Space Cocaine, Vol 2: The Zoom Situation

We titled the second volume of our offbeat anthology the Zoom Situation for pandemic reasons — but by the time we actually got the reading scheduled most of us were vaccinated and able to do live events again. The result was a strange, hybrid event where four of us read live and two of us read via Zoom — which was broadcast to both the in-person and virtual audience. Here's the replay. The audio's fine, though the video's a bit jerky. It might be the bandwidth issues, or it might be the space cocaine. It's hard to tell. The cast of instigators…

We Successfully Read Space Cocaine

A few weeks ago I told you about Space Cocaine. Some of you came to check it out last night at Belmont Books in Portland — thank you! (And a huge thank you to Joe at Belmont Books for the hospitality. For those of you who couldn't make it, briefly, it was a riot of a good time. We had simple rules. Whoever was reading had to wear the head bopper (so you knew who was reading). Each reader had ten minutes, as timed by a chicken kitchen timer.As soon as the timer rang, you stopped reading — even if it was…

Introducing Space Cocaine: an Anthology Reading

TL;DR version:What: A reading with Jessie Kwak, Grá Linnea, Andrew McCollough, and Mark TeppoWhen: May 17th at 7pmWhere: Belmont Books (3415 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR)Why: Because it could be done A couple of months ago, my local sci-fi writer-friend mastermind group (the Tiara Club) decided we should do a reading. Mark Teppo, an overachiever, decided that we should produce a physical collection of the short stories we'd be reading in order to sell at the event. He started coming up with poignant literary covers. They were lovely. But I was starting to get a little nervous they would give…