October 24th Reading

Join us for two hours of science fiction and fantasy reading at Cafe Racer on Wednesday, October 24th.

 

• Signups start at 6:30 pm
• Five minute readings from signup 7:00 – 7:50 pm
• Invited reader 8:00 – 9:00 pm

Bios

 

Laura Lucas is a poet, fiction writer and essayist of Polish and African-American descent. She is an alumna of the VONA/Voices Writing Workshop and an Artist Trust EDGE graduate.  Her writing has appeared in Rigorous, Poplorish, Line Zero, Imaginaire, Six Hens, and Dead Housekeeping, among others. She lives and writes in Seattle, WA.

 

Andrew Penn Romine is a writer and animator living in Seattle. When he’s not wrangling words, robots, cavemen, or dragons, he dabbles in craft cocktails and virtual reality.

A graduate of the Clarion West workshop, his fiction appears online at Lightspeed Magazine, Paizo and Crossed Genres as well as in the anthologies Fungi, After The Fall, What Fates Impose, By Faerie Light, Coins of Chaos, and Help Fund My Robot Army. You can find his full list of publications at his website: andrewpennromine.com

You can also follow his day-to-day adventures on Twitter: @inkgorilla.

 

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September 26th Reading

Join us for two hours of science fiction and fantasy reading at Cafe Racer on Wednesday, September 26th.

• Signups start at 6:30 pm
• Five minute readings from signup 7:00 – 7:50 pm
• Invited reader 8:00 – 9:00 pm

Bios

 

Allison Green is the author of Half-Moon Scar, a novel, and The Ghosts Who Travel with Me, a memoir. Ghosts won a “Goldie” award for lesbian creative nonfiction from the Golden Crown Literary Society. Her essays and stories have appeared in journals such as Calyx, The Gettysburg Review, Utne Reader, and the Rumpus, as well as several anthologies, including Ghosts of Seattle Past.

 

Tegan Moore loves to find the alien among us: in the minds of animals, in humans who might not be entirely human, in the monsters we create out of our own frustrations and fears. Her writing has been published in Asimov’s Science Fiction and Strange Horizons, and Tor.com in 2019. She is a Clarion West graduate, a professional dog trainer, is allergic to chocolate and only has eight toenails.

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August 29th Reading

Join us for two hours of science fiction and fantasy reading at Cafe Racer on Wednesday, August 29th.

• Signups start at 6:30 pm
• Five minute readings from signup 7:00 – 7:50 pm
• Invited reader 8:00 – 9:00 pm

Bio

James R. Gapinski is the author of the novella Edge of the Known Bus Line (Etchings Press) and the flash collection Messiah Tortoise (Red Bird Chapbooks). His short fiction has appeared in The Collapsar, Hobart, Juked, Monkeybicycle, Paper Darts, and other publications. He lives with his partner in Portland, Oregon. Find him online at http://jamesrgapinski.com and on Twitter @jamesrgapinski

 

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July 25th Reading

Join us for two hours of science fiction and fantasy reading at Cafe Racer on Wednesday, July 25th.

• Signups start at 6:30 pm
• Five minute readings from signup 7:00 – 7:50 pm
• Invited readers 8:00 – 9:00 pm

Bios

Joanne Rixon lives in the shadow of an active volcano with a rescue chihuahua named after a dinosaur. Her stories have recently appeared in Liminal Stories, Reckoning 2, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and her book reviews have appeared in the Cascadia Subduction Zone and the Seattle Times. She is an organizer with the North Seattle Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers meetup, and a member of STEW and the Dreamcrashers. You can find her yelling about politics and poetry on twitter @JoanneRixon.

 

Patrick Hurley was an editor for becker&mayer books for three years, where he got to work on Marvel, Star Trek, and Star Wars books. He’s had short fiction published in Galaxy’s Edge, Cosmic Roots & Eldritch Shores, Flame Tree Publishing, Penumbra, and The Drabblecast. He has two stories coming out this year so far in different anthologies: Mad Scientist Journal’s Battling In All Her Finery and Hy Bender’s Ghosts on Drugs. In 2017, Patrick attended the Taos Toolbox Writer’s Workshop. He’s a member of STEW, The Dreamcrashers, and SFWA.

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June 27th Reading

Join us for two hours of science fiction and fantasy reading at Cafe Racer on Wednesday, June 27th.

• Signups start at 6:30 pm
• Five minute readings from signup 7:00 – 7:50 pm
• Invited readers 8:00 – 9:00 pm

Bios

Tod McCoy is a Seattle-based writer whose work has appeared in Asimov’s, Starward Tales II, The People’s Apocalypse, Bronies: For the Love of Ponies, and a few other publications. He graduated from the Clarion West Writers Workshop and serves on the board, and he’s the publisher of Hydra House Books.

Mitchell Shanklin lives in Seattle and enjoys writing stories with either magic or made-up science or both. He also writes code for companies (and sometimes for himself!). In his free time he plays video, board and mind games, reads, runs, and has rambling philosophical arguments. (But not all at the same time. Yet).

Mitchell is a proud member of Team Arsenic and the Dreamcrashers. His fiction has been published in Unidentified Funny Objects.

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June 27th Reading

Join us for two hours of science fiction and fantasy reading at Cafe Racer on Wednesday, June 27th.

 

Signup starts at 6:30

Five minute readings from signup 7:00 – 7:50

Invited readers 8:00 – 9:00

 

Bios

 

Tod McCoy is a Seattle-based writer whose work has appeared in Asimov’s, Starward Tales II, The People’s Apocalypse, Bronies: For the Love of Ponies, and a few other publications. He graduated from the Clarion West Writers Workshop and serves on the board, and he’s the publisher of Hydra House Books.

 

Mitchell Shanklin lives in Seattle and enjoys writing stories with either magic or made-up science or both. He also writes code for companies (and sometimes for himself!). In his free time he plays video, board and mind games, reads, runs, and has rambling philosophical arguments. (But not all at the same time. Yet).

Mitchell is a proud member of Team Arsenic and the Dreamcrashers. His fiction has been published in Unidentified Funny Objects.

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May 30th Reading

Join us for two hours of science fiction and fantasy reading at Cafe Racer on Wednesday, April 25th.

 

Signup starts at 6:30

Five minute readings from signup 7:00 – 7:50

Invited readers 8:00 – 9:00

 

Bios

 

Rebecca Brown’s new book NOT HEAVEN, SOMEWHERE ELSE, will be published in the fall.  She is also  is a the author of a dozen other books published in the US and abroad, including AMERICAN ROMANCES,  THE HAUNTED HOUSE, THE DOGS:A MODERN BESTIARY,  THE TERRIBLE GIRLS and THE GIFTS OF THE BODY.   Her work has been translated into Japanese, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Italian, etc. Her criticism often appears in The Stranger.   Her altered texts and installations have been exhibited in the Frye Art Museum, Hedreen Gallery, Arizona Center for Poetry and elsewhere.  “Monstrous,” her one woman performance/talk about Frankenstein premiered at Northwest Film Forum.  She’s also written a play, THE TOASTER, and the libretto for a dance opera, THE ONION TWINS. She is currently Senior Artist in Residence at University of Washington, Bothell, and has taught for 20 years in the MFA program at Goddard College.  She lives in Seattle.

 

Laura Lucas is a poet, fiction writer and essayist of Polish and African-American descent. She grew up in New York’s Hudson Valley and currently resides in Seattle, Washington. Her writing has appeared in Poplorish, Falling Star Magazine, Line Zero, Imaginaire, and Dead Housekeeping, among others.

 

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April 25th Reading

Join us for two hours of science fiction and fantasy reading at Cafe Racer on Wednesday, April 25th.

 

Signup starts at 6:30

Five minute readings from signup 7:00 – 7:50

Invited readers 8:00 – 9:00

 

Bios

 

G.G.’s work has appeared in Corvid Queen, Evil Girlfriend Media’s EGM Shorts, Fantasia Divinity’s Goddesses of the Sea anthology, Pop Seagull’s Robotica anthology, Molotov Cocktail, Iconoclast, the Iron Horse Literary Review, and more. Her flash fiction has recently been nominated for the Best Small Fictions anthology, and she’s currently at work on a short story collection as well as her third young adult novel. In her free time, she’s an improv performer, and enjoys making people spit out their drinks.

 

What happens when you sit down to write? Sometimes, magic. Magic created that first biography, of Harriet Tubman, and transported the six-year-old Ramona Ridgewell into the cotton fields, toiling from dawn to dusk. Magic made her into a “Citizen of the Galaxy,” and a “Hobbit.” Three years ago, she started on a new journey—writing an epic fantasy series—where characters and places walked right from Ramona’s mind onto the pages of books. She hopes she has created a magical place for you to explore and enjoy.

 

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March 28th Reading

* Open Mic sign-ups: 6:00 pm
* Open Mic readings start: 6:30 pm
* Invited Readers: Derek Fetters and Andy Dudak (bios below)
* End of event : 8:30 pm (Ada’s closes at 9:00 pm)

Bios:

Born in Chicago, IL, raised in Yakima, WA, Derek Fetters became a writer at the tender age of eight when he realized he could not grow up to be Spider-Man. However, his path became clear when he realized it was some grown-up’s job to write Spider-Man’s adventures.

Rarely published but prolific, Derek has written comic-book scripts, short stories, radio plays, role-playing game manuals, novels (or, at least, parts of novels), screenplays, and poetry. He currently lives and works in Seattle.

Andy‘s stories have appeared in Analog, Apex, Clarkesworld, Daily Science Fiction, Interzone, and Rich Horton’s Year’s Best Science Fiction. His translations of Chinese sci-fi have appeared in Apex, Clarkesworld, and Pathlight. He translated the novel ‘The Devil’s Building Blocks’ by Liu Cixin for Tencent Pictures. His original novel ‘Plague of Gods’ is represented by Virginia Kidd Agency, and is currently seeking a home.

 

PARKING:  Street parking is free, and there is usually ample open parking a few blocks north of Ada’s along 15th Ave E (it might be a bit scarce immediately in front of the venue).

ACCESSIBILITY:  Ada’s has a wheelchair ramp accessible from the front of the property at street level that feeds immediately into the bookstore and reading space.

FOOD & DRINK:  Ada’s Café offers a full range of café food and tempting sweets, as well as espresso drinks, beer and wine, and other non-alcoholic beverages.

FOOD AND DRINK ANNOUNCEMENT
A reminder that our venue, Ada’s Technical Books, will keep the kitchen open until 6:00 pm on THT nights, offering a full menu before 6:00, and “grab and go” food after 6 pm.  Beverages always available!  Come early and grab dinner! Ada’s will offer their full hot menu, including scrambles, the vaunted Power Salad, and more, until 6:00 pm on THT nights. Nicole and Theresa meet up about 5:30 at Ada’s and order dinner – we would love for you to join us. Thanks, all!

 

Map and directions to Ada’s

Special Event – Open Mic & Reading with Clarion West & Two Hour Transport

“Brewing Up Other Worlds” reading event – join us next Tuesday, March 13th, for a special event co-hosted by Clarion West Writers Workshop and Two Hour Transport. We’ll have one hour of Open Mic and one hour of guest readers E. Lily Yu, Seanan McGuire, Evan Peterson, and Randy Henderson.

We will have Open Mic slots of five minutes; come between 6:30 and 7:00 pm to put your name in a hat for drawing the reading order. This event is part of outreach by Clarion West with Seattle’s SF/F community. $10 at the door includes one drink from Naked City Brewery, a raffle ticket, and entry to the event. Raffled items include signed George R. R. Martin posters, and other SF/F items!

• Open Mic signups: 6:30 pm-7:00 pm
• Open Mic readings: 7:00 pm
• Break: 7:50 pm
• Raffle: 8:00 pm
• Guest Readers: 8:15 pm

Join us!