle, whose stories have appeared on Strange Horizons, among other venues;
• R.R. Angell, whose story "In the Space of Nine Lives" appeared in the January 2006 Asimov's; and
• Rob Gates, who runs the Gaylactic Spectrum Awards.

Other participants include:

• Mary Anne Mohanraj, founder of both the Speculative Literature Foundation and Strange Horizons, and author of Bodies in Motion;
• Poet Nan Fry, whose fantasy poems have appeared in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror 16 and The Faery Reel;
• Anne Sheldon, whose narrative poem The Adventures of the Faithful Counselor is available from Aqueduct Press;
• Clarion West alumnus Craig Lawrence Gidney;
• Analog Mafia member Rosemary Claire Smith;
• David Williams, co-writer of the award-winning game "Homeworld";
• Stephenie Dray, founder and manager of the interactive storytelling game, "FiranMUX";
• Jamie Gaughran-Perez, who runs the online weekly "Rock Heals";
• Jon Lee, who does improv as well as writing fiction;
• Jennifer Brinn; and
• Constance Warner.

For more information: Nancy Jane Moore.

Speculative Literature Foundations: Grants to Writers

Strange Horizons: Free online

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