Join me and Elise Stephens at Two Hour Transport this Wednesday night!

I’m thrilled to be this month’s featured reader with Elise Stephens at the speculative fiction reading event known as Two Hour Transport this coming Wednesday, September 25!

This monthly event features an hour of 5-minute open-mic readings followed by two 25-minute readings from Elise and I. Participation is free and accessible via Zoom; you must subscribe to their service to receive a link to attend.

ABOUT MY READING PARTNER, ELISE STEPHENS

Seattleite Elise Stephens was graduated with a Creative Writing degree from the University of Washington where she was awarded the Eugene Van Buren Prize for Fiction, attended Orson Scott Card’s Literary Boot Camp in 2014, and won the Writers of the Future competition in 2018. Her short story “Untrained Luck” appears in Writers of the Future Vol 35. Her novels include: Forecast (2013, Booktrope, 2019, Dragon Moon Press), and Guardian of the Gold Breathers (2013, Booktrope, 2015, Dragon Moon Press). Through her fiction, Elise explores beauty within brokenness and finding healing after a devastating loss. She intends for her stories to offer light and strength for facing the darkness and disappointments of this world.

The event begins at 6 pm Pacific. If you would like to read at the open mic, please show up between 5:30 pm and 5:55 pm to get your name on the list. Please arrive a few minutes early to all events so we can stay on schedule. We request that readers present only original material and do not read material that has been written with, or by, AI.

ABOUT TWO HOUR TRANSPORT

From their website:

“Two Hour Transport was founded with the intention of building an inclusive, welcoming, and inspiring community for science fiction and fantasy writers in the Seattle area and beyond. We focus on hearing and celebrating the work of writers from all perspectives and across the spectrum of diverse voices. While we welcome all perspectives, hate speech or work that furthers oppression of marginalized people will not be tolerated!”