#AuthorReading

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-06-19

Such a gorgeous Story Hour with stories from Gregory Norman Bossert and David Anaxagoras! Greg is a longtime favorite, and we hope David will read for us again, too! Come see why! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #DavidAnaxagoras #GregoryNormanBossert youtube.com/watch?v=3s-GskX8Du

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-06-18

This week, the illustrious Gregory Norman Bossert returns to Story Hour—and Anaxagoras explains the cosmos to us! Oh, wait, this is *David* Anaxagoras. Well...who’s to say he won’t? Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT and find out! #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #DavidAnaxagoras #GregoryNormanBossert #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading storyhour2020.com/

Black-and-white headshot of Gregory Norman Bossert, a white man with graying dark hair worn short and brushed straight up. He wears a crew-neck sweater over a lighter  tee. He looks straight into the camera and smiles a close-lipped smile that gives him laugh lines.Head-and-shoulders black-and-white photo of writer David Anaxagoras, a fair-skinned man with a short hair and a long beard. He wears a dark woven shirt and black-framed glasses. He sits in front of a bookcase and looks into the distance with a serious expression.
Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-06-12

Story Hour celebrated StokerCon Eve with phenomenal horror stories from Robert Nazar Arjoyan and Can Wiggins. Wonderful stuff, beautifully handled by guest host Douglas Gwilym. If you're at StokerCon, look for Douglas—and whether you are or not, treat yourself to this scary episode! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #CanWiggins #RobertNazarArjoyan #DouglasGwilym youtube.com/watch?v=j0p2fd7CrZ

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-06-11

Halloween People, whet your appetite for horror! On this eve of StokerCon, Robert Nazar Arjoyan and Can Wiggins will read us stories. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Horror #HorrorFiction #CanWiggins #RobertNazarArjoyan #Douglas Gwilym #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading storyhour2020.com/

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Robert Nazar Arjoyan, a man with short, neatly trimmed hair, beard, and mustache. He wears a fleecy, cream-colored Patagonia zip pullover; a blue tee; and roundish tortoiseshell glasses. He stands on a green lawn, blurred green deciduous trees and gray house roofs behind him. He regards the camera with a small, amused smile.Waist-up color photo of Can Wiggins, a woman with straight brown hair worn in a beveled chin-length bob without bangs. She wears narrow-lensed glasses with dark frames, a cream-colored cable-knit sweater with a cowl neck, a dark winter jacket, and a cream-colored winter scarf. She stands in front of a wall of white shelves displaying gifts that appear to be for sale. She holds a tin marked CHRISTMAS PUDDING with a sly, or perhaps triumphant, little grin.
Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-06-05

This Story Hour will forever be the Pride & Joy episode. Ben Francisco and Suzan Palumbo read gorgeous, glorious stories full of challenge and beauty, each ending in joy. Guest Host Meg Elison added to the experience, and the result is sublime. Treat yourself with a viewing! @megelison @suzanpalumbo @Benfrancisco #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #SuzanPalumbo #BenFrancisco #MegElison #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading youtube.com/watch?v=IeY7rpR7QS

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-06-03

Story Hour is very proud to start June with stories from the benevolent Ben Francisco and the stupendous Suzan Palumbo. Guest hosting by the magnificent Meg Elison! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #SuzanPalumbo #BenFrancisco #MegElison
@Benfrancisco @megelison storyhour2020.com/

Waist-up color photo of writer Ben Francisco, a Latinx person with dark hair worn short, dark eyes, and perfectly arched eyebrows. They wear a dark brown turtleneck, a long scarf patterned in swirls of bright, warm colors, and gold stud earrings. They stand in front of a bookcase full of speculative fiction titles and smile warmly into the camera.Color close-up of Suzan Palumbo, a Trini woman with dark hair worn in a short asymmetrical bob and tipped with purple. She wears heavy black eyeliner, a black shirt with a collar, a dark gray necktie, and a knit beanie in shades of purple. She looks to the side with a serious expression.
Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-05-30

This week, Victoria Nations and Premee Mohamed told us tales of community and little guys (er, small organisms) that win! Sweet and touching, or utterly horrifying! It depends on your POV. Watch and decide! We can all agree, though, that guest host Sam Rebelein is a very welcome presence. #Horror #HorrorFiction #PremeeMohamed #SamRebelein #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #VictoriaNations @VictoriaNations @premeesaurus youtube.com/watch?v=j3BBQLNw9K

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-05-27

Premee Mohamed is popular here because her stories are awesome and she’s awesome at reading them. Also awesome: Gothic horror writer Victoria Nations makes her Story Hour debut this week. And Sam Rebelein is guest host! That’s more awesomeness than the average human can handle. Can YOU? Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! storyhour2020.com/ #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #PremeeMohamed #VictoriaNations @premeesaurus @VictoriaNations

Head-and-shoulders color photo of author Premee Mohamed, a woman of Indo-Caribbean ancestry. She wears her black hair without bangs, at shoulder length, in glossy waves. She wears a black cardigan over a blue tee, smoky cat-eye makeup, and a dark pink lipstick. She stands in front of a gray cinderblock wall. She looks down and to the side into the camera, her eyebrows arched and her large brown eyes wide, smiling slightly.Head-and-shoulders color candid photo of author Victoria Nations, a fair-skinned woman with light hazel (?) eyes and curly brown hair worn long without bangs, the better to show off her widow’s peak. She wears a black tee and a watch with a wide black band. She sits in front of a bookshelf that includes books, an Edward Gorey jigsaw puzzle, and a creepy baby doll. She leans on one hand and quirks an eyebrow with her smile into the camera.
Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-05-23

This week's Story Hour broke our hearts in the best ways. Wole Talabi and RJ Taylor read person-sized stories about immense themes and subject matter. Highly recommended! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #WoleTalabi #RJTaylor @wtalabi.wordpress.com
@RJTaylor youtube.com/watch?v=2IVlJCfY8b

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-05-21

Nobody tells a tale like Wole Talabi! We’re delighted to welcome him back, and to have RJ Taylor making her Story Hour debut. Want to hear authors read their own full SFF stories? Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #WoleTalabi #RJTaylor @RJTaylor storyhour2020.com/

Waist-up color photo of Wole Talabi, a Black man with a shaved scalp and a short salt-and-pepper beard. He wears a tan-colored woven shirt with yellow detailing at collar, yoke, and cuffs; a lanyard around his neck; and a black fitness tracker on one wrist. He is standing in relaxed posture, speaking into a microphone on a podium that takes up about a quarter of the rectangular image. He appears alert but comfortable.Color headshot of RJ Taylor, a fair-skinned woman with dark, lightly wavy hair parted on the side and worn in a chin-length bob without bangs. She wears a silky blue V-neck blouse, dangly earrings with what looks like a single lapis lazuli bead each, a necklace with a large teardrop pendant, and coral lipstick. She is turned slightly away from the camera, her back against a wall of weathered wood. She smiles warmly at the camera, a smile that goes all the way to her brown eyes.
Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-05-16

This week's Story Hour was frightful and delightful! Angela Sylvaine and Sam Rebelein read us horror stories that ran the gamut from haunting to hilarious. You can still watch! youtube.com/watch?v=7ZEIDcVal7 #Horror #HorrorFiction #SamRebelein #AngelaSylvaine #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading @angelasylvaine

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-05-13

This week, Story Hour proves that people don’t have to be scary to write scary! Sam Rebelein continues to cosplay a jovial lumberjack, and Angela Sylvaine is the original Cheerful Goth. Their stories, now…that’s where the scary stuff is. Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #SamRebelein #AngelaSylvaine @angelasylvaine storyhour2020.com/

Head-and-shoulders three-quarters view color photo of author Sam Rebelein, a rosy-cheeked man with dark hair worn short and brushed back from his forehead, plus a beard and mustache. He stands in front of a body of water with a hilly autumn landscape on the opposite shore. He wears a blue-and-green plaid shirt and grins into the camera.Black-and-white closeup photo portrait of Angela Sylvaine, a fair-skinned woman with pale eyes and straight, dark hair worn long and with bangs. She wears a dark V-neck, long earrings, and large, ornate, cat-eye glasses. She quirks her sharply peaked eyebrows and smiles mischievously into the camera.
Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-05-08

This week, each story starts with an unexpected encounter in the woods. They unfold differently, though, and in unexpected ways. We'll definitely do our best to get Anneke Schwob and @jenniferhudakwrites to read for us again! Come let these stories grow into and over you! Er. #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #AnnekeSchwob #JenniferHudak #Horror #HorrorFiction #AuthorReading youtube.com/watch?v=Ljbs21CTgt

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-05-06

This week, Anneke Schwob makes their Story Hour debut! Fantastic author and friend of Story Hour Jennifer Hudak returns. This will be extremely awesome! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! storyhour2020.com/ #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #AnnekeSchwob #JenniferHudak @jenniferhudakwrites

Waist-up color photo of writer Anneke Schwob, a fair-skinned person with brown hair worn short with bangs peeking out from beneath a red beanie. They also wear wire-rimmed glasses, a green-brown-and-white plaid flannel worn open over a black crew-neck tee,  three chunky silver necklaces extending from Anneke’s collarbone height to height of estimated mid-sternum, and multiple earlobe piercings. They stand in a field of dry, yellowing grasses, their elbows bent as if their hands are in the pockets of their offscreen trousers. They are turned slightly away from the camera, looking into the lens with serious, steady expression that may hold a slight smile.Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Jennifer Hudak, a fair-skinned woman with straight, gray-threaded brown hair worn at shoulder length and without bangs. She wears a brownish-red top with crochet sleeves and poses before a blurred interior background that includes tile wall and light wood. Her shoulders are square to the camera, but she looks up and to one side, smiling warmly.
Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-04-29

You know who we’ve missed at Story Hour? Madeleine E. Robins. And you know who we’ve been missing out on? Kemi Ashing-Giwa. But don’t despair—they’re both going to read SFF stories for us this week! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #KemiAshing-Giwa #MadeleineERobins storyhour2020.com/

Color photo of author Madeleine E. Robins, a fair-skinned woman with curly brown hair worn in a chin-length bob without bangs. She wears wire-rimmed glasses, a fitness tracker on a black band, a ring on one finger, and a black short-sleeve blouse with a pattern of leggy dogs in profile. She sits in front of a cinderblock wall and rests her elbows on an unseen surface. Strong light comes from over the wall, throwing shadows on her face and making her hair look misty. She looks straight into the camera and smiles. Photo by Rebecca Cavacco.Black-and-white photo of Kemi Ashing-Giwa, a Black woman with a natural worn short on the sides and tall on the top. She wears a fine-gauge crew-neck sweater in a light tone and lip gloss. They sit on a chair or sofa with an upholstered back, in front of a light source (a curved window with panes, or perhaps a translucent tent?). She is turned with her face in three-quarters view as she looks attentively toward something or someone off-camera. Their eyes are focused, creased at the corners as part of their warm, broad smile.
Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-04-24

This Story Hour was harrowing and thought-provoking! Eric Raglin read us a story of the present state of education, and RJ Joseph reminded us of the horrors of the past. Highly recommended! #StoryHour2020 #EricRaglin #RJJoseph #ShortStories #AuthorReading #Bookstodon youtube.com/watch?v=SRDHxSWvJE

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-04-23

Story Hour loves to get spooky! Join us for returning favorite scaryperson R.J. Joseph and Story Hour debut reader *drumroll* Eric Raglin! Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #RJJoseph #EricRaglin storyhour2020.com/

Color headshot photo of author R.J. Joseph, a Black woman with black hair in twisted braids. She wears a white crewneck top, a diamond-studded gold heart pendant on a necklace chain, a gold nose ring, large gold-rimmed cat-eye glasses, and burnished makeup with glossy lips. She smiles warmly at the camera, one long ringlet trailing along one side of her face.Color headshot photo of Eric Raglin, a fair-skinned man with short dark hair sun-bleached on the top and a neatly trimmed dark beard and mustache. He wears a brown-and-orange striped pullover sweater. He grins at the camera, brown eyes alight with…mischief? Devilishness? Something, though.
Len ♾️ 🏳️‍🌈 ✍🏻 📖 🤓 🧙🏻‍♀len_klapdor@writing.exchange
2025-04-22

SAVE THE DATE - May 2nd 12 noon EDT
6 authors, 8 minutes each - come find your next favorite #speculativefiction read by #womenauthors and #nonbinaryauthors with us! #books, #sciencefiction, #Fantasy, #Horror, #EnbyAuthors #AuthorReading **FREE**

flyer for upcoming SWSW author reading, shows photos of the five attending authors (Leanna Renee Hieber, Ann LeBlanc, Maggie Iribarne, KC Grifant, Lisa Cai and Len Klapdor) plus the text: First Friday QuickReads of Scifi, Fantasy and Horror on May 2nd 12 noon EDT Free on Zoom, preregesiter now at StrongWomenStrangeWorldsWeebly.com
Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-04-17

Story Hour brought us a science fiction story with fantasy elements and a fantasy story with SF elements...or were they something else entirely? Randee Dawn and Brian Trent brought us action-oriented, thought-provoking tales. Watch and see what YOU think! #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #ScienceFiction #FantasyFiction #SFF #AuthorReading #AuthorReadings @Randee youtube.com/watch?v=7nsYeK3M_p

Laura Blackwell (she/her)pronouncedlahra@wandering.shop
2025-04-15

Story Hour is beginning its fifth year! What better way to celebrate than with returning favorite Randee Dawn and Story Hour debut Brian Trent? Pop into the Zoom or stream on YouTube Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #RandeeDawn #BrianTrent @randeedawn storyhour2020.com/

Color photo of writer Randee Dawn, a fair-skinned woman with large blue eyes and blonde hair worn long and curled, with bangs. She wears a sleeveless dress printed with vintage book covers and sits in front of a blurred background of leaves. She smiles tenderly at the camera, perhaps because she is holding a red fox on her lap. The fox is stretched out, eyes closed, looking like it’s enjoying neck scritches.Black-and-white headshot of writer Brian Trent, a fair-skinned man with full, dark hair worn short and brushed back and large, dark eyes. He wears a short-sleeved marled tee or fine-knit medium-toned sweater and sits in front of a neutral backdrop. He leans forward slightly, head tilted a little to one side, and regards the camera with a serious expression.

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